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Where did you start?

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roidsuck

New member
Hey guy's, I don't know if theres a thread on this but i'm really interested to see how other people started? Like how much could you lift when you first started?
I've been at it for 5 weeks ( yes very new;) ) and i started with 50kg BP 15 kg concentrated dumbell lifts. 30kg 21's, squat 70 kg and others ect. ( im still yet to learn names of workouts )

kim.
 
I can't remember exactly, but I started around 13months ago.
At 69kg My lifts were:
Bench 60x1
Squat 80x1
Dead 120x1
Mp 30 or 40x 1

Check page 1 of my journal, it was what they were

Current weight 79kg, 13% fat, going to pull 215kg smooth this arvo :).
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2001

63kgish b/w 12% b/f

Deadlift = 105
Squat = 60
bench = 55
pull ups = 25
press ups = 40

2010

83kg b/w 13% b/f

Deadlift = 207.5
Squat = 172.5
Bench = 117.5
pull ups = 34
press ups = 55
 
We all gotta start somewhere roidsuck best way is to ask questions rather than spend the next 1-2 years doing it all wrong and wasting your time or having injuries


1995 58kgs 18 years old

40kgs BP
60kgs Squat
60kgs Deads
9% Bf


2010 80kgs

110 BP
120 Squat
130 Dead
13% BF
 
Been training for 9 months now.

Starting: BW 147kg
Bench: 3x8 60kg
DL: 3x8 90kg
Squat: Didnt do them for like the first 4 months lol, such a noob
Row: 3x8 40kg
Military: 3x8 30kg (2x15 DB's)

Now: BW 107kg
Bench: 5x5 95kg
DL: got up to 155kg 5x3 but havent been doing them because i strained my back
Squat: 5x5 97.5kg
Row: got up to 5x5 85kg but strained back
Military: 5x5 60kg (barbell)
 
Been training for 23 years now.

1987

Buggered if I can remember what I did 23 years ago, but it was pitiful. Something like:

Bench Press: 40kg
Squats and Deads: You kidding, never did those.
Bicep curls: 20kg easycurl bar
Chin Ups: Couldn't do 1. Part of the reason I started training as I needed to do 6 to pass my BFA in the military GRes.
Running: I could do 10km in under 40min flat. I was a skinny little runty fellow with abs of steel but no arms or upper body.

2010

Slight improvements...

Cheers,
Mike
 
Before any gym at all back in 2006:

- 91kg, easily 30+% BF
- Barely 1 proper push-up. Maybe 7 cheated ones.
- Maybe 20 bodyweight squats before I passed out.
- Could deadlift my laptop bag.
- Never ran further than 1.5km

Worst shape of my life!

When starting weight training in 2009:

- 71kg, not sure about BF% but I still had some bitch tits.
- Did a half marathon & regularly ran 10km
- 30~40 push-ups, bench 40kg
- Squat 40kg x10 ATG.
 
Where I started (Feb last year)
- 75kg @ 6'0. I was always really healthy, running of a morning and eating very well, and I paid the price by being half the size as my friends.
- 70kg squat for 3x5
- 50kg bench for 3x5
- 100kg deadlift for 1x5, though realistically it was closer to 120kg.

I was squatting 120 for 3x5, benching 70 for 3x5 and deadlifting 140kg for 1x5 within a few weeks, I was 80kg~ by then too.
 
1979 17yo
Bodyweight 72kg
Bench press 25kg
Squat 25kg

1992 29yo
bodyweight 90kg
Bench press 165kg
Squat 205kg

2007 45yo
bodyweight 90kg
bench press 150kg
squat 190kg
 
PTC said:
1979 17yo
Bodyweight 72kg
Bench press 25kg
Squat 25kg

1992 29yo
bodyweight 90kg
Bench press 165kg
Squat 205kg

2007 45yo
bodyweight 90kg
bench press 150kg
squat 190kg
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You must be a big boy! LOL! thanks for the replys guys. Now i can see i'm not alone! cheers.
 
