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You are a beginner if you cant bench 100kg, squat 140kg and deadlift 180kg. I dont care what your bodyweight is, get bigger, its why your lifting. Bodyweight is not an excuse.
I think the average guy can hit those numbers within 3-6 months no worries, I have'em in the bag now and I am aiming higher now.
But I remember looking at those numbers and thinking WTF! thats impossible LOL .....than I looked in the PTC thread and seen Sticky repping 200kg (calling it light lol) and near shit myself ......than I you tubed 'powerlifting' fwaaaaaarkin , enough said.
I think the squat is a reasonable goal but a lot of people will have trouble achieving either the bench or the deadlift simply due to proportions unless you megabulk which isn't ideal for everyone
Takes most people (myself included) more than a year cause they spend so long doing the wrong type of programs. Stick with the basics and it is very achievable. and you gotta eat and not worry about keeping bf% super low.
Easy. I started deadlifting at 140kg and made 180 within months. Squat took a little bit longer (I had to work on this thing called depth) and I've been able to bench 100kg since highschool so I can't really comment much on that other than to say if you 65kg teenager can do it then nobody else has any excuse.
I think the squat is a reasonable goal but a lot of people will have trouble achieving either the bench or the deadlift simply due to proportions unless you megabulk which isn't ideal for everyone
Bullshit.
I started lifting at 69kg, in under 12 months hit those numbers at 80kg.
I would have the worst levers on this entire forum for bench and squats.
I agree with sticky, read the old PTC newsletters when PTC was a garage gym and you'll see heaps of beginners hit these numbers very quickly at all types of body weights
id have had the squat by now without my knee problems(and some shitty form when they were good). on my way to it now though(providing i dont do more stupid shit and hurt it again ), and ill hit it in the coming months no probs. bench was slooow, but its there now after 1 year if proper lifting/eating.
the deadlift was easy. now cruising toward 200 and beyond. i tend to think my body better suits that lift.
id have had the squat by now without my knee problems(and some shitty form when they were good). on my way to it now though(providing i dont do more stupid shit and hurt it again ), and ill hit it in the coming months no probs. bench was slooow, but its there now after 1 year if proper lifting/eating.
the deadlift was easy. now cruising toward 200 and beyond. i tend to think my body better suits that lift.