MikeTheBear
Level 6 Valued Member
.Simple = 315
Solid (In-Between Simple & Sinister, ala @Pavel Macek ) = 405
Sinister = 495 (close enough to call it 500 if you wish)
I like going by the big plates.
A good breakdown here. I would hike up the simple standard to around 350 but I realize that would violate the "rule of big plates" as Dan John calls it. I only say this because I'm a guy with a @#$%ed up back and I even have some nerve damage in my right leg that's caused some weakness, but I can still pull 315. I'd hate to think that at my current strength levels (i.e., in toilet) I could meet the simple standard. Or perhaps I'm just being too hard on myself.