Lower body progresses quicker than upper body

dr3w_s
dr3w_s Posts: 88 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
As topic, is this normal for everyone? Since I started doing strong lifts, my squat and deadlift has been progressing pretty well but my bench press, rows and overhead press aren't catching up as quick. I'm definitely not going to be the guy with huge upper body and chicken leg for sure

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  • jo_marnes
    jo_marnes Posts: 1,601 Member
    Well I'm no guy, but I have the same. But then our legs carry our weight all day - seems to make sense that they'd be strongest and most adaptable
  • Yasmine91
    Yasmine91 Posts: 599 Member
    It really depends on the person and their body type. Some people lose it on the bottom first, some times it's the opposite. I'm a pear shape and I have lost 10 inches off the top of my body and on my bottom area only about 1 or 2 inches. That's just how my body works. Just make sure you workout your whole body. Eventually everything will even out.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    As topic, is this normal for everyone? Since I started doing strong lifts, my squat and deadlift has been progressing pretty well but my bench press, rows and overhead press aren't catching up as quick. I'm definitely not going to be the guy with huge upper body and chicken leg for sure

    I noticed the same. I'm ectomorph which may or may not be relevant.
  • dr3w_s
    dr3w_s Posts: 88 Member
    It really depends on the person and their body type. Some people lose it on the bottom first, some times it's the opposite. I'm a pear shape and I have lost 10 inches off the top of my body and on my bottom area only about 1 or 2 inches. That's just how my body works. Just make sure you workout your whole body. Eventually everything will even out.

    I'm not talking about losing fat in that area, just the strength gain, seems faster for my lower body than my upper body
  • dr3w_s
    dr3w_s Posts: 88 Member
    As topic, is this normal for everyone? Since I started doing strong lifts, my squat and deadlift has been progressing pretty well but my bench press, rows and overhead press aren't catching up as quick. I'm definitely not going to be the guy with huge upper body and chicken leg for sure

    I noticed the same. I'm ectomorph which may or may not be relevant.

    I'm not sure either whether that is relevant or not, I'm an endomorph
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    As topic, is this normal for everyone? Since I started doing strong lifts, my squat and deadlift has been progressing pretty well but my bench press, rows and overhead press aren't catching up as quick. I'm definitely not going to be the guy with huge upper body and chicken leg for sure

    I noticed the same. I'm ectomorph which may or may not be relevant.

    I'm not sure either whether that is relevant or not, I'm an endomorph

    Well, in that case, from our Sample of 2, we can conclude that the lower body progresses quicker than the upper body. *hands you a doctorate* :D
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    Thisnis totally normal. Those muscles are bigger and have more muscle fibers so they can get stronger more quickly than your upper body. I did 5/3/1 and Wendler has it set out so you add 10lbs to your squat and dead lift every month and 5lbs to your bench and OHP for this reason.
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    Your lower body is stronger than your upper body, if it isn't you'd be walking on your hands
  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    I don't think it's unusual. Normally your deadlift will progress much faster than your squat as well, it can take a long time before they equalize. There was always this intermediate powerlifter goal of a 300 bench 400 squat and 500 deadlift, and I always thought that was a big disparity between the squat and dead, but it really does seem to work that way.

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