Originally Posted by
bautieri
Perhaps so, and like you said everything is relative. At the last competition I lifted at there was a guy in the masters open division who dead lifted 500 and change then benched in the mid 300's. This guy was also in his sixties. I'd be happy with half his strength when/if I reach that age.
Do what works best for you. You cant have pride when your at the gym, no matter how big and strong you are there will always be someone bigger and stronger working out at the same time you are. I think they keep these people out back in storage.
Bau
I use free weights mostly at home, and then I supplement with machines at the gym I go to.
On the "pec" machine, I max the machine out at 312 pounds x's 10 slow reps. On the lower back machine, I max it out at 315 pounds times as many reps as I want. On the biceps machine, I am at 160 pounds. However, on the bench press, I am only at 200 pounds - I used to do 225, and am trying to build back up, which I have a bit.
Then I do a whole lot of other things, always pushing to increase my max.
Again, at 68 yo, it is just great when I can increase my weights I lift even just a bit, rather than declining.
Thanks for responding.