Strength standards

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1563264

This article on strength standards, by Tim Henriques, is pretty nice. Personally, I don’t test my one-rep max much on any lift, or haven’t for over a year anyway. I prefer to see my lifts go up in work sets (the sets I do during my workouts) – that’s just as sure an indicator of improvement, since I’m not a competitive powerlifter or weightlifter.

Feel free to post comments and say where you stand on this.

Personally I think 315 bench press is more difficult than 115 skullcrusher, and 315 squat is harder than 105 military press for most people probably. But all in all, a good standard. The Hoffman Standards are a bit harder but they also have more lifts.

My deadlift is Good or a bit better I think. I haven’t maxed in so long, but 4-5 months ago I repped about 300 8 times with a snatch grip. For several sets. So it seems like I could do 400+/-. My bench and squat are probably in between Good and Decent, but with a really wide stance and going to parallel I might hit 405 in squat. I always go ass to grass though, and usually with a narrow stance.

I don’t wanna test anything right now, though. I’m pretty pooped from this low carb stuff.

My strength goals:
2-2.5x bodyweight deadlift, documented one rep max
2x bodyweight squat
bodyweight overhead press no cheating, kicking, pushing (just pressing)