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    How much weight did you guys start squatting and deadlifting with?

    I was curious as to how much weight some of you started out with when learning to squat and deadlift, also bent over bb rows. How much weight do you use now, how long did it take to progress to where you are now, and also what increments did you increase the weight in? The reps and sets you do/did would help also. Thanks
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    I started squats at 3x5x185 when I got my power rack. Before that I had done some high rep sets wth 135 maybe 4-5 times, picking the bar up, putting it over my head, etc.

    When I started deadlifting first workout was 3x8x135, 2x6x155, 1x4x175.

    I had been deadlifting for a while before starting squats.
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    Began Starting Strength in FEB of this year at (5 RM):

    Bench: 185lbs

    Military: 95

    Squat: 165

    Deadlift: 155


    I'm now at (5 RM, haven't attempted any 1RM as I workout by myself):

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    I started squatting a little over two years ago, at that time i was squatting 2 plates for 10 reps for quarter squats.

    A few months later i realized the error in my ways and i started proper full squatting. I coulnd only get 95 lbs for like 5 reps. This shot up quickly though.

    As for deadlifts, i started deadlifting wih like 275x5. But i had been training for a while, just no deadlifting. (again about 2 years ago)
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    i started lifitng whne i was 16 and would just do like 4x15 with 135 for squats to master the form. My first max was like 225 lol. My dead lift i also did like 135 for high reps to get my form down. But i maxed more around 250-260.
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    I was never serious when I started in 2006. Got serious only recently (all thanks to BB.com).

    Old lifts:
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    Deadlift - 90

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    Squat - 300 (weak because of my lower-back)
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    When I started out I hired a PT who'd make me do high rep stuff [15+] so I never really got stronger. After a few months, I started reading more and started going heavier. I stuck to the 10-12 rep range.
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    Originally Posted by MrMeso View Post
    When I first started I could squat a ton because I had naturally huge legs.
    Wow, you could squat 2000 lbs when you started out?

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    About 5 or 6 years ago, I started squatting with 95 lbs. I actually worked the pyramid, increasing weight and decreasing reps when I started squatting. I think I made it to 2x185 my first squat workout, so I had a good foundation before I ever seriously squatted. I was doing leg press, leg extension, and leg curls until then.

    A year later, I started deadlifting. I started with 95 lbs again, and think I was doing 155 for 4-6 reps at the top of that pyramid. Grip was my limiting factor at the time. Squat had built my core.
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    When I started squatting and deadlifting about a year ago I could squat 50kg for about 10 reps and deadlift 40kg for about 10 reps or so. Rows I think I was at 30kg or 35kg for 10 reps.
    Then from September-June I was due to university confined to a very mediocre gym with no barbells and relatively light dumbbells. Now I am back in a proper gym and my stats are this:

    Squat: 3x119kg
    Deadlift: 2x162.5kg
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    when I started bb for the 4th time I only had 180 lbs worth, so thats all I worked with..

    squat 180 4x8
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    bench 180 5x12
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    I started lifting about 4 years ago, lifted crappy for a year. then good for a year and ended for at

    5x5 at 325 parellel squats
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    Then I took a while off about a year and a half and lost everything lol.

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    I've been lifting for a while, but I've only just started doing lower body 2 months ago. In that time I've gone from 175 x 5 to 245 x 5 on max ot. 8 or 9 leg days added 70 lbs on the bar. Not bad.

    My squat is now higher than my 230 x 5 or 6 bench (I've been benching for years of and on). The bench is actually probably a bit higher because I always do it after Incline.
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    Originally Posted by Mt.Hoodlum View Post
    I was curious as to how much weight some of you started out with when learning to squat and deadlift, also bent over bb rows. How much weight do you use now, how long did it take to progress to where you are now, and also what increments did you increase the weight in? The reps and sets you do/did would help also. Thanks
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    My numbers

    Feb 16th 09

    Bench 125 x 5
    Squat 125 x 5
    Dead 135 x 5


    As of Last week
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    Originally Posted by wuaha View Post
    My numbers

    Feb 16th 09

    Bench 125 x 5
    Squat 125 x 5
    Dead 135 x 5


    As of Last week
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    Originally Posted by Wildtim View Post
    When learning I just used the bar.
    Same here.

    Use the bar, add 10lbs a week. When you can only just do 10 reps with that weight, you've found your starting weight.

