This BBC article on Exoskeletons made me laugh...

[gadders]

The second picture is captioned "The Body Extender can lift up to 50kg in each hand"

50kgs! Wow!

Rise of the human exoskeletons

[hagrid's dad]

Sure, you're laughing now.

Just wait until these things are everywhere, and people can't muster up the strength to haul themselves out of bed without using their robotic exoskeletons.

Won't be quite so funny then, will it.

[Sean Herbison]

I dunno about you, but I find it difficult to hold 100lbs out in front of me, especially with one hand. What federation do I have to lift in for this to be allowed equipment?

[gadders]

I dunno about you, but I find it difficult to hold 100lbs out in front of me, especially with one hand. What federation do I have to lift in for this to be allowed equipment?

The Paralympics.

To be clear, I'm not saying I could walk round all day with a 50kg dumbell or swing it round my head, but I'm pretty sure I could crouch down and pick up a 50kg dumbell and walk with it for a few steps.

On this flimsy basis I am claiming to be stronger than a robot. My 8 year old daughter might be convinced, anyway.

[Dastardly]

I dunno about you, but I find it difficult to hold 100lbs out in front of me, especially with one hand. What federation do I have to lift in for this to be allowed equipment?

This is 50kg each hand. I dont know many people who can curl 220lb, certainly not all day long.

[hbriem]

The curl world record is 225 lbs, so no.

[Sean Herbison]

I dont know many people who can curl 220lb, certainly not all day long.

Yeah, other than myself, I don't know many either.

[gadders]

This is 50kg each hand. I dont know many people who can curl 220lb, certainly not all day long.

It said lift, not curl.

[Dastardly]

It said lift, not curl.

With this picture;


I guess the equivalent would supine grip front raise, which is even harder.