Is there some sort of law, in physics, that says you can't lift more than your own weight?

Answer 1

Not at all. many organisms including human beings are quite capable of lifting several times their own body weight. See, for example: a rope can lift objects much heavier than it because it has sufficient amount of tensile strength to cater to the lifting of a weight, similarly our muscles in combination with ligaments and tendons have sufficient tensile and compressive strenths to lift a weight more than our body weight. Many weight lifters have already proven this.

Answer 2

No. And I think you mean mass. If not, all you have to look at is a helium balloon. Due to buoyancy in air, it has no weight and can lift objects that do have weight.

And as regards mass, still no. A Korean schoolgirl in the 75kg class, lifted 107.5 kg. World-class weight lifters lift more than their mass routinely.

And if the measurements in competitons are in kilos, why aren't they called mass lifters? ;-)

Answer 3

No. In nature many animals lift weights way more than their own weight.

Answer 4

You can lift as much as your strength allows. People often lift more than their body weight, including weight lifters.

Answer 5

No, there are some animals (ants for example) that routinely lift several times their own weight.

Answer 6

no what are you talking about athlets pick up several times there body weight when they work out sometimes

Answer 7

there is no law or theory which says that. weightlifters do it all the time

Answer 8

Nope. Weightlifters do it all the time.

Answer 9

not really

Answer 10

No.