Women lifters SURVEY

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  • doughnutwretch
    doughnutwretch Posts: 498 Member
    Height: 6'
    Weight: 170

    How long have you been lifting: Since freshmen year of high school originally but diligently again for the past 8 months
    Times per week: 4-6
    Split routine or full body: Single muscle group per day. Back, chest, arms, shoulders and legs. Unless I've missed a day and I'll combine accordingly

    1 REP MAX - I don't aim for 1RM but here are my guesses
    Deadlift: 155
    Squat: 135
    Bench: 95

    Pull-ups/chin ups (yes or no): Getting there!

    Favorite arm move: Drop set cable curls (That will tear your sh&* up!!)
    Favorite leg/butt move: Regular squats and lunges

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so, how often? Yes, but infrequently. Should be at least once a week but I'm averaging twice per month. I'll do planks and side planks more frequently than any other ab workouts, but occasionally you can find me doing bicycles, ball crunches, etc. Aside from that, I do a lot of compound movements that work my abs quite nicely

    EDIT: Cause I can't spell today
  • prudolph69
    prudolph69 Posts: 13
    Height: 5'6"
    Weight: 190

    How long youve been lifting: 3 weeks
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: split

    1 REP MAX: I have no idea - I am having to teach myself - UGH!!! - need direction
    Deadlift:
    Squat: 30
    Bench: 50

    Pull-ups/chin ups: no

    Favorite arm move: Triceps Extension
    Favorite leg/butt move: squat

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? yes - once a week

    IF ANYBODY IS WILLING TO GIVE ME DIRECTION I AM ALL FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • emgawne
    emgawne Posts: 265 Member
    Height: 5'9"
    Weight: 157

    How long youve been lifting: 2 months
    Times per week: 2-3
    Split routine or full body: full body

    1 REP MAX

    Havent maxed out, so these are my normal reps
    Deadlift: 75 (2x15)
    Squat: 70 (2x15)
    Bench: havent benched in a long time, so im not sure

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): not yet. getting there!

    Favorite arm move: cable row
    Favorite leg/butt move: squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? i do a core conditioning class 2-3x a week.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    Height: 5'8
    Weight: 144lbs

    How long youve been lifting: 3.5 years since I first started. Continuously for 2 years. Squats & deadlifts for just over a year.
    Times per week: 4
    Split routine or full body: Upper/Lower Split

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 80kg / 176lbs
    Squat: 60kg / 132lbs
    Bench: 55kg / 121lbs

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): Occasionally - not as part of my routine. I can do around 3 chin ups, and no pull ups (yet!)

    Favorite arm move: Tricep stuff (pressdowns, skullcrushers etc)
    Favorite leg/butt move: Squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? I do bodypump once a week (NOT counted as lifting) which includes about 2 minutes of isolated ab work. Apart from that, no.
  • almc170
    almc170 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Height: 5'9"
    Weight: 170

    How long youve been lifting: 2.5 months
    Times per week: 2-3
    Split routine or full body: full

    1 REP MAX
    have never tried to figure it out

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): working on it

    Favorite arm move: dumbbell bench press
    Favorite leg/butt move: single leg romanian deadlift

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? no
  • ruststar
    ruststar Posts: 489 Member
    Height: 5'5"
    Weight: 195

    How long youve been lifting: since September 2011
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: full body

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 192.5
    Squat: 163.33
    Bench: 93.33
    I use Jefit to track my progress and it calculates your 1 rep max for you.

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): Working on it! I can do chin ups on the assisted machine and I can do 135 on lat pull downs, so it's coming along.

    Favorite arm move: One-armed cuban snatch
    Favorite leg/butt move: One-armed cuban snatch

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? Rarely
  • Tree72
    Tree72 Posts: 942 Member
    Height: 5'5"
    Weight: 165

    How long youve been lifting: 2 months consistently (Have been doing some body weight and circuit stuff for about a year, but just started regularly lifting heavy in March.)
    Times per week: 2 or 3
    Split routine or full body: full body

    1 REP MAX Haven't done an 1RMs, but my sets are:
    Deadlift: 105 (8 reps x 3 sets)
    Squat: 105 (8x3)
    Bench: 105 (5x1) but usually 80 @ 8x3

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): no, not yet, hopefully one day

    Favorite arm move: I enjoy bench press when I have a spotter, otherwise overhead triceps extensions on the cable machine.
    Favorite leg/butt move: squats (I particularly like sumo squats, but haven't tried them with the bar, just used the 20kg (44lb) kettlebell.)

