lifters, whats your worst lift?

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  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Overhead work is struggle bus on this cut. Monday barely managed 95lbs for triples
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Curls.

    Seriously, though, I guess it depends on how, exactly you define "worst." I haven't been training OHP for a little bit, so that's might be mine. Then again, I neglected rows for too long, so that might be it - although they seem to be coming up finally, so probably not.

    I might would have said bench before a few weeks ago, then I smashed a PR and my bench went from Suckville to Respectabletown.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    OHP. Difficult to increase weight, and I have to be very careful or my right shoulder snaps, pops, and hurts like a SOB.

    I wouldn't do it at all given the shoulder except that it possible to do pain-free if I'm super careful with grip, elbow position, and go slow over the mid-portion of the lift just in case I have to adjust.
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    Out of the three I focus on for my sport, probably bench, buy I'm currently rectifying it with my new training block. Deadlift would be second... Squats are kinda my thing.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    right now just about everything...I'm recovering from a bulging disk and pinched nerve in my neck so pretty much just doing rehabby *kitten*.

    sucks... :( Sorry, man

    Yeah...it's been about six weeks or so with a month of PT. It's definitely improving and I'd say I'm about 85% back in terms of the pain and tingling/numbness...and I'm just now to the point where I can get out on my bike for a decent ride...but yeah...I'm going to have some work to do in the coming months on all fronts.

    I was supposed to do a century at the end of Sept that I think I'm going to bring down to a 1/2 because I haven't been able to train for awhile...I did do a time trial a few weeks ago, and I thought I was going to die...not during (too much adrenaline) but afterwards for the whole day I just wanted someone to shoot me and get it over with.

    Mine happened in June of last year between L4-L5. Sucked. Had horrible sciatica. I wish back pain on no one.

    Mines between C6 - C7...pain that shoots into both of my shoulders like I have a sprained or torn rotator cuff and then numbness down my arms and into my thumb and forefingers...it blows *kitten*...when it happened I totally flipped because I didn't know what was going on...just woke up numb and tingly...that was mid July of this year.


    I (thankfully) can only imagine how that felt. I'd be scared s-less with those symptoms.
  • jmgia
    jmgia Posts: 1 Member
    I squat all the time, but I still feel like I should be able to do more weight. I mix it up between back and front squats. Maybe I should pick one and stuck to it.
  • LazSommer
    LazSommer Posts: 1,851 Member
    overhead deadlifts
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    Squats. Forever squats. My 1rm is 115, compared to 110 for bench, and 200 for deadlift.

    It bothered me for a long time that I had so much trouble with squats. Now I am really happy with how well I am doing with them. And yes, I do realize that my "how well" is many other people's "WTH?" weight. I've found that I am happier keeping back squats in my program as a personal challenge to keep upping the weight but focusing on other exercises as physique builders.
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    BENCH by a mile. PR is 265x1. Injured RC 6mo ago. Bench dropped. Currently working back up. 165x9. Should be back in PR territory within 8wks.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited August 2016
    OHP... Fractionals are definitely being used.

    Also, my squats. My hip and ankle mobility suck... Also, my knees feel tight.... need to find ways to improve on these.

    My best are deads and benches.
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 178 Member
    My snatches are pretty weak and my squats tend to be problematic. My best lifts are clean and jerk and over head press.
  • ivanfawcettgibson
    ivanfawcettgibson Posts: 193 Member
    I deload so often for my OHP. I think it's definitely a lift to press on with. Deload or not. I still hate it.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Bench press for sure. It's only 70lbs higher than my strict form overhead press. Hoping to get it higher, doing plenty of dumbbell work to try and develope the muscles and stabilizers a bit more
  • richardpkennedy1
    richardpkennedy1 Posts: 1,890 Member
    Probably my squat. I've maxed out at 140 lbs on bench and 220 lbs on deadlift. My best squat is only 160!
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    edited September 2016
    Bent or Pentlay rows. I tear my tendon in my elbows easily when doing them. So I'm lucky to get 25% of a working set these days.

    Main lift probably squat though it's moving now but I can probably only do 380s at best and my bench is 320-330s though I haven't done a true 1rm in a couple years.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Bench Press. Haven't tested my max in awhile but it's right around 110. I want 135 so badly.
  • KDar1988
    KDar1988 Posts: 648 Member
    OHP for me. I've been stuck at 60lbs for a while and just yesterday finally added 2 more pounds.
  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    squat :(

    technique not bad apparently, but fear of going super heavy and breaking something more than anything else. Plus I don't train with a spotter so if I fail I will have the safeties to help but that's it.

