Thread: Whats powerful? Whats avg?

as for the back problem(both my parents where adopted so dont know if it runs in the family or not)i have a wierd shaped chest they call if bird chest it is where you have a big chest it actually make you look ALOT buffer than you really are. BUT i dont wanna take any chances cause i do get back aches alot. and about just starting to working out i have been working out off and on snce i was like 12 well acutally lets say 13 so i can be safe but i havnt worked out in like 6 months cause i got caught up in drugs and stuff BUt its all good we all have our expeiriences and so yea now i dont do them and started working out like a week ago. right now im looking for a gym but until i find one i really like im gonna work with dumbells ROCK ON PEOPLE and thanxs for your feedback JUST make sure its genuine and not some fake stuff you are saying to make me feal good

I was using 60's for db hammers. Your a lot smaller than me too, so you have some good strength. Do like Kata said and go lighter, adn focus on form. Proper form is the best way to prevent injury.

Originally Posted by rks1969

I have to laugh myself after a comment like that When I was your age you couldn't carry my gym bag. j/k
No I'm not in the same condition as I was then. Sometimes other areas of life take precedence over going to the gym---children,work commitments,etc. The numbers I posted as current are after an 18 month layoff. I have only been back in the gym since Feb.15th this year. Those #'s are pretty good after so much time out of the gym.

True I couldn’t carry your gym back alone but I would certainly carry you WITH it Let me get something straight. You did mention that at 17 years old and body weight of 150lbs you where benching 405lbs naturally. Now you mentioned that number you posted are currency numbers, which one is it. Did I missed something here

Originally Posted by micflint001

as for the back problem(both my parents where adopted so dont know if it runs in the family or not)i have a wierd shaped chest they call if bird chest it is where you have a big chest it actually make you look ALOT buffer than you really are. BUT i dont wanna take any chances cause i do get back aches alot. and about just starting to working out i have been working out off and on snce i was like 12 well acutally lets say 13 so i can be safe but i havnt worked out in like 6 months cause i got caught up in drugs and stuff BUt its all good we all have our expeiriences and so yea now i dont do them and started working out like a week ago. right now im looking for a gym but until i find one i really like im gonna work with dumbells ROCK ON PEOPLE and thanxs for your feedback JUST make sure its genuine and not some fake stuff you are saying to make me feal good

There are a lot of exercises you can do with just db. It can’t be too hard finding a gym, when you do find one tell them youre a student. A lot of them offer discout for student or at least in the ones I been to. I doubt anyone here will lie to you to make you feel good, but no one want to come out as as$hole either. Do you know what’s the problem with your back? I would get taken it looked at if I where you

well my dad has skulliosis(sorry dont know how to spell it)so that may be it cause he is a tall guy so maybe that could be it

Originally Posted by KataMaStEr

True I couldn’t carry your gym back alone but I would certainly carry you WITH it Let me get something straight. You did mention that at 17 years old and body weight of 150lbs you where benching 405lbs naturally. Now you mentioned that number you posted are currency numbers, which one is it. Did I missed something here

The numbers I posted for when I was 17 were for then. You know how high school was--always being asked "how much can you bench".So you kinda specialize to get the big bench you can brag about. Didn't really have strength coaches like some schools have now,so we got no training instructions.No one around to guide so we just did stuff we saw in magazines.
As I said before---there are things that will come before going to yhe gym. During times off you are subject to de-training.(losing your strength gains & muscle mass) After these periods you'll have to build back up.Sometimes we fall into training ruts & just kinda go thru the motions & don't really work at big gains. At this point I am trying to build back up aftrer 18 months of doing nothing but staying home with our new baby. I didn't realize how hard it would be now that I'm older. All the sitting around has left me quite fat (18-20%BF) at a bodyweight of 205.My doctor also tells me that I'm insulin resistant now so it will take a little longer to get rid of the fat. Hopefully by the end of the year I'll be able to post higher #'s & a lower bf%.

When you bench/squat/deadlift 400+, your fuckin powerful

well i just turned 16 YEARS OLD this past july and i weight train and every thing like that for football, i accomplished

BENCH=315
SQUAT=450
DEAD LIFT=550
POWER CLEAN=265
i usually dont deadlift,but at the last weight lifting meet that was my max

i replace DEAD LIFT for POWER CLEANING wich if u know is where u lift the bar from the floor and jump and snatch the bar up to ur chest and rack it there.

beeing powerful is just an opinion of average strength

Originally Posted by Yanick

how low do you squat?

my squats go bellow paralell , prefer 2 inches bellow

Originally Posted by ALL-aMeRiCaN_42

well i just turned 16 YEARS OLD this past july and i weight train and every thing like that for football, i accomplished

BENCH=315
SQUAT=450
DEAD LIFT=550
POWER CLEAN=265
i usually dont deadlift,but at the last weight lifting meet that was my max

i replace DEAD LIFT for POWER CLEANING wich if u know is where u lift the bar from the floor and jump and snatch the bar up to ur chest and rack it there.

beeing powerful is just an opinion of average strength

Is that deadlift raw??

160 pounds at 17 years of age is not good genetics.

Originally Posted by ph8bringer

160 pounds at 17 years of age is not good genetics.

it is if you're like 5'4-5'' and at single digit bodyfat. also good if you can squat 300+ and bench 200+ at that bw. its all relative, ya know what i mean?

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

Is that deadlift raw??

WHAT DO U MEAN

Originally Posted by ph8bringer

160 pounds at 17 years of age is not good genetics.

160 lbs what are u talking about genetics?

im close to 200lbs with 7% body fat and turned 16 in summer

u confused me

Originally Posted by Yanick

it is if you're like 5'4-5'' and at single digit bodyfat. also good if you can squat 300+ and bench 200+ at that bw. its all relative, ya know what i mean?

what are u talking about?

im close to 200lbs with 7% body fat

Originally Posted by ALL-aMeRiCaN_42

what are u talking about?

im close to 200lbs with 7% body fat

You've got a long way to go.

When I was 16, I was at 214 with 5% body fat, and ALL of my lifts were in the 500's.