Calling all female lifters

How much do you bench, squat, deadlift..


BENCH: 75
SQUAT: 125
DEADLIFT: 105

Bench 75 (three sets of 12) I'd love to increase to 85, but I am NOT asking a guy in the gym to stand over me dangling his man parts over my head. LOL
Squat 15 (six sets of one handed angle lifting above my head)
Deadlift 40 (three sets of 12, then with rows three sets of 3 and two sets of 7)
I also complete 15 three sets of 12 standing bicep curls, same but 20 lbs. straight up and three sets of 15 cross body.
I want to increase my overhead triceps from three set of 12 from 25 lbs to 30, but I am afraid I'll clock myself in the head (I'm clumsy)

I do not see the benefit of super high weights because of injury. I'd rather increase slowly and safely.

Heavy weights do not pose a significantly higher chance of injury. When lifting heavy, form is felt and has to be correct. Yes you can get injured but if your form is off, you feel it....nobody starts off at the heavy numbers, they progress to them. On light weights, form needs much more concentration to maintain it. Light weights can injure you severely, my husband was doing overhead skull crushers with only 35lbs. he caused a tear in his upper trap and pinched a nerve in his neck...numerous doctors visits, aleve (prescription) daily, physical therapy for the last 2.5 months.....hopefully it heals without shots or surgery. My only injury lifting heavy is my thumb (slight tendon tear, need to wear a special brace to support my thumb when lifting)....I dropped a 45lb plate 3 inches onto it, had nothing to do with lifting...I was putting my weights away.Both of our injuries could easily happen to you.

You may not see the benefit and that is fine but the snideness of the last sentence is ignorant. Anyone can progressively train into lifting heavier and it is a slow progress. It sounds like you work hard but don't justify your routine by being dismissive and condescending to others.....it wasn't warranted. No one would have said a word about your numbers or routine and if they did, a simple "it's the way I prefer would have sufficed" and if they were rude a simple "f off" would have worked.

Hope you have a great night :flowerforyou:

In other news.....I need straps, Could not even hit my calculated 1rm without grip giving instantly :grumble:


Eta: at some gyms women workout, I can easily spot 85lb and don't have 'dangling man parts'. A spot is a spot, also at 85lbs most of the guys try to be respectful and stand at an angle when spotting a female.

Squats 35
deadlifts 70
bench 35

This is fine with me, wouldn't care about adding anymore

my thighs and butt need help! I've lost weight and my arms look amazing from weights... What do you recommend for getting my legs and butt really tight looking?

5 x 5
Squats 145
DL 120 (haven't tried 1RM)
Bench 75

Doing Stronglifts 5x5
BP 75
Squat 155
Deadlift 155

Started Stronglifts 5x5 last week and loving it. I am increasing my weights a little slower than recommended as I have an old shoulder injury to work around. So far (including weight of 45lb bar):

squats 50lbs
bench press 50lbs
barbell row 45lbs
overhead press 35lbs
deadlift 50lbs

increasing in 2.5lb increments, just want to increase and i don't mind if it is slowly. When i grow up I want to lift weights like you awesome ladies!!!! (I am starting this at age 54 by the way lol, got my black belt at age 52 and wanted a new challenge )

So inspiring to see all the weights you guys can shift!!

I do a lot of high rep work at the moment (i.e. Body Pump, but with relatively decent weights 20kg for back track) but I really want to get into lifting, I'm a bit scared to go out in the gym by myself!! Did you guys get PT's or anything for your first sessions?

Update from my meet today.

Squat - still 264. Tried 275 and couldn't get up
Bench - matched 121. Not disappointed in not seeing an increase when my coach was extremely happy with form
Dead - 368.5. Saw in increase, even if it wasn't as much as I was hoping.

Now time for an actual proper training cycle (3 meets in 6 weeks was kinda crazy) and see more improvements

Nice. I'm looking forward to seeing all the results posted. Any increase at all in contest is a big deal particularly after you've been competing for a while.

Mike's got the results posted. I'm happy and Barry is happy with how I did, and now it's time to work on bringing my squat and bench up so that I can be truly competitive within my weight class

I just saw them. There was a lot of solid lifting all round.

I have a mental block with my squat that is holding me up, and I finally stopped psyching myself out with deadlift.

PRs:

Squat: 155 lb (3x5)
Bench:90 lb (3x3)
Deadlift: 155 lb (3x3)

So inspiring to see all the weights you guys can shift!!

I do a lot of high rep work at the moment (i.e. Body Pump, but with relatively decent weights 20kg for back track) but I really want to get into lifting, I'm a bit scared to go out in the gym by myself!! Did you guys get PT's or anything for your first sessions?

No I just researched online and went for it. Not many things scare me.

I've been doing bodyweight training for about 6 months, and I'm just a week into lifting.

Bench - 65 lbs, 5x5
Deadlift - 100 lbs, 3x5
Squat - 75 lbs, 5x5

I don't actually know my bench max: LOL! my gym instructor told me that until I can do more pushups, there's not much point for me to bench.

BUT! I like to pick up ze iron:

Deadlift: 225 (5x5-- I haven't tried for my max yet)
Squat: 185

Would love to know the reasoning behind that....logic. Is there any injury? If you can squat and pull that kind of weight, you're doing a disservice by skipping bench.

squats: 100
deadlift: 75
bench: 50

Just started again after slacking the whole summer! I love benching as well.