ChessGuy
30 years ago I increased my pushup count from 35 reps to 50 reps by incorporating 2X8 dips.
Now I'm using a machine with a selectable counter weight to do dips. I'm stuck on 3X5 machine dips twice a week with 120lbs counter weight.. I'm 226 Lbs now as opposed to 1989 when I was 211.
Tonight I pulled 185 lbs X 5 and squatted 135 3X5.
Is it possible to be an upper body eunuch while having good results on lower body exercises?
I am 70 years old.
Mark Rippetoe
What are your bench and press numbers?
My best bench ever was 150 and my best press was 72. Once I was stuck I stopped trying and the heal issues came into play.
I'm doing dips, squats, and deads twice a week. The squats and deads are coming along nicely after 8 workouts. Dips are stuck. I like them, though.
As long as you're having fun, carry on.
sirlinx
So I just finished my LP with the only lift still going up being the deadlift, but because squatting 3x a week made me very tired and unable to process work (I work in front of a computer all day and my mind was not all there, feeling much better now that I've moved on) I decided to move on from my LP altogether. I'm mostly wondering because I'm starting to want to compete. There's a competition at the end of the year for just deadlifts, but I always thought my numbers were still poor especially when compared to things I see online. I just wanted to see where I was at and searched for strength standards online and came across two tables (one from SS), both tables are telling me I'm either late intermediate or pre advanced, which I find hard to believe since Monday of last week I was still running my LP. Now I ran a calculator to get my PR's, this is because I've never actually tried to lift singles and see what my PR was before, so I will post my actual working numbers as well as the calculator's estimation. Are these good numbers to start competing?
I'm 42, 165cm - 5'5, body weight 75kg - 165 lbs
actual working numbers:
calculator estimations for PR:
I don't understand your question. If you want to go to a meet, it doesn't matter what your numbers are because you are going to get beaten the first few times you enter. Competition motivates your training, and if you wait until you know you'll win to enter a meet, you're not a competitor.
I don't have any aspirations of winning, I just want to get some experience. But I don't want to get laughed at either. I have no idea if these numbers are good enough to start competing because I'm the only guy who trains for strength in my gym so there's nothing to compare them to.
Then go to a meet and watch. Nobody laughs at anybody who has the balls to enter the meet.
Finishing the Snatch –Mark Rippetoe
Interpreting Failure –Andrew Lewis
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