The Smart Car Lift
When Sri Chinmoy lifted his Smart Car at York College on November 13th, 2004 it was the culmination of the entire programme that evening. Sri Chinmoy ascended to the top of the platform, eight feet...
View ArticleRight Arm Dumbbell Lift
Sri Chinmoy began his weightlifting career on June 26th, 1985, at the age of 53, by lifting a 40-pound dumbbell overhead from the ground with his right arm. By September that year, Sri Chinmoy was able...
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Seated Calf Raise
The third major lift that Sri Chinmoy introduced was the seated calf raise. In May 1986, he began his journey with 300 pounds. By October the same year, he had progressed to 700 pounds. As the years...
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Standing Calf Raise (plates weights)
The standard standing calf raise was the second major lift that Sri Chinmoy introduced into his weightlifting repertoire. On June 1st, 1986 he did repetitions with 400 pounds using a modified Dan...
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Dumbbell Bench Press
This lift made its first appearance in 2000 as part of Sri Chinmoy’s lead-up to his 69th birthday celebrations. He began practising on June 4th with two 120-pound dumbbells suspended in metal slings...
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Sri Chinmoy’s training machines
Sri Chinmoy’s first call for custom-made ‘toys’ went out in August 1983 when he requested his students to make machines to help him increase his sprinting speed. In 1985, Sri Chinmoy sent out the call...
View ArticleSri Chinmoy interview on weightlifting
In this video, Sri Chinmoy is interviewed with TV presenter Joel Martin. Sri Chinmoy talks about the inner motivation for his weightlifting activities. Also, in this video there is footage of Sri...
View ArticleElephant lift 1986
In 1986, just 13 months after beginning his weightlifting journey, Sri Chinmoy lifted an elephant in Conneticut. Interviewed by a TV presenter, Sri Chinmoy was asked what he hoped to show from this...
View ArticleSri Chinmoy’s smart car lift – interview with Bishwas
Bishwas Polissar, a disciple of Sri Chinmoy from New York, talks about his involvement in making an apparatus for Sri Chinmoy’s unique lifting of his own smart car in 2004. The video includes footage...
View ArticleChallenging Impossibility
Watch the full recording of Challenging Impossibility, a film about the weightlifting of Sri Chinmoy. In this video, some famous names in the world of weightlifting and body building put Sri Chinmoy’s...
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