Kyle Kowalczuk
Level 5 Valued Member
Just surveying to find an average max get up for the community. I like data and am just looking for a correlation with the get up and other main lifts such as deadlift, bench, or squat.
I can do a solid tgu with 40 kg. Maybe a bit heavier also, haven't tried. I weigh 78.
I dont use barbells regularly so can't give you my weights for the other lifts.
40kg (1/2 bodyweight) is heaviest bell ive tried.
No longer use barbells much anymore so they'd be down but probably 405, 225, 315 area with a couple weeks practice.
Thanks for the quick reply guys. I’ve found for myself that my TGU and bench are closely related which is understandable. However, when my TGUs feel good so does my deadlift. Probly because of the great neural demand required for both.40kg (1/2 bodyweight as well)
I haven't barbell deadlifted more then 4 sessions in my life, i believe I was at 295lbs for an easy single. you've got me wondering what I can do now.
A few of my PRs and 1RMs:
I can't think of any other PRs or 1RMs that I have tested.
- My TGU PR is 48kg, but I haven't tried a heavy one in a while. I repeated the feat several times and it was solid but very challenging each time.
- That is also my 1RM for the bent press which I recently tested to verify that my next program would be appropriate, at least theoretically.
- My kettlebell military press/clean and press 1RM is 40kg. I recently tested this to see the results of my last program and it was an "easy" 1RM. I didn't feel like I could do a second rep, but a few minutes later I felt like I could repeat the attempt.
- I did nine 40kg kettlebell snatches (on each side) before I felt like they might get dangerous.
I can see where there can be some carryover between TGU and forms of pressing in some people.
Not trying to open a can of worms here, but I put TGU practitioners in 2 categories. People who can lock their elbow out past center (in hyperextension), and people who can't. I've seen some small people do some pretty impressive loads on the TGU who could get their elbow locked out past center (they look a little double jointed). Don't get me wrong, its still impressive, because the TGU demands total body tension.
For group of people who can't lock out past center, they have to activate their triceps way more, and TGU's become more of an effort. But, I believe this disadvantage turns into an advantage when it comes to tricep development & carryover to pressing.
I have no scientific evidence. This is only my opinion from observation.