Thread: Question about Lifting Progress please

I know its not good to try to compare yourself to others but i am really into weightlifting, i mean i would be happy to have my all my lifts in the 300's someday and that would make me happy
However its like when i see youtube videos of people squatting 500 for 10 reps and stuff like that, im like damn, i wonder how long it took him to get to a weight like that with repetitions that high! 500 alone is prolly more difficult for most people to get to
I guess what my question is, is:
I've never really lifted before i started working out about 13 months ago, and i would say lifting serious with a semi-decent routine for about 10 of those months. Currently my big 3 lifts are
Deadlift:255x5, 1RM says 287 but i dont know havent tried that, i pulled 270 before when i was trying to max out ( a while ago though before i had 255x5)
Squat: I never had a squat stand so i barely finally got one id say about a good 3-4 months ago: I just got my squat to 185x5 ( however i can squat 135x15 fairly easily)
Bench: My weakest area, I finally got myself to being able to bench 135x14-15 fairly easily, so im pretty sure if it was the first set i could get 145x10

So my question is is it ok for me to feel good about these weights, im not trying to compete or anything but sometimes i feel when you compare yourself on such a large scale of course your going to find people with much larger lifts, so i guess what im saying is, it does take alot of time and dedication to get your lifts to 300+ right? or am i just WEAK =(

Oh and i make it a point to not just try to lift heavy like a retard, i focus on having good form so i dont hurt myself, ive learned to know my body pretty well and i do a good job of knowing my limits at that time

Originally Posted by Alleyezonme

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