Can you lift more than your body weight?

MyChocolateDiet
MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
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How much more?

(He seems to be lifting double.)
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  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    nice view. lol

    and the answer is yes.
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    Depends on the lift

    Bench press - definitely
    Over head press - Can almost lift my bodyweight
    Bent over rows - yes
    Pull ups - obviously
  • Tony_Brewski
    Tony_Brewski Posts: 1,376 Member
    Bro! DO NOT LOOK UP!!
  • krislyn84
    krislyn84 Posts: 337 Member
    :laugh:

    His face is priceless.
  • miss_jessiejane
    miss_jessiejane Posts: 2,819 Member
    Not yet. I will one day though!
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    gotta love Dodgeball!

    and yes i can lift more than my weight, but only if she's on top.....
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    Yes. Currently:

    BP: I warm up with 10 lbs under, heaviest working set is 30 lbs over, max is prolly about 50 lbs over
    OHP: Warm up with 20 lbs under, working sets = body weight, no idea about max
    Bent over rows: Working sets with body weight, no idea about max
    Squat: too pathetic to mention, but well over body weight
    Deadlift: again, too pathertic to mention but well over body weight
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Yes. Currently:

    BP: I warm up with 10 lbs under, heaviest working set is 30 lbs over, max is prolly about 50 lbs over
    OHP: Warm up with 20 lbs under, working sets = body weight, no idea about max
    Bent over rows: Working sets with body weight, no idea about max
    Squat: too pathetic to mention, but well over body weight
    Deadlift: again, too pathertic to mention but well over body weight

    Yay...my FL! <insert cheer gif here> or wait for a super horny one in your PM's your on my FL right? youshould be able to handle that? amirite?
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    That little guy is strong!

    For this lift, in this photo, that is a simple way to be lifted and a challenging way to lift.

    I can lift close to, but not yet more than my body weight.

    As a dancer people can lift me well. I sometimes have a challenge lifting other people that are not close to my own size (in a graceful, smooth, dancerly way). Although, for the most part, in most lifts, being lifted is more challenging and takes more strength than the person doing the lifting. In a lot of lifts, the person being lifted is using their strength to assist the lifter. It is a joint effort. The one doing the lifting provides stability and lift. The one being lifted is extending more effort in order to support their weight, take the shapes and movements while in an unusual positioning in space and with a human as their source of stability.

    I can lift a person heavier than me, when they are wrapped around my waist and I can dance while doing that.
  • LoraF83
    LoraF83 Posts: 15,694 Member
    Yep, on two lifts:

    Squat 1RM - 265 (way over bw.....even at my heaviest!)
    Deadlift 1RM - 295 (also thankfully way over)


    But sadly, not so much on my others:

    Bench 1RM - 115
    OHP 1RM - 100
  • tjthegreatone
    tjthegreatone Posts: 324
    Actually had a 'NSV' this week! I can now squat 70kg for 8-12 reps 3 sets!!! Plus the bar which probably weighs another 15kg I am definitely squatting more than my body weight. Was pleased.
    I am also deadlifting 60kg (plus the bar) - I really struggle with the deadlift, makes me all grunty and unfeminine I must say and it's bad enough being the only woman in the weight training area. My arms are much weaker and can only do chest presses at 36kg (18kg in each arm) and a clean and press at 25kg with strange noises and contortions :laugh: . I can do overhead presses on the machine to the max weight (82kg).
    Alas, been eating like a pig for the past month so all that progress will probably go to pot. And I get really bad DOMS after lifting sessions so I'm currently limited to 2x a week (I'm a cardio junkie so have to fit that in somewhere).
  • j75j75
    j75j75 Posts: 854 Member
    Sure can :smile: :smile:
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    Like that, no.

    Deadlift: yes.

    And I just mentioned this yesterday but in college I used to get drunk and pick people up in a fireman carry. The biggest dude was about 220 (so more than me).
  • da_bears10089
    da_bears10089 Posts: 1,791 Member
    Squat - yes
    DL - yes

    all others... ahhhhh nope.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    In just to say

    I love you Justin Long!

    And yes, on a couple lifts I can.

    Overhead press is not one of them, though.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    yup, I can strict press more than my bodyweight.
  • runner2runner
    runner2runner Posts: 1,937 Member
    Not even if my life depended on it!!
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I can squat more then my weight, I can definitely dead lift more than my weight, I can fireman's carry more than my weight, I can dip more than my weight, I can underhand pull up more than my weight a couple of times, I'm working on everything else.
  • mrs_mab
    mrs_mab Posts: 1,024 Member
    Nope still too fat! :frown: Im working on it though!
  • PriceK01
    PriceK01 Posts: 834 Member
    Not yet, but getting closer each week. Squats are my heaviest, and last night my working set was 95lbs.
  • No_Finish_Line
    No_Finish_Line Posts: 3,661 Member
    is a lofty goal but i'd like to bench press twice my body weight.

    the most i've ever BP was 225. I weight 150... but i was more like 180 when i was benching that. since its....

    gone down shall we say lol


    was able to do 3 pull ups with a 45 lbs vest on... i was impressed lol
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    Deadlift - yes
    Squat - yes
    Bench - 75% of my weight
    OHP - 64% of my weight
    I can do 3-5 unassisted pull ups depending on the day.
  • djeffreys10
    djeffreys10 Posts: 2,312 Member
    Yay...my FL! <insert cheer gif here> or wait for a super horny one in your PM's your on my FL right? youshould be able to handle that? amirite?

    Sure, send away ;-)
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Yes. Except bench is my worst lift.
  • jstout365
    jstout365 Posts: 1,686 Member
    Squat: Yes - 1.15 x body weight
    Dead: Yes - 1.57 x body weight
    OHP: No
    Bench: could probably hit it with a 1RM, but haven't attempted. Did 1x5 @ 125 (5 lbs less than bodyweight) so I'm not far off.
  • HypersonicFitNess
    HypersonicFitNess Posts: 1,219 Member
    Does giving my husband a piggy back ride for 1 block count? I weigh 125 and he weighs 180.
  • cad39too
    cad39too Posts: 874 Member
    Deadlift: yes
    Squat: I'll let you know after my Saturday workout

    All others, nowhere close :-(
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Does giving my husband a piggy back ride for 1 block count? I weigh 125 and he weighs 180.

    I think it counts!
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Squat - yes
    DL - yes

    all others... ahhhhh nope.

    Probably the same for me, though I haven't lifted weights like that in years so no clue really.
  • thesupremeforce
    thesupremeforce Posts: 1,206 Member
    Back in my high school and college days, this would have been a resounding yes. Ten years of not lifting obviously killed my maxes, but I'm still an easy yes on anything that isn't OHP. I'll have to give it a try the next time I make it to the gym.

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