Can you lift more than your body weight?

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  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
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    Deadlifts: yes

    Squats: my current working weight is just 3lb less than my bodyweight so I'm well on my way with that, and my 1RM will be more than my bodyweight, I just haven't tested it

    upper body lifts: pffftt!! no :embarassed: but working on it!!

    Fireman carry: I could fireman carry my husband for 50 paces before he lost weight, and that was also before I started stronglifts. He's still about 20lb heavier than me, but I would guess I could fireman carry someone quite a bit heavier than that now, and could fireman carry him more easily for a lot more paces than before. In fact it's about time I tried to see if I could fireman carry him up the stairs to our apartment....
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
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    Squat 1.38x body weight
    DL 1.52x body weight
    OHP no. almost 60%
    Bench no. 73%
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,829 Member
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    I can deadlift more than my body weight, but that's the only one...close to squatting BW, but not quite. Soon!
  • Wuggums
    Wuggums Posts: 339 Member
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    DL - yes
    Squat - yes
    To the person who mentioned piggybacks - yes
    Anything else - nope, I have pitiful upper body strength
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
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    You bet I can!!! That is one of the goals everyone should strive for with your major muscle groups and most leg exercises.
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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    yes.
  • mkim3138
    mkim3138 Posts: 80
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    Deadlift - yes
    Squat - yes
    Bench - yes
    ^all these 2x my body weight or more :)
    OHP - I don't do these
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
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    Yes, very comfortably on the squat, dead and bench. On OHP I'm close to my BW, but on a strict, locked knees movement, I'm not there yet. It's a doable push press, and an easy jerk though.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
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    I'm very close to lifting more than my BW in squats. I'm lifting about 5 kg more than my body weight in Deadlifts and damn proud of it!
  • Lift_This_
    Lift_This_ Posts: 2,756 Member
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    squat and DL about 1.34 times my body weight.

    OHP and bench about 1/2 my body weight.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
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    no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
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    no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees

    I've heard Justin Bieber is an artist.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
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    no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees

    :huh:

    Not if you do it right.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
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    no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees

    It's not. Running is not so good for the knees. Having unbalanced quad and hamstring strength is not so good for the knees. The leg extension machine is not so good for the knees. Squatting is fine.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
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    How much more?

    (He seems to be lifting double.)

    That's not his 1 Rep Max. He does not lock out and if you continue the scene he definitely fails
  • rgrange
    rgrange Posts: 236 Member
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    no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees

    lol'd
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
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    To be fair, I'm light. I wasn't a Parkette for my weight. lol

    600x399
  • Cutting4life
    Cutting4life Posts: 505 Member
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  • skinnybunny_x
    skinnybunny_x Posts: 449
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    I can pick up my significant other, who is 210lbs.

    /end brag
  • rgrange
    rgrange Posts: 236 Member
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    I can pick up my significant other, who is 210lbs.

    /end brag

    pssshh that's nothing; I squat and deadlift my girl

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