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To think the average size male would easily be able to lift a

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Feetcantouch · 30/05/2024 19:38

9 stone female?

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Waitingfordoggo · 31/05/2024 09:05

I’m 9.5 stone and my average size husband can pick me up fairly easily, as can my 16 year-old son who is skinny but slightly heavier than me. But that is with my cooperation- if I was unconscious on the floor, I imagine it would be a lot more difficult for them to pick me up. I can also still pick up my son- but with difficulty!

Conkersinautumn · 31/05/2024 09:04

I know I CAN lift an adult person up. As a carer though it's a very hard don't do it from my employer. Equally I CAN carry a screaming thrashing 10 year old (SEN) but we do use 2 of us for safety of the child and us.

Jc2001 · 31/05/2024 08:58

Context. Lifting a dead weight off the ground is different from lifting a standing person by holding them around the waist and lifting with your legs.

olympicsrock · 31/05/2024 08:01

Lift a few inches form the floor with arms around the waist - yes . Unconscious person from the floor - no.

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 31/05/2024 07:48

So @Feetcantouch - why do you ask?!

AngryHedgehog · 31/05/2024 07:18

Tis a fact tho tbf.

MrsTerryPratchett · 31/05/2024 01:04

AngryHedgehog · 30/05/2024 23:49

Why do most of the responses here make it sound like 9 stone is heavy for a female?

That's less than the mean mass of a female adult in the UK.

I daresay the mean mass of UK women is pretty hefty by world standards!

Hmm
AngryHedgehog · 30/05/2024 23:49

Why do most of the responses here make it sound like 9 stone is heavy for a female?

That's less than the mean mass of a female adult in the UK.

I daresay the mean mass of UK women is pretty hefty by world standards!

MrsTerryPratchett · 30/05/2024 23:45

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 30/05/2024 22:05

@CJ0374 - surely it was a moment of joy when your kids realised they could lift you rather than the other way round. Plus there’s something lovely about attempting to still do a carry to bed for a child who is pretty much the same size as you.

This. DD probably 110lbs will attempt to do it to DH, at twice her weight. I lift both of them.

We're quite weird though. I'd hate to be a normal, proper person in our house. Sorry mum!

LondonFox · 30/05/2024 23:28

CJ0374 · 30/05/2024 20:52

Can we have more context OP? Like why?

According to legal manual handling guidelines, the maximum safe lifting weight for a woman is 16kg.
And for men, the maximum safe lifting weight is 25kg.

9 stone is 57kg, so more than double what OH&S would allow-IF its a work setting.

There is a really small chance OP will reveal she got lorries comming in eight or ten hours a day for the next 45 years full of unconscious or dead woman that need to be lifted and carried around.

Because weight guidance you quoted are made for frequent work based lifting in UK.
Many European countries have double weight.

If men can handle 25kg hours on end for almost 50 years it is reasonable to assume one can lift 60 and carry it around a bit.

beergiggles · 30/05/2024 22:35

But why do you want to know?

Zwicky · 30/05/2024 22:30

From a heap on the ground - not necessarily

A standing person where you can just put your arms around their waist and lift - yes, mostly

LondonQueen · 30/05/2024 22:23

Yes, though I'd probably be able to as an average sized women height worse, size 8, goes to the gym regularly.

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 30/05/2024 22:22

oh sorry @CJ0374 - but yes, lifting teens/ teens lifting up parents/siblings, normal thing.

also if you are a short woman- even if you aren’t super thin- men will often lift you. It’s a thing (and annoying). So yep, I’d just assume most men can lift a 9 stone woman.

soupfiend · 30/05/2024 22:17

I cant lift my own suitcase and thats about 20kg

I also cant lift my bike and thats about 22kg

BIWI · 30/05/2024 22:15

I'm 5ft 2in and my starting (i.e. warm-up) deadlift weight is 110lbs, which is only shy 16lbs of a 9 stone person. My PB is 80kg which is 12 stone 6lbs.

lljkk · 30/05/2024 22:15

"Easily" no: 9 stone is a lot! It's what, 54 kg? Most men would find 50kg lift a big effort. Excluding men who have injuries, frailty, disability, still a lot to heave. They can probably do it, just not "easily"

My dad is 6'4" & no way he could lift more than about 5 kg. Even that would be an effort. He's pretty old & starting to be frail. I reckon he last had ability to lift 50kg about 20 years ago.

soupfiend · 30/05/2024 22:11

Im not so sure. Everyone seems sure this is easy

I couldnt lift someone of 9 stone and I weigh 11 stone.

My partner can just lift me so my feet are off the floor and dump me back down again. He is 12ish stone.

NewName24 · 30/05/2024 22:11

I too want some context

Carrying out a burning building in a fireman's lift ?
Over the threshold when newly married ?
Off the pitch, when injured?
In the air a la Dirty Dancing ?
Subtly outside in a big suitcase to bury under the patio?
Down a mountainside after a sprained ankle ?
Or literally just lift an upright person 1cm off the ground and put them back down again?

Ozanj · 30/05/2024 22:10

DS is 4 and recently lifted his 7 stone cousin clean off the ground. So a grown man should be able to do 9 stones

TheTartfulLodger · 30/05/2024 22:10

Why?

CJ0374 · 30/05/2024 22:09

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 30/05/2024 22:05

@CJ0374 - surely it was a moment of joy when your kids realised they could lift you rather than the other way round. Plus there’s something lovely about attempting to still do a carry to bed for a child who is pretty much the same size as you.

Unfortunately, I can't have children, so no, I wouldn't know what this was like.

Justleaveitblankthen · 30/05/2024 22:08

KrisAkabusi · 30/05/2024 19:46

Lift off the ground, yes. Do a Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing? Probably not.

😂 😂

RagzRebooted · 30/05/2024 22:07

CJ0374 · 30/05/2024 21:15

I can't believe so many people are lifting their teen sons, husbands or being lift up by other family members! 😆

It's a frequent source of entertainment in our house, lol. As the teens get bigger, they like to see how strong they are. I like to prove I can still carry them like my babies that they are.
When DS1 passed his driving test on the 3rd attempt, I picked him up and spun him around (he's taller than me and about 12 stone!).

FancyBiscuitsLevel · 30/05/2024 22:05

@CJ0374 - surely it was a moment of joy when your kids realised they could lift you rather than the other way round. Plus there’s something lovely about attempting to still do a carry to bed for a child who is pretty much the same size as you.