When I first started lifting, it took about 3 months for me to DL my bodyweight (150). I started SLs at the bar and was DLing my bodyweight in about six weeks. I recently had an injury and am starting again from 95lbs. Everybody is different.

How close are you to lifting your bodyweight?

I started SL on 10/21 and DL my bodyweight last week. Well, I weigh 130ish and DL 135. So I was pretty excited, but that seems really wimpy compared to most women on this board!

About 2 months. But DeadLifts are my strongest lifts! It took a month to squat and OHP more than 35# !

i weigh 150 and DL 250... it took me about a year to get from BW to 100 pounds over my weight.

just a note - someone mentioned not doing DL for 5x5 - you should only be doing 1x5 on DL on Stronglifts, it takes a LOT out of you!

I weigh 165lbs and have been DL over that for 3 weeks.

Last night I did 185lbs 1x5 that took me about 8 weeks into the program to get there.

I would love to see me squat (after my leg is healed) or Bench my own body weight.

I'm not there yet. I weigh a lot so it's going to take awhile to get there.

Totally agree that everyone is different--there are some amazing women that can squat incredible numbers that I can't even fathom squatting. In contrast, I'm a great "puller" and deadlifts and rows are the ones that I seem to progress the fastest on.

But to answer your question--I started around the same time as the OP, and DL'ed my body weight (100 lbs) the first time in August, deloaded to 70 lbs in October, and hit my body weight again earlier this month (and am now at 117).

I think it means that if you are lifting now, as you reduce in weight, assuming that you don't lose all your muscle mass as you do so (which you won't because you are picking up heavy things and putting them down again) your strength to mass ratio will be higher than it would be if you started lifting once you are at the lower figure. People training for comps seem to bulk up therefore increasing their strength, then slowly cut to retain as much of that strength as possible while at a lighter weight. Does that make sense?

I'm considering restarting the program since I fell off, but I am 10 lbs from deadlifting my bodyweight. Haven't actually tried yet, so you've inspired me to try it now. Keep at it! You can do it.

I've been lifting since March and hit 60 kg on SLDL last week, my current weight is about 56. I'm not doing SL though.

Apparently novices often have very different capabilities when it comes to the deadlift. However, where ever you start, everyone is capable of adding weight to the bar over time. Don't worry about your DL to bodyweight ratio, just keep adding weight to the bar! The best way to build strength is to be committed over the long haul.

This.

I got stuck on squats at #90. Seriously, I was stuck there for what seemed like forever. I started doing calf raises loaded at #130, and then threw in a squat at the end of it, just to see what would happen. I was able to do one rep at the end of each set (5x10) of calf raises. Next workout, I did 2 squats at the end of each calf raise set. Next workout, 5, 3, 2, 2, 2. I don't know if it was a mental block or a physical one, but I know I went from barely squatting #90 to #130.

Point is, keep adding weight, and you'll get there.

I've been doing 5/3/1 for about 3-4 months and I started lifting back in june this year. Today I pulled 170 for 2 reps (this was my 3's day but I decided to be a little ambitious and added some "joker" sets). I'm 180lbs. So I'm almost there. I think at this point I'll add the pounds on the bar faster than I'll lose the weight haha.

However my OHP sucks. I've been stuck at 65 for the past 2 months. I managed a 70x2 about a month back but have been struggling doing 65 since. My workouts have been weird lately though. I'm hoping switching to 5x5 will help me balance out a bit more. Or at least not plateau as much. I might try to hunt for weighted collars to try and microload that press lol

I can't seem to get past 40 on the OP!