History Manga / HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift

Thinking that this gym must be full of beautiful people like Akemi, Hibiki wonders if she will finally find a boyfriend. Unfortunately for Hibiki, Silverman Gym seems to be full of nothing but hardcore macho men, except for the very handsome personal trainer Naruzo Machio. Instantly smitten, Hibiki joins and starts her life to become a macho... no what?

The series currently has seven volumes. On July 3, 2019, an anime adaptation began airing. The anime is produced by the studio Creator/{{Dogakobo}} and licensed for North America by Creator/{{Funimation}}.

[[caption-width-right:350:From top to bottom: Zina, Ayaka, Hibiki, and Akemi]]

Hibiki Sakura has gotten fat! Worried that her life as a beautiful maiden is over, Hibiki thinks about joining the brand new Silvermans Gym in order to burn some fat. While signing up for a free lesson Hibiki meets her classmate Akemi Souryuuin who is also looking to join the Gym.

Thinking that this gym must be full of beautiful people like Akemi, Hibiki wonders if she will finally find a boyfriend. Unfortunately for Hibiki, Silverman's Gym seems to be full of nothing but hardcore macho men, except for the very handsome personal trainer Machio. Instantly smitten Hibiki joins and starts her life to become a macho... no what?

''How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?'', also known as ''Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?'' in Japanese, is an ongoing manga written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by [=MAAM=]. The series is published in ''Ura Sunday Magazine'' as well as published online on [=''MangaONE''=]. The series currently has seven volumes. On June 3rd, 2019 an anime adaptation began airing. The anime is produced by the studio ''Creator/{{Dogakobo}}'' and licensed for North America by ''Creator/{{Funimation}}''.

* ArtShift: This series is infamous for using it for gags. A single chapter can go from the standard cute style to Saitama-face, to JoJo, to super erotic, to gag manga, horror, then back again depending on the joke. The characters break the fourth wall constantly to acknowledge it.
* BareYourMidriff: Everyone on occasion given what kind of series this is. Ayaka is like this almost all the time however, due to her being a boxer and having extremely toned abs. Zina also dresses like this more often due to also being in combat sports.
* BigEater: Hibiki never really stops eating. When asked about her eating habits, she says she eats a meal at least six times a day. It's explained to her later multiple times that unless she is more careful about '''what''' she eats, her impressive gains will be hidden under a layer of fat no matter how strong she gets. But for her, the temptation of food so far has proved too great.
* {{Bishonen}}: Machio has the face of one, [[HeroicBuild but his body is defiantly not]]. Played completely straight with [[spoiler: Hibiki's brother Ibuki, who fits the mold completely. He's so handsome that the older women in the group start fighting over marrying him [[{{Chuunibyou}} despite how damn weird he is.]]]]
* BornWinner: Hibiki is constantly said to have the perfect body for combat sports or bodybuilding by multiple characters. Her punching form is incredible for an amateur and her ability to eat tons of food with her large build means that if she really went all the way in her training and diet that her body could become incredibly strong. Even Machio's mentor calls her a prodigy. Unfortunately, Hibiki just wants to be thin enough to find a boyfriend and is horrified at the idea of becoming macho. [[spoiler: She starts to change her mind about this later on.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: Hibiki goes from [[spoiler: hating muscular bodies to the point of revulsion to wanting a rock hard six pack herself and being a buff fitness trainer like Machio when she goes to college. She also ends up in love with Machio despite how she used to feel about his body and attitude towards bodybuilding at the start of the series.]].
* {{Chuunibyou}}: [[spoiler: Ibuki. He's so into it that he doesn't seem to be able to talk normally and wears a black robe with demon horns in public. He's also way too old to still be acting that way, which makes the girls think stupidity must be a Sakura family trait. Despite the older single women in the group being freaked out and turned off by it, he's still so absurdly hot that they end up fighting over him]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Hibiki decides to [[spoiler: follow in Machio's footsteps by going to America to study to be a fitness coach]], but she apparently never considered that she might have to learn to speak and read English to do that. [[ButtMonkey Of course, everyone mocks her for it]].

