# Weightlifting Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-question/194649>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 12, 2003, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-question/194649 "2003-08-12T15:13:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-question/194649/21 "2003-08-15T20:25:57Z")

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A standing lift is anything where you’re standing up and moving weight. Deadlifts, squats, overhead presses, bicep curls, clean & jerks, and a lot of others are standing lifts.

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**Author:** ![Skeptico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Skeptico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeptico)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weightlifting-question/194649/22 "2003-08-15T20:36:28Z")

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“Just lift the damn weights” – anonymous

Much muscle has been built from schemes ranging from 1 all the way to 100 reps.

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