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Title: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: 240 is Back on October 03, 2008, 09:43:59 AM
Let's say I go outside and pick up the nearest Hyundai or Toyota off the ground at the rear bumper.

About how much weight would that equate to deadlifting?
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Post by: wes mantooth on October 03, 2008, 10:04:49 AM
800lbs??? i dont know
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: tommywishbone on October 03, 2008, 10:10:53 AM
High 600's - mid 700's.  IMO.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: Mars on October 03, 2008, 10:11:52 AM
insert picture onlyme deadlifting car here.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: mass 04 on October 03, 2008, 10:14:10 AM
insert picture onlyme deadlifting car here.
hahah he have a picture of a picture with Jay Leno in the driver seat, Pamela Anderson in the passenger seat and the two surviving Beatles in the back.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 01:04:24 PM
High 600's - mid 700's.  IMO.

damn Tommy is that you?
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Post by: jaejonna on October 03, 2008, 01:06:20 PM
Not that much , alot of the weight is displaced due to leverage. ... maybe like 300 lbs to 400 max
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Post by: Stavios on October 03, 2008, 01:07:00 PM
I'd  say mid 500's

a friend of mine was doing it and no way he would deadlift 700 lbs
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Post by: tommywishbone on October 03, 2008, 01:08:25 PM
damn Tommy is that you?

Indeed it is. Long time ago.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 01:17:52 PM
Indeed it is. Long time ago.
you kind of resemble Jim Quinn from the side in that shot.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on October 03, 2008, 01:18:37 PM
Cars are made to move on wheels so you don't have to pick them up to move them. What a stupid thread.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: MONSTER_TRICEPS on October 03, 2008, 01:20:39 PM
High 600's - mid 700's.  IMO.


A lot less.
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Post by: Master Blaster on October 03, 2008, 01:24:38 PM
Cars are made to move on wheels so you don't have to pick them up to move them. What a stupid thread.

Tell that to little Franco Columbo!
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 01:28:26 PM
A lot less.
it's weird, at a gym i used to train at we had a lot of strongman competitors who used to train for the events in the back parking lot and wew had a guy there who was just average at the gym lifts but could lift the shit out of the strongman events, dude could barely bench 300 or squat 350 but could overhead press a 290 pound log, do the farmers walk with a pair of 250 pound tanks, could flip cars, lift big ass stones, could overhead push press a 190 pound dumbbell with one arm, crazy shit.
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Post by: MONSTER_TRICEPS on October 03, 2008, 01:34:40 PM
it's weird, at a gym i used to train at we had a lot of strongman competitors who used to train for the events in the back parking lot and wew had a guy there who was just average at the gym lifts but could lift the shit out of the strongman events, dude could barely bench 300 or squat 350 but could overhead press a 290 pound log, do the farmers walk with a pair of 250 pound tanks, could flip cars, lift big ass stones, could overhead push press a 190 pound dumbbell with one arm, crazy shit.

Yeah man seen strange shit like that too, saw a guy who could deadlift 440 and squat 315 for a couple but also did a 750 pound yokewalk for 60 feet, no stops.

I was absolutely struggling with a 500 pound yoke, but outlifted him in the gym.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 01:37:18 PM
Yeah man seen strange shit like that too, saw a guy who could deadlift 440 and squat 315 for a couple but also did a 750 pound yokewalk for 60 feet, no stops.

I was absolutely struggling with a 500 pound yoke, but outlifted him in the gym.
yep, event training is probably more important than gym training, Phil Pfister is the perfect example of that, dude wasn't a monster in the gym, i think he benched about 390-400, squatted like 550-575 but was awesome at the events.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: tommywishbone on October 03, 2008, 01:37:52 PM
A lot less.

Upon further reveiw and reflection... I agree. 575 - 650 should do.
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Post by: xpac2 on October 03, 2008, 01:40:25 PM
you kind of resemble Jim Quinn from the side in that shot.

Did you also measure Flex Wheeler at 0% Bodyfat?
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: tommywishbone on October 03, 2008, 01:42:43 PM
Did you also measure Flex Wheeler at 0% Bodyfat?

You have a good eye my man. Actually 0.04%. A few days after the pic was taken I was attacked by ninjas and had to quit the sport.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: jpm101 on October 03, 2008, 01:43:56 PM
How about those old lady's who leap into action and  DL/hold up a car,  while people drag a little kid out from under it? Holding it up for over a minute, at times. And in most all cases, even after a few days, they might feel a little sore but no big deal.   No pulled ligaments, tendons or muscles. Even in the lower back area.

