WOMEN + LIFTING HEAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EpiGaiaRepens
EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
:love: Hey, ladies! I want to know what lifts you do- the sets, the reps, and the WEIGHT.

Here's my Stats:
5' 3.75"
125 lbs (+/- 3 lbs)
Squat: 3x5 at 150
Dead Lift: 3x5 at 125
Bench: 3x5 at 85
Barbell Overhead/ilitary press: 3x5 at 55
Barbell row: 3x5 at 75

I also do:
3x3 pull ups
3x50 crunches
3x12 hanging leg raises
and sometimes I do 3x5 dips
20 mins HIIT on weight days (or I try to)
10 min jog on my "off" days

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  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    So this thread doesn't feel lonely...I was at the gym at the time this was posted. I just got home.

    I'm still quite overweight and can only see small changes in my appearance...but I'm firm everywhere, and my husband is happy. :love:

    Stronglifts 5x5
    Squats: 55 lbs (cuz my form is still not so great)
    Bench: 75 lbs
    Row: 75 lbs
    Overhead Press: 65 lbs (deloading to 55 lbs)
    Deadlifts: 135 lbs
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    Qarol- thanks!

    I've noticed everyone does higher on DL's than squats, but for me its the opposite. I dL 125 and squat 150. y'all got me convinced I should be doing 5x5 on everything. What I actually do is 3x5 at 50% of my max, and then 3x5 at 80% of my max.
  • TrophyWifeSass
    TrophyWifeSass Posts: 490 Member
    5' 9"
    150

    5X5
    Squat 200
    DL 165
    BP 95

    Rows, press, lat pull downs all around 75

    I was given crap at the gym today from a guy for squatting 200. Boo Hiss.

    I try to run 3-5 miles two days a week but that is getting hard to do these days.

    :heart: Sass
  • Rae6503
    Rae6503 Posts: 6,294 Member
    5'9" 160lbs.
    Squats: 5x5x130lbs
    Bench: 5x5x100lbs
    Overhead: 5x5x70lbs
    Rows: 5x5x85lbs
    Deadlift: 1x5x165lbs
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I was given crap at the gym today from a guy for squatting 200. Boo Hiss.
    the hell?
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    5'9" 160lbs.
    Squats: 5x5x130lbs
    Bench: 5x5x100lbs
    Overhead: 5x5x70lbs
    Rows: 5x5x85lbs
    Deadlift: 1x5x165lbs

    :love:
    You bench 100 lbs :heart: :heart: :heart:
    that's amazing!
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    I was given crap at the gym today from a guy for squatting 200. Boo Hiss.
    the hell?

    He was so threatened by your amazing thighs and buttocks. He just couldn't handle it.
  • TrophyWifeSass
    TrophyWifeSass Posts: 490 Member
    I was given crap at the gym today from a guy for squatting 200. Boo Hiss.
    the hell?

    He was so threatened by your amazing thighs and buttocks. He just couldn't handle it.

    Yeah he said I shouldn't be lifting so heavy for my size and I was going to hurt myself:laugh:

    Whatever. Douche Canoe.
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    5'7"
    130 lbs

    DL: 135 x 5
    Squat: 90 x 5
    Bench: 65 x 5
    Plank: 3 min 10 sec
    Chins & Pull-ups: doing the negative in sets of 5 (usually 3 sets of 5)

    I'm doing RPT (Reverse Pyramid Training) so I start out heavy and go lighter, less to more reps.

    ETA: I usually walk/run about 3 times per week, 45 min to an hr each time.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    LOL Douche Canoe!

    I'm entry level in the Stronglifts program - trying to do it right.
    I do crossfit, I have a crossfit total, a crossfit II total... etc...

    1RM deadlift 245
    1RM back squat 185
    1RM front squat 140
    1 RM Strict/Shoulder press 97
    1 RM Bench 110
    1RM Overhead Squat 100
    1 RM Snatch 100
    1 Rm Clean 115 (did a really dirty 120)
    Push Press 135 (from rack)


    However I am recovering from surgery, and I know my last time I checked my deadlift (8 weeks post surgery) I was only able to get 220, and my front squat was 120, bench was 90. This is why I decided to start the stronglifts program, so I can build stronger at a little slower pace than Crossfit pace.
  • MightyVoltron
    MightyVoltron Posts: 15 Member
    Silly boys....

    I am 5'11 1/2" Or 6':smile:

    Squats 230
    Bench 125
    Military press w/free weights 45
  • cmay89
    cmay89 Posts: 337 Member
    Crossfitter, looking to get back into my 3x5s soon

    1RM's as they stand...

    DL 315
    BS 225
    FS 185
    shoulder press 95
    Bench 135
    Overhead squat 145
    Snatch 125
    power clean 170
    push press 165

    5'7'' here
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