Human Strength

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(07-14-2016, 12:51 AM)Pckts Wrote: Never could he match a world class power lifter, he couldn't match an amateur power lifter,
Remember what you and peter were discussing... How the human body will become powerful in a movement they have done repetitively and they will be strong in any movements that require those muscles.

The same goes for lifting, no man will just walk into a competition and compete with the best of the best in that field.
Olympic lifting, power lifting, strong man, cross fit and the list goes on.
Andre never lifted weights, he was awkward, uncoordinated and disabled. Is he stronger than the average man, of course, he's 400+ lbs, is he stronger than a pro strongman... not a chance, there isn't a lift you could put him in where he could out match the likes of the Mountain, Pudiowski, Samuelsson or many others.

Even though he is slow and uncoordinated, he could probably best most powerlifters/strongmen in an arm-wrestling contest and other "odd" displays of strength. Maybe he does not have to out-lift the world class powerlifters, yet just overpower them in the aforementioned things.

About your second point, I have had an exceptional few step into my nearest Gold's Gym and best the majority of the certified powerlifters in arm-wrestling bouts and one (a 213-pound carpenter/farmer of 42-years) had actually beat Robert, the strongest powerlifter in the gym, at his 660-pound squat. The carpenter/farmer had an incredible 715-pound squat. Robert was shocked at this smaller man's strength/size ratio.

The craziest part about all of this? Man stated that he never even lifted a gym weight, and hadn't even squatted an object near 715-pounds (aside from the occasional 400-pound, over-filled fertilizer compound bag.) The man rarely ever squatted the bags and usually would carry them great distances. So there are rare exceptions to your second point.

Other than that, the discussion between I and Peter remains true most of the time. Reply