Strength Training PR's - Brag About Your Success
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So after about nine months of lifting I was finally able to increase my weight on my lateral raises and front raises to a 12 lb dumbbell. I only did 5 reps, but they are smaller muscles so I was just happy to increase the weight.0
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I just had a 125lb deadlift, 30# over my previous best
75lb back squat, 25# over the previous
and this morning I progressed from the 25# training bar to 65# power clean
as for reps, I had 7 rounds of 10 reps with 1 minute rest in between this morning on push press at 65#. My shoulders are angry now!
yay for picking up heavy sh...!! (I've only been lifting since April)
That's so awesome! I love it when other women are lifting!0 -
Deadlift - 365lbs x5
Chin Up - Bodyweight +25lbs x6 (257lbs total)
Bench - 315lbs x 3
Dip - Bodyweight +90lbs x8 (322lbs total)
Squat - 315lbs x6
overhead press - 90 lb dumbbells x 80 -
2011 17 reps of 315 flat bench (goal 20 reps)
2012 2 reps of 405 flat bench (goal 450 lbs)
That's sick bro! Damn!lateral raises and front raises to a 12 lb dumbbell.
Good for you, progress is progress. Often those smaller muscle groups can be slow to progress but they are important to overall muscle health. Try super-setting lateral and front raises with shoulder presses sometime to break-up the routine. 1)Lateral -> 2) Front -> 3) Shoulder Press. Do like 4 or 5 sets of 8, can be killer.0 -
2010 is when I started to set yearly goals.....by December 31st of that year.
Personal Best
2010 34 reps of 225 flat bench (goal 35 reps)
2011 17 reps of 315 flat bench (goal 20 reps)
2012 2 reps of 405 flat bench (goal 450 lbs)
34!?!?! thats amazing! You know the record for NFL Combine is 51 reps of 225! Avg. is mid 30s reps
17 reps of 315 is wow.
Impressive man.0 -
Kick-*kitten* Thread- I'm on a rest week and so I don't have anything I'm particularly excited to share- but I want in on the convo anyway!0
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Deadlift - 365lbs x5
Chin Up - Bodyweight +25lbs x6 (257lbs total)
Bench - 315lbs x 3
Dip - Bodyweight +90lbs x8 (322lbs total)
Squat - 315lbs x6
overhead press - 90 lb dumbbells x 8
Nice, I can't wait until I can post 315 for the bench press. I was actually doing sets of 4 with 90lbs on the Dip bar but my shoulder impingement got real bad and I just stopped doing that and close grip benching altogether.Kick-*kitten* Thread- I'm on a rest week and so I don't have anything I'm particularly excited to share- but I want in on the convo anyway!
Awesome, can't wait to see what you have to post next week.0 -
I'm just starting to dip my toes into weight lifting world to test the waters. I think women who lift are pretty damn awesome!
I only did bench pressing today (and then some machines and cardio) and I began by benching the bar. I struggled to do 30 reps
(no upper body strength but my lower body strength is pretty awesome). Weakling over here :blushing: , haha! But I can't wait to get some strength gains. We all have to start somewhere, right?
Keep up the great work, everybody!0 -
2010 is when I started to set yearly goals.....by December 31st of that year.
Personal Best
2010 34 reps of 225 flat bench (goal 35 reps)
2011 17 reps of 315 flat bench (goal 20 reps)
2012 2 reps of 405 flat bench (goal 450 lbs)0 -
I'm just starting to dip my toes into weight lifting world to test the waters.
I began by benching the bar. I struggled to do 30 reps
Good for you for starting. Some women struggle with the bar alone so good job. Checkout something like Stronglifts 5x5 or 5/3/1 to help give you some direction with your workouts.0 -
I'm just starting to dip my toes into weight lifting world to test the waters. I think women who lift are pretty damn awesome!
I only did bench pressing today (and then some machines and cardio) and I began by benching the bar. I struggled to do 30 reps
(no upper body strength but my lower body strength is pretty awesome). Weakling over here :blushing: , haha! But I can't wait to get some strength gains. We all have to start somewhere, right?
Keep up the great work, everybody!
Don't feel bad about it at all. A lot of women cannot lift the bar at all and 30 reps is fatiguing. The good thing about starting is that you can get pretty good progression early on. Just a suggestion, lower the reps a bit and throw a little more weight on and see how you go!
ETA: LOL, was typing while JNick77 was posting so I duplicated some of his thoughts!0 -
This isn't a common exercise that people max out on but I have to post this. Two weeks ago I did a 230lb Good Morning for a single. It was weird because I actually had people watching me when I did, there was a lot of :noway: going on. LOL. I typically keep to myself and people were coming up to me to talk about Good Mornings and this week I've seen two people that I talked to do GM's now. LOL0
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I'm just starting to dip my toes into weight lifting world to test the waters.
I began by benching the bar. I struggled to do 30 reps
Good for you for starting. Some women struggle with the bar alone so good job. Checkout something like Stronglifts 5x5 or 5/3/1 to help give you some direction with your workouts.
Thank you! I kind of have no clue what I'm doing, lol. Ah, the life of a cardio bunny. :ohwell:
Definitely will look into this, though.0 -
This isn't a common exercise that people max out on but I have to post this. Two weeks ago I did a 230lb Good Morning for a single. It was weird because I actually had people watching me when I did, there was a lot of :noway: going on. LOL. I typically keep to myself and people were coming up to me to talk about Good Mornings and this week I've seen two people that I talked to do GM's now. LOL
Ive just started doing them, but couldn't imagine putting that much on the bar - I still struggle with the movement of the bar (and that's only with 93lb!0 -
I'm just starting to dip my toes into weight lifting world to test the waters. I think women who lift are pretty damn awesome!
The good thing about starting is that you can get pretty good progression early on. Just a suggestion, lower the reps a bit and throw a little more weight on and see how you go!
ETA: LOL, was typing while JNick77 was posting so I duplicated some of his thoughts!
I'm excited for the progression to come. BRING IT! LOL. And I imagine myself pinned to bench, limbs flailing like a cartoon, but gonna try adding some weights. Thanks!0 -
So much good stuff in this thread I can barely keep up. This is good stuff, catch up with everybody tomorrow.0
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I'm just starting to dip my toes into weight lifting world to test the waters. I think women who lift are pretty damn awesome!
The good thing about starting is that you can get pretty good progression early on. Just a suggestion, lower the reps a bit and throw a little more weight on and see how you go!
ETA: LOL, was typing while JNick77 was posting so I duplicated some of his thoughts!
I'm excited for the progression to come. BRING IT! LOL. And I imagine myself pinned to bench, limbs flailing like a cartoon, but gonna try adding some weights. Thanks!
HA!!! That happens to everybody at some point, just try and get a spotter when you can or when you think you're really pushing your limits.0 -
2 weeks into NROL4W and my PR for Deadlift is 140 lbs for 15 reps.. As the reps would go down i am excited to add more plates )0
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Okay, I want in, too. My Deadlift PR today, 165 for 5 reps.0
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I'm totally impressed what strong women we have here!0
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