# At the gym recently **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944 "2012-07-01T21:53:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@MrDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDurden)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/21 "2012-07-02T03:14:07Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > I am highly skeptical of those numbers you cited. :dubious: Seconded. There’s absolutely no way someone could put the amount of weight on a bar that you quoted for the squats and the deadlift unless you go to a gym where serious professionals train for Olympic style weightlifting events. 99% of gyms only have 45 pound plates as their max and you just cant fit that many on for much over 600 pounds and forget about 900. I have seen a pair of 100 pound plates at exactly 1 gym in my lifetime. Although I have seen people bench in the 450 neighborhood, certainly no women. A quick search reveals that the world record is 530 for a woman. And yes OBVIOUSLY you’d either have to be on steroids or have a genetic mutation for a woman to develop that kind of upper body muscle. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/22 "2012-07-02T03:41:38Z")
> [@MrDurden](#): > > Although I have seen people bench in the 450 neighborhood, certainly no women. A quick search reveals that the world record is 530 for a woman. And that is for _a single repitition._ 450lbs, twenty freakin’ times, is absolutely comic-book shit. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/23 "2012-07-02T03:48:36Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > And that is for _a single repitition._ 450lbs, twenty freakin’ times, is absolutely comic-book shit. The 1RM calculator I found on Google says that this corresponds to a max of about 730 lbs. I have my doubts about the accuracy of the formula they’re using for that input, but regardless, this is at the very limits of human ability. If someone’s doing that, they are a world-class powerlifter. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/24 "2012-07-02T03:51:34Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > The 1RM calculator I found on Google says that this corresponds to a max of about 730 lbs. I have my doubts about the accuracy of the formula they’re using for that input, but regardless, this is at the very limits of human ability. If someone’s doing that, they are a world-class powerlifter. For a woman?! No way. If a woman is doing that, she’s an alien. You must be talking about _anyone_ M pr F. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/25 "2012-07-02T03:56:06Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > For a woman?! No way. If a woman is doing that, she’s an alien. You must be talking about _anyone_ M pr F. Yeah, sorry, wasn’t clear on that. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/26 "2012-07-02T06:43:55Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > You were too polite to ask someone at the gym if they use steroids? Remarkable restraint. My thoughts exactly. ---
**Author:** ![I.B.Pimpin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@I.B.Pimpin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.B.Pimpin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/27 "2012-07-04T03:44:54Z")
She does not juice. She works out. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/28 "2012-07-04T05:31:35Z")
> [@I.B.Pimpin](#): > > She does not juice. She works out. Well _duh!_ Everybody knows comic-book characters don’t need steroids. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/29 "2012-07-04T08:38:21Z")
Well, it IS Olympic season. ---
**Author:** ![tesseract](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/30 "2012-07-06T07:01:11Z")
Lol at squatting 670 lbs 10 times. Only one woman has ever squatted more than 800 lbs., according to the world records \*\* runner pat\*\* posted. (one rep). If she could squat 670 lbs 10 times, then her 1 rep max is 867, 12 lbs. more than the world record. Impressive! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944.md?page=1)