So let me get this straight. 1 plate equals 25 kg. Lifts are in 1RM. Normally the bar weighs 20 kg.
1 plate overhead press = 25 kg each side plus bar, 70 kg. 2 plate bench press = two 25 kg plates each side plus bar, 120 kg. 3 plate squat = three 25 kg plates each side plus bar, 170 kg. 4 plate deadlift = four 25 kg plates each side plus bar, 220 kg.
Now tell me, how the FUCK is it possible to reach these numbers within one, two or even three years of lifting? I mean I would imagine this would take much more time than this. Do I just have shitty genetics if I am not even close to these numbers?
No "don't count the bar" memes. Discussion about strength.
The standard "plate" people are talking about is 20kg. So 60/100/140/180. Getting 1/2/3/4 is a challenge but shouldn't be out of reach for most guys if they train consistently.
Levi Myers
A single plate is 20kg. If in America, it's 45 lbs
Luke Price
Or one bar three times! Genious!
Noah Morales
you don't do it passively, and i think that's the misconception. its not "easy" at all, in the sense that you're gonna have to work for it.
fortunately, Rip tried to make it as simple as do the program, do GOMAD, but everyone swears they're a snowflake and have to add something, or dont have to do GOMAD, etc. when it comes down to it, they augment without the knowledge to do so. and then all of a sudden 1/2/3/4 seems a lot harder.
Wyatt Morales
1/2/3/4 lifts are in 5RM
James Gray
>20 kg is 44.0925 lbs so does that mean Americans that hit 1/2/3/4 are stronger than Eurocucks?
No one counts their 1 rep max for anything besides e-stating.
Logan Powell
understand and realize that whenever you're dealing with something manufactured, and it has something pasted on the front light a weight, there is a normal distribution with standard deviations around that number that determine it's actual weight.
tl;dr that number is an average, and depending on the manufacturer the weights will deviate from that average (the larger the deviation, the shittier the manufacturer).
Aaron Nguyen
of course it isn't easy, why do you think 90% of this site uses it as their goal?
Ayden Wilson
Since always.
Owen Watson
"I just climbed Everest! Phew!" "Cool, five times, right?" "...no, once?" "You have four more reps to go, estatter"
Jayden Foster
I'm having a hard time believing a typical deviation would be on the order of a pound for any respectable manufacturer
Matthew Harris
Imo the standard should be 2/2/4/4. Atleast it is so for me. Focusing on that bench will only fuck your shoulders up.
Ryder Jackson
fair. i'd disagree, only because the smallest significant figure that most plate manufacturers go out to is the tenths place with a half pound (with the 2.5 lb plate). based on that, i'd think at least half pound deviations are realistic
John Bennett
yt search for 'omar isuf plates', he weighed some non-calibrated plates, the deviation was all over the place, up to 4lbs so yeh
Ethan Turner
1/2/2/4
Benjamin Reyes
Climbing Everest takes several weeks, stop pretending they are comparable.
Feel free to feel accomplished when you 1RM a milestone lift, but 1RMs aren't an important part of any program, so you shouldn't focus on them unless you are trying to compare yourself to someone else who 1RMs.
Christopher Taylor
Are people supposed to hit 1/2/3/4 at around the same time? Because I'm already repping lmao1pl8 OHPs but nowhere near hitting the milestones with my other lifts.
David Barnes
Go flex on some normie and do mad pullups if you're that disproportionate
Enter it into symmetric strength and look. For an average sized man it puts your lifts on noticibly different levels. Ohp is intermediate and deadlift is advanced
This is unironically about where I'm at. My legs aren't even small, or overly flabby. I just can't force myself to get low enough to call it a proper squat with more weight on the bar.
Noah Cooper
it's balanced per SS. you're hitting dl and squats 3 times a week and bench and ohp 1.5 times. on top of that you're doing a complete strength routine for dl by doing 1x5.
while ss is the best strength routine out there it isn't the most balanced.
James Moore
1/2/3/4 is max rep correct?
Nolan Brooks
>6 yo
Ethan Perez
1pl8 OHP for reps is easier than a 4pl8 deadlift 1RM
Charles Thomas
SS doesnt use arbitrary numbers. It simply considers you a beginner as long as your muscles can adapt to more weight each session. Even on SS your legs shoupd not be that disproportionately strong.
Nolan Roberts
For 1/2/3/4, how many reps? One rep max?
Adrian Peterson
I have bad genetics (I get hurt easily, plus I can wrap my wrist with my thumb and index finger), and I achieved 1.25 plates on OHP after a year, 3 plates on squat after 2 years.
Im stills stuck on bench (missing 5 lbs each side) and DL (3.5, hard stuck for around 6 months), but I think I couldve done it if I had trained more seriously at the beginning.
Luis Ross
You're just a wristlet nigga don't be a fag about it
