That would make sense if the max strength for a tier 1 character was 1,000 lbs, since you have to trade away your speed in order to be that strong, but the max for a human with no powers says half that. It seems like tier 2 is actually the max human level stuff (not slightly superior to human like it says) while tier one doesn't even bear mentioning. A balanced tier 1 character would only be able to lift about 200 pounds, jog at a speed of 3 mph, and take one or two punches before going down. That doesn't seem to even be worth putting on the scale.

Or am I reading it wrong and tier 1 is actually meant to be filled with sickly people like me in real life?