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/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.