Strength Standards and their Usefulness | Mark Rippetoe

[Mark Rippetoe]

He has tried Rip, give him a break.

He's already had several breaks.

[Martin Shenfield]

He's already had several breaks.

You are very generous. My apologies. My wife doesn't appreciate my humour either.

[JamesFazz]

Fantastic article Rip. Its a matter of maturity really, as a young man I thought comparison to others mattered a lot, as an older man I see now comparisons don't matter at all - we're all on our own journey.

[Griffin727]

You don't write very well, Griffin. Work on that, please.

Man, you have no idea. I couldnt make sentences flow or do like basic grammar when I was in school. Now, I was fine with everything else, but the grammar never improved. I went to school from 2002 to 2014 and of course college was well college. On placement test for programs I would score around 75 to even 80 percentile for everything but grammar. My grammar was around 35 percent. Typing makes me look wayyyy dumber then I really am. My hand writing makes me look special needs if I was to be frank. Lol.

[tiny&mighty]

I started training using your book about 8 years ago. It took me a long time to really understand how meaningless the standards are. About the only good thing they did for me was to assure me that I could probably get stronger than I thought I could. I still train, have fun with it and

Same here. I also find them somewhat useful to assess my lifts against each other.

[Sturw]

Same here. I also find them somewhat useful to assess my lifts against each other.

So how much should I lift?

[tiny&mighty]

So how much should I lift?

What I meant was more along the lines of: Looking at the strength standards, my bench is kinda low in comparison to my press. Maybe I should stop half-assing the bench and treat it as seriously as the press.

[neilc1]

So how much should I lift?

5 pounds more than the last time

[Mark Rippetoe]

Maybe I should stop half-assing the bench and treat it as seriously as the press.

Did you need the strength standards to tell you that?

[Sturw]

5 pounds more than the last time

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