Valeria Times

I want to keep the Valeria times coming so I have started this thread since the other one was closed. I have taken everybody’s times from the article discussions section that did the entire test as written and I have posted them here. Feel free to continue to add your updates as time goes by and if you have questions/comments about it let me know. Remember it is probably better to do pull-ups before deads in the test.

Tim Henriques BW 198

Bench: 275 x 21 (4, 4, 5, 4, 4)
Pull-ups: bw + 50 (13, 8)
Deads: 405 (8, 7, 6)
Curls: 135 (8, 7, 6)

Time: 14:36

Angel spit BW 165

bench press - 170 lbs x 21 - too easy!
dead lift - 295 lbs x 21 - didnt pace well so the last few were brutal.
pull ups - bw + 45/25 lbs x 10/11 - disappointed.
ez bar curl - 80 lbs x 21 - kinda on the easy side.

@ 16:32

Rhino Jockey no BW

Bench Press - 185 x 21 (Felt pretty easy. Did it in one set)

Deadlifts - 315 x 21 (Forgot lifting straps so used mixed grip which always feels weird to me. This was the toughest part of it for me)

Pullups - BW x 21 (Broke it up into 3 sets of 7. I can normally do 15-20 pullups straiht but not after all the deadlifts…lol)

EZ-Bar Curls - 90 x 21 (Got a bit challenging towards the end)

Finished in just under 10 minutes which included setting up the bars as I went along with the workout, not before.

Mmgalb727

Bench (.5BW) = 85 lbs (1 straight set of 21)
Conventional Deadlift (BW) = 170 lbs… accidentally used 175 =D (15 reps, then 6 reps)
Pullups (+5-10 lbs… not sure exact weight of chain) (2 reps, then the rest were shitty singles) <— SO HARD!
Curls (.3
BW) = 50 lbs (10 reps, then 7 reps, then 4 reps)

total time: 12:15

HillKingBill

Not too hard of a challange to go under 10mins on elite level (should be called advanced :P). Body weight 70kg when did this. Bench/deadlift/curls with one set and pull ups with 3x7 becouse if you do max pull ups and miss the 21 mark you are fucked since you wont recover too fast :stuck_out_tongue: wit h3x7 its enough if u take 15sec pause between. 7.12 final time.

Toby-W

Did the Good level this morning:
Body weight: 180
Bench: 148.5 (didn’t realise I had uneven weghts on each side of the bar) 21 reps
Deadlift: 275 - 3 x 7
Chins 180 - 7 4 4 4 2
Curls 71.5 - 21 reps

Time 10.49

Numbers may seem odd as i multiplied up from kg for the American benefit.

P. Bellefeuille

I am 180 lbs so i’ll use these weight:

Bench Press: 180
Deadlift: 315
Pullups: 22.5
EZ curl: 90

Time: 19:30 (dropped weight on some lifts)

Kinghandle

Just did the Very Good test:
I’m 155lbs ( 5’5):
DC: 155: 116 + 15
Pull Ups: 155+22.5lbs: 110 + 16 + 15
Deadlift: 275lbs: 1
7 + 15 + 15 + 14
Curl: 83lbs: 3
7

In 17min and 7sec

Bald Eagle

one month away from 44
5-9 and 215#

bench - 275
set one - 9
set two - 5
set three - 4
set four - 3
time was at 3:24

took some time to change the bar out and hit some feel sets - next time i will do these prior to starting

deadlift - 405
set one - 9
set two - 7
set three - 5
time was at 12:45

pulls ups with 45#
took total of seven sets - time was at 19:50 when done

Curls with 125#
took 3 sets - time at end was 24:30

Boatguy

33yo, 6’ 205.

Bench-205 x 8, 7, 6,
Pullup-25 x 10, 7, 4,
Deadlift-315 x 5, 5, 6, 5,
EZ Curl-110 x 8, 7, 6.

Time - 13:45. Heart rate - average was 152, peaked at 178.

Bosch

27yo, 5’11, 185.

Bench, 187 x 11, 10.
Deadlift, 325 x 5, 5, 5, 4, 2.
Pull-up, 25 x 7, 5, 5, 4.
Straight bar curl, 94 x 7, 7, 7.

Time, 16:40.

RyanRC187

I tried this workout yesterday using “Elite Weights” as a percentage of my bodyweight as I’m 180lbs.
-225 for Bench
-365, 315, and finally 275 for Deads - Clearly my weakness.
-45 for Pullups
-105 for curls

I unfortunately had to hit the gym immediately after waking and had no time for breakfast while also in a carb depleted state, but turned in a respectable time at a few seconds under 14 minutes.

Smupaytoplay

6’2", 195, 38 YO
Level 2 attempt

BP - 195X7, 195X7, 195X7…3:30
Pullups - bw+25X7, bw+25X7, bw+25X7…7:24
DL - 340X14 (singles)…failed to finish
EZ curls - 100X5, 100X5, 100X5, 100X6…26:24

NFSC

I’m 27, 5’11.5", and weigh 190lbs.

Weights:
Bench - 155lbs
Deads - 285lbs
Chins - BW
Curls - 80lbs (rounded up to the closest 10lbs)

The hardest thing was simply not being that strong. I was never very winded except with the deads.

Reps with Bench were 3-4 per set. With Deads 4-6 per set. Chins I did 7 sets of 3 reps. Curls ~7 per set.

