https://theurconsumer.onrender.com/lifting/Recent content in Lifting on The Ur-ConsumerHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 06 Sep 2025 09:18:58 -0400https://theurconsumer.onrender.com/lifting/1000lb-club/Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:18:58 -0400https://theurconsumer.onrender.com/lifting/1000lb-club/I just reached my goal of hitting the “1000lb club” in training. As predicted, I did so entirely by progressing in my squat and bench! I’m still practicing the athletic component of a deadlift, and I’m much closer to being able to reproduce my best lifts in training now, but my squat and bench have been slowly progressing the whole time. I’m now squatting 330, benching 265, and I can reproduce my best deadlift at 405, just squeaking into the 1000lbs club!https://theurconsumer.onrender.com/lifting/1234/Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:04:09 -0400https://theurconsumer.onrender.com/lifting/1234/I just met a personal powerlifting goal! 1/2/3/4 down! I initially started lifting ~2yrs ago with the intent to meet this goal. The 1/2/3/4 are “plates”: 45-lb weights that affix to a barbell, typically the heaviest on offer at a commercial gym. Each barbell takes one on each end (45+45), plus the load of the barbell (+45): that means that the 1/2/3/4 roughly translate to 135/225/315/405 in my case. These are target weights that I wanted to lift for specific movements: 135 (Strict OHP)/225 (Bench press)/315 (Squat)/405lbs (Deadlift).