I joined the Navy at 17 in 1995 at 58kgs having nver touched a weight

Today in 2010 I'm 108 on a bad day and 111 on a good day (to put that into perspective that's only ~3.5kgs gain a year) and my mummified numbers are
Squat 325+
Bench 200+
Dead 300+
 
jonnie_sfw said:
I joined the Navy at 17 in 1995 at 58kgs having nver touched a weight

Today in 2010 I'm 108 on a bad day and 111 on a good day (to put that into perspective that's only ~3.5kgs gain a year) and my mummified numbers are
Squat 325+
Bench 200+
Dead 300+
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Your a beast mate.
 
i started about 3 years ago and after lifting in a commercial gym for too long my best lifts were:

Military - 45kg
Bench - 67.5kg
Squat - 70kg
Deadlift - 105kg

last September i managed:

Bench - 102.5kg
Squat - 125kg
Deadlift - 185kg

which was achieved in under 12 months
 
jonnie_sfw said:
I joined the Navy at 17 in 1995 at 58kgs having nver touched a weight

Today in 2010 I'm 108 on a bad day and 111 on a good day (to put that into perspective that's only ~3.5kgs gain a year) and my mummified numbers are
Squat 325+
Bench 200+
Dead 300+
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Holy crap! You must be a tank. LOL! Got any pics mate?
 
Damm umm maybe 25 years ago My first bench set up came with 40kg of weights I know I couldnt do it all. I was about 54kg

Squats, and deadlifts what are they???

after training off and one for ages, seriously the last 2-5 years Squats and deads maybe 2 years ago...
Squats maybe 80max
deads 100 max
bench was 100 max

Now
 
2.5kg on dumbell kickbacks in 1993 now I can use a 25kg dumbell. I'm stoked in the improvements in my dumbell kickbacks.
 
Dunno about weights but I have seen my bodyweight change a shit load over the last X yrs.

Started 15 yrs old: 120kgs (just started walking 1-2 hour a day and eating less)

6 months later I was 85kgs - went back to rugby and ppl didn't know who I was - I had also grown my hair lol

16yrs old: In the gym training with ACT rugby team - loving it! - loving it so much I dropped Rugby after I got injured.

17yrs old: Totally focusing on bodbuilding - upto 98-100kgs

Then 16 week cut (only 2 cheat meals the whole time) - down to 79kgs (ripped) - was going to do my 1st bb show here - but didn't happen.

18yrs old: Back upto 90 odd kgs

19yrs old: 88-93kgs

20yrs old: 95-105kgs

21yrs old: 105-115kgs

22yrs old: 110-120kgs

Iam thinking of doing a cut starting over the next month or so - to try and drop to 100kgs - just don't know how it will be with running a business, studying and trying to keep a gf lol
 
PowerSports said:
Dunno about weights but I have seen my bodyweight change a shit load over the last X yrs.

Started 15 yrs old: 120kgs (just started walking 1-2 hour a day and eating less)

6 months later I was 85kgs - went back to rugby and ppl didn't know who I was - I had also grown my hair lol

16yrs old: In the gym training with ACT rugby team - loving it! - loving it so much I dropped Rugby after I got injured.

17yrs old: Totally focusing on bodbuilding - upto 98-100kgs

Then 16 week cut (only 2 cheat meals the whole time) - down to 79kgs (ripped) - was going to do my 1st bb show here - but didn't happen.

18yrs old: Back upto 90 odd kgs

19yrs old: 88-93kgs

20yrs old: 95-105kgs

21yrs old: 105-115kgs

22yrs old: 110-120kgs

Iam thinking of doing a cut starting over the next month or so - to try and drop to 100kgs - just don't know how it will be with running a business, studying and trying to keep a gf lol
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Mate I remember at school you were a big boy, then i saw you a few years later and I was like... WTF! But I had no idea you dropped 35kg in 6 months!
As if that wasn't enough, you put it all back on in muscle lol
 
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