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(03-27-2021, 05:04 PM)H Balam Wrote:

(03-27-2021, 03:51 PM)Luipaard Wrote: Pound for pound the strongest of the big cats

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Robusticity studies disagree with this statement, quite the opposite actually.

This is because most don’t understand what Lb for Lb actually is when comparing strength.

It’s not just a linear line that should increase 1-1 as weight increases. Good examples are powerlifting where you’ll see lighter weights generally lift 2 to even 3 times their body weight in the squat and deadlift while heavyweights will have a very hard time lifting 2.3 times their weight. Look at Thor, he just broke the deadlift world record at 1100lbs and weighed 425lbs. A little more than double his weight while someone like Dalton Lacoe deadlifted almost 600lbs while weighing 117lbs. That’s almost 5 times his body weight. But if he were to be Thors size, his weightlifting numbers don’t extrapolate 1-1. He still wouldn’t be able to lift as much as Thor.

The Wilks vs Sinclair studies were used to help compare actual weight categories to one another

https://www.taylorsstrength.co.uk/powerlifting-formulas-is-wilks-best-and-what-are-the-alternatives/ Reply