2 years of serious training goals

[Lion Heart]

I've just about completed 1 year of serious training. I started at pretty weak lifts and I've finished LP with half decent ones. What would be good goals to set after 2 years of serious training under my belt? What were people's numbers a year after exhausting novice LP?

[Bobr]

I'm finishing my first year right now.
I was definitely not doing the program in terms of frequency and nutrition, so my results are not optimal, for sure. I started at 93 kg bodyweight, half-squatting 60 kilos, never deadlifted or OPed. Year after, I'm 92 kilos at 185 cm height (26 yo), probably with less BF% than before. Squatting 150 kg 5x3 with best single (probably not a true 1RM) of 160 kg. Deadlifting 170 kg in singles. OP 5x3 is 57,5 kilos.
More than the numbers I feel my posture is better, my back does not hurt (computer generation here), my knees stopped feeling weird at winter time.

About the goals, not sure. I'm probably not the reference case, as I don't give my training the time to train optimally and also I'm a little bit restricted with my gout diagnosis, which basically stopped me a month ago from continuing the progression. I'd say I'll be happy with finishing the second year with a little bit under 200 kg squat, 220 kg deadlift, and OP about 80 kilos. But those are just numbers I threw in.

[Tiburon]

I good goal to reach after your second year of serious training is to actually have completed two years of serious training.

[Mugaaz]

Entering a meet!

[krazyduck]

I've just about completed 1 year of serious training. I started at pretty weak lifts and I've finished LP with half decent ones. What would be good goals to set after 2 years of serious training under my belt? What were people's numbers a year after exhausting novice LP?

To not dick around with programs. I failed that goal.

[Tiburon]

To not dick around with programs. I failed that goal.

haha, so true

[16bit]

i think you need to compete, get a total and aim to beat that.

thats my plan anyway. i will have my first comp this coming feb which will be about 10 months since i started training properly. once i get a total then i can look to improve on that.

when i started proper training my lifts were:
Squat 110kgs
Bench 97kgs
Deadlift 145kgs
Total 352kgs

For the first comp i aim for the following:

Squat 170kgs
Bench 115kgs
Deadlift 200kgs
Total 485kgs

I think I can get those in Feb. Gives me something to train and program towards.

[Rich Rowe]

I good goal to reach after your second year of serious training is to actually have completed two years of serious training.

Entering a meet!

To not dick around with programs. I failed that goal.

All good answers. I set goals based on multiples of bodyweight for my first year: squat double bodyweight, press 1x and DL 2.5x. I wanted goals and I didn't know any better, cos I was new to it all, but these worked ok for me.

I managed to hit those (all in the last week of that year). I didn't have a bench goal, and my bench sucked and still lags behind even though I'm now at 19 months of training. So have goals, definitely.

Having now competed, looking back I'd say doing a meet is a better motivator. As soon as that entry form is on its way, training gets a degree of 'urgency' about it that I don't think you can get any other way.

[Henry Krinkle]

After 2 years of serious training I think pretty much everyone should be at 140kg/180kg/220kg or close too.

I mean in optimal conditions though, semi-serious 100kg/140kg/180kg is reasonable if a little low.

I've been at it 2.5 years semi serious and have 120kg/150kg/240kg.

Just my opinion.