Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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(01-13-2019, 09:31 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(01-13-2019, 09:00 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(01-13-2019, 08:59 PM)Pckts Wrote: A gorilla is much more muscle packed than a chimp, it's going to be far more powerful.

So you think, that gorilla muscle fiber is stronger than what chimp has? Any study about that? Of course 200 kg animal is stronger than for instance 70 kg animal, but that doesn´t mean, that it is relatively stronger.

You said that chimps were 1.35xs stronger based off the study you saw, gorillas are far more muscular so going off whatever study you saw, Gorillas would certainly out perform chimps in raw strength. 

In regards to muscle fibers, I dont know, i haven't read any studies comparing the two but let's say they are similar a gorilla would still most like have stronger fibers since it's much larger and fibers actually grow based off of use and being heavier means more muscles needed to get the body in motion.

Lastly is the lb for lb comparison
Lb for lb if like I stated earlier were true and gorillas, chimps and humans performed the same technique, I'd bet everything I own that a gorilla would out perform a chimp and human of equal size. If you could design the perfect body composition for a deadlift it would look like a gorilla but a lift like the bench press a gorillas long arms would actually be a detriment for instance. But any pulling motion or core and glute dominate lifts would be right in the gorillas wheelhouse.

Heh, I kind of replied partially. But yes, I agree of course, that gorilla strength can be more fitting to some movements and less to some. Still if it would be as strong as wildest myths claim, it should be able to lift 500 kg like we lift shopping bag. To that I don´t believe just like that. Nowadays I see gorilla something like a very very strong man able to move it´s big body almost like acrobats. For me that is already really impressive. I mean, we have very strong men, then we have acrobats, but humans are either one or another. What I have seen about gorillas, they sometimes show astonishing agility when remembering their weight and what that body looks like. For sure something, what no-one should hope to meet in dark alley, when angry :) Reply