[quote]Racarnus wrote:
I realize that I am so freaking amazing that it’s hard for you guys to accept.
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As for your chart, it’s a joke. I believe I will break 482 before I leave the novice (9 months) category. So far it’s been almost 8. [/quote]
To put the chart in context, more of the chart can be viewed here:
"ww.crossfit.com/cf-journal/WLSTANDARDS.pdf
if you manage to put almost 20lbs on an already good deadlift in a month I will be pleasantly surprised. You may run into the law of diminishing returns.
Elite for your weight class according to the chart you dissed is actually 518. Until you reach that, you’re not even in the top 1%, on a single lift you are very good at, let alone squatting.
Some of the numbers seem a bit low, particularly if you are good at the lift. I have seen plenty of people, particularly in the 181’s, achieve in excess of the “advanced” standard on their first or second session on a lift with NO prior weightroom experience. But I haven’t seen anyone reach an advanced standard on ALL of the lifts in less than a years worth of experience.
Bear in mind that if you gain weight the standards change as well. I haven’t seen anyone go from advanced to elite with no appreciable muscle gain. For this reason, I don’t think the chart is a “joke”.
Personally I’d only take the advanced and elite as goal on the chart if you are lifting for physique or strength sports, and aim for elite on the lifts you are good at and advanced on the ones that you suck at. No-one wants to be like 99% of people!
I train for PL, am in the advanced category for everything except powerclean, and my raw deadlift places me in the same position on the chart as you. I do not think that makes me amazing. I would still get owned by a great deal of posters on this forum. I get owned raw by people I compete against.
Hell, even if my raw deadlift was 100lbs higher it’d still happen, and with people in a lower weight class to boot.
When you get to a national or world class level you can start being combative in your posts. Until then, people will treat you just like they treat everyone else. That means more you argue and engage in anything that can even be remotely misconstrued as bragging, the more vitriol you can expect from other posters.
Please note that I’m not trying to attack you personally, I’m just trying to explain why what you’ve done has gotten the response it has, and so that I don’t sound like a prick saying this:
I’m not elite, you’re not elite, and even if we were we’d be at the bottom of the elite that are active on this site. If you want to act like it, be prepared for the fallout.
The more you argue, the more you get argued with.
If you get the information you need, whether it comes sugar coated or with a whole lot of abuse doesn’t change the usefulness of the information.
You have the info you were after, and it’s infinitely better to cop the abuse than have 400 pounds decide to roll on your back while squatting.