    Maybe it takes six months to get there, but we're working out for a lifetime, so what.
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    Originally Posted by Mt.Hoodlum View Post
    I was curious as to how much weight some of you started out with when learning to squat and deadlift, also bent over bb rows. How much weight do you use now, how long did it take to progress to where you are now, and also what increments did you increase the weight in? The reps and sets you do/did would help also. Thanks
    START:
    Squat:155lbs for 1 rep
    Deadlift 225lbs for 5 reps
    Bench 135lbs for 5 reps
    Seated Dumbbell Press 35lbs for 8 reps
    NOW 10 years later

    Squat: 515lbs for 1 rep
    Deadlift 560lbs for 1 rep
    Bench 365lbs for 5 Reps
    Seated Dumbbell Press 120lbs for 12 reps
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    I started squatting with 70lbs and deadlifting with 90lbs last November. I had never done either excercise and never really worked my legs at all beyond running before that. Initially I was increasing the weight by 10-20lbs per week but slowed to 5-10 lb increases per week after about a month. Now I'm at 3x5x200 for ATG squats and 5x310 for deadlifts...
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    Originally Posted by TheStreetKing View Post
    NOW 10 years later

    Squat: 515lbs for 1 rep
    Deadlift 560lbs for 1 rep
    Bench 365lbs for 5 Reps
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    start:
    squat--95 x 3 x 5
    deadlift--135 x 3 x 8

    now:
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    deadlift--300 a little over a month ago
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    some bizarre dead/squat ratio numbers here.

    anyway, im still a noob. was lifting with dumbells at a lameass wellness center for about three months. just under two months ago i joined a more legit gym that had barbells and a power rack and started a simple full body routine. although ive taken the last two weeks off when i was on vacation and then got sick for a week after that.... stupid planes.

    but i started off with the barbell training at an embarrassing:

    slightly below parallel, wider stance, low bar squats: 85 lbs 5x5
    conventional deads: 135lbs 5x5
    bent over bb rows: 125lbs 5x5 (a bit proportionally high? almost as much as my deads, second heaviest lift lol, and yes strict form, no rocking, or momentum inducing movements)
    standing over head press: 65lbs 5x5
    bench press: 115lbs 5x5 (lolololol)

    a month and half later:

    the squats: 135lbs 5x5 (wow, super shocked myself at that amount of improvement in such a short amount of time)
    the deads: 155lbs 5x5 (only 20lbs vs the 50lbs squat increase? *scratches head*)
    bentover rows: 135lbs 5x5
    the press: 75lbs 5x5
    bench press: 135lbs 5x5

    my squats are only the real impressive improvement. 10 years of playing soccer 7 days a week maybe helped out their excessive responsive ability? *shrugs*

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    Roids??
    Probably just didn't know what kind of work load he could handle when he started.
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    Originally Posted by Justin Buchana View Post
    Probably just didn't know what kind of work load he could handle when he started.
    No roids. I remember benching 140 x 5 back in march without a spot and on the 5th rep nearly dropping it on my face just barely getting it into the safety rack. I've worked hard for everything so far
    I rep back 500+
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    Originally Posted by Mt.Hoodlum View Post
    I was curious as to how much weight some of you started out with when learning to squat and deadlift, also bent over bb rows. How much weight do you use now, how long did it take to progress to where you are now, and also what increments did you increase the weight in? The reps and sets you do/did would help also. Thanks
    Im in the same boat, After 2 months i decided its time to get the big three as a part of my workout (Already had bench...of course). I performed first deadlifts today and trying really hard to get the form correct so therefore did very little weight (45 kg). How did it go for you?
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    Originally Posted by hngu7721 View Post
    Began Starting Strength in FEB of this year at (5 RM):

    Bench: 185lbs

    Military: 95

    Squat: 165

    Deadlift: 155


    I'm now at (5 RM, haven't attempted any 1RM as I workout by myself):

    Bench: 255lbs

    Military: 145

    Squat: 295

    Deadlift: 295
    I don't know if its just me. But I don't believe these numbers at all.
    Who starts benching more than they can deadlift? I don't believe it, sorry.
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    Squatting: About seven times less then I can now.

    DL: About the same seven times less.

    Lets take into consideration that for growth numbers are just a way to increase the force needed. There are numerous ways to increase the intensity without going up in numbers however the easiest way by far is to go up in weight which is why it is done. That is my view anyway.

    Exact numbers will not be shown for they can cloud ones mind.

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