whats a good weight for an exercise?

Morba · 24 Mar 2006 at 10:31

Does anyone have any idea what is classed as a good weight to be moving for your own bodyweight?

for example,
for a 80kg man -

leg press xkg
bench press xkg
etc etc

is there a simple conversion? i know that not all body types are the same, but im looking to gauge my own performance going forwards.

also, when counting the weight, do you only count the added weight to the bar / rack or the bar and rack aswell (leg press machine in gym has a 30kg plate+movement, so if doing 100kg, would you say thats 130?)

Morba · 24 Mar 2006 at 11:13

cool, had first leg day last night (in over 7 years!).

leg press - sets of 15/12/10 - 110kg/140kg/160kg.
will be up over 200 in a few weeks.

not going to try any maximums over a single rep or small set of reps, no need yet!

Morba · 24 Mar 2006 at 12:54

im not in shape to be doing squats just yet. once i am, i will be, providing my knee keeps me standing!

Morba · 24 Mar 2006 at 16:30

im not asking to compare against someone else, im asking if there is a calculation based on a persons weight, that says xkg-xkg is good / xkg-xkg is excellent etc

Morba · 24 Mar 2006 at 17:05

ExRayTed said:
No is the simple answer...but I've read that a good goal for overall strength is to be able to squat one and a half times your own bodyweight.

thanks, thats the sort of thing im looking for :]

Morba · 26 Mar 2006 at 17:47

looks like i found some sort of reference:
http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/sambc.htm

seems to have some weight to body weight ratio

Breamy said:
im 90kg and 6ft 3

bench 110kg
bench pull 105kg
latz 90kg
leg press 480kg

they are 1 rep maxes

i usually train 5 x 8 reps at 80% which is what i am given on my gb training program

480kg?
thats over 5x your body weight!
are the press machines even made to take that sort of weight?
you sure you dont mean 480lb?

Morba · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:06

same as the sort we use in our gym, i dont think you would get 480kg on it tho. Would they even take that sort of weight (add in the frame weight).

on that link i posted is a lpress page, for 480kg you come out as 5.3x body weight, where they say very good is 2.5x. 480lb would be more towards the 2.5x area.

Morba · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:15

Breamy said:
480 is including the frame weight
and its defiately kgs

thats impressive, do you strap up for that?

Morba · 26 Mar 2006 at 18:45

Breamy said:
nope dont strap up i mite start though .

im not really a normal 17 year old though im a national rowing champion so stronger than most

480kg and your rowing?
would have thought your upper body would be better than it is rather than your legs!

Morba · 26 Mar 2006 at 19:04

dont do much in terms of rowing, just a bit for cardio, not noticed anything on the legs, just upper body.

might be my technique!