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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Middle-aged woman here – I work out typically six days a week, Including varying forms of vigorous aerobics, HIIT, and weight lifting…but always lighter weights with reps up to fatigue. Should I add a heavy weightlifting class?[/quote]

Yes. You should be able to do unassisted pull-ups and chin-ups.

A good goal squat is your body weight (in addition to the weight of your body).

A good goal deadlift is 150% of your bodyweight.

You will be fatigued when done; fear not!

Good form is critical. A class may or may not give you that. [/quote]

I would call all those “upper-limit goals” not “good” (which implies they’re easily within reach for everyone). A pull-up/chin-up is a very lofty goal for most women. I have been lifting heavy for 5 months and am still not even close to getting an unassisted chin-up/pull-up, and I am not overweight. I’m almost able to deadlift my body weight and can squat 70% of my body weight.

I love lifting, but it takes a long time to build that kind of muscle, especially at my age (late 40s), where I have to progress slowly as to not injure myself.
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I am 50. It took me five years, in my 20s, to get to these goals; now I maintain them and occasionally build on one or another.

5 months is not a meaningful duration for measuring strength improvement; most of the progress in that time is neurological.[/quote]

Are these your max out weights? As in you can do this for one rep?  Because I ageee this seems like a lot lofty goal for most women.  And not a good goal for someone starting in their 40s unless they’re with a private trainer enforcing good form. [/quote]

I started in my early 30s completely out of shape. I am now 43 and can deadlift 2x my body weight, squat 1.5x my BW and bench my body weight. I can also do 7-10 chin-ups or pull ups and would have no problem walking around with 60s in my hands at 150lbs. And no, I don’t live in the gym. I have a full time job and a kid.  Those goals that were mentioned are not lofty at all. They should be easily achievable for a female who regularly works out following a program with progressive overload. [/quote]

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