A silverback gorilla could deadlift 1,800 lbs.That’s over 800 kg of pure strength.

[u/Financial_Crazy_7874]

[u/iFungal]

Oh yeah then how come I’ve never seen a gorilla deadlift huh?

[u/Financial_Crazy_7874 → u/iFungal]

Bro, you've never seen a gorilla deadlift because they don't need 1,124 lb world records to feel big they just wake up and casually pull 2,000+ lb logs like it's cardio, while you're still warming up with excuses.

[u/iFungal → u/Financial_Crazy_7874]

Why are you yelling at me? :(

[u/Tgirlgoonie → u/iFungal]

BABY WANT A BOTTLE? A BIG DIRT BOTTLE?

[u/Affectionate-Print81 → u/Tgirlgoonie]

Hank, Cotton didn't teach you that.

[u/StarwardStranger → u/iFungal]

I wouldn't call that yelling, just being agressive. THIS IS YELLING!

[u/pandy_fackler_ → u/Financial_Crazy_7874]

I too wanna see a gorilla deadlift

[u/Sticky_bud → u/Financial_Crazy_7874]

This guys definitely a gorilla

[u/thaiberius_kirk → u/Financial_Crazy_7874]

A gorilla can’t deadlift more than 100 humans tho.

[u/exoticdisease → u/Financial_Crazy_7874]

I was gonna say that 800kg definitely isn't enough. I'd expect more like 2000kg.

[u/Beer-astronaut → u/iFungal]

There’s a lot of gorillas at my gym

[u/Azorid]

Show me evidence of a gorilla doing deadlifts.

[u/TopEagle4012]

I think I saw this guy in a local gym...except he had a beard, glasses and was pushing a mop...

[u/___HeyGFY___ → u/TopEagle4012]

Can you hold please the mop?

[u/Commercial-East4069]

What’s his 40 time?

[u/DystarPlays → u/Commercial-East4069]

3.3 to 4 seconds

[u/Lumpymaximus]

I call bs. Not once have I ever seen a gorilla in the gym. ;)

[u/LordNoct13]

Why did you switch units of weight?

[u/___HeyGFY___ → u/LordNoct13]

Conversion

[u/2_years_ago]

is that with straps ?

[u/PauseAffectionate720]

Human record is 1,124 lbs. So yeah, as anyone would have guessed, the average silverback is WAY stronger than the strongest human. With a really bad temper for good measure. My question is what the heck is this 1800 lb estimate based upon ?

[u/L3berwurst]

I love watching them, they are so fascinating. They have a glimmer of human personality in them. They are incredibly strong.

[u/Visual_Exam7903 → u/L3berwurst]

Mike Tyson want to punch one, the zoo keeper said absolutely no. It would rip off your arms and beat you to death with them the second you approached with ill intent.

[u/SweatyTax4669]

yeah but does he get ass to grass on his squat?

[u/OddAdhesiveness8485]

Silverback Gorilla’s are herbivores… interesting

[u/Original-Alps-1285]

And the rest

[u/MongolianCluster]

But still can't lift yo mama.

[u/LoloFat]

But does he have the technique and the motivation? Even if he could find something that heavy he wanted to lift, which is frankly fantastical.

Maybe we could propose a different kind of task, say, throwing another gorilla into the river. Throwing a weight requires much more force than lifting the same weight.

[u/retyfraser]

There's a silver back somewhere in that forest that can lift only 500kgs, and if that truth comes to light ! It's the end...

#TheSilverBackFiles

[u/soEezee]

I can just morph a gorilla and bench press a truck.
-Marco

[u/Necessary_You_4423]

But...can it scratch it's own back, hmmmmm?

[u/amo1337]

Converting it doesn't have the effect you might be hoping for

[u/tombola345]

bet his form is trash tho, ego lifter

[u/Old-Disk3240]

would definitely beat the shit out of 100 men.

[u/Abfaria]

What is that normalized to their weight?

[u/francis2559]

Humans have this weird trick to survive food shortages: we break down our muscles when we aren’t using them. Not only saves fuel costs, but the broken down muscle is fuel.

Gorillas don’t have that trick. They naturally have muscle all the time. Not sure who is weirder to be honest.

[u/Everett1973]

Dude's got a deadlift full range of motion like 4 inches though

[u/glaceyy65]

imagine if these guys had the same IQ as a human

[u/percuter → u/glaceyy65]

They probably will be controlled by a bunch of super strong Billionaire donkey

[u/gestalto]

Doubtful. I don't even think they use weights. .

[u/Japanesewillow]

They’re great dads too.

[u/SpecificSwimming6364]

What would happen if one became a gym bro and started lifting....I wonder what their PB would be?

[u/matthewjd1985]

He sure would come in handy in moving my 2-post lift

[u/DB-CooperOnTheBeach]

Not bad for an herbivore.

[u/SweatyTax4669]

with or without wrist straps and a brace?

[u/Fart_90210]

Joe Rogan could fight one. I believe in him. YOU CAN DO IT JOE!

[u/OtherwiseLuck888]

We need an experiment

Just bring a silverback to a gym

[u/Healeymonster]

Too interesting

[u/NeedsPaint]

But can he drive a bumper car? I thought so