Ladies that lift - Stats please

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  • wapan
    wapan Posts: 219 Member
    Years and years into weightlifting (though not consistently.)

    Bicep curl with bar: 15 reps - 40lbs - 3 sets

    Deadlifts: 15 reps - 70 lbs - 3 sets

    Lat pulldowns: 15 reps - 60 lbs - 3 sets

    Leg Press (lying down): 15 reps - 140 lbs
  • treagal
    treagal Posts: 264 Member
    Loving the feedback! Great to see what everyone is lifting. Man oh man, there are some STRONG women.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Bench: 5x105
    Squat: 5x145
    Dead: 3x200
    Pendlay Row: 5x95
    OHP: 5x75
    Dumbbell biceps 8x30

    Have you seeing a big change in your body lifting heavy with fewer reps? I'm new to lifting and am curious about shorter reps/heavier weight. And do you do cardio as well?

    Fewer reps actually builds strengths and not size. I did 8-10 reps on everything and at ABOVE TDEE for 4 months and saw some really good changes in my body (but my muscles got bigger for sure). I gained 10lbs. I've been doing lower reps while basically eating maintenance for about a year and there has been very little visible change in my body since thing.

    I do moderate cardio 2-3 times a week.

    Fat loss, fat gain and muscle gain is really controlled primary by diet not cardio or lifting.
  • tolygal
    tolygal Posts: 602 Member

    Pullup (unassisted): 5 X 1.5 (progress!!!!!!!!!!!)

    You are so awesome!!! I only had really 4 main fitness goals when I started this journey 1/1/11...Run all of Greenlake(2.8 mile loop around a lake in Seattle) with out stopping, do 1 full push up, bench 200lbs and do 1 full pull up. I have accomplished a ton of other goals in the past 2 years and have completed all of my original goals but 1....still can't do a stupid pull up grrrrrr. Getting really close though so I'm super jealous of your awesomeness!!

    Thanks!!! :bigsmile: I'm rediculously proud of this accomplishment! My new goal is to do 5 in a row :-) How do you try for a pullup? Since you're pulling 175 on your lat pulldowns, I'll bet you could train for pullups relatively quickly. My lat pulldowns are at 130 (I sit relatively upright on them to try to mimic a pullup), I weight 157 lbs, and I can now do 1 full pullup and get 1/2 way up on my second attempt. Maybe there is no correlation between them, but it seems like there would be.

    I was watching some guys doing pullups today and I noticed that none of them were extending their arms fully at the bottom. So now I'm wondering if I could do more than 1 (at a time) if I didn't extend my arms fully before trying to go for the next rep.

    Actually, I'm extremely jealous of your lifts - your squats and bench in particular - wowza!! I'm stuck on my bench and it's really frustrating!!
  • andreae13
    andreae13 Posts: 239 Member

    Pullup (unassisted): 5 X 1.5 (progress!!!!!!!!!!!)

    You are so awesome!!! I only had really 4 main fitness goals when I started this journey 1/1/11...Run all of Greenlake(2.8 mile loop around a lake in Seattle) with out stopping, do 1 full push up, bench 200lbs and do 1 full pull up. I have accomplished a ton of other goals in the past 2 years and have completed all of my original goals but 1....still can't do a stupid pull up grrrrrr. Getting really close though so I'm super jealous of your awesomeness!!

    Thanks!!! :bigsmile: I'm rediculously proud of this accomplishment! My new goal is to do 5 in a row :-) How do you try for a pullup? Since you're pulling 175 on your lat pulldowns, I'll bet you could train for pullups relatively quickly. My lat pulldowns are at 130 (I sit relatively upright on them to try to mimic a pullup), I weight 157 lbs, and I can now do 1 full pullup and get 1/2 way up on my second attempt. Maybe there is no correlation between them, but it seems like there would be.

    I was watching some guys doing pullups today and I noticed that none of them were extending their arms fully at the bottom. So now I'm wondering if I could do more than 1 (at a time) if I didn't extend my arms fully before trying to go for the next rep.

    Actually, I'm extremely jealous of your lifts - your squats and bench in particular - wowza!! I'm stuck on my bench and it's really frustrating!!

    Since I don't have an assisted pull up machine at the training studio I go to I'm not able to work on them very much. About once a month I jump on the handles and give it a go. I'm aaaaaaalmost there but not quite. I think if I can lose another 15-20lbs I'll be able to do them. And ya, don't extend your arms all the way when you go down...that's what I was told :)