[quote]flipcollar wrote:
You guys posting your lifting numbers at 165 weight, what’s your height? Seems like that would make a difference.
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When I was in college I benched (touch and go) 265 at 6’3" and 165lbs.
18 years later and I’m back up to 265, but at 190lbs (still 6’3" ; ^ ).
I’m 5’7 165, only 17 though so hopefully that gives me an excuse to be a bit weaker than y’all … but it really doesn’t
Bench- 255
Squat- 415
DL- 425x7 sumo, haven’t done a single for awhile
All lifts are gym, never done a competition yet
Bench is my achilles heal, can’t seem to get it to go up for months at a time, thinking its maybe a weak upper back?
Is it just me or do 165ers seem to either have really strong sq/dl or good bps not usually both, maybe its just me but it seems that way lol.
I agree with you, in a lot of threads I will see guys whose BP puts mine to shame yet my sq/dl will be a fair amount larger than theirs
[quote]MuscleHamster wrote:
Is it just me or do 165ers seem to either have really strong sq/dl or good bps not usually both, maybe its just me but it seems that way lol. [/quote]
That’s what I’ve observed as well, on average.
I could bench 265 at 165 and 6’3". I only weighed 165 because aside from my shoulders and chest, the rest of my body was super skinny. I think I was only able to squat ~225 lbs at the time.
The 165ers tend to be overdeveloped in one area and under developed everywhere else, either as a part of their genetics, or through an unbalanced lifting routine.
A veteran powerlifter told me, it’s rare to be really good in all 3 lifts. There is usually one that lags behind.