Squatting and dead lifting near the same weight?

[eeelayne21]

I was wondering if it is weird that I am squatting 135 and dead lifting 135, I just started going to the gym in mid June. And I will be starting the 5/3/1 building strength program in 1 week,

[E-Tank]

To be honest, i wouldnt worry about it. Just keep hitting the gym and making all the gains in the world. If you really just started going to the gym in mid june then with those numbers, youve got a very solid base. If you need any help, feel free to pm me.

[eeelayne21]

To be honest, i wouldnt worry about it. Just keep hitting the gym and making all the gains in the world. If you really just started going to the gym in mid june then with those numbers, youve got a very solid base. If you need any help, feel free to pm me.

Ok cool thanks for the quick reply, just thought it was odd that I'm at the same weight for 2 lifts. I was in weight training at school for one semester but we were only allowed to lift 2 out of the 5 days.

[oregonchick76]

In the beginning, form is much more important than how much weight you lift. However, with time the DL numbers should definitely start to pull away from squat if you're doing it right.

[thehobbes]

Either you're squatting high, or your DL form needs quite a bit of work, or a combo of both. I'm not trying to discourage you here, but honestly if you're only deadlifting a plate then 5/3/1 may not benefit you that much, that's a more advanced program for people who have been at this a bit longer. Something like Starting Strength would be geared more towards a newer person than 5/3/1. Yes you want to build strength, but you also don't need to worry about your max numbers too much at this point, focus on getting the form down for everything. Once your form is solid and you've had more practice then it's safe to start testing maxes and trying to increase them. Kinda like when somebody walks into the gym for the first time, there's no need to go text your max bench, you essentially don't have one at that point, it'd be dangerous and pointless for someone brand new to try and bp as heavy of a weight as possible.

Good luck OP, that's awesome you're lifting already as such a young age, you're going to be mega strong by the time you're 20.

[rdferguson]

Nothing too unusual about it. As a beginner, lifting numbers are seldom in sync with where your physical structure suggests they should be. Lifestyle-related muscle imbalances and a general lack of body awareness plague the beginner and basically result in the rules getting thrown on their head. As your technique improves (ALWAYS be working on technique; NEVER assume that you've finished working on technique), you'll enter the intermediate stage, and, assuming you're using conventional deadlifts and are squatting to parallel, your deadlift will probably overpower your squat. At very advanced levels, especially (but not always) in equipped lifting, the squat can end up overpowering the deadlift again, because while the squat has a greater ROM (the main reason why deadlifts are usually the stronger lift), it also has fewer potential weak points to overcome. You're only as strong as your weakest link, so when something like your grip limits you, it doesn't matter how good your technique is: that bar ain't moving.

[mtnliones5]

When I started lifting I could bench press as much as I could squat but in time my squat increased a lot faster than my bench so now my numbers are more "normal." I wouldn't really worry about it. Give it time and it will work itself out.

[eeelayne21]

Thanks everybody for your answers, I really appreciate it!