What was your starting total for the big 3?

[bmontgomery87]

Don't worry about your starting total.

I had trouble benching over 100 pounds when I started lifting, couldn't squat, and i struggled to deadlift anything over 200 pounds for several weeks.

I think my total is around 950-1000 now and I'm doing my first meet this weekend. It isn't about having a huge total, its about loving a sport and having the balls to step onto a platform in front of your peers and give it all you've got.

[solar777]

My dad had a super-cheap bench setup in our basement. The bar was hollow metal and the plates were concrete encased in plastic shells that were starting to crack. I used to rep 45-65 when I was 12 or 13 years old.

I got pinned by 95 the first time I ever tried to bench at a public gym. lol

[_Aggression_]

My first ever total at a meet was 1105 at 198lbs. I was 25. I've done 2 more since then. In one year, my total went from 1105 to 1235.

[Link815]

The first time I ever benched I was 9 and benched 65. I would mess around on the bench once a month or so when I'd have to sit around at the gym when my dad was lifting, but didn't really start lifting until my sophomore year of high school when I was 15. When I started then I was benching 170, squatting around 200 and deadlifting maybe 300. Weights class in high school was 2 days a week, alternating bench/clean and squat/military with a lot of random stuff. I started seriously training to compete my sophomore year of college and my first meet I went 380-336-402 @ 219 BW.

[ChecksandGiggles]

First time I Benched I did the bar for a few reps. I could maybe get 65. Squats I did not do for a long time but after having done some leg presses and other leg stuff I did 155. Deadlifts were like 225.

[evilone777]

I think i was 11 i weighed 96-98lbs
benched 55x5
squatted 80x8
deadlift no idea, coaches used to make us use a hex bar

[takeittakeit]

First time in the gym (May 2009): Squatted 95. Benched 95. Deadlifted 135. Badly.
First competition (March, 2010): 1103.
Last competition (November, 2011): 1719.
Goal for next competition (June, 2012): 1800.
Goal for June, 2013: At least 1943 (single-ply elite @ 275), then burning all of it and buying a bunch of multiply gear, never walking anything out ever again, and gaining about 40 lbs.

(would've progressed faster, but I spent the entire time from July, 2010 to now dealing with the aftermath of breaking my radius in training. My bench is probably 100 lbs below where it should be. I didn't compete between May, 2010 and July, 2011)

[muscle_g]

First time lifting in the gym
95 SQ
75 BP
135 DL(not really sure on this one, it may have been lower)

First meet(this was a small unsanctioned meet at the YMCA where I used to workout at)
275 SQ
205 BP(not really sure what I benched, it may have been a little lower or a little higher)
365 DL

[HamburgerTrain]

I didn't train for my first meet. I was playing football at the time and was too busy being functional to worry about things like strength. I totalled in the low 1500's. I think I pulled something like 640 on my last attempt.

My last raw meet I went 640, 425, 755 coming off of a torn hamstring.At a DL meet in March, I pulled 815. I'll find out where my bench and squat are at when I get to nationals in June because right not, I have no idea.

[Rocky3540]

1200. 400 across the board. Ended with 1424.

[kayne695]

First gym sesh
Squatted 120x5, Benched 90x5, Deadlifted 200x5
Est 1RM total = 459lbs @150lbs

Now
Squat 287x5, Bench 155x5, Deadlift 397x1
Est 1RM total = 893lbs @187lbs

Difference = 434lbs
Difference/month = 39.4lbs

Not bad for 11 months I think.

[A_Hard_Rain]

i remember benching 55x5 when i first started football at 12. squats were most likely terrible, don't remember much for them. we did trap bar deads, and i don't remember much, but i think i did 185 for a few reps

[ridge_forrester]

Interesting to see where some have come from and how far they've made it.

Bwt: 70kg
Squat: 50xfew
Bench: 50xfew
Deadlift: 100x1

[Norse1308]

First gym total when starting lifting was prob in the 400s.

[ButtPirate69]

I think I take the cake for weakest starting lifts. The first time I squatted I did 65lbs on a smith machine, and then a couple weeks later I started doing real barbell squats at about 95lbs. My bench press was also similar. I didn't start deadlifting later on, but I think I started at about 135.

So I had a big three total of about 325lbs.

[ErickStevens]

First meet (October 2011) I went 415/260/550. Second meet (January 2012) I went 465/275/560. My next meet is in a couple weeks and I hope to go ~500/~300/~600.

[evilone777]

I think I take the cake for weakest starting lifts. The first time I squatted I did 65lbs on a smith machine, and then a couple weeks later I started doing real barbell squats at about 95lbs. My bench press was also similar. I didn't start deadlifting later on, but I think I started at about 135.

So I had a big three total of about 325lbs.

I dunno bro, i remember when i couldnt pull 135

[ramizlol]

Hello all, I've been a lurker on the misc for quite some time and just got around to making an account. I was wondering what is a decent starting total for powerlifting/ what was your starting total?

squat 130
deadlift 150
bench 100

[kirbym13]

Started messing around 5 years ago, just benched and curled, never squatted, got to 170x1 bench with horrible form.
Found a friend who was a powerlifter, started training me, started squatting, benching properly, deadlift, this was round 9 months ago.

Squat: 45x5
Bench: 45x5
Deadlift: 135x5

Squat: 285x5
Bench: 200x5
Deadlift: 275x5 (Hurt back so didn't deadlift for months)