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To me its about being good at all the big compound movements. Not the guys who can bench press 140 yet can only squat 80, that is not strong. Strong is someone who can do 30 chin ups, bench 100+, dead 200+, squat 150+ and so on. Also someone who is big and strong, not much point being big if you're not strong in my opinion.
If he are talking bodybuilding coz its in the bodybuilding section - does not matter what you lift its how you look so I wouldnt even think about what weight bodybuilders are doing.
Its all about how much you weigh and how much you lift...if a 50kg girl can deadlift 150kgs then thats strong. If a 150kg man can squat 220kgs thats not strong.
For me, strong means lots of things.
As far as numbers go if you can do a 200kg deep squat, 150 paused bench, 250 deadlift I'd say your pretty strong.
Also 2.5x BW squat, 2x BW bench and 3x deadlift is bloody strong.
ive told people i go to the gym, first thing they ask is how much can you bench.... they should be asking how much can you squat. but thats just my opinion.
I guess it also depends on who your talking too.. working in a fairly physical job (laboring for a construction company) Ive occasionally been told im alot stronger then I look, lifting trusses beams etc with less effort then other guys but that comes down to me training... compared to your average Joe id consider my self reasonably strong, but compared to some of the lads from this site im far from strong
the majority of ppl probably wouldn't even know what a dead-lift or squat is ahaha
Naim Suleymanoglu at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, cleaning and jerking 10kg abovetriple bodyweight! HE weighed in at just under 60kg, and lifted 190kg! [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8R_qczqdHY&feature=related[/ame]
I know that you've only asked for "strength" Graeme, however I've giving you strength and speed combined, which goes to equal a very powerful lift indeed.