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There have been big fellers throughout history. Maybe training, nutritional and recovery cycles have peaked performance. The Din stones in Scotland show that strong folks have always been there. I betcha there have been some pretty big stonemasons through time-sure they used technology but there is a series of Strong Men travelling around the world doing legendary feats of strength and they are pushed a bit.
Some of those Cruiserweight lifters like Pete Rubish and Cailer Woolam are absolute beasts. There is a video of Woolam doing rows with 500+lbs.
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He has also won the Arnold Strongman three years running. Saw him on TV today. Prerecorded of course. Event took place in early March.
Fugging guy can toss a 100# sack straight into the air over a bar about 18-20ft high.
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Those guys would be kicked outta Planet Fitness with all that yellin!
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Those guys would be kicked outta Planet Fitness with all that yellin! Pretty