Women: How much do you lift?

Suuure but they aren't very impressive! But I'm still happy they are going up.

Squats: 95lb
Bench Press: 55lb
Overhead Press: 45lb
Bent-over Row: 60lb
Deadlift: 100lb

I am doing 3x5 on all of those except dead lift which I am only doing 1x5. And it's kinda funny that my deadlift and squats are almost the same lol. It's because I've been doing squats a lot longer than I've been doing deadlifts So I'm sure over time those numbers will... disperse more.

Hey, don't be down on yourself! Putting 25 lb plates on the bar for the 95lb squat is a big deal! (at least I thought so!)

I am wimpy wimpy wimpy and so I don't lift much that's heavy because I just can't, and I am trying to build lean muscle rather than builk. Everything I do, I do 4 sets of 20 reps. I do about 20lbs on tricep curls, 15lbs on bicep curls, 30lbs on leg extensions. I will try to add more weight when this gets too easy.

This, haha. Only 3 sets of 15.

I am 5'3 140lbs

I bench press 185
I deadlift 285
i squat 185 (working on it)
I can curl 45db's for reps
Reverse grip bench 135

working on my strength everyday!

I'm SERIOUSLY IMPRESSED!!!
You are my new role model girl! :drinker:

I would like to start lifting weights. I have no idea where to start?? I do some at the gym but am not following any specific routine so it is kind of hit and miss. Any suggestions?

You are all my heroes. I will be back to strength training once I get my gym membership back in two weeks and I can't wait to start hitting those numbers! The support for women lifting heavy on here is very empowering!!

It's hard to decipher the weights at my gym. I go to the rec centre, and a lot of the plates on the machines are numbered as 1/2/3/4/5/etc, but do not specify weight. Some are in kg, some are in lbs. I'm also not going very heavy with free weights on lower body, right now; my leg muscles could probably take a LOT more, but I'm waiting on shoulder surgery and so I can't bear a lot of weight held by my upper body. I'll attempt to get the weights right, here:

-My tricep pulldowns (with rope) are on the #6 plate. I know that I'm well past 30 lbs, so I think these are 5 kg plates. That makes it 30 kg/66 lbs for 6-8 rep sets.

-I'm getting into plie squats, because they're easier to maintain a centre of balance with, by lowering a dumbbell down between my knees. I hefted a 25 kg/55 lb dumbbell for 8-10 reps sets, but I think I do a fair bit more.

-Deads and Good mornings are something like 74 lbs, I think. I'm not sure of the exact weight of the bar in the power rack. If it's a men's Olympic bar, then it's 20 kg/44 lbs. I add 30 lbs of plates. reps are 6-8 per set.

-I do lower back on a back extension machine (I hate it, and want a damned hyperextension bench, but I must work with what I got), and my lower back is super strong: I do 200 lbs at 10-12 reps per set. I'd go higher on weights and lower on reps, but lower back is one of those things that you feel fully after a delay.


Lower than a lot of others' stats here, but I have a ton of muscle. I also have a ton of fat that I'm still carrying around, so I wonder if that offsets the amount of weight I can lift (because some of my own weight is already built in....?)

Wow thank you so much. It's nice to share this stuff in a place that people actually care to hear about it!

I am 5'3 140lbs

I bench press 185
I deadlift 285
i squat 185 (working on it)
I can curl 45db's for reps
Reverse grip bench 135

working on my strength everyday!

I'm SERIOUSLY IMPRESSED!!!
You are my new role model girl! :drinker:

It gave me a good laugh

make that snatch 1RM 135 instead of 125... As of last night I finally pushed past that barrier!

I'm sure I'll be fussed at because I don't know what every lift is called. I just try to mix up different things my trainer has shown me in the past and hit my biceps, triceps, shoulders, back, and legs. I typically do 3 sets of 12 reps for each lift, and I do this 2X/week:

Biceps: 15lbs each arm and 30lbs curls on the pulley machine thingie :ohwell:
Triceps: 15lbs behind my head lifting up and 30lbs pulling down on the pulley machine thingie
Chest press (?): 15lbs in each hand
Back & Shoulders: 10lb bent rows (my back is weak, working on strengthening it), hands on top of the bar and then hands under the bar
Legs: 55lbs extending my legs and 55lbs bending my legs, plus lots of lunges and squats just using body weight

I really should get my trainer to tell me exactly what I'm doing, and I would love to get some advice!

Biceps: they are both curls
Triceps: Tricep overhead press and pull-down
Dumbbell chest press
Bent over rows sounds right
Leg extension and hamstring curl

THANK YOU!!!!

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i have some 5 lb ers i do at home, pretty much just started. i call em my baby bells lol and no i cannot name ****! lol i just do what i remember from Tae Bo and some other workout videos lol

Lower body work (squats, lunges, split squats) 50 lbs

Upper body between 10 and 15 lbs

Used to be more but I slacked off, lost strength, and deloaded.

Don't know my 1RMs anymore. Used to be 100 squat, 85 bench, 160 deadlift.

Yesterday's 5x5 I did 140 on deads, and 65 on squats and bench.

I do StrongLifts 5x5 + some extra stuff. From the latest workout:

Bench Press, Barbell: 50.8kg (112lbs)
Squat: 93.4kg (205.9lbs)
Barbell Row, Bent-over: 36.7kg (80.9lbs)
Shoulder Shrug: 32kg (70.5lbs)
Overhead Press, Barbell: 36.9kg (81.3lbs)
Clean Deadlift: 69.7kg (153.6lbs)
Triceps Extension: 15.6kg (34.4lbs)
Biceps Curl: 25.6kg (56.4lbs)


Squat and bench press are slowly getting more challenging. As for everything else, they aren't that hard - yet.