* {{Edutainment}}: The manga and show go to great lengths to show the audience how to properly exercise. Lampshaded in the anime.
* HasAType: Akemi, evidently, likes her men swol [=AF=] because you could fill a pool with how much she was drooling over all the muscular guys in the gym.
** Hibiki is loud and clear to everyone she talks to that she wants a pretty boy almost every time boyfriends are brought up in conversation. She's extremely disappointed that Machio is super buff despite his face and finds his body off-putting because she finds muscle men bodies gross. [[spoiler: She still ends up falling in love with him.]]
* InTheBlood: [[spoiler: Hibiki and Ibuki are both noted by the rest of the characters to be complete idiots, though it takes slightly [[TheDitz different forms]] in [[{{Chuunibyou}} both of them]]]].
* LoveTriangle: Defied. [[spoiler: Hibiki believes this to be the case, but when she finally gets the courage to confront Akemi about what she thought were Akemi's feelings for Machio, only for Akemi to explain that she views him as a LustObject and doesn't think he's boyfriend material for herself at all because despite her fetish Akemi has other things she's looking for in a guy]].
* RunningGag: Machio bursting out of his tracksuit to show off his muscles. It happens so much that the joke changes from people reacting to the surprise to people wondering why no one is reacting to it.
** [[spoiler: It's a common trait for fitness trainers When the gang meets another trainer, she does it too. Hibiki saw it coming.]]
* ShoutOut: Several in the anime
** In Episode 2, they watch a movie starting [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Barnold Shortsinator]]
** In Episode 3, Machio {{Cosplay}}s as "Muscle King" - but really Kenshiro from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
* StoutStrength: Hibiki is the heavy-set set of the girls and can achieve incredible feats in things like punching or arm wrestling. She does have some weak areas though because of this, standard chin ups remain impossible (even after she gained a lot of muscle) for her until she can lift her larger body weight. Her large bone structure also makes running harder.

* UnskilledButStrong: Hibiki is ridiculously strong, but has zero stamina. Case in point, she has a hard time doing a plank exercise for thirty seconds, but her very first punch thrown against a heavy-duty sandbag sent it flying and the coach of the boxing gym declared her intention of taking the world title right then and there with Hibiki.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler: Hibiki realizes that she felt jealousy after being thankful that Machio and Akemi weren't making out in a shed. Later, Hibiki figures out that she's in love with Machio.]]
* WorkoutFanservice: Besides a lot of questionable angles and some DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything scenes, every explanation on the exercise of the day is done by a female character and usually ends with them half to fully naked and covered in sweat.

Thinking that this gym must be full of beautiful people like Akemi, Hibiki wonders if she will finally find a boyfriend. Unfortunately for Hibiki, Silvermans Gym seems to be full of nothing but hardcore macho men, except for the very handsome personal trainer Machio. Instantly smitten Hibiki joins and starts her life to become a macho...no what?

''How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?'', also known as ''Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?'' in Japanese, is an ongoing manga written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by [=MAAM=]. The series is published in ''Ura Sunday Magazine'' as well as published online on [=''MangaONE''=]. The series currently has seven volumes. On june 3rd 2019 an anime adaptation began airing. The anime is produced by the studio ''Creator/{{Dogakobo}}'' and licensed for North America by ''Creator/{{Funimation}}''.

* ArtShift: This series is infamous for using it for gags. A single chapter can go from the standard cute style, to Saitama-face, to JoJo, to super erotic, to gag manga, horror, then back again depending on the joke. The characters break the fourth wall constantly to acknowledge it.

* BigEater: Hibiki never really stops eating. When asked about her eating habits she says she eats a meal at least six times a day. It's explained to her later multiple times that unless she is more careful about '''what''' she eats, her impressive gains will be hidden under a layer of fat no matter how strong she gets. But for her, the temptation of food so far has proved too great.