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? No, I've been doing the NROL4W, and ab work is incorporated. Just about to finish phase 1.
  • kvissy
    kvissy Posts: 205 Member
    Height: 5'5"
    Weight: 155

    How long youve been lifting: Seriously lifting--6 months
    Times per week: 4-6
    Split routine or full body: Depends on the day

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 245lb
    Squat: back squat--170lb
    Bench: 115lb

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): yes--kipping. dead hang w/ band

    Favorite arm move: clean and jerk
    Favorite leg/butt move: dead lifts

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? yes--not often as I should! 1-2 times/week?
  • jarrettd
    jarrettd Posts: 872 Member
    Height: 5'11"
    Weight: 151

    How long youve been lifting: just over 6 months
    Times per week: 3 to 4
    Split routine or full body: full

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 180
    Squat: 175
    Bench: 95

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): yes

    Favorite arm move: arnold presses
    Favorite leg/butt move: ATG squats!!

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? no, not really
  • deninevi
    deninevi Posts: 934 Member
    Height: 5'8"
    Weight: 150lbs.

    How long youve been lifting: 9 months
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: full body

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 225-3 reps
    Squat: 130-3x5 , haven't try 1RM
    Bench: 80-3x5, haven't try 1RM

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): yes, chin-ups-5/pull-ups -1

    Favorite arm move: OH press
    Favorite leg/butt move: Squat

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? no
  • cmay89
    cmay89 Posts: 337 Member
    Height: 5'7"
    Weight: 162

    How long youve been lifting: 2.5 years
    Times per week: at least one different lift a day 5 or 6 days a week
    Split routine or full body: Crossfit (skill lift before and after my workout)

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 315lb
    Squat: Front - 185lb , Back - 225
    Bench: 135lb

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): Yes pull-ups

    Favorite arm move: jerks
    Favorite leg/butt move: deadlift

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? GHD's and back extensions once or twice a week if time permits

    really really wanting to work my 3x5s in again MWF but not finding the time to! more schedule shuffling is needed.
  • UrbanRunner81
    UrbanRunner81 Posts: 1,207 Member
    Height: 5'10"
    Weight: 138

    How long youve been lifting: a year or so but really trying to lift much heavier now
    Times per week: 4 times
    Split routine or full body: Split

    1 REP MAX (these are figured out by my app I have, not sure if it is accurate)
    Deadlift: 145
    Squat: 135
    Bench: 75 - i feel so weak here lol

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): not yet, but getting closer to it.

    Favorite arm move: hammer curls
    Favorite leg/butt move: squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? yes 3 times a week
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  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    5"6
    172 lbs

    I have been lifting for about 10 weeks 'this time round'.
    3 - 5 x a week
    Split routine

    1 REP Max:
    I have never tried my max

    Deads: 165lbs, 3 sets of 6
    Squat: 100 lbs, 3 sets of 6 (sorting my form out at the moment)
    Bench: 80lbs, 3 sets of 6

    Pull ups: no idea as I have not tried recently.

    Favorite Arm: Bench Press
    Favorite Leg: Squats (when I can get my form sorted out)

    Isolated Abs: Yes - 1 - 2 x a week, depending on schedule
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Height: - 5'5"
    Weight: - A lot

    How long youve been lifting: - 6 years
    Times per week: - 3
    Split routine or full body: - Split (1. Arms&Chest, 2. Legs, 3. Back&Abs)

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: - 225
    Squat: - 400
    Bench: - 165

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): - No (tried, but not to that level yet)

    Favorite arm move: - Curls
    Favorite leg/butt move: - Squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? - Yes. 200 crunches a day then ab day at the gym one day a week.

