In highschool benched 205 for 10. While my buddies were better athletes w. Bigger names in the commu ity…they only got 4 or 5. I actually lifted and did t miss days. Literally said I must be on roids. Wtf
In college I ran allot n played bball pickup games. Grazing the rim once was a jumping milestone.lifetime. p.r. lol
Getting back Into lifting in my 30s- squatting and deadlifting for the first times ever. Yikes. I know.
anyways 365 bench was awesome.
-315 for 3 on deads was killer
most recently 315 squat to parallel. Never thought id do it when I first started. Better yet… 4 weeks later hit it for 3. Current.
10 full rom chins was a big one this year too.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
First time I flexed and hulked out of a shirt… wait, that never happened.
I have tried on a dress with a capped sleeve (band around the bicep type of thing) and got it stuck on my arms so I needed help getting out of it. [/quote]
Ha! Hysterical! I love your posts powerpuff
I remember the first time I thought I looked stupid in capped sleeves. They’re so dainty and feminine, and I’m a neanderthal. Not a milestone to celebrate for me, but funny nonetheless. I still have trouble getting any women’s button-down shirts to fit my shoulders.
I’ve got this one too though…
I have a big brother who’s a nationally titled cyclist. Crazy fit, but not strong. I can recall the first time he felt emasculated because I could carry more firewood than him in one go. Told me to stop making him look bad in front of his friends.
And he recently admitted that he would be afraid to start shit with me nowadays.
I’ve been waiting my WHOLE LIFE to live without fear that he could pin me and tickle me until I pissed myself.
[quote]OldOgre wrote:
The biggest thing for me was when I was in HS, our football strength coach gave us shirts when we benched over 200. It had to be some certain weight over our body weight, I don’t remember how much, maybe 25 pounds. When I finally got 205 and got that first shirt I wore the hell out of it. It was a symbol of juvenile badassery where I came from. I still have it. It’s a medium. I may go put it on. I bet it will look awesome.[/quote]
My high school had those too. The kids who wore them were living legends, walking the hallways like gods among men.
I didn’t have one of those shirts. I was, however, a star on the state championship spelling and math teams.
Nobody gave us a shirt for that. Just a stupid ribbon that did absolutely nothing for my dating life at the time.
[quote]OldOgre wrote:
The biggest thing for me was when I was in HS, our football strength coach gave us shirts when we benched over 200. It had to be some certain weight over our body weight, I don’t remember how much, maybe 25 pounds. When I finally got 205 and got that first shirt I wore the hell out of it. It was a symbol of juvenile badassery where I came from. I still have it. It’s a medium. I may go put it on. I bet it will look awesome.[/quote]
My high school had those too. The kids who wore them were living legends, walking the hallways like gods among men.
I didn’t have one of those shirts. I was, however, a star on the state championship spelling and math teams.
Nobody gave us a shirt for that. Just a stupid ribbon that did absolutely nothing for my dating life at the time.
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Nerd.
I felt like I really accomplished something when I finally hit 200lbs. Then I realized (years later) I should never have hit that weight…
[quote]LoRez wrote:
My first deadlift over 300lbs was a big deal, since that was the bar and every plate that came with the set.[/quote]
Very similar for me. I remember buying a 300 pound set and the assholes at the store acting like they didn’t believe me. “We’ve got a 110 pound set over here… Can I get a cart? Yeah, THIS guy wants a 300 pound set!” Then when I lifted it all and thought “Well, guess it’s time to buy more weights”. Did NOT go back to the same store though ha
More recently, and this was more of a “still got it” rather than a new achievement, I was a pretty good basketball player 10 years and 40 pounds ago. A kid threw a Frisbee and got it stuck in the 12’ ceiling at the gym, it took a couple tries but I jumped up and got it. That made me feel good.
Dang guys you made me forget about dunking. I trained so hard to dunk, did Air Alert, ran every day thinking that would help for some reason. First time dunking made me feel like a god.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
First time I flexed and hulked out of a shirt… wait, that never happened.
