lifters, whats your worst lift?

curlsintherack
curlsintherack Posts: 465 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
mine is the bench press always has been probably always will be. at 6'2 and 205 in highschool I could bench 235 for 10 now at 34 and 240 and a bunch of shoulder problems later I struggled at 150 this morning.

I thought this might be a good thread to be honest with each other and maybe add some accountability to practice our lifts and get better.
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  • Sweet_Heresy
    Sweet_Heresy Posts: 411 Member
    Overhead press...urgh I hate it so much. It's just about the only lift I can't continually progress on.

    Gotta find my fractional plates...
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    The squat is my worst lift. (:

    I can squat 3x5 210# which puts me in the "advanced" category for men my age/weight (65/170#) but I dread it. Injured myself twice doing it; once seriously.

    Takes all of my focus and attention to do it "right." Still trying to lift more weight but it's a struggle and, at my age, I need to rest more between sets and need to pay attention to my body and be willing to back off in order to avoid serious injury again. Can't let my ego get the best of me.

    PS: I can also DL 1x5 275#, which also puts me in the advanced category based on age/weight, but DLs are much easier and much more for me to do. :)
  • deluxmary2000
    deluxmary2000 Posts: 981 Member
    I feel like squats are always going to be my worst lift. My femurs are so long... I feel like it takes 20 minutes just to get all the way down to parallel. lol
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  • juliewatkin
    juliewatkin Posts: 764 Member
    Bench without a doubt. The nice part of this is that I have low expectations of it in a meet. It's like the portion where I get to lie down and rest. Best is deadlift which, fun as it is, can be stressful because it comprises almost half my total.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    After a bulging disc injury I had to put squats and Deads on "break" till I got the okay from my doc. I received the all clear a month or two ago and am trying to build my squat back up. Deadlift strength came back quick, but the squats aren't going as fast. Still not worried about it but it is my worst lift at the moment. Was stoked today just to get 255 for 8.
  • sammyliftsandeats
    sammyliftsandeats Posts: 2,421 Member
    Sweet_Heresy wrote: »
    Overhead press...urgh I hate it so much. It's just about the only lift I can't continually progress on.

    Gotta find my fractional plates...

    Ditto!
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Overhead press

    My shoulders are toast and I always have to adjust my grip on every set.

    My best? Bench Press.
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    pullups are the worst for me, if that counts as a lift. and i struggle with squats because of my bad knee.
  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    Bench. I totally pscych myself out on it though...convinced always that I'm going to smash my face with the bar, even when I have a spot. It's definitely my weakest, and makes me feel inadequate when I'm at the gym - especially when I can load a bar hella heavy for everything else, then put my itty bitty little plates on for my bench and struggle!
  • DeadliftsandDonuts
    DeadliftsandDonuts Posts: 178 Member
    Overhead press is definitely my worst lift, closely followed by bench press. It's so hard to make progress on either of them!
  • Keladelphia
    Keladelphia Posts: 820 Member
    Definitely bench press and I totally know it's my own fault. It's the lift I train the least since it has the lowest carryover to my Olympic lifts (which are the lifts i'm most concerned about). Still it's embarrassingly low compared to my other lifts :(
  • piperdown44
    piperdown44 Posts: 958 Member
    Squats are by far my worst lift.
    Made the mistake a long, long time ago by skipping legs and I'm paying for it now.
    For instance, I can rep 265 on bench 5-6 times but can barely get 3-4 reps at 245 on squats.
    That's why I've really focused on squats (and accessories to help squat) this past year and will continue as far as I can.
  • Barbonica
    Barbonica Posts: 337 Member
    Bench - I am intermediate. Squat halfway between intermediate and advanced, and dl halfway between advanced and elite. All based on my body weight, but not adjusted for my age (54 YO).
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Another vote for overhead press.........ask me again in a few months though as I'm considering learning Olympic lifting (Clean & jerk, snatch...)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    right now just about everything...I'm recovering from a bulging disk and pinched nerve in my neck so pretty much just doing rehabby *kitten*.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    right now just about everything...I'm recovering from a bulging disk and pinched nerve in my neck so pretty much just doing rehabby *kitten*.

    sucks... :( Sorry, man
  • Keladelphia
    Keladelphia Posts: 820 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    Another vote for overhead press.........ask me again in a few months though as I'm considering learning Olympic lifting (Clean & jerk, snatch...)

    Do it!!!! They're definitely the most fun.
  • kandeye
    kandeye Posts: 216 Member
    Ohp for sure. Now that I'm starting to make progress I am starting to look forward to them tho :p
  • DeadliftsandDonuts
    DeadliftsandDonuts Posts: 178 Member
    Keladelphia wrote: »
    Definitely bench press and I totally know it's my own fault. It's the lift I train the least since it has the lowest carryover to my Olympic lifts (which are the lifts i'm most concerned about). Still it's embarrassingly low compared to my other lifts :(

    That's fine though since your priority is your Olympic lifts. I could have said my snatch and C&J are my worst lifts because I never do them. I don't have a coach and would probably injure myself if I tried them with any significant weight. That's why I stick to the powerlifting lifts for now.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    What qualifies as a "crappy" overhead press? I am just curious. It is by far my weakest lift of the big lifts, but what are the standards?

