Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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(01-13-2019, 08:44 PM)Pckts Wrote: A Tire flip and a deadlift are very different things the require different techniques, but let's say a gorilla could comprehend technique and could be taught to lift in the same way, you can guarentee that a Gorilla would outlift any human by a large margin. They are built for that type of lift, short legs so the weight doesn't have to move far, long powerful arms that won't give (many injuries in the deadlift are bicep detachments) as well as allowing the gorilla to lower his hips and raise his chest, a giant back, core and glutes which are the primary muscles used during a deadlift and strong traps and shoulders which help at the apex of the lift when you need to keep your shoulders back and your chest out.

When it comes to a Tire flip, it's more about getting your butt low, your feet are crouched beneath then you drive up and forward and most will use their knee at the end for the extra oomph to get the tire over. 

I could easily flip our 950lb tire but my deadlift never got over 600lbs, it's the same for any powerlifter, only a handful have ever lifted 1000lbs but you can bet the house that every single one of them has flipped 1000lb tires or more and not just once, they flip it as many times as they can in a cetrain time frame and usually it's quite impressive how many flips they can get in.

If that study from 2017 is considered, that chimps are 1,35 times stronger than humans, then we can quite safely think (imo), that same goes with gorillas most probably. That would mean, that gorilla could lift 675 kg if we are comparing to Eddie Hall. Then again I am not sure, if strongest man is fair comparison to average gorilla.... so maybe a gorilla usually would be able to lift something like 400-500 kg a little bit from ground. Something what average human can only dream about. Reply