Curious - How long did it take you to get to Cat IV in the strength standards

[Randy Scheingold]

As the title says, I'm curious how long it took everyone to get to Category IV in the strength standards. Please include sex\age in the response. Disclaimer: We all know this isn't supposed to matter.

For me -

40 years old male
15 months of SS & beyond. (few months of gym bs prior to that)
Press - CAT 4 (bottom of it)
Bench - CAT 3 (2/3 of the way to CAT 4)
Squat - CAT 3 (1/3 of the way to CAT 4)
DL - CAT 3 (20lb from bottom)
PC - don't do it....can't rack due to flexiblityCAt

[Frankie]

No idea, I lift in KG not LB - like a grown up.

Male, 30 something

[The_GOAT]

18, M, 350.

Squat- 10 months until cat IV.
Bench- 22 months til cat IV
DL-less than 10 months til cat IV
Press-after only training bench for a long time, almost immediately cat IV.
PC-3.5 years til cat IV.

[Chebass88]

Here is a link to the tables for reference.

For male, 275lbs, Category IV standards are:
Press: 194
Bench: 325
Squat: 435
Deadlift: 499
Power clean: 313

I began training in 2010, and more seriously in 2011. I met these numbers in:
Press: Fall 2012 (?), <24 months
Bench: Spring 2015, ~4 years. This was due to not training the bench for a few months in here
Squat: Christmastime 2011 (this was a great year - I went from a very shaky 355 max in March 2011 to a solid 445 in December)
Deadlift: Spring 2012. ~26 months
Powerclean: not yet met. I haven't cleaned anything in over a year.

I should also be careful to note that I program-hopped quite a bit in 2011-2013. Sticking with a single program could result in faster progress than I realized.

[melody]

Female, training since 2011, now 34, body weight has been between 120-132 during my years training.
I got to category 4 in most lifts in 2-3 years, squat to cat 5.

[dhalli]

Male, 43, 210-219lb

Press - bottom end of cat III
Bench - mid cat III somewhere; changes wildly every time for better or worse
Squat - 10.5 months for cat IV
Deadlift - Sad panda. Gonna go eat ice cream now.

edit:
SS began August 2015, switched to TM old man 4 day mid Janurary 2016

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Male, 47, 200, since jun 2009

I am not in cat IV in any lift. In some lifts, I am not even in cat III.

Hope that makes you feel good.

:-)

IPB

[bugbomb]

Started training Crossfit spring 2008. Switched to barbell stuff only early 2009. Hit CatIV for sq/p/dl September 2009 and have always remained above CatIV since then, but still have not achieved it for bench.

[hbriem]

Male, 53, started training at 41, currently around 95kg, started at around 80kg.

Press, cat IV (79kg) in about 8 years, can't press overhead anymore because of shoulder issues,
Bench, cat IV (132kg) in about 7 years, can still do it.
Squat, cat IV (176kg) in about 4 years, can still do it on occasion.
Deadlift cat IV (208kg) in about 2 years, can still do it.
Power Clean cat III (94kg) in about 4 years, can still do it (still not IV)

[Nate7out]

As the title says, I'm curious how long it took everyone to get to Category IV in the strength standards. Please include sex\age in the response. Disclaimer: We all know this isn't supposed to matter.

For me -

40 years old male
15 months of SS & beyond. (few months of gym bs prior to that)
Press - CAT 4 (bottom of it)
Bench - CAT 3 (2/3 of the way to CAT 4)
Squat - CAT 3 (1/3 of the way to CAT 4)
DL - CAT 3 (20lb from bottom)
PC - don't do it....can't rack due to flexiblityCAt

I'm 38 and male. This thread reminds me how much I suck.

3 years training currently May 2013 to now, plus 8-9 years training from 1992-2000.

Squat - Cat IV - NOT YET (Cat IV via e1RM 2.33 Years)
Deadlift - Cat IV - NOT YET (Cat IV via e1RM 2.66 Years)
Press - Cat IV @ 165 - 7 months; @ 181 11 months;
Bench - Cat IV @ 165 - 8 months; @ 181 1.33 years;

I forgot about those standards. I will make it a point to SQ and DL those weights this year.