Took 24:19

BiggerRob

Just did this test:

Body weight = 247#
Height = 6 foot 2 inches
Age = 27

Workout:
Bench Press = 225# x 21 reps
Weighted Pull ups = BW+25# x 21 reps
Deadlifts = 365# x 21 reps
EZ curls =110# x 21 reps

Total Time = 13:00 Flat

Fairbairn

Bench press @ 100kg no problem - but next time should keep the reps lower per set.

Deadlift @ 160kg getting more difficult - this was where my lack of conditioning started to slow me down. This was more cardio than strength. (No straps also challenged my grip a bit…)

Pullups + 25 lbs - BITCH. I had to complete the last 10 reps or so as singles. I don’t think my chin was fully clearing the bar either.

Alas, 30 minutes was up before I could finish all the pullups.

Still I soldiered on and finished up the pullups. Then on to EZ curls with 50kg. These were more like swinging supinated cleans with bad form. :slight_smile:

Finished up in 40 minutes 40 seconds.

SRT6

I’m at 185 lbs at a consistent 6% bf and consider myself a relatively well-rounded strength athlete. I gave this a shot today at the “Very Good” level, I didn’t go the body weight route, I used the max values. Here are my numbers.

225 lb Benchpress x 21 reps
365 lb Deadlift x 21 reps
(Under 7 minutes at this point)
Weighted Pullups, 25 lbs, x 21 reps
(7:00 - 11:45)
110 lb EZ Curl x 21 reps
(11:45 - 17:59)

TIME: 17:59; disappointing time, it was a very challenging test

Phydeaux

I tried it tonight. When I first looked at it I thought the good level would be a breeze. Boy was I wrong.

I’m 37, weigh 170, and started w/ the absolute #s on Good.

Bench - 185x5,5,5,4,2 Not too bad, although I’ve hit 10 reps before so I know I’ve lost some strength here.

DL - 315x3, 255x11,7 Started with the absolute and quickly realized I wouldn’t make the 30min so I switched to the relative #s.

pullups - BWx8,5,3,3,2 Ugh. Disappointing since I can do 11 reps.

curls - 85x0, 70x11,10 I guess I was tired from the pullups. Used a barbell.

Time - 46:52. Failed. This included warmup sets for bench & DL, loading/unloading weights, & switching stations.

Scipio

I tried it this AM @ Golds…16:20 and that was with DLs at 245lbs. Other weights at VG level

Themumbler

Did the good level today (with the given ratios, except for deads, did 225 (1.4), instead of 240 (1.5), most I had done was 205 for reps before today)

BW: 160 lbs
24 y/o

Bench Press: 130 x 11, 8, 2
Deadlift: 225 x 5, 5, 6, 5
Pullup: BW x 5, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2
BB Curl: 65 x 8, 7, 6

Time: 20:15

Hotgymguy

Thanks for writing this even though it damn near killed me.
Did it yesterday, using the ‘Good’ weight percentages which for me (85kg) were:

Bench: 67.5kg, Deadlift: 127.5kg, Chinups: No added weight, Curls: 33kg
Time: 21:10

G06

Did level 1 at BW of 91kg (200lbs):

Bench - 75kg (165lbs) - single set of 21, too easy.
Deadlift - 137.5kg (303lbs) - 4 sets of 7, 7, 4, 3 reps - this one was tough, had to put my head in cold water before the pull-ups.
Pull-ups - BW - 5 sets of 8, 7, 4, 2 - tougher than I thought after the deadlift.
EZ Curls - 37.5kg (83lbs) single set of 21, again pretty easy.

Did it in a little under 13 minutes.

Great idea putting this all in the one place! I’m gonna retest on the first of April and look forward to improving my time/weights. 15 minutes or under would be great. Pull-ups before deads will help too, I think.

I look forward to seeing how everyone else who has tried this improves also. :slight_smile:

Age: 26
Ht: 5’6.5"
Wt: 157lbs

Used Elite x BdWt (I calculated using 160lbs for BdWt and rounded the numbers to make for easy set-up: 205 bench instead of 200, 315 deads instead of 320, +45lbs chins instead of +40, straight bar curls 95 instead of 96?!!!)

Bench: 205
Deads: 315
Chins: BdWt + 45lbs
Straight Bar Curls (EZ Bar was in use): 95lbs

Time: 26min 33sec

Bench by far took the longest, at nearly 8 minutes. Chins were slower than I expected. Deads and curls were pretty easy.

Goal time when I test again in 6 months is to have this under 20 minutes.

Just reminded about this thread.

Retest ended up happening 20th May, and I’d actually lost a couple of kilos (83), and working on my deadlifts has made a huge difference.

BW: 83.5kg
‘Good’ weights
BP:67.5kg
Pullups: 83.5kg
DL: 127.5kg
Curls: 33kg
Time: 14:50
Still felt human afterwards.
Gotta make a lot of progress on my deadlift still before I try the next level up, think the others wouldn’t be too bad.

^^possibly the worst screen name ever

This is true. I originally signed up just to save the articles so I figured my name would never appear in the forums. Oh well, my cross to bear I guess.

Still, glad I’m not Eliteballa or whatever that guy with the shoe was.

[quote]HotGymGuy wrote:
This is true. I originally signed up just to save the articles so I figured my name would never appear in the forums. Oh well, my cross to bear I guess.

Still, glad I’m not Eliteballa or whatever that guy with the shoe was.[/quote]
You shut your whore mouth when talking about Eliteballa. He’s a legend, and rightfully so, Mr. HawtGymGay.