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How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?: Season 1

12 episodes Premiered Jul 3, 2019 Updated Oct 9, 2026
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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S1·E1 Mytharc

Why Don't You Try Strength Training?

Jul 3, 2019 · 24 min

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 streng

S1·E2 Core

Why Don't You Have Some Protein?

Jul 10, 2019 · 24 min

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 lea

S1·E3 Core

Sensei's on a Diet, Too?

Jul 17, 2019 · 24 min

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

S1·E4 Core

Did You Have a Nice Summer?

Jul 24, 2019 · 24 min

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

S1·E5 Core

What's Your Sports Day Event?

Jul 31, 2019 · 24 min

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.

S1·E6 Core

Want a New Rival?

Aug 7, 2019 · 24 min

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 opp

S1·E7 Core

Want to Be an Idol?

Aug 14, 2019 · 24 min

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.

S1·E8 Core

What If We Get Lost?

Aug 21, 2019 · 24 min

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?

S1·E9 Core

Have You Seen God Before?

Aug 28, 2019 · 24 min

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

S1·E10 Core

Do You Like Christmas?

Sep 4, 2019 · 24 min

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

S1·E11 Mytharc

How Are You Spending New Year's?

Sep 11, 2019 · 24 min

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.

S1·E12 Mytharc

How Heavy Are the Barbells You Lift?

Sep 18, 2019 · 24 min

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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