Stronglifts Muscle Potential
Stronglifts Muscle Potential
Stronglifts Muscle Potential
This spreadsheet calculates the maximum muscular potential for men. It’s based on Casey Butt’s
research on top bodybuilders before steroids existed.
Enter your height, wrist, and ankle size in the yellow columns. You’ll get your maximum lean mass
and body-weight. You’ll also get more realistic 95/90% goals - the former being a good lifetime
goal for natural lifters. And you’ll get maximum muscular measurements for your chest, arms, legs,
and neck.
I’ve added Reg Park’s stats for comparison. The idea isn’t to get to his size as this is unrealistic for
most people - he was one of the best. Instead, it serves as reality check for people who think they
can get bigger than human genetics allow. Reg Park didn’t have 20” arms, you probably won’t
either.
These predictions assume you do an effective training program like StrongLifts 5x5. It also
assumes you eat well and are consistent. Check out the program at http://stronglifts.com/5x5/
More Info
http://stronglifts.com/build-muscle/
http://www.weightrainer.net/potential.html
http://www.weightrainer.net/maximum_potential.html
Height 68 73
Wrist 6.7 8
Chest 45.8 52
Forearms 13.2 ?
Neck 16.2 18
Squat ? 600
Bench ? 500
Deadlift ? 700
kg/cm
Wrist 17 20.3
Ankle 22 24.6
Forearms 33.5 ?
Squat ? 272
Bench ? 227
Deadlift ? 318