    ... Cardio 6 days a week

    Damn! girl....no wonder squats are your favorite. :drinker:
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
    Height: 158cm
    Weight: 102kg

    How long youve been lifting: 4mths
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: full body

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 40kg
    Squat: 30kg (I'm recovering from knee surgery)
    Bench: 40kg

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): not yet, but they are on my wish list.

    Favorite arm move: ??
    Favorite leg/butt move: ??

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often?

    Planks and leg raisers 2-3 x a week.

    I did 5 x 55kg deadlifts today, I so I'm sure my 1RM would be higher.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    Height: 5'3.5"
    Weight: 142

    How long youve been lifting: on and off, a year, consistently about 3 months
    Times per week: 3-4 (every other day)
    Split routine or full body: full body compound movements

    1 REP MAX don't know, no spotter
    Deadlift: 145x6
    Squat: 175x6
    Bench: 75x6

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): I did my first unassisted pull up last weekend!

    Favorite arm move: push ups always make me feel powerful. Working on handstand pushups
    Favorite leg/butt move: I love squats! Partly why my squats outpace all other lifts.

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? No, I do some v-ups or situps sometimes when the mood strikes lol
  • kensky
    kensky Posts: 472 Member
    Height: 5'2.5''
    Weight: 129

    How long youve been lifting: I've been serious about lifting since Oct. 2011
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: Full

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 165
    Squat: 120
    Bench: 85

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): no(t yet)

    Favorite arm move: Decline pushups (the kind with your feet on a bench...is that decline?)
    Favorite leg/butt move: Squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? No
  • aymetcalf
    aymetcalf Posts: 597 Member
    Height: 5'2
    Weight: 136lbs

    How long youve been lifting:
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: fullbody

    Squat: 135 (3x7)
    Bench: 105 (1 rep max)

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): working on it - can't do full unassisted pullups yet - maybe in another month or so.

    Favorite arm move: bicep curls, tricep pulldowns
    Favorite leg/butt move: squats!

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? Not really. abs are used in many other fullbody exercises (squats, bench, planks, etc) - and besides a 6-pack is made in the kitchen, not the weightroom :)
  • ladytinkerbell99
    ladytinkerbell99 Posts: 970 Member
    bump for later - motivation!
  • victoria4321
    victoria4321 Posts: 1,719 Member
    Height: 5'3
    Weight: 134

    How long youve been lifting: 2-3 months
    Times per week: Twice a week
    Split routine or full body: Full body each day but different work outs

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 220lbs
    Squat: 185lbs
    Bench: 73lbs (using 1-rep max calculations as I never have a spotter to test it)

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): 4 of each

    Favorite arm move: No isolated arm moves.
    Favorite leg/butt move: Squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? Just planks and hanging leg raises.
  • mgaither
    mgaither Posts: 115
    BUMP! Just started weight lifting.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    Height: 5'5
    Weight: 198

    How long you've been lifting: 22 years
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: I've done both. Currently doing full body

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 245
    Squat: 210
    Bench: 115

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): Not at this weight but I used to be able to do them

    Favorite arm move: Push ups
    Favorite leg/butt move: Deadlift

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? - Not really. If i do ab work then it's stuff like planks and side planks
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    and besides a 6-pack is made in the kitchen, not the weightroom :)
    I need the extra core strength for my yoga classes, even if it never actually shows up on my midsection.
  • ishtar13
    ishtar13 Posts: 528 Member
    Height: 5'3"
    Weight: 186.5

    How long youve been lifting: a few weeks, this time
    Times per week: 3-4
    Split routine or full body: full body

    1 REP MAX - Haven't determined
    Deadlift:
    Squat:
    Bench:

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): working on it; unassisted pullup is a goal

    Favorite arm move: don't do isolation and don't really have a fave
    Favorite leg/butt move: squat!

