The Hip Lift

Hip Lift

Mr. Roy L. Smith demonstrates a Hip Lift of a train axle weighing 2250 pounds. Smith did not begin to lift weights until he was over 30 years of age, but using MILO Barbell methods he put on over 40 pounds of muscular bodyweight and was featured in the MILO Barbell Company advertisements.

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Mac Batchelor's 2000-Pound Hip Lift

Mac batchelor's 2000-Pound Hip Lift
Mac Batchelor was well-known for his grip strength but he excelled at many other different types of strength feats.

Here's Mighty Mac performing a harness or hip lift with over 2000 pounds.

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John Grimek Hip Lift

John Grimek Hip Lift

The "hip lift" is an oldtime exercise where a very heavy weight is moved only a few inches with the aid of a a leather harness attached to a stout bar. With a setup like this, a tremendous amount of weight can be moved, sometimes even a ton or more. The great John Grimek demonstrates it here. You'll probably recognize this picture from the front of the Mark Berry Barbell Courses

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The Hip Lift

The Hip Lift
The Hip Lift is an old time exercise for building leg power. -- It involves using a belt attached to a heavy weight that will just clear the floor when the legs are straightened.

Several thousand pounds are able to be lifted in this manner.

On the left, Charles MacMahon hip lifts a heavy barbell circa 1917 at the Milo Barbell Company.

On the right, John Grimek uses the very same setup to train for Warren Lincoln Travis' Challenge at the York Barbell Company in 1949.

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