Sri Chinmoy lifts 155 lbs. – equal to his own body weight – 24 times, using only his right arm, in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
Delicate Hand and Powerful Hand
At a quarter to two, I go to bed. At a quarter to four, I get up and meditate. Then I go to my second room and do chest exercises 30 times; then quadricep and hamstring exercises.
At five o’clock, I go out to walk for two miles. Then I come back and do stretching exercises for half an hour. Next comes more exercises upstairs. Then I come down and lift 155 pounds 13 times. Then I do leg presses and bench presses.
After this I meditate and play the cello. Then I take another form of exercise and then play my Moroccan instrument. Next I do another exercise and then play the Chinese instrument.
First I am showing a delicate hand and then I am showing a weightlifter’s hand. This moment I use my delicate hand to play musical instruments, and the next moment I use my powerful hand for carrying inert, solid weights. — Sri Chinmoy
Published in My Weightlifting Tears and Smiles, part 1
Permission from Unmilan’s soul
Unmilan had to go to Germany for a few days in connection with his exercise equipment business. I promised him that I would wait until he returned before I lifted my own body weight, 155 pounds. But while he was gone, inwardly I saw that the time was right for me to lift 155, and I couldn’t wait for him to return. So I took special permission from his soul and then I did it. Afterwards, I phoned Unmilan in Germany to tell him I had just lifted 155 pounds — with special permission from his soul. — Sri Chinmoy
Published in My Weightlifting Tears and Smiles, part 1
Inner capacity and outer capacity
You may think that I am weaker than I am because you see only the physical in me. Again, if you happened to see my third eye inside the physical, then you would see the power of my physical body. It is much stronger than you can ever imagine. The outer appearance of my hands may seem weak to you, but my inner capacity makes me feel very strong when I do lifting and other things.
I know perfectly well that if I wanted to energise the physical, or if I opened up my third eye and allowed spiritual power to percolate from the soles of my feet to the crown of my head, all my limbs you would see as infinitely stronger than what they now outwardly appear. — Sri Chinmoy
Published in My Weightlifting Tears and Smiles, part 1
Ashram Weightlifting Record
In the ashram the record for weightlifting is 85 pounds. My ashram friend set it about 20 years ago and nobody has broken his record. At that time I could not lift even 35 pounds. — Sri Chinmoy
Published in My Weightlifting Tears and Smiles, part 1
Sri Chinmoy lifts various objects using the seated calf-raise: a refrigerator; 700 of his books; a Christmas tree; an ice cream cart; and nearly 500 pounds each of rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, onions and dal from Annam Brahma restaurant. He also used a standing calf-raise with an overhead platform for the first time, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.
An Uplifting Meal
by Sri Chinmoy
Today, with my seated calf raise machine, I lifted some of the actual kinds of food that I get from Annam Brahma — nearly 500 pounds each of rice, potatoes, tomatoes, cauliflower, onions and dal. So all these my disciples will eat next Sunday. Annam Brahma will make a very special meal using the actual vegetables that I have lifted.
Published in My Weightlifting Tears and Smiles, part 2