[drbig]

Thanks for discussing! I overall agree.

First lemme be explicit that I didn't imagine anyone sane who has not been to a gym ever - or even in a long time - to plop in ~100% of their weight for anything. Warm up and going there in increments was presumed by me as the standard procedure.

> - Bench press .50x of weight - Squat .75x of weight - Deadlift 1.00x of weight

Yeah, I wasn't sure about the percentages, just the general relation between them. My fault here most likely! I don't remember how many lives ago I heard about this "test". Your numbers sound reasonable too.

But it was clearly after I done my work (out, over 3 years) of getting from "nothing" to "something".

> What is this supposed to be an approach for? Overall fitness level?

I'd say more of the power (strength) level. There is a lot more to fitness.

[drbig]

Going this deep down I'll only add that "assumptions", i.e. "none will try 100% of their weight on anything if they have no idea what they are doing" are poor, and that it never ceases to amaze me that a squishy human body can lift 250+ kg and make stainless steel rods (that weigh 25 kg) _bow_.

Apologies for not putting in more details in my original post -> now I _bow_.