Maximum Weights

How Strong am I?

One thing I never included on my original website was information on my maximum lifts.  The reason for this was that I never do 'max lifts' in training.  On most exercises I aim for 10 reps and on my heaviest set usually get at least 6-8 reps.  As soon as I get 10 reps, I put the weight up.

Another reason for not including information on the weight I use is that it is relative to the machine you are using, and a lot of the exercises I do are on machines.  I have found that 80lb on one machine is equivalent to 120lb on another, so it is impossible to judge strength from this.

However, I get so many emails asking about the kind of weight I use that I decided to include a section on my current heaviest training weights for some free weight exercises showing the maximum reps I have performed with these weights. 

These are my current training weights, and if you walked into my gym, these are what you would see me doing.  They aren't 'one-off' best performances and I'm happy to say that my current weights are my best to date!