Other than legs, what muscles are used to pick someone up like this? Is it just biceps?Also any specific exercise recommendations I should be doing to lift a reasonably sized person?
>>74235368Shoulders, Abs, Lower Back.Basically almost the same muscles as in a farmer carry.
>>74235368>>74235381Upper back (traps, rhomboids, rear delts) too. It's essentially a zercher
>>74235421Zercher is mostly your biceps tendon.You don't life somebody like that with your bicep tendon, more with your forearms.
God I am so alone.
>>74235432Ok, a sandbag or keg pick and carry then.
If you want to hold their ass you need strong forearms, if you want to lace your fingers you need some strength in them as well. More often than not its your hands and forearms that are limiting factor. Its not really a lift, more like a hold, since the other person most likely will jump on you, so there is almost no vertical movement.
>>74235449Yep pretty much a sandbag zercher carry, just with a lower angle so there is even less stress on your bicep tendon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf_dj8B0o9w
>>74235368Progressive overload is the key, start with young children, then once you've mastered the mechanics of the lift, start lifting progressively older children until you get to your target weight.
>>74235368Just squat, bench, deadlift, and do chinups
>>74235708>progressive overloadAnon, American children are minimum 4 plates.
>>74235368During covid I did frontsquats using my GF as the weight. It's pretty easy (~60kg) but better than nothing
>>74235368Hold some heavy ass dumbbells out in front of you like you're firing a gatling gun, and pelvic thrust to failure for 3-5 sets.
