# Any male Straight Dopers strong enough to pick up & carry a 200 lb man 50 meters? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378 "2016-04-06T18:49:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/1 "2016-04-06T18:49:44Z")
This is not the [other thread asking about female Dopers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=789521)! How many of you men on the board could do this? I could have done it easily before my knees got ruined, but there was plenty of weight training when I was younger that got me to that point. I could do it now but I wouldn’t be walking for a week after that. So could you pick up and carry anyone that weighed 200 lbs. for 50 meters using a fireman’s carry? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/2 "2016-04-06T18:54:17Z")
How many feet is that? Four. He’s got 2, and so do I! 😃 How well do I like this guy? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/3 "2016-04-06T18:57:00Z")
On steady ground, I’m pretty sure I could do it. I don’t think I’d have much of a problem at all, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Sampsiceramos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Sampsiceramos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampsiceramos)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/4 "2016-04-06T18:59:05Z")
I definitely could have a few years ago with absolutely no issue. I probably still could, but I’d be wary of causing lasting damage to my knees and shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/5 "2016-04-06T19:20:50Z")
I wouldn’t get 50 inches. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/6 "2016-04-06T19:34:46Z")
Not a problem. Matter of fact, I did that very thing not less than eight months ago in a stage play. Each night… carried a guy off the stage, up the aisle through the audience, and out of the opening of the theatre. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/7 "2016-04-06T19:38:31Z")
Is the load unconscious, conscious and resisting, or conscious and cooperating? I’m pretty sure I could do the carrying part, it’s the lifting part I’m worried about. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/8 "2016-04-06T20:54:10Z")
Yes, I’d have no problem with that. And I know plenty of women who would have no problem with it as well. Some are firefighters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/9 "2016-04-06T21:06:09Z")
Maybe but probably not: I’m not exactly fit. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/10 "2016-04-06T21:09:23Z")
Before my back went to hell? Probably. I did 130-140 with no problems on a couple of occasions. Now? Hell no. Don’t particularly want to go through the cortisone injection process again. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/11 "2016-04-06T21:32:45Z")
I’m pretty sure I could. Getting them over my shoulder would be tricky but if they were able to co-operate I think I could do the carrying part once I got them up. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/12 "2016-04-06T21:41:40Z")
Yes, I reckon I could do it. My knees and shoulders are all shot to hell already and I’d be sore the next day for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/13 "2016-04-06T22:00:29Z")
I thought this was an invitation for participants to the Heterosexual Absurd Olympics, then I realised I wasn’t parsing the thread title properly. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/14 "2016-04-06T22:09:50Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I thought this was an invitation for participants to the Heterosexual Absurd Olympics, then I realised I wasn’t parsing the thread title properly. I know. I used the same wording from the other thread to see if anyone else caught that. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/15 "2016-04-06T22:10:18Z")
200lbs? yes. 200lbs limp torso? Probably not. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/16 "2016-04-06T23:41:23Z")
CARRY 200lbs 50 meters? No prob. Though I’m sure I’d whine about it if it weren’t some emergency. Or some prize to be won. Picking him up might be difficult if he is just an unconscious lump on the ground. So more whining there too. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/17 "2016-04-06T23:49:25Z")
When I was 15 I dead lifted 180 lbs of quickrete bags off the ground and stacked it. I certainly have the strength to do it now but my back might object. ---
**Author:** ![Memnon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/18 "2016-04-06T23:53:49Z")
When I was hitting the gym 5 times a week in my late teens/early 20s I definitely could’ve done it. Now…not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/19 "2016-04-07T00:07:19Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I thought this was an invitation for participants to the Heterosexual Absurd Olympics, then I realised I wasn’t parsing the thread title properly. Ditto! I think I could perform the task. I’m 6 foot 4, 210 lbs. Still pretty structurally sound too. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378/20 "2016-04-07T00:28:40Z")
I was seeing a girl once who weighed about 160 lbs. She liked it when I carried her on my shoulder, I’m sure I could do that for 50 meters assuming my knees weren’t injured. An extra 40 pounds probably wouldn’t matter much. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-male-straight-dopers-strong-enough-to-pick-up-carry-a-200-lb-man-50-meters/751378.md?page=2)