How Do You Compare?

People keep asking me, "What are Power Points?"

To put it simply, Power Points are the way Advanced Training measures your overall training level.

The Power Point number is derived from your bench, squat, and pull-up max.
The higher your max, the higher your Power Points.

Why do we use the bench, squat, and pull-up max to determine power points?

There are actually a few reasons.

1. I wanted to look at the athlete from every angle (Bench - Upper Body Focus; Squat - Lower Body Focus; Pull-Ups - Relative Body Strength)
2. I wanted to level the playing field between the big athletes and the small athletes. In our system, doing 40 pull-ups is as good as benching 400 pounds.
3. I wanted to separate the Good from the Great. The Good only excel at 1 or 2 of the lifts. The Great excel at all 3.
• For example, the good bench 300+, but can only do 10 pull-ups. The great bench 300+ and do 25+ pull-ups.

Enclosed is a list of the Top 10 All-Time Power Point Holders of Advanced Training.

How do you compare?

(Max Numbers for Bench and Squat Based off of Theoretical 5-Rep Max)

Rank	Name	Bench	Squat	Pull Ups	Power Points
1	Morano	379	517	29	1.186
2	Consolmagno	305	409	41	1.124
3	T.Clohessy	333	431	35	1.114
4	Martelle	344	475	26	1.079
5	Blanco	383	473	16	1.016
6	S.Armato	313	427	26	1.000
7	McCombs	284	439	27	0.993
8	Morales	286	390	27	0.946
9	G.Amerosi	271	385	29	0.946
10	S.Roman	260	412	26	0.932