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? No; sometimes I do planks or Turkish get ups or cable wood chops, but only if I still have energy after my other lifts.
  • twistedsister1982
    twistedsister1982 Posts: 2
    Height: 5'4"
    Weight: 135

    How long youve been lifting: 4 years
    Times per week: 4
    Split routine or full body: split.... bench, military press, squats, dead lifts

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 300lbs
    Squat: 270lbs
    Bench: 70lbs :# (implants)

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): not so much since my surgery

    Favorite arm move: -
    Favorite leg/butt move: heavy below parallel squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? occasionally will do hanging leg raises.... pilates at home when i m feeling lazy
  • Jenlwb
    Jenlwb Posts: 682 Member
    Height: 5'5"
    Weight: 55kg

    How long youve been lifting: Since Jan 2012, but Stronglifts since Sept.
    Times per week: 2-3
    Split routine or full body: Compound Stronglifts moves.

    1 REP MAX - never checked but here are my 5 sets of 5 reps weights:
    Deadlift: 60kg 1x5
    Squat: 53.5kg 5x5
    Bench: 24kg 5x5

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): I wish... one day!

    Favorite arm move: barbell row
    Favorite leg/butt move: heavy squats/lunges

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? Not really. The occasional plank? I should tho!

    Edit: Deadlifts is of course 1 set of 5, not 5!!
  • horseplaypen
    horseplaypen Posts: 442 Member
    You guys are so impressive!!! :love:


    Height: 5'6"
    Weight: 140 lbs

    How long youve been lifting: 2 months seriously, 8 months not seriously prior to that
    Times per week: 4-5
    Split routine or full body: ?? Cross-fit??

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: 150 lbs
    Squat: 125 lbs (front)
    Bench: 85 lbs

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): No (only with a band)

    Favorite arm move: ?
    Favorite leg/butt move: ?

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? No, not sure what you mean, but ab stuff is usually incorporated into a general workout for me...
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    Height: 5'5
    Weight: 135

    How long youve been lifting: Almost 1.5 years, only about 5 months with free weights
    Times per week: 3x
    Split routine or full body: Stronglifts... so I guess full body compound?

    1 REP MAX (Haven't done, but here's my current stronglifts weights)
    Deadlift: 140 1x5
    Squat: 135 5x5
    Bench: 87 5x5

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): Haven't tried since I quit the gym in May... then I was doing them with 10# of assistance, so I probably could now.

    Favorite arm move: Overhead press... shoulders are part of the arms, right?
    Favorite leg/butt move: Squats

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? Nope. Sometimes I might do a few crunches between sets, but... nope.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Height: 5'7
    Weight: 125

    How long youve been lifting: Making an effort since July/August, but just got out of old-broken-lady prep ( highish reps & lowish load) ~ 1 month ago
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: Full, but with more accessory stuff for lower body

    1 REP MAX
    Deadlift: Never tried, don't know - right now, doing 5x10, #118. Maybe 150?
    Squat: 5x10, #78 (front squat). Prob 100. Ankle's a limiting factor for all lower body lifts.
    Bench: Prob a lot higher than what I'm doing (no rack or spotter). Max so far's been 40 with DBs; I could probably do 70.

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): No

    Favorite arm move: Bench press. Also, 'Waterbury' rows - from a squat, you stand up to tiptoe with a measure of explosive force, and bring up the elbow high as you ascend - from here:
    http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/real_fast_fat_loss

    Favorite leg/butt move: 1 legged RDLs for fun, weighted bridge/hip thrust for what's it going to do.

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? No. But I start with ab exercises, right after glute stuff, so they're clicked in for the w/o. I rotate between plank, swiss jacknife, mountain climbers, & spiderman/reptile/pushup, leg raises from the ground, and scissor kicks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWKTmFv76I8

    For glutes, I want to try slideboard leg curls:
    http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/fantastic_hamstring_movements
  • LottieLou13
    LottieLou13 Posts: 574 Member
    Height: 5'5
    Weight: 170

    How long you've been lifting: 5 months
    Times per week: 3
    Split routine or full body: Just finished NROLW and I'm beginning 'Starting Strength' on Monday

    1 REP MAX - never done these - these are my max I've lifted so far...
    Deadlift: 128lbs
    Squat: 78lbs
    Bench: 45lbs

    Pull-ups/chin ups( yes or no): Nope - just got a door gym yesterday though so am hoping these aren't going to be far off

    Favorite arm move: Kettlebell clean and jerk...or OHP...
    Favorite leg/butt move: Conventional deadlifts

    Do you do isolated ab workouts? If so how often? Nope

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