1000 pound club

Last time I reported in I was -35 lbs under the 1000 mark.

This past week, I test my maxes. Results below:

• Bench: 285 lbs (129 kg) (03/25/2015)
• Squat: 360 lbs (163 kg) (03/25/2015)
• Deadlift: 440 lbs (199.5 kg) (03/28/2015)
• TOTAL: 1,085 lbs. (492 kg)

Yesterday morning, I nailed the 440 lbs. on the second attempt deadlifting. Few minutes later I attempted 445 - nothing but utter failure. But that's a failure I am proud of. Since end of September I added +10 to my bench (training through a shoulder injury so that affected my performance), +65 lbs to my squat, and +45 to my deadlift. Overall since Sept '14, among the three lifts I've added a total of 120 lbs. (FYI: Lifts beltless.)

When I got back into the gym and back into barbell work three months later in June/July of 2014, I strained my back just trying to attempt a 115 lbs pull. Enter ice packs, heat pads and muscle relaxers. I think what really helped me was by forcing myself to take a 6-8 week detour by assigning Sumo and Front Squats as my primary lifts and not touching (back) squat or conventional deadlifts for that period. I also made a slight adjustment in the how wide I squat. You know *that* back pain you can sometimes get from either doing the dl or the squat? Well no longer.

Permit me to humblebrag, but I feel awesome.

I'm one of those weirdos where my squat is actually my heaviest lift, not my deadlift. Current (non-competition) bests:

Bench - 275
Squat - 475
Deadlift - 405

Total - 1155

I almost got 285 bench, I'm sure I'll crack that number in just a couple months, maybe cracking 300 by end of the year, and I squatted 455 for reps the other day so no doubt 495 is within reach (though I'd likely just skip straight to 500 for bragging purposes lol). That would let me break the 1200 mark.

I'm sure my deadlift would rocket up with proper coaching, but that's not in the budget at the moment, and I fear trying any higher than 405 without coaching. My legs are plenty strong enough to raise the bar, it's my lower back I'm concerned with.

Im at it but not quite as consistent as i want it to be. 415 deadlift 365 squat and 235 bench. I can't hit the squat as consistently as I want to yet.

I'm halfway there:
Deadlift 195
Squat 200
Bench 110

foursirius wrote: »

juliewatkin wrote: »

brendanhill988 wrote: »

This is a great feed! There's lots of people interested in the sport of powerlifting
I'm a class 2 lifter and also a coach for powerlifting. If anyone would like to ask direct questions in regards to training they can email me at roughcity@gmail.com

What's a class 2 lifter?

Basically a set of weights typical competitors can hit at a given weightclass http://www.lift.net/2013/05/09/classification-standards-for-raw-elite-uspa/

That's interesting and a bit ego inflating, at least for the women's standards. They put me at master for my last raw meet and elite for my last single ply meet for total in the open standards and I'm 50.

Our association (Canadian IPF affiliate) has similar classification standards for championship qualifications.

There are some seriously strong folks in this thread, that is awesome!

I'm a ways off: 815
Bench:190
Squat: 260
Deadlift: 365

I hurt something in my knee back in january and its been hampering my Squat & DL for the last 3 months. Finally got smart and stopped trying to get stronger on an injury and rehab and let it heal. Just started doing light Squat & DL work again and hopefully before the end of May I can focus on lifting them heavy again.

My goals are to break 405 in DL, 285 Squat, 215 in bench by the end of the year so I'm really hoping I'm totally healed up soon as I know I couldn't currently hit the squat & DL numbers. But January isn't that long ago...

I don't know about the 1000lb club!! But my personal goal is to get my deadlift to 300lb and my squat to 200lb this summer, preferably both front and back (back is obviously easier). I don't have any real goals around the bench, we don't do it much, but it's nice when I improve.

Currently:
Deadlift - 285lb
Squat - 175lb
Bench - 115lb

yopeeps025 wrote: »

deadlift PR 415!!!!!!!!

Congrats!


I haven’t maxed out in a while, but hoping I’ll be in the 415 - 425 range next time (current is 410).

You are where I wanna be! I'm at a 1165# total, with my DL holding me back the most, but I'm hoping by switching to sumo DL and working my way back up I can keep going past my current max. Tack on another 15-25# on bench and squat, and I dream of passing 1300 one day.

I just joined a couple weeks ago.

Bench: 220
Squat: 340
Dead: 440

Not sure my 1RM's on each but I have the following:
Squat: 345×6 ~ 414
Bench: 245×8 ~ 310
Dead: 420x6 ~ 504
Total actually moved = 1010 ~ 1228

I take all of the approximations with a huge grain of salt but I am in the 1000 club now.

My last meet total was 1427. 529 squat / 347 bench / 551 dead.

I was hoping to hit it this weekend but am going bench only instead ...

Current platform bests -
Squat 120 (264)
Bench 75 (165)
Dead 167.5 (368)
For a 797 total

Gym numbers -
Squat 145 (319)
Bench 80 (176)
Dead 160 (352)

December. It will be mine in December.

Glad this thread is back!

I haven't tested squat since I last reported but my bench is at 300 lbs and my deadlift is at 475 lbs with in the last week.

I have a push/pull meet middle of August that I'm focusing my training on.