Ratio of major lifts

Snarler

Whats the 'normal' ratio of weignts for the major lifts. Squats, press etc.
Taking my bench as unit normal (1) then I have
Squat : 1.65
Deadlift: 1.25
Bicep curl: .66

justsomebloke

OT but since when has the bicep curl been a major lift

justsomebloke

anyway here is a list of standards for different lifts so it is probably a better indicator to compare your lifts to these rather then comparing your lifts to each other. However if you really want you could work out the standard ratios from it

http://www.crossfit.com/cf-journal/WLSTANDARDS.pdf

Snarler

Nice link. Some of those weights seem worryingly high though.

g'em

Snarler wrote: »

Squat : 1.65
Deadlift: 1.25

I'd be much more concerned about why your squat is significantly bigger than your deadlift. Have you injuries that hinder you?

Snarler

I've only recently got into it and its one of those exercises where I'm not running at full steam yet.

g'em

Ah sure don't be worrying about ratios and such then, just concetrate on getting stronger. Even at this early stage though if there's that much of a discrepanyc between the squat and DL you probably need to do more hamstring work - a grossly neglected bodypart and will hold you back if it's not given its dues.

Colm_OReilly

I'd also question if the squat was actually a squat (i.e. breaking parallel). Heck, how much higher would our "squat" be if all we had to do was slighly bend our knees?

g'em

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

I'd also question if the squat was actually a squat (i.e. breaking parallel). Heck, how much higher would our "squat" be if all we had to do was slighly bend our knees?

rofl we'd all be sooooooooper strong You're right though, it's such a shame when people kid themselves that they're "squatting" (a general comment, not directed at the OP!). If it's not deep enough to sit on the loo, it's not a squat.

Jumpy

g'em wrote: »

rofl we'd all be sooooooooper strong You're right though, it's such a shame when people kid themselves that they're "squatting" (a general comment, not directed at the OP!). If it's not deep enough to sit on the loo, it's not a squat.

Haha! I was doing squats for the first time this morning and thinking "I must look so silly doing this, I feel like I am trying to sit on the crapper with someone sitting on my shoulders.
I shall use your ladylike terminology to determine if I am doing them correctly in future

justsomebloke

I have actually used a loo where I only needed to quarter squat to sit on it (ok it was in an old folks home but still)

Hanley

If I was to only squat as deep as I would if I was going to a toilet I'd still be high.

rubadub

Snarler wrote: »

Nice link. Some of those weights seem worryingly high though.

Those weights are in pounds, and include the bar. Also they are 1rep max weights, so if you are wondering what you should be lifting for say 8 reps, them multiply the figure by ~0.8.

Also the untrained figure is very high. I expect 90% of the population could not lift the "untrained" figures.

Colm_OReilly

If we're going to get scatalogical on this I remind people they once sat on potties, and that's the correct squatting position

Snarler

Those weights are in pounds, and include the bar. Also they are 1rep max weights, so if you are wondering what you should be lifting for say 8 reps, them multiply the figure by ~0.8.

Also the untrained figure is very high. I expect 90% of the population could not lift the "untrained" figures.

Thats what hit me when I was just walking into college there. I wasnt going on my 1RM which I dont actually know. So I'm hovering close to intermediate level which is ok I suppose. And its really just the untrained weights that looked a bit high to me.

Hanley

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

If we're going to get scatalogical on this I remind people they once sat on potties, and that's the correct squatting position

I believe they call it a box squat now a days??

Try squatting like you would onto the can tho and youll fall on your ass. You need to open your knees and sit down, not just back.

EDIT: Especially with anything outside of a crazy wide WPO style stance.

Jumpy

Colm_OReilly wrote: »

If we're going to get scatalogical on this I remind people they once sat on potties, and that's the correct squatting position

Oh by the way Colm, see your PM