Fitness Benchmarks, 2013

Here are my baseline numbers as 2013 gets started. These are the things that I hope to improve on over the next 12 months.

Strength:
Cooper Strength Test: 55 pushups
Barbell Bench Press: 200 lbs x 10 ~ 265 lb 1RM (measured 12/26/12)
Dead Lifts: 255 lbs x 8 – Estimated 1RM of 315lbs (measured 12/26/12)
Squats: 155 lbs x 8 ~ 192 lb 1RM (measured  1/07/13)
Weighted Chins: BW(168 lbs) + 49 lbs ~ 230 lb 1RM (measured  1/07/13)
Dips: BW x 18 (measured  1/3/13)
Cardiovascular:
1 mile run – 7m45s (measured 1/03/11)
1.5 run (VO2 max) – 12m22s (measured 12/30/12) – Estimated VO2max is 43 ml/kg/min (fair)
Resting Pulse Rate:
Body weight and body fat %:
Weight: ~167 lbs (1/6/13 – 167.0 lbs, 1/7/13 – 166.8  lbs, 1/8/13 – 167.4 lbs)
Bodyfat per http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/: 14.3% (32.75” waist at navel on 1/8)
Bodyfat per skin-fold test: 10.1% (8 mm at suprailliac site on 1/8)
Bodyfat per Navel research method: 12.46%
Bodyfat per Jackson/Pollock 3 Site: 9.46%
Average Body fat: 11.58%
Lean Body Mass: ~ 148 lbs