How to Test if You're Strong or Weak | Dr. Andy Galpin 

Thanks for watching! The full episode -- in which I discuss the importance of muscle, how to determine if you're adequately muscled or under muscled, and how to build muscle -- is linked here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TtBocZjflqg.html.

One thing I thinks important when you further expand on grip strength is how sports that specifically train grip relate to the general sentiment. I’ve heard that really grip is a proxy to overall muscle strength/mass/active lifestyle and that’s really what grip is a proxy to, not necessarily that if you just train grip you’ll live longer.. which I think some people conclude. Just clarify that. I say this bc I’m a rock climber, and rock climbers usually are just skinny, tall and have a good grip Strength to weight ratio, not that they’re going to live to 100. Gymnastics is another good sport to compare to.

Your ability to distinguish noise from signal in academic knowledge and research findings is very good. You have done the homework and telling us what matters the most so we dont have to wander around. We really appreciate you sharing your hard earned wisdom. Before finding your podcast, i used to try to do my own research and boy it takes time and i am not going to live long enough to be able to do all this homework. Thank you

Andy, we value your content and highly appreciate it. Keep up the good work!! 🎉🎉

The 'leg press' seems pretty impossible to compare since there are different machines with different angles and settings, I see people here in the comments boasting their results, which may or may not be good 😅

very interesting. i;m an 82 yr.old exercise and sport science professional,retired. i've been a health focused person since 4th grade. i've competed at the national level in masters track and swimming, coached several l sports at the high school and college level. your data was meaningful because i was at those levels until about7 yrs.ago. i work with adults and seniors in personaltraining and my focus has been on strength. this grip strength theory has me interested. i do believe i have very good grip strength since i can dead hang for 2 minutes. i enjoyed your research.

Yup, we need more discussion on grip strength.

Grip strength is a proxy for PAD (peripheral arterial disease.) decreased circulation to your periphery (which decreases before central) is a direct sign of atherosclerosis

Weak :( but getting stronger every day!! 💪

Can you have a podcast for Seniors women to maintain strength as you age beyond 60's to maintain body strength & health PLEASE! Not enough info for Senios out their that is RELIABLE or ACCURATE...we need your advice too!

Grip strength is challenging because of Dupitrins (sp) or trigger finger. It gets worse for me when I try to improve grip strength.

Fantastic, ill keep working on strength over muscle mass, thanks Doc 👊😎

Hi Andy. Are there an alternative to testing grip strength? Can hang time from a bar with one or two handed grip tell you something? I know body weight would impact this a lot, so maybe need adjustment for that? Thanks.

leg press??? My man u wont find 2 legpresses that behave the same way in gyms. 220kg on one can be 250-300kg on another one and via versa.

Some numbers for the backsquat would be nice! Like many people already noticed: you can´t compare the leg press, because you canˋt compare the different leg press machines.

Might want to make this more "age" relevant. I have arthritic shoulders, I can't do bench, but I can still do 50 pushups at once at age 70.

Attributing dementia to low grip strength is metaphorically putting the cart before the horse. It's unlikely that low grip strength causes dementia. It is much more likely that the neural degradation of dementia causes decreased grip strength.

Any non equipment grip test measure. Like hangs, weight holds etc. Its cheap but have no equipment makes it easier sometimes.

I would like to take a course with you about different topics, is this applicable ?

I just started watching. Suggest you put those targets in age categories because as I approach 60 and only started training 3 years ago, I don't expect to get to my body weight in bench press.

Im 53, could prob do 1:1 on bench press but been having wrist issues. 4 or 5 to 1 on leg press. Grip strength elite for holding 1/2 body weight in each hand for 2 min 10 my best time so far.

More info directed toward Senior women +60 health PLEASE!

Low grip strength is a predictor and symptom of the disease, not the reason they got the disease. Improving your grip strength will NOT reduce your risk, it just means you are probably healthy now. Improving your grip strength, will help you grip better, that is all lol.

Hit double my bodyweight for reps on the leg press today, hypertrophy training for 6 months now!

People would be in a much better place watching and practicing the advices of your videos rather than watching videos on nutrition and diet. Exercise is the only way to eliminate sarcopenia, osteoporosis risk and other aging related issues

How strength will make us live longer in which context please explain i am curious. I thought it's heart and breathing rate. I have not heard people dying of muscle loss compared to cardiac loss,or arrest. My intention is not to hurt anyone by asking but I have heard this many times if you have muscle strength you will live longer in which context.no one knows neither there are things in our hands how long you,me are going to live. So that's why sir this question. Now instead of living longer the right word is if you have adequate muscle mass strength you will be durable. Or stronger So being durable, living stronger and living longer are the 2 things same?. Yes muscle will help in my old age for balance, strength, endurance , and will improve and increase quality of life, quality of thoughts, but living longer? Means how longer is there any quantification? Coz every person is different, right from geographical conditions, genetics, health history, current lifestyle,past life style. Eating habits, mind. Body and most important soul. Yogi says living longer doesn't depend on number of years but your number of breaths 🙏.