I have tried on a dress with a capped sleeve (band around the bicep type of thing) and got it stuck on my arms so I needed help getting out of it. [/quote]
Ha! Hysterical! I love your posts powerpuff
I remember the first time I thought I looked stupid in capped sleeves. They’re so dainty and feminine, and I’m a neanderthal. Not a milestone to celebrate for me, but funny nonetheless. I still have trouble getting any women’s button-down shirts to fit my shoulders…
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Ha! Thanks, MM. It was embarrassing. That dress slipped on but then it was stuck like a straight jacket. “Hey there nice saleslady. I seem to be trapped. Could you please pull this dress over my head?”
Well, having trouble with fitted shirts is way cooler than the “I was doing squats and split the seat of my shorts” goal.
Also better than the “I was trying on jeans and got my calves stuck” goal.
Putting on my prom dress from high school after coming back from my three pregnancies felt pretty good. I’ll bet I’m the only person on TN who will have that one.
When I first started running back in my 20’s, just being able to jog a mile without stopping. Then being able to run 4 miles, and finding out that if you can run 4, you can run 6. And if you can run 6, you can run 9. I was so out of shape when I started, so that felt really huge.
Having people ask me what I do in terms of staying in shape. This never happened when I was a runner, but I got it a lot didn’t after I’d been lifting, but it still feels pretty nice to have strangers comment on my physical condition. People often ask me if I’m a runner, which is funny since they never made that comment when I was actually running. I’ve had a couple of women ask me if I’m a dancer. No, I wasn’t wearing a leotard or anything. That felt pretty amazing.
Having my ballet teacher tell me I have great legs is probably the best compliment I ever received, since I’d always felt self-conscious about my larger bone structure and calves. I certainly never thought I’d hear that one from a dancer.
Having the guy drawing my blood say “wow, your veins!”
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Well, having trouble with fitted shirts is way cooler than the “I was doing squats and split the seat of my shorts” goal.
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Done that.
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Also better than the “I was trying on jeans and got my calves stuck” goal.
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[quote]hardboner69 wrote:
First serious cut lost 20 lbs and not so fat anymore…
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I know a lot of people are listing strength based accomplishments on lifts, or even bf %s, but I really hear you on the cutting thing. It made me think back to the first time I actually accomplished (or even attempted) any real fat loss goal.
The whole nutrition aspect was pretty foreign to me and most of the guys in the gym I interacted with beyond the “eat a lotta protein, and eat a lot frequently”.
So when I found the first approach to an eating plan that actually allowed me to notice the visible effects on my physique in a relatively short time(dropping fat without losing muscle in the process), well, it definitely flipped switch in my head that I’d consider a milestone.
Lately I’ve stopped caring about straight weight milestones for lifts, I’m not really sure why. Body weight ratio or Wilkes points type things have been more fun for me. For instance, I keep a log most othe time, even a couple on here, but I wasn’t even logging at all when I hit 405 on bench. I don’t remember when I first hit it, but I know I was fuckin fat, probly close to 250. I was mildy happy with my first 5 plate pull, but that was anticlimactic too since I pulled something like 525 easily the time I tried anything at/over 495.
Nah, what gets me now is strength to body weight ratio, an the most illusive one right now is 2x bw bench. Don’t get me wrong, I find a fatass benching 500 more impressive than a 135 pound dude benching 270, but for me personally that’s the milestone I’m interested in. I expect it’ll come at around 450/225.
The other milestone might be a little more out there, but if you wanna talk about a feeling of accomplishment through lifting: try fixing a frequent injury problem. I used to have such shitty hamstrings, I pulled one runnin the two mile, they would frequently cramp up when teu shouldn’t, like during heavy benching, and it was really just hampering everything. Deadlift position was crap, couldn’t run sprints… Fixing those was awesome.
Squatted 345 the other night, most I’ve ever squatted! For the longest time I felt like my form just wouldn’t hold up under heavier weights so I am hesitant to really load up the bar but I felt like I held it together pretty good (really felt the contraction in my glutes). My new Inzer 10mm lever belt also helps me not think so much about screwing up my back as well.
