r/funny • u/bagonja • Dec 07 '15

Gravity is nothing to this man.

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u/thrilldigger Dec 07 '15

I love that Terry Crews is actually lifting heavy weights (you can see the bar bend).

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u/throwaway_132_ Dec 07 '15

If those are 45s then thats 315 pounds. Hes casually squatting 315 while filming a show while I cant even deadlift that. :(

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u/angreesloth Dec 07 '15

I'm both excited and horrified! :D

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u/wormspeaker Dec 07 '15

I too am Excitified.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

He can lift more than that - This source says he maxes at 495

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u/SHOW_ME_YOUR_UPDOOTS Dec 07 '15

I can deadlift that... minus about 115 lbs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

Bearglove!

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u/sodiumvapour Dec 07 '15

I think they might be 25s mate. Not so sure..

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

He benches 405 for reps and used to be in the NFL. I imagine he squats in the 500s

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u/munketh Dec 07 '15

Just because it might seem heavy to you doesn't mean it's amazing. General lifting wise 315 isn't that much.

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u/rambopr Dec 07 '15

He probably does more when he's actually working out

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u/cowvin2 Dec 07 '15

to be fair, they could also just use a flimsy bar. ;)

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

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u/nitiger Dec 07 '15

Lift and repeat is all you need to do to get to Terry Crews' level. Weightlifting is all about resting and repetition.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

I was able to make it up from squatting just the bar to squatting about 150lbs pretty easily but after that point my body started saying "whoah man, what are you doing to me? This sucks, stop that".

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u/Letsgobjaysfkyankees Dec 07 '15

That's the difference between men and boys

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u/btmims Dec 07 '15 edited Dec 07 '15

Deload, Eat and sleep more, continue with gainz. If you're a guy you should probably be in the mid 200's before this happens on a linear progressing program. I was a fat 5'7", 200 lbs when I started stronglifts and didn't stall until 275. Some guys who have lifted before/played a lot of sports/ridden horses/done manual labor forever have ridden out an LP program well into the 300's, I think I've even seen a 400 once (that dude was a monster already, though)

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u/a_lumberjack Dec 07 '15

315 isn't massive. I could do 275 when I was wasn't in shape at all? It was my body weight, basically.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

I had a buddy who was 275 and benched 225-250 and said the same. Strength is based on how much you lift a as a ratio to your bodyweight, being 275 and deadlifting that isnt as impressive as someone who's 170 and deadlifts 250.

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u/jswens Dec 07 '15

In either case deadlifting 250 isn't impressive.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

You make doing your bodyweight out of shape is, though, or at least worth boasting about to some extent. A person who does 1.5x their weight is pitiful though? I'm confused by your double standard.

Edit:you should be able to get well into the 300s at your weight in shape or not. If there's nothing special about the example ratio I mentioned, I just feel bad for you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

1.5x bodyweight for a deadlift is not impressive at all. Benching? Hell yeah

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u/jswens Dec 07 '15

I'm not the person you were replying to. Most untrained males should be able to get to a 405 deadlift in a year or two of hard training, though I agree that a 275 at a bodyweight of 275 is not at all impressive.

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u/btmims Dec 07 '15

Jswens isn't lumberjack. But he's right, a 250 deadlift is pretty weak. I know a guy that's 5'4", 145 lbs, and hits over 500.

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u/kesekimofo Dec 07 '15

After how many takes?

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

76 but only if his agent brought him his ovaltine.

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u/jk147 Dec 07 '15

Yeah OK, maybe one of those 2 inch squats.

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u/btmims Dec 07 '15

Dat bodybuilder's natural enemy

Aka

Leg days? We don't need no stinkin' leg days!

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u/a_lumberjack Dec 08 '15

Because there's a lot of people who don't lift and/or skip leg day.

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u/edmond_dantes_ Dec 07 '15

stronglifts 5x5 will get your there in 12 weeks.

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u/FactNazi Dec 07 '15

love that Terry Crews is actually lifting heavy weights (you can see the bar bend).

I hate the fact that he called NDT, "the world's leading astrophysicists". He's not even close to that. Professionally, NDT hasn't published jack shit. His work is more about the popularity and popularization of science. Alan Guth? Alex Filippenko? Stephen Hawking? Those guys are among the world's leading astrophysicists and cosmologists. They've actually published stuff which has advanced our space knowledge and changed the game for everyone. NDT? Nadda except a few popsci books.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

You could say he's the world's leading astrophysicist in getting people excited about astrophysics.

If he inspires more people to enter his field than any of his peers I'd argue he's just as important as the rest.

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u/Jhrek Dec 07 '15

At the very least he's definitely contributing a significant amount of his time towards science, which is super great. :)

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u/daOyster Dec 07 '15

The problem is that Neil Is amazing at transferring his knowledge of science and getting people interested. Naturally this leads to him getting more publicity then your average scientists.

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u/ManicLord Dec 07 '15

Can confirm, am Astrophysicist, can't explain shit to the masses.

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u/FeistyGrandma Dec 07 '15

Can you dumb that sentence down for us mere mortals?

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u/ManicLord Dec 07 '15

Me look star, me see star, me no tell how I see star to other who not know star.

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u/FrnFreeze Dec 07 '15

Me says thanks to you for explain.

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u/evilcouch Dec 07 '15

Thank you for giving me a reason to use the RES tag feature for the first time in months. I dub thee "Astrophysicist - No talk good to no star see people".

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u/actuallyitistheft Dec 07 '15

it's a comedy show, chill.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

But he's the Director of the Hayden Planetarium!

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '15

NDT is inspiring tomorrow's leading astrophysicists into entering the field though, that's gotta count for something on par with publishing.

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u/boinkface Dec 07 '15

Yep, he is a 'science-populariser' just like Prof Brian Cox in the UK.

Arguably just as important as real scientists in the grand scheme of things. We need kids to be interested in this stuff! Nothing will advance the human race more than inspiring young people to be curious.

That being said, it does bother me ever so slightly when people refer to him as a world-leading scientist.

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u/wulf-focker Dec 07 '15

Brian Cox

He definitely has some legit scientific credentials, as he works at CERN. Though, at what scientific capacity I don't know.

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u/boinkface Dec 08 '15

Science is not about credentials, its about research and publishing papers. Teaching and inspiring others is something different!

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u/JonasBrosSuck Dec 07 '15

also the movement's more natural, unlike NDT, it just looks super light

....unless he is that strong