posted Mon, 07/07/2014 - 08:16
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Well lately my training bro, stumbled across this website, you can calculate your 1RM, and not only can you calculate your 1RM, but it will provide you with a 5/3/1 training method, to increase your overall strength. The 5/3/1 method has proven VERY successful at build strength and sear mass, and has been around for quite some time... Enjoy.
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I was clocked/tested a few times in the gym. Not your standard determination of strength but it was mine at the time. 725 kilogram meters per second squared Punching power. Or 725 newtons. Not sure how that translates to psi but id be interested if anyone has the formula.
Aside from that I'm pretty average strength in the weight room. I can get 315 no prob on the bench ,but don't push much harder.
I think a good rule of thumb to be considered strong is to be able to bench your BW for 20 reps and bench 100 pounds over your BW for a 1 rep max.
I used to be strong as an ox. I benched 540lb raw as a natty. I ended up paying for it with about 8 months of not lifting because I tore my pec. It didn't take long after not being able to lift that I turned to old habits to deal with my demons. Started drinking every day and gained a shit load of BF. I have since recovered and been back in the gym grinding. I love heavy ass weight but the injury risk is high. I still go heavy from time to time but it's in the back of my mind all the time.
Thats impressive weight, I'm very careful when it comes to 1RMs. Lately my focus has been on strength for a meet coming up, however I decided to skip the meet and hit the EBC. I want to compete in the 181 raw. My bench is up to 330, Squat at 425 and deadlift at 500.. I think by this time next year you could toss another 150 lbs to all those lifts... At 181, I can over head tricep press the 125 lbs dumbbells, seated shoulder press 225, and bent over row 250... I know alot of people doubt my strength, so I've made several videos and going to make this badass video with my training buddy, and send it off for a possible sponsorship. I wish you the best on your recovery bro and keep yourself safe, it's would literally kill me if I could not train.
I am still strong I can military 215 seated for ten reps. I can do 315 on incline bench for 5x5. I have done 500 on squat with nothing but a belt ass to grass. I have dead lifted 585. I don't do db kver head extentions anymore because they murder my elbows but I have done the 140's for reps before. Heavy lifting is all I did for years and years. I just got injured to much.
Been lifting more for looks lately it goes against everything I was taught in the powerlifting gym I grew up in but it is safer. Maybe I will turn back to powerlifting one of these days.
Those are still good number bro, I would still be happy. I'm not a powerlifter at heart. I'm a bodybuilder, I just do some powerlifting offseason as part of my training. Those guys from the 70's had that thick dense solid muscle by incorporating powerlifting into their training. I'm sticking to the roots, but I'm just trying to take that to the next level..
I don't know guys, I spent the last six years in the gym training for strength. These days I learn more towards working out to get the blood flowing, a good range of motion and pump, and good contractions at the peak of the rep -- which means I focus more on volume these days. It's a nice change.
AnonPersonally, I hate all these things...reminds me of all the people I know who do crossfit...
Not knocking cfit for what it's good for, but come on...some tiny chic who tells me her dead lift 1r max is 315, but she's never had more than 185 on the bar lmfao! (Okay, maybe that was exaggerated a little bit). My point is just this, what anyone, myself included, "thinks" they can do, and what they can actually perform are two different things. It's like adding another plate after you've been lifting the quarter and ten for 3 months no problem, but you may not mentally have control yet and you shrink back right at the moment of truth.
Idk, this is no knock on you Champ...I love the shit you post...I just don't like formulas that calculate my performance and more than I say I can run six miles when I know damn well the treadmill made the ground move six miles and all I had to do was keep up. It's the difference between "acting" and being "acted upon." I realize this is totally subjective, but I think it makes me a little sharper, hungrier than the next guy. I'm looking for hard, not easy. I don't get lift off help on my bench when I'm up at 330, or any weight for that matter... I'm no power lifter, but my theory is if I can't get it off the rack myself, I have no business claiming the rep. Same for when some guy spots me and can't follow directions..."no dude, I said don't touch the f'n bar at all until I say help!!" Lol
If that happens it wasn't a clean rep. But I get another shot at the title in one measily week. And I get a little more pissed every day until I confront that moment of truth again. Because this is no team sport, and it's certainly not dictated by a formula....no more than I'm obese because the doctor says I have a bmi of 31 smh
Rant over
Dude we're all entitled to our opinion; it's a forum LOL... I never used these things until my friend pointed it out to me, and it seemed to be accurate for me and him, so I thought I would share. I'm sure it's worked for other people here too, just one of those things bro.. no hard feelings man
+1, seems intriguing I will give it a shot
1425 total here.. Aiming for 1500 at my next meet the end of this year.. 220 weight class
Nice bro... Im hoping for 1300 at 181 raw.
Thanks for the helpful tool, in this sport you really can never get enough to get the edge you need grrrr! Thanks brother.
I have to be strong to spot the animals i train with Ha > sometimes the spot is harder than my own workout
I'll take the ego boost LOL
Might give this a try for something to change up in a few weeks
It seems to be very accurate for me, weird it doesn't hold up for the rest of your guys... I know i'm going to go ahead and ask the stupid question, did you guys make sure to put the reps first then the weight?
I think the issue is probably the subjective term "elite", it's open to interpretation. I wouldn't call myself elite, advanced maybe but elite to me means power lifter standard, which I'm not.
lol.... according to that i should be a Power-lifter >;................ i dont have much belief in these new fangled "toys"
I think this stuff is really old and someone is making it computerized. On the counter when you walk in my gym is a strength table by body weight for DL, Bench, Squat that is brown and disintegrating like an old newspaper - think it goes back to the '60s.
Me and my buddy tried it out and it seemed to be accurate. Once you hit the elite level it becomes useless IMO.. I guess it's hit and miss dude.
How strong am I? Fucking weak as hell. But according to this thing I'm not doing bad at all considering strength is not my goal. I really wish my shoulders and back weren't so fucked up so I could switch it up every once and a while and spend a few months building strength.
Cool site bro, it appears my upper body is still a beast, whilst my lower body continues to be soft like country crock.
I've just punched in my numbers. At 260lbs, it calls a 562lb 1rm squat elite - Really? Doesn't seen that elite to me. I know 220lb guys that can 1rm more than that.
Don't get me wrong, I like the ego boost, it makes me look good!
Dude I know guys that are 190 who can squat that, now that's impressive
Now that's more like what I'd call "elite" at that weight. Hitting that number at my size I just don't think is that big of a deal
There's also an app for android called metric me which will calculate you 1xMR and you can keep track of your progress. Great tool to have if you have android check it out. Easy to use and simple.