Andy, what age are you targeting and how does it move by decade?

For legs I would prefer to do a one-legged step-up. Less risk of injury. The hard thing is to standardize the height.

Also I'm not sure how much the leg press weigh without any weight, I know a typical bar is about 20kg so I know if I add 20 kg to each side, then its 60kg in total. But I do not know how much weight is in the leg press (when I lie down) when it's empty, I can add 40kg on each side, which is 80kg added。

Hi, is there any source how to start exercise for health and muscle grow for women over 40 or 50? Some kind of general routine to follow that I could alter myself as it goes, but to get an idea how to start in all areas, muscles, joints, cardio Vo2 max. It doesn't seem to be able to grasp all of it without a trainer.

Thanks very much Dr. G! I'm 66 years young, 34+ years whole foods vegan, calisthenics fit, on no meds, PEDs, TRT and all my parts work. All I do is compound exercises, dips, pull-ups, ATG goblet squats. Still gaining in strength. My progressively heavier ATG goblet squats: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0eVu2hr4qk0.htmlsi=REDANPL-u6QedIkG

When it comes to benching your bodyweight, is this a 1 rep max or comfortably repping your weight?

Good video! basically do all my lifts with bw as a measure i'm 90kg, i squeeze 60kg grip, but i dont consider myself strong. i would consider if i could deadlift and squat 2xbw, but nope its 1.5xbw

so, I should bench my weight for a set of how many reps?

I hope to see more and more ratios of podcast please

Just to clarify? So is the test to be able to Bench my bodyweight once? or do 3 sets of 10?

What about body weight and added weight for pull ups? Its very related to have a strong grip.

bench press doesn't really represent sports fitness, or fitness in general. In fact, it is one of the worst metrics to measure if someone is strong. Before the bench press came, most people had much smaller chests, and they still did all the athletic feats we know of

How do you differentiate muscle mass vs muscle strength?

as a 50 yr old guy bench 295, squats 370, deadlifts 420, OHP 185 all natural body weight of 215 I think I'm pretty strong 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

So an 80 yr old male at 80 weighing 215lbs should be able to press 215lbs? I could do 400lbs for 5 reps at 20. No way Jose now. Still work out every day with 100 lbs and in good health. Get real.

Is this one rep max or 3x5? 5x5?

Leg press load cannot be accurately measured. People also commonly use very dysfunctional, random technique on that machine. An SSB pause squat to just below parallel is a much more meaningful measurement. It's not reasonable to expect gen pop to do this with a barbell twice the lifter's body weight, though.

What about strength in exercises such as bodyweight pull-ups and push-ups? And thank you for the great information and excellent videos! 🏋️🥊🥊🥋🏃‍♂️

Andy I have psoriatic arthritis and its hard for me to work on grip strength due to the arthritis on my hand forces my hands to cramp up. Any tips?

I can present better exercises to measure strenght. For pressing dips is a good choice, you should at least manage 10 reps with bodyweight. Deadlifts require very little equipment and everybody should be able to lift of the floor, anything less than 1.5 bodyweight for an easy single is weak.

Is that grip strength number right? 45 KG for men? Most of the charts I see show excellent grip strength for men being over 120KG.

Well I can bench more than my body weight but I’ve never tried to do a back squat anywhere close to double my body weight. I don’t have access to a leg press. Can you move a lot more weight on leg press vs back squat?

Can you make a video on how to train for fast twitch muscle fibers?

At age 74 I welcome the tutorials and the information. Like to see use of common terminology during your presentations. Examples… Ex: Kilograms to lbs. Also in the discussion supplements, Whey protein. ~ Thanks ~

Bench 1xBW - ez, Squat 2xBW - waaaay harder

Are we talking about one time lift in bench and leg press or working sets?

A younger guy, should be able to bench their weight at least 10 times, if they to be considered strong at all.

Leg for me it's x5 BW. Squat x2

I am strong

How about those over 65?

If your comparing numbers on a leg press machine, we already know your too weak

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You´re gorgeous! 🥰🥰

I'm homeless so if you're comparing to pampered athletes that's cool.

Sooo....Eddie Hall is imortal?

No not risk

The standards needs to be age adjusted.

Talk about strength in terms of bodywieght ratios is nonsense. If a guy weighs 150 and benches 170 then over the years gains significant fat and also some strength so that he weighs 220 and benches 200 he is not weaker. There is no definitive standard, its all contextual. The strongest guys tend to have heart problems before too long.

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