Can you lift more than your body weight?
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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 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....0 -
Squat 1.38x body weight
DL 1.52x body weight
OHP no. almost 60%
Bench no. 73%0 -
I can deadlift more than my body weight, but that's the only one...close to squatting BW, but not quite. Soon!0
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DL - yes
Squat - yes
To the person who mentioned piggybacks - yes
Anything else - nope, I have pitiful upper body strength0 -
You bet I can!!! That is one of the goals everyone should strive for with your major muscle groups and most leg exercises.0
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yes.0
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Deadlift - yes
Squat - yes
Bench - yes
^all these 2x my body weight or more
OHP - I don't do these0 -
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.0
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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!0
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squat and DL about 1.34 times my body weight.
OHP and bench about 1/2 my body weight.0 -
no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees0
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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.0 -
no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees
:huh:
Not if you do it right.0 -
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.0 -
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 fails0 -
no and i've heard squatting your weight is really really bad for your knees
lol'd0 -
To be fair, I'm light. I wasn't a Parkette for my weight. lol0
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I can pick up my significant other, who is 210lbs.
/end brag0 -
I can pick up my significant other, who is 210lbs.
/end brag
pssshh that's nothing; I squat and deadlift my girl0
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