* CharacterDevelopment: Hibiki goes from [[spoiler: hating muscular bodies to the point of revulsion to wanting a rock hard six pack herself and being a buff fitness trainer like Machio when she goes to college. She also ends up in love with Machio despite how she used to feel about his body and attitude towards body building at the start of the series.]].

* HasAType: Akemi, evidently, likes her men swol [=AF=], because you could fill a pool with how much she was drooling over all the muscular guys in the gym.
** Hibiki is loud and clear to everyone she talks to that she wants a pretty boy almost every time boyfriends are brought up in conversation. She's extremely disappointed that Machio is super buff despite his face and finds his body off putting because she finds muscle men bodies gross. [[spoiler: She still ends up falling in love with him.]]

* LoveTriangle: Defied. [[spoiler: Hibiki believes this to be the case, but when she finally gets the courage to confront Akemi about what she thought were Akemi's feelings for Machio, only for Akemi to explain that she views him as a LustObject and doesn't think he's boyfriend material for herself at all because despite her fetish Akemi has other things shes looking for in a guy]].
* RunningGag: Machio bursting out of his track suit to show off his muscles. It happens so much that the joke changes from people reacting to the surprise to people wondering why no one is reacting to it.
** [[spoiler: It's a common trait for fitness trainers, When the gang meets another trainer, she does it too. Hibiki saw it coming.]]
* StoutStrength: Hibiki is the most heavy set of the girls and can achieve incredible feats in things like punching or arm wrestling. She does have some weak areas though because of this, standard chin ups remain impossible (even after she gained a lot of muscle) for her until she can lift her larger body weight. Her large bone structure also makes running harder.

* UnskilledButStrong: Hibiki is ridiculously strong, but has zero stamina. This leads to scenes where she sends a punching bag sailing across a room but then struggles to do three reps of ten crunches. Case in point, her very first punch thrown against a heavy-duty sandbag sent it flying and the coach of the boxing gym declared her intention of taking the world title right then and there with Hibiki.

* UnskilledButStrong: Hibiki is ridiculously strong, but has zero stamina. This leads to scenes where she sends a punching bag sailing across a room but then struggles to do three reps of ten crunches.

Hibiki Sakura has gotten fat!! Worried that her life as a beautiful maiden is over, Hibiki thinks about joining the brand new Silvermans Gym in order to burn some fat. While signing up for a free lesson Hibiki meets her classmate Akemi Souryuuin who is also looking to join the Gym.

* BareYourMidriff: Everyone on occasion, given what kind of series this is. Ayaka is like this almost all the time however, due to her being a boxer and having extremely toned abs. Zina also dresses like this more often due to also being in combat sports.

* InTheBlood: [[spoiler: Hibiki and Ibuki are both noted by the rest of the characters to be complete idiots, though it takes slightly [[TheDitz different forms]] in [[{{Chuunibyou}} both of them]].

* {{Bishonen}}: Machio has the face of one, [[HeroicBuild but his body is defiantly not]]. Played completely straight with [[spoiler: Hibiki's brother Ibuki, who fits the mold completely. He's so handsome that the older women in the group start fighting over marrying him [[{{Chuunibyou}} despite how damn weird he is.]]

* {{Chuunibyou}}: [[spoiler: Ibuki. He's so into it that he doesn't seem to be able to talk normally and wears a black robe with demon horns in public. He's also way too old to still be acting that way, which makes the girls think stupidity must be a Sakura family trait. Despite the older single women in the group being freaked out and turned off by it, he's still so absurdly hot that they end up fighting over him]]]].

* {{Chuunibyou}}: [[spoiler: Ibuki. He's so into it that he doesn't seem to be able to talk normally and wears a black robe with demon horns in public. He's also way too old to still be acting that way, which makes the girls think stupidity must be a Sakura family trait. Despite the older single women in the group being freaked out and turned off by it, he's still so absurdly hot that they end up fighting over him]].

* {{Bishonen}}: Machio has the face of one, [[HeroicBuild but his body is defiantly not]]. Played completely straight with [[spoiler: Hibiki's brother Ibuki, who fits the mold completely. He's so handsome that the older women in the group start fighting over marrying him [[{{Chunnibyou}} despite how damn weird he is.]]

* {{Chunnibyou}}: [[spoiler: Ibuki. He's so into it that he doesn't seem to be able to talk normally and wears a black robe with demon horns in public. He's also way too old to still be acting that way, which makes the girls think stupidity must be a Sakura family trait. Despite the older single women in the group being freaked out and turned off by it, he's still so absurdly hot that they end up fighting over him]].

* InTheBlood: [[spoiler: Hibiki and Ibuki are both noted by the rest of the characters to be complete idiots, though it takes slightly [[TheDitz different forms]] in [[{{Chunnibyou}} both of them]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Hibiki goes from [[spoiler: hating muscular bodies to the point of revulsion to wanting a rock hard six pack herself and being a buff fitness trainer like Machio when she goes to college. She also ends up in love with Machio despite how she used to feel about his body and attitude towards body building at the start of the series.]].
* {{Edutainment}}: The manga and show go to great lengths to show the audience how to properly exercise.

* StoutStrength: Hibiki is the most heavy set of the girls and can achieve incredible feats in things like punching or arm wrestling. She does have some weak areas though because of this, standard chin ups remain impossible (even after she gained a lot of muscle) for her until she can lift her larger body weight.

* BigEater: Hibiki never really stops eating. When asked about her eating habits she says she eats a meal at least six times a day. It's explained to her later multiple times that unless she is more careful about what she eats, her impressive gains will be hidden under a layer of fat no matter how strong she gets. But for her, the temptation of food so far has proved too great.

* WorkoutFanservice: Besides a lot of questionable angles and some DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything scenes, every explanation on the exercise of the day is done by a female character and usually ends with them half to fully naked and covered in sweat with their clothes falling off.

* BigEater: Hibiki never really stops eating. When asked about her eating habits she says she eats a meal at least six times a day.

* WorkoutFanservice: Besides a lot of questionable angles and some DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything scenes, every explanation on the exercise of the day is done by a female character and usually ends with them half to fully naked and covered in sweat.

* RecuringGag: Machio bursting out of his track suit to show off his muscles. It happens so much that the joke changes from people reacting to the surprise to people wondering why no one is reacting to it.

* StrongButUnskilled: Hibiki is ridiculously strong, but has zero stamina. This leads to scenes where she sends a punching bag sailing across a room but then struggles to do three reps of ten crunches.

* StrongButUnskilled: Hibiki is ridiculously strong, but has zero stamina. This leads to scenes where she sends a punching bag sailing across a room but then struggles to do three reps of ten.

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''How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?'', also known as ''Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru?'' in Japanese, is an ongoing manga written by Yabako Sandrovich and illustrated by [=MAAM=]. The series is published in ''Ura Sunday Magazine'' as well as published online on [=''MangaONE''=]. The series currently has seven volumes. On june 3rd 2019 an anime adaptation began airing. The anime is produced by the studio DogaKoba and licensed for North America by {{Funimation}}.

Hibiki Sakura has gotten fat!! Worried that her life as a beautiful maiden is over, Hibiki thinks about joining the brand new Silvermans Gym in order to burn some fat. While signing up for a free lesson Hibiki meets her classmate Akemi Souryuuin who is also looking to join the Gym. Thinking that this gym must be full of beutiful people like Akemi, Akemi wonders if she will finally find a boyfriend. Unfortunately for Hibiki, Silvermans Gym seems to be full of nothing but hardcore macho men, except for the very handsome personal trainer Machio. Instantly smitten Hibiki joins and starts her life to become a macho...no what?