When starting out what was more than my 1rm has now become something I can hit for nearly 30 reps.
A sub-185lb bench at 15 to hitting it for nearly 30 whenever I’d rep out at the weight, now able to do so for 30+ should I but touch a barbell.
I recall one summer, I was about 19, finding a tractor tire sitting near the high school track.
I attempted to flip it, and failed.
A few days later I got it for a single rep.
A few days after that I got it for a few singles.
By the end of the summer I was doing distance with it flipping it around 30 times in a row.
I even got my much smaller friend able to flip it for a single or two.
At the SoCal bodybuilding gym, I taught one normal dude (5’10” 180lbs) how to flip the tire there.
I flipped that tire as a finisher every session. I got crazy props from people for doing so.
I offered to teach at least one more dude (a 5’8″ 165lb men’s physique competitor) to do so, and he hemmed and hawed – not game.
That tire was rarely flipped since so many were not game.
I could’ve taught some of the women there to flip that tire.
The required strength levels were there from the tall big boned college senior/recent college grad always wearing farm related pun tshirts to the female bodybuilders, and if we’re being honest here more than just those most obvious examples.
Many could’ve went from no flip to using the tire flip as conditioning like I had with that other tire a few summers earlier.
Gym success is guaranteed with commitments to consistent effort over a period of years.
Something heavier than your 1rm will become something you can do for around 30 at least.
I’ve proven this to myself.
You too have this potential.
In fact all of our potential is higher than just the beginning 1rm to 30rm.
I’ve long felt that what many consider a 5-10rm can be trained to roughly a 50rm given the commitment, consistency, and time.
Persistence & Tenacity