Women Lifting.

porffor

I've been doing strength training for about a year, and ride regularly for the last 8 years with the exception of pregnancy. I returned to lifting around 2 months ago.

Currently:

132lb squat

110 Deadlift but doing a deadlift session for real tomorrow so should hit a PB on that.

55lb Bench press but again hoping to improve this very soon

My proudest achievement to date is my leg press at 242lbs - for 3x5 .. yes I had DOMS for 3 days but it was sooo worth it!

Lina4Lina

At one point, I did 500 lbs on a leg press. It was a pain to put on all those 45 lb plates though.

Sarauk2sf

I've been doing strength training for about a year, and ride regularly for the last 8 years with the exception of pregnancy. I returned to lifting around 2 months ago.

Currently:

132lb squat

110 Deadlift but doing a deadlift session for real tomorrow so should hit a PB on that.

55lb Bench press but again hoping to improve this very soon

My proudest achievement to date is my leg press at 242lbs - for 3x5 .. yes I had DOMS for 3 days but it was sooo worth it!

Yay you!!

Sarauk2sf

At one point, I did 500 lbs on a leg press. It was a pain to put on all those 45 lb plates though.

Impressive.

robin52077

Started April 26, first time I ever touched a barbell, so in 4 months I have gone from:

squats - 40 lbs to 120 lbs
bench - 30 lbs to 80 lbs
deadlift - 60 lbs to 135 lbs
overhead press - 30 lbs to 50 lbs
pendlay row - 30 lbs to 75 lbs
cleans - 30 lbs to 55 lbs
I have also managed to do my first real pullup :happy:

Determinednoob

I can answer for my old lady

Squat 75
Bench 65
Deadlift 115
OHP 55
Bent Rows 65

Lina4Lina

At one point, I did 500 lbs on a leg press. It was a pain to put on all those 45 lb plates though.

Impressive.

To be fair, I weighed over 300 lbs at the time and honestly doing the laying on your back leg press with 500 lbs isn't that much of a challenge when you are hefting around 300 lbs on a regular basis.

I'm not really a fan of leg presses but it was fun while I was recovering from a knee injury.

millerll

I started lifting 33 years ago, so I honestly don't remember what weights I started out with. Probably just the Oly bar (45 pounds) until I learned proper form. I haven't done much 1RM work lately, but I've been working with this the last few months:

Squat: 135 x 3-6 reps
Bench: 95 x 3 (PR is 120 for one very ugly rep)
Deadlift: 225 x 3 (PR is 275 in April)

To be honest, I used to compete in powerlifting in college (30 years ago) when I was 20 pounds heavier than I am now. So I used to lift a lot more back in those days. I think I used to squat around 225, and my PR DL is 363. I doubt I'll ever see that weight again! But I'm within 100 pounds, so there's always hope!

Ladies (and gents, too), keep hitting the iron as heavy as you can safely handle. When you're my age, you'll be glad you did!

Sarauk2sf

I started lifting 33 years ago, so I honestly don't remember what weights I started out with. Probably just the Oly bar (45 pounds) until I learned proper form. I haven't done much 1RM work lately, but I've been working with this the last few months:

Squat: 135 x 3-6 reps
Bench: 95 x 3 (PR is 120 for one very ugly rep)
Deadlift: 225 x 3 (PR is 275 in April)

To be honest, I used to compete in powerlifting in college (30 years ago) when I was 20 pounds heavier than I am now. So I used to lift a lot more back in those days. I think I used to squat around 225, and my PR DL is 363. I doubt I'll ever see that weight again! But I'm within 100 pounds, so there's always hope!

Ladies (and gents, too), keep hitting the iron as heavy as you can safely handle. When you're my age, you'll be glad you did!

That is fantastic - and from your ticker you are really light also.

porffor

At one point, I did 500 lbs on a leg press. It was a pain to put on all those 45 lb plates though.

lol that is great!! well done.. can imagine the 'nuisance' factor though eh! lol

porffor

I've been doing strength training for about a year, and ride regularly for the last 8 years with the exception of pregnancy. I returned to lifting around 2 months ago.

Currently:

132lb squat

110 Deadlift but doing a deadlift session for real tomorrow so should hit a PB on that.

55lb Bench press but again hoping to improve this very soon

My proudest achievement to date is my leg press at 242lbs - for 3x5 .. yes I had DOMS for 3 days but it was sooo worth it!

Yay you!!

Thanks! Hoping to see a great improvement by December! Especially in my bench press which is pants!

porffor

So glad to have hit 70kg deadlfit (154lbs) last night but form needs working on to be within the deadlifting rules.