How much should I weigh?

[Mark Rippetoe]

I don't think I'd have told that.

[OCG]

You need to start thinking in terms of 220.

By "lean" I do mean sub 10% nearly contest bodybuilder shape Rip. I think 220 at ~15% at my height is very doable, though it will take a while. Currently further weight gain isn't on the table but eventually it will be I think. Need to get my lifts up a little first.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Ah, I understand now. You're going to get your squat up to 505 x 5 first, and then gain more muscular bodyweight. Very shrewd. That way, you get to keep your abs showing.

[halbritt]

Personally, I'd just like to verify that I do in fact have some abs before I get fat again.

[kittenSmash]

But fuck, it's silly: at my height, I would be competing at the same category that Doug Young competed (assuming I'd cut about 26 to make weight), since at 5'7 (67 inches) I'd have to be 268 lbs. I would then belong to a comic book rather than to a powerlifting platform.

Karwoski was 5'8" and 280. He seemed to do well on the PL platform, and did not look comical at all.

[OCG]

I figure I'm good for about a 450 1RM in the squat at my current BW (current is ~400). But we'll see. Currently I'm recovering fine eating maintenance, when I'm not, then I'll eat more.

And my abs aren't showing. All that much.

[Carlos Daniel]

Karwoski was 5'8" and 280. He seemed to do well on the PL platform, and did not look comical at all.

Wikipedia says 5'10". Seems closer to what I've seen from his pictures.