Picking up a car = deadlifting how much?

[240 is Back]

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?

[wes mantooth]

800lbs??? i dont know

[tommywishbone]

High 600's - mid 700's.  IMO.

[Mars]

insert picture onlyme deadlifting car here.

[mass 04]

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.

[QuakerOats]

High 600's - mid 700's.  IMO.

damn Tommy is that you?

[jaejonna]

Not that much , alot of the weight is displaced due to leverage. ... maybe like 300 lbs to 400 max

[Stavios]

I'd  say mid 500's

a friend of mine was doing it and no way he would deadlift 700 lbs

[tommywishbone]

damn Tommy is that you?

Indeed it is. Long time ago.

[QuakerOats]

Indeed it is. Long time ago.

you kind of resemble Jim Quinn from the side in that shot.

[BroadStreetBruiser]

Cars are made to move on wheels so you don't have to pick them up to move them. What a stupid thread.

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

High 600's - mid 700's.  IMO.

A lot less.

[Master Blaster]

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!

[QuakerOats]

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.

[MONSTER_TRICEPS]

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.

[QuakerOats]

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.

[tommywishbone]

A lot less.

Upon further reveiw and reflection... I agree. 575 - 650 should do.

[xpac2]

you kind of resemble Jim Quinn from the side in that shot.

Did you also measure Flex Wheeler at 0% Bodyfat?

[tommywishbone]

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.

[jpm101]

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.

[QuakerOats]

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.

[Master Blaster]

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

[Ursus]

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

[chocolate fizz]

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

[QuakerOats]

Functional stregnth

hahahaha, i actually had that book about ten years ago.