    Would love to learn some Olympic Lifts tho - next of my list :)

  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    I'm stuck on both overhead press and bench right now, and retraining squats, so I'm still loving deadlifts and not much else right now . . .
  • maranarasauce93
    maranarasauce93 Posts: 293 Member
    OHP and deadlifts. I'm so inconsistent with my set up for them and I feel so in my head for them; DLs have been feeling no bueno lately. And OHP is just my weakest. I am liking bench a lot but I am kind of peeved by my lack of arch, even with set up efforts. I guess lack of torso isn't too helpful? *shrugs*
  • Return2Fit
    Return2Fit Posts: 226 Member
    edited September 2016
    Some years back my biggest challenge after several leg injuries were squats and dead-lifts.
    And while my lower body recovered and healed, I worked upper body and developed an imbalance worthy of being poster boy for skipping leg day.
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  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Willbenchforcupcakes wrote: »
    Overhead work is struggle bus on this cut. Monday barely managed 95lbs for triples

    Blah. It cut off the rest of my response. Bench and deads are equally awesome. Squats are squats. Weights are moving well, they are feeling good, I just don't love them. But since I'm determined to get my deadlift record back, I need to squat. And since I have to squat, it's going to get worked until I'm the best squatter I can be. But for preference, I'd rather bench or pull any day of the week.
  • whatatime2befit
    whatatime2befit Posts: 625 Member
    OHP for sure, can't make any progress on it at all.
  • 35dollars
    35dollars Posts: 832 Member
    Hornsby wrote: »
    What qualifies as a "crappy" overhead press? I am just curious. It is by far my weakest lift of the big lifts, but what are the standards?

    That's a really good question, and one I've been wondering as well - what would be a good/bad ratio of weight between some key lifts - say squat/bench/ohp/bent over row/deadlift or SLDL?

    At the moment, none of my lifts are exactly stellar, but I think my OHP is really poor and my bench press isn't exactly great either. In terms of ratio of 10RM on those, I'm at about 70/50/25/45/50 kg (SLDL for the last one) and weigh 75K

  • iManifestGoals
    iManifestGoals Posts: 40 Member
    Snatch needs work.

    Squats, clean & jerk are fine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  • Dayle1984
    Dayle1984 Posts: 70 Member
    SNATCH. ugh. I can clean 170, squat 225, jerk 145, but cannot snatch more than 80#!
  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    edited September 2016
    35dollars wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    What qualifies as a "crappy" overhead press? I am just curious. It is by far my weakest lift of the big lifts, but what are the standards?

    That's a really good question, and one I've been wondering as well - what would be a good/bad ratio of weight between some key lifts - say squat/bench/ohp/bent over row/deadlift or SLDL?

    At the moment, none of my lifts are exactly stellar, but I think my OHP is really poor and my bench press isn't exactly great either. In terms of ratio of 10RM on those, I'm at about 70/50/25/45/50 kg (SLDL for the last one) and weigh 75K

    I've heard that 100% of body weight is advanced and 75% isn't bad, but I have no idea whether those figures have any statistical support or credence among lifters. Without it being a competitive lift its hard to tell. I'd love someone else with more experience to chime in.
  • Hornsby
    Hornsby Posts: 10,322 Member
    sunnybeaches105 wrote: »
    35dollars wrote: »
    Hornsby wrote: »
    What qualifies as a "crappy" overhead press? I am just curious. It is by far my weakest lift of the big lifts, but what are the standards?

    That's a really good question, and one I've been wondering as well - what would be a good/bad ratio of weight between some key lifts - say squat/bench/ohp/bent over row/deadlift or SLDL?

    At the moment, none of my lifts are exactly stellar, but I think my OHP is really poor and my bench press isn't exactly great either. In terms of ratio of 10RM on those, I'm at about 70/50/25/45/50 kg (SLDL for the last one) and weigh 75K

    I've heard that 100% of body weight is advanced and 75% isn't bad, but I have no idea whether those figures have any statistical support or credence among lifters. Without it being a competitive lift its hard to tell. I'd love someone else with more experience to chime in.

    Sounds plausible. I am not sure I would ever 1rm on a shoulder press, but using a 1rm calculated puts my 145x5 at a 1rm of 167 with a body weight of 175. That kinda "matches" where most of my other lifts are in relation to intermediate/advanced.
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