I know that benchpress is usually 2x, squat 3x, deadlift 4x, so woulg legpress be pretty close to 5x? (For top lifters).
Could you rephrase the question?
Are you asking how much you should be pressing, or how much top lifters do?
I think the answer to both questions would be: it depends on the individual and their level of fitness at the time.
I’m not a follower of bodybuilding statistics, so I may be missing the thrust of your question.
In this context, I’m refering to world class lifters setting records. I like to pretend two people are in competition and each proportion is slightly different. (Oh the no. of trr who gave their lives to my scribbles!).
The standard in question here is what multiple of your bodyweight you have to be able to lift in order to be qualified as “really strong”. Of course, these numbers are completely made up, but they can still be nice goals to shoot for–so long as you don’t mind the possibility of never reaching them.
That said, I’ve seen people do reps at about 1100 pounds, so 5x is probably consistent. For a quick & dirty check, multiply the squat amount by 1.5 (assuming I remember my physics correctly) and you get 4.5x–which is close.
Just for the record, the world records for the first three events (to the best of my knowledge; sorry, no cite) are bounded above by 600, 900, and 1200 pounds, respectively (although I’m not 100% sure on that last one). To be blunt, the people who can do these things are freaks of nature–sure, we’re jealous, but they’re still genetically different from the average person.
How much you should be lifting to qualify as fit is entirely subjective. There are different levels of fitness, there are different styles of lifts, and people have different genetic constraints on what they can do. If you’re lifting as much as you possibly can do safely, then no one has any grounds to criticize you.
Wow, I’m not doing too bad. I can do more than twice my own weight on the leg press. (49kg female pressing 110kg weight). Not 5x my own weight, but better than I realised.
Keep in mind that legpress machines vary greatly and work differently with leg length. With bench press, it’s just you and a weight bar. With legpress the angles, friction, and geometry are all different so direct comparisons aren’t very valid.
First of all, when you compare a leg exercise to bench pressing, the proper exercise is the squat.
You bench for the chest and upper body.
You dead lift for the back and lower body
You shoulder press for the shoulders and uppers body
You squat for the legs and lower body.
Leg pressses are ‘cute’ exercises, but the benchmark of the power movement in the legs is squats.
Leg press maching vary widely. Also, let’s say your squatting. It might be best to check in with you bench and shoulder press numbers, as they would help determine where you legs should be (in a range).
I’ll pick some simple numbers: Let’s say you bench 200…then I would expect at least 300 for squats…but have no idea what a leg press would be for you. You have to comapare squats to bench presses, etc.
Philster: A 45 degree leg press is comparable to a squat if you adjust the weight for the angle. Suppose an object requires a force F to move it straight up. Then the force F’ required to move it up an incline of angle [symbol]q[/symbol] is Fsin([symbol]q[/symbol]), or something similar. So if you’re leg-pressing enough, it’s like a squat. Granted, that ignores the stabilizing work done by your torso in a squat, but you ignored that too, so I don’t feel so bad.