If a chimpanzee is estimated  to be at least 8 to 10 times &guy as a normal adult man, with much less bwt, than how strong could a human really be. Guy's and women on PCP/Angles Dust can be extremely strong, breaking cuff's at will. And they normally are skinny and look like walking death. Time for those 2000lb Dl's and squats to be a common thing if the mind set is right. How about throwing a little kid under a DL bar for motivation and world records?

Side Bar: used to push up hill and front/rear bumper DL an old Jeep Wrangler. But that was pretty light. Had to some times when caught in loose sand. Fun any way.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 01:46:35 PM
How about those old lady's who leap into action and  DL/hold up a car,  while people drag a little kid out from under it? Holding it up for over a minute, at times. And in most all cases, even after a few days, they might feel a little sore but no big deal.   No pulled ligaments, tendons or muscles. Even in the lower back area.

If a chimpanzee is estimated  to be at least 8 to 10 times &guy as a normal adult man, with much less bwt, than how strong could a human really be. Guy's and women on PCP/Angles Dust can be extremely strong, breaking cuff's at will. And they normally are skinny and look like walking death. Time for those 2000lb Dl's and squats to be a common thing if the mind set is right. How about throwing a little kid under a DL bar for motivation and world records?

Side Bar: used to push up hill and front/rear bumper DL an old Jeep Wrangler. But that was pretty light. Had to some times when caught in loose sand. Fun any way.
::)
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: Master Blaster on October 03, 2008, 01:46:47 PM
it's weird, at a gym i used to train at we had a lot of strongman competitors who used to train for the events in the back parking lot and wew had a guy there who was just average at the gym lifts but could lift the shit out of the strongman events, dude could barely bench 300 or squat 350 but could overhead press a 290 pound log, do the farmers walk with a pair of 250 pound tanks, could flip cars, lift big ass stones, could overhead push press a 190 pound dumbbell with one arm, crazy shit.

Functional stregnth

(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/84/f3/ff3dc6da8da0516ddeb02110._AA198_.L.jpg)
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: Ursus on October 03, 2008, 01:46:53 PM
This is me deadlifting a renault clio. Felt very light. 400lbs maybe absolute max.

From the back i know a guy (my trainer actually) who deadlift it at a strongman comp had a best of say 240kg dead, he said it was easy. So maybe 200kg or 440lbs
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Post by: chocolate fizz on October 03, 2008, 01:47:33 PM
From the rear, the weight in the hands is fuck all, usually claimed to be 600lbs, but from watching friends who have PISS POOR deadlifts and gym strength, experience tells me otherwise.

The car deadlift for reps is a regular event in many regional and certainly national strongman shows, and most of the lower tier guys wouldnt budge 600+ and definitely not for reps.

Picking cars up at the rear is not too hard, shit you can often see piss artists doing it on a friday night at 1am on some poor girls 1.3litre.

Youtube should have loads of clips of pretty average guys just doing it.

Either way, you probably couldnt do it, Rob ;)
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Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 01:48:27 PM
Functional stregnth

(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/84/f3/ff3dc6da8da0516ddeb02110._AA198_.L.jpg)
hahahaha, i actually had that book about ten years ago. ;D
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: Master Blaster on October 03, 2008, 02:02:00 PM
hahahaha, i actually had that book about ten years ago. ;D

Hahahahah, I bought a fucking burlap bag from an Army supply store and filled it with sand.  ::)
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 02:04:06 PM
Hahahahah, I bought a fucking burlap bag from an Army supply store and filled it with sand.  ::)
me too, i was doing all that shit, heavy rack work, sandbag stuff, bottom positon squats and benches, thick bars, etc. then i realized it didn't do anything beyond what regular lifting did. ;D
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: 240 is Back on October 03, 2008, 02:06:32 PM
Either way, you probably couldnt do it, Rob ;)

I'm going to drive around until I find a Geo Metro in a paking lot.   Then I'm gonna try to lift it.

I'll ask the cart guy to take pics for getbig.
Title: Re: Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?
Post by: QuakerOats on October 03, 2008, 02:09:15 PM
I'm going to drive around until I find a Geo Metro in a paking lot.   Then I'm gonna try to lift it.

I'll ask the cart guy to take pics for getbig.
i'm sure you could do it, you're a 200 pound guy who lifts and is strong, it's very doable.