Maggie's Farm

Strength standards for men and women, by age and body weight.

Good goals for me would be just to get from the Novice to the Int. level for my age. That should be more than sufficient for general fitness but 10 pull-ups is pie in the sky for me now so maybe fully Novice is good enough.  I had no idea of how weak I had become when I began my exercise program, because I was fully-functional and never challenged.

Anyway, I will never be a serious lifter.  Just a middle-aged general fitness lifter. Glad I got ahead of the downward curve. Well, not ahead of it but at least before it became hopeless. I did nail 2 reps of my personal record deadlift this morning, and feel proud about that. (Hey, make sure you poop well before lifting or you could have a little problem.)

I made trainer feel good about himself, too. Loves to see his clients persist and succeed. Onward and upward.