    I love picking stuff up over my head. Makes me feel beasty.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    OHP here, too.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Ohp for sure
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
    12 oz. curls.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    right now just about everything...I'm recovering from a bulging disk and pinched nerve in my neck so pretty much just doing rehabby *kitten*.

    sucks... :( Sorry, man

    Yeah...it's been about six weeks or so with a month of PT. It's definitely improving and I'd say I'm about 85% back in terms of the pain and tingling/numbness...and I'm just now to the point where I can get out on my bike for a decent ride...but yeah...I'm going to have some work to do in the coming months on all fronts.

    I was supposed to do a century at the end of Sept that I think I'm going to bring down to a 1/2 because I haven't been able to train for awhile...I did do a time trial a few weeks ago, and I thought I was going to die...not during (too much adrenaline) but afterwards for the whole day I just wanted someone to shoot me and get it over with.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    right now just about everything...I'm recovering from a bulging disk and pinched nerve in my neck so pretty much just doing rehabby *kitten*.

    sucks... :( Sorry, man

    Yeah...it's been about six weeks or so with a month of PT. It's definitely improving and I'd say I'm about 85% back in terms of the pain and tingling/numbness...and I'm just now to the point where I can get out on my bike for a decent ride...but yeah...I'm going to have some work to do in the coming months on all fronts.

    I was supposed to do a century at the end of Sept that I think I'm going to bring down to a 1/2 because I haven't been able to train for awhile...I did do a time trial a few weeks ago, and I thought I was going to die...not during (too much adrenaline) but afterwards for the whole day I just wanted someone to shoot me and get it over with.

    Mine happened in June of last year between L4-L5. Sucked. Had horrible sciatica. I wish back pain on no one.
  • Keladelphia
    Keladelphia Posts: 820 Member
    DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »
    Keladelphia wrote: »
    Definitely bench press and I totally know it's my own fault. It's the lift I train the least since it has the lowest carryover to my Olympic lifts (which are the lifts i'm most concerned about). Still it's embarrassingly low compared to my other lifts :(

    That's fine though since your priority is your Olympic lifts. I could have said my snatch and C&J are my worst lifts because I never do them. I don't have a coach and would probably injure myself if I tried them with any significant weight. That's why I stick to the powerlifting lifts for now.
    Fair enough. I'll let myself slide though i'd still like to have a bench number that is at least somewhat in line with my other lifts....almost 80 pounds less than my jerk and only a hair over my OHP isn't very respectable ha-ha.
  • DeadliftsandDonuts
    DeadliftsandDonuts Posts: 178 Member
    Keladelphia wrote: »
    DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »
    Keladelphia wrote: »
    Definitely bench press and I totally know it's my own fault. It's the lift I train the least since it has the lowest carryover to my Olympic lifts (which are the lifts i'm most concerned about). Still it's embarrassingly low compared to my other lifts :(

    That's fine though since your priority is your Olympic lifts. I could have said my snatch and C&J are my worst lifts because I never do them. I don't have a coach and would probably injure myself if I tried them with any significant weight. That's why I stick to the powerlifting lifts for now.
    Fair enough. I'll let myself slide though i'd still like to have a bench number that is at least somewhat in line with my other lifts....almost 80 pounds less than my jerk and only a hair over my OHP isn't very respectable ha-ha.

    My bench is 100 lbs over my OHP but it's still low enough that I can deadlift double my bench PR! It really should be higher since I bench heavy 3x a week. :(
  • Keladelphia
    Keladelphia Posts: 820 Member
    DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »
    Keladelphia wrote: »
    DeadliftsandDonuts wrote: »
    Keladelphia wrote: »
    Definitely bench press and I totally know it's my own fault. It's the lift I train the least since it has the lowest carryover to my Olympic lifts (which are the lifts i'm most concerned about). Still it's embarrassingly low compared to my other lifts :(

    That's fine though since your priority is your Olympic lifts. I could have said my snatch and C&J are my worst lifts because I never do them. I don't have a coach and would probably injure myself if I tried them with any significant weight. That's why I stick to the powerlifting lifts for now.
    Fair enough. I'll let myself slide though i'd still like to have a bench number that is at least somewhat in line with my other lifts....almost 80 pounds less than my jerk and only a hair over my OHP isn't very respectable ha-ha.

    My bench is 100 lbs over my OHP but it's still low enough that I can deadlift double my bench PR! It really should be higher since I bench heavy 3x a week. :(

    Benching 3x a week you'll get where you want to be :) And my DL is almost triple my bench PR so that should still make you feel better
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    right now just about everything...I'm recovering from a bulging disk and pinched nerve in my neck so pretty much just doing rehabby *kitten*.

    sucks... :( Sorry, man

    Yeah...it's been about six weeks or so with a month of PT. It's definitely improving and I'd say I'm about 85% back in terms of the pain and tingling/numbness...and I'm just now to the point where I can get out on my bike for a decent ride...but yeah...I'm going to have some work to do in the coming months on all fronts.

    I was supposed to do a century at the end of Sept that I think I'm going to bring down to a 1/2 because I haven't been able to train for awhile...I did do a time trial a few weeks ago, and I thought I was going to die...not during (too much adrenaline) but afterwards for the whole day I just wanted someone to shoot me and get it over with.

    Mine happened in June of last year between L4-L5. Sucked. Had horrible sciatica. I wish back pain on no one.

    Mines between C6 - C7...pain that shoots into both of my shoulders like I have a sprained or torn rotator cuff and then numbness down my arms and into my thumb and forefingers...it blows *kitten*...when it happened I totally flipped because I didn't know what was going on...just woke up numb and tingly...that was mid July of this year.

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