Anything over 100 pounds now days is considered a team lift and companies that require this in a HPE are putting the employee at risk before they even start the job. If you are hurt during your physical the company is still liable for medical damages to you.
Mine was lift 50lbs overhead, 75lb walk and pivot, 75lb hold, 50lb floor to table lift, etc etc. The 50lb overhead lift for me as a 6'4" dude is absolutely gonna hurt my back my center of gravity is all messed up with it
Hope you can help I just finished doing a physical test an they wanted me to lift a wooden box that had 125lbs from the floor an lift it on to a platform 72" high I was able to rest it on the 5ft platform n continue from there but there was no way so my question is how is that relevant to my height .it's impossible for my height right maybe if I was 6'5" Mind u I'm 5'5" I'm short I can stand under the platform I'm I right or just a weaklings thanks for your time
@Jimmy Strudel ya I did hurt my back did get the job even tho I couldn't get that done the first hitch 2weeks was a bitch tho no more oilfield for me it till this covid shit is over . I dont remember the place but it up in Midland tx
belts are only used when you can't keep proper form on your own, I used belts for a bit in till I could properly dead lift, squat, and do lunges in proper form without the need or use of the belt. Only time I ever used the belt after that is when I squatted 1000 lbs during my sophomore yr in high school but after that I never used belts unless needed. With gloves on the other hand I never seen the point of using them sense to me they mostly get in my way and every time I wear them I feel like im not gripping anything if that makes sense, plus being barehanded helps build callouses. Anyways it all depends on if your comfortable wearing the belt sense most people I see at gyms nowadays use them especially those wannabes bodybuilders I see at my towns gym so its all comes down to you.
