Fatty boom boom finally failed at something today, we are taking bets at work Sadly it wasn't diet or workout, but as mentioned before he deadlifts/kinda front squats generators/commercial ac units for boredom at work since he refuses to go past a certain weight at home until we go power rack shopping next week and feels he's not lifting enough.  Long story short we currently have a portable generator to throw out at work. Now the plan was to take two guys and an engine hoist so we could drop it into the standing dumpster outside after we wheel it out on a large dolly. However fbb sees a potential challenge instead. So he decides to pick it up and walk it the 250 feet or so outside to the dumpster. So far so good. He then decides he wants to lift it by himself with no partner or hoist into the 5"8 or so tall dumpster (I'm guestimating here, it's at least a few inches shorter than him and at least half a foot taller than me) it starts Off smooth enough, he gets it to mid body with no issue, starts flipping his grip pauses and sets it down. Apparently the metal is cutting into his hands so he grabs his work gloves, takes off his coat (how he wears a heavy coat in 90 plus degree weather I have no idea) and goes for try 2. He was grabbing it from the top mind you and this thing is probably around three feet tall. The reason this is important is he gets it almost all the way up but the bottom has another foot or so to go to clear the lip of the dumpster and he can't take it that high. After 30 seconds or so he rests it against the edge of the dumpster while still holding it to try and adjust his grip to the bottom of it, apparently this thing weighs enough to start tipping the dumpster so he has to lift it back off and set it on the floor. The issue he learns is that it's large enough he can't grab it from the bottom at the start, and it's unbalanced enough that he has limited sides he can grab it from. So he had to call it quits for the moment. However we have established a small betting pool at work and the rules are as follows: he has until the end of the work day to do it. He is not allowed outside assistance from other people or pulley systems. He can't use anything to stand on and give him a boost. He has to follow his diet rules which means he has zero carbs to cheat refuel with, no supplements like creatine or pre-workout to boost his lift, he only eats breakfast and dinner so can't even eat lunch to refuel himself. The reason he has to do it today is he does upper body lifting in the morning before work so they don't want him to cheat by skipping tomorrows workout so he comes in refreshed.  Current breakdown is me and the higher ups betting for him to do it, with newer people in the company betting in larger numbers against him. One of the owners is actually agreeing to oversee it. It's roughly twice the amount of people betting against him than for him. Generator is some Dewalt 7000 watt gas generator with broken wheels, I will update by the end of the day. Update 2: the newest attempt has failed. He seems nonplussed about it and says he was testing a theory. This involved him lifting the lower part normally, then squatting back down and placing it on his legs so he could readjust. Issue this time is when placed with heavy side out  it threw off his balance too much when he started coming up, and with heavy side in it placed too much weight near his hips and he couldn't drive up out of it so he had to roll it to the ground. He says he still has a plan but he doesn't want to use it yet Update 3. The bastard did it. The owner declares he followed the rules we gave him and if a bit unorthodox he still did it. Long story short he got ahold of some tow truck nylon pull straps wrapped it around the back of his neck and down the front of his shoulders. He looped the ends around the generator, liftEd it normally at first, then when he was fully standing he let the straps bear most of the weight while he moved his hands down. Heavy side was against him so he was able to slide it up his body to his chest while saying ow ow ow. Final bit he got one of the strap ends off, leaned back to clear the rim and kind of lunged forward. Other than some redness on his chest and the back of his neck he seems fine. And is currently bitching he still has to do squats and deads when we get home tonight. Time to head home finally. As a bonus I'll see if I can find the update body picture for July 1st I meant to post when I get back.