Muscle Proportions

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Hi.

Apologies if this has been touched on before, I tried doing a search first but I must've done something wrong because I was getting no results and/or errors returned.

I am interested in the ideal proportions for the average joe, in terms of a weight : body-mass ratio. For instance, I weigh 70kg and I can lift 25kg for about 8 reps on a military press, which is a ratio of 1 : 0.36.

Is there a rough guide of what you should aim for, even roughly?

Any useful information, general advice or vicious criticism will be appreciated! :)
 
Plus you have to define what 'ideal' means. That's very subjective, because in my mind ideal would mean the absolute most weight lifted by someone of a specific weight. Therefore you'd take the powerlifting world records for each body weight and use those numbers. Here's a of some of those numbers.

Perhaps you're trying to find the 'average' instead?
 
trainerbob said:
Plus you have to define what 'ideal' means. That's very subjective, because in my mind ideal would mean the absolute most weight lifted by someone of a specific weight. Therefore you'd take the powerlifting world records for each body weight and use those numbers. Here's a of some of those numbers.

Perhaps you're trying to find the 'average' instead?
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Yeah, average. Sorry, bad use of English!

Thanks for the table, but it's not really what I'm looking for. Never mind, I'll find something.

Cheers all.
 
I have heard various rules of thumb over the years:
1. 10 handstand pushups
2. 12 wide grip pullups or 6 wide grip pullups with 20% of your body weight added
3. 15 chin ups
4. bench press your body weight for 10 reps
5. 1 RM squat and deadlift 2x your body weight
6. 10 dips with 20% of your body weight added
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