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Originally Posted by Infornific
Sort of. It may be exotic in GURPS Basic but if you look at GURPS Action, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, GURPS Martial Arts, etc the rules vary depending on the genre.
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In Martial Arts the only people who can buy Lifting ST are the ones whose Styles permit them to buy the required Special Exercises Perk. I think the Styles in question are all forms of Wrestling.
Action and Dungeon Fantasy are deliberately Cinematic genres and waive dismissively at Realim as they whoosh past. :)
In the real world I believe that Lifting ST doesn't exist in Humans though it could be found in machines written up as Characters. IMHO what Gurps is modelling as Lifting ST is probably instead highly developed (and possibly optionally Specialized) Lifting Skill.
By comparison Arm ST is all over the place among handicapped people and specialized athletes. Martina Navratilova's right forearm was twice as bing around as her left so that would be the Arm ST (One Arm Only) form.
Arm ST might be found among bodybuilders as well. Those big arms the activity wants end up being overdeveloped for whole body tasks. In the earliest days of the World's Strongest Man competition Lou Ferigno competed and while he was never a threat to be overall winner he did win some events that focussed on arm strength (like bending iron bars).