My slim wife, a mere 118 lbs at the time, held a world record for the leg lift of 825 lbs (weight on a short chain hooked to a belt around the waist. Her sister, Noi, still holds the record, I believe, at 840 lbs. They competed in the senior division, which is men and women combined.
http://usawa.com/tag/noi-phumchaona/
Dennis
??? I was lifting 1150 on the leg lift in HS and I weighed 135 lbs of nothing. anybody can lift something an inch off the ground with their legs.
I don’t know the details of their lifting vs yours. I just asked her and it is actually called the hip lift. As far as she knows, Noi’s record still stands. Both of the girls traveled a lot at that time, winning in England, Puerto Rico, and other places.
This is in All Around weightlifting’s senior division (50 or older). In the senior division men and women compete together. Although the individual lifts each have records, I think the match victory itself combines all the lifts together, hence the all around.
My wife’s best muscles are her shoulders. They are very broad with well developed pects from birth. She was often accused of steroid use. She doesn’t like the way she looks since it is very hard to find clothes that fit nicely. But she could clean and jerk with astonishing ability.
The youngest son has inherited her attributes, and is a very well developed weightlifter. Mom still coaches him.
Dennis
I doubt that “women have stronger legs then men.”
That’s too broad a statement. But, the strength gap between men and women is much smaller for lower-body strength tests.
As a datapoint, there’s a girl at my gym that is incredibly strong, especially when adjusted for her body weight. If you saw her, you would think that she is “fit” (she has nice muscle definition, but she’s not huge). She does strict squats (hams touching her calves) with 225, with perfect form. I’ve seen guys do more, but they always outweigh her by 1.5x.
I would guess that a 225 squat is nearly 2x her bodyweight.
You be careful. She’s got legs… and she knows how to use them…! :eek:
(I heard it on some program on the radio, so it Must be true…)
My apologies if what I said seemed insulting in any way but I looked up the lifting category and saw how it was done. I’m surprised at the low number involved and that senior men haven’t out-lifted it by a considerable amount and am impressed the record stands. I’m in my mid 50’s and wouldn’t think of trying to lift that kind of weight now. I think that’s how I damaged my back in the first place.
I have a copy of the record list for the USAWA and went through it. It is exhaustively long as it lists each separate record over the years. The lifts are listed by age, sex, and class (weight of the lifter). The sisters competed in the 50 and 55 kg class for the most part.
You would have lifted in the 60 or 65 kg class, 18 or 20 age group. It’s hard to find many male lifters in that weight class, but there are a few, and they do indeed lift more than a female in the 50 or 55 class, 45-50 age group. Looks like a 60 class male lifter tops out at 1400 lbs.
After reviewing the record list and talking to the wife, they competed against men in what was called the Masters Open category (men and women together), but the records are kept by sex.
Noi retired around 2002, much later than my wife. Even after all the years, she is still the number one USAWA women lifter, having set 260 records, although another woman is gaining quickly. Bear in mind, a record is the record set not only by age, sex and class, but location, it appears. So if they won in match in one venue and set a record at that location, it is listed. I think. Of course, overall records are also kept.
Dennis