The BEST episodes of How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?

Every episode of How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?!

Sakura Hibiki is your average high school girl, with a voracious appetite. Noticing her clothes tightening in lieu of her slowly expanding waistline she decides to look into enrolling in the nearby gym. There she runs into a girl from her grade named Souryuuin Akemi. Akemi, who has a muscle fetish tries to get Hibiki to enroll in the gym despite its high ratio of macho men. Thankfully a beautiful trainer, Machio, appears and unknowingly convinces her to enroll and start her quest to a great body.

Last Updated: 5/5/2025Network: AT-XStatus: Ended

7.23

75 votes

#1 - Why Don't You Try Strength Training?

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/3/2019

Dismayed by her recent weight gain, high school girl and food lover Hibiki Sakura joins Silverman Gym. The hordes of muscle men at the gym are intimidating, but Hibiki gives strength training a try after meeting the handsome trainer Machio Naruzo.

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7.18

60 votes

#2 - Why Don't You Have Some Protein?

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/10/2019

Machio explains why exercising causes you to gain both weight and muscle, and describes how to do a lat pulldown. Akemi lectures on the importance of dynamic stretching. Hibiki learns about Ayaka's family business.

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7.10

40 votes

#3 - How Heavy Are the Barbells You Lift?

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/18/2019

Hibiki and the other regulars at Silverman Gym take a trip to the tropical paradise of Nikunoshima over spring break. Who among them will claim the title of Miss Nikunoshima?

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7.09

45 votes

#4 - Want a New Rival?

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/7/2019

Determined to buy a home theater system, Hibiki enters the Silverman Gym arm wrestling tournament for the chance to win 100,000 yen. How will she fare against Zina, her Russian opponent? It turns out she has a lot to teach Hibiki and her friends...

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7.00

53 votes

#5 - Sensei's on a Diet, Too?

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/17/2019

Satomi Tachibana, one of Hibiki's teachers, comes to Silverman Gym to lose some weight. Can she hide her secret hobby from her students? Ayaka joins Hibiki and Akemi for lunch, and notices that something about Hibiki's bento feels off…

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7.00

46 votes

#6 - Want to Be an Idol?

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/14/2019

Hibiki, Akemi, and Ayaka hold a welcome party for Zina. Tachibana-sensei deals with the consequences of Zina discovering her secret hobby. The gang enters an idol competition.

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6.97

38 votes

#7 - Have You Seen God Before?

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/28/2019

The daily routine at Silverman Gym is interrupted by the arrival of a man from Machio's past.

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6.97

37 votes

#8 - Do You Like Christmas?

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/4/2019

Hibiki and the gang attend the Silverman Gym Christmas party, drawn in by the prospect of finding a boyfriend among the male attendees.

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6.90

51 votes

#9 - What's Your Sports Day Event?

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2019

Hibiki embarks on a special training regime in preparation for Sports Day. After the event is over, she hatches a plan to win the grand prize in the Silverman Gym raffle.

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6.88

43 votes

#10 - What If We Get Lost?

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/21/2019

Two more teachers from Hibiki's school join Silverman Gym. A field trip goes bad when Hibiki's group gets lost. How will they survive?

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6.87

52 votes

#11 - Did You Have a Nice Summer?

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2019

The summer holidays are already well underway, Hibiki and Akemi show us different ways to do fitness sports during the summer holidays.

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6.73

37 votes

#12 - How Are You Spending New Year's?

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/11/2019

Hibiki and her friends visit an unusual shrine for New Year's, encounter difficulties when planning their first workout of the year, and enter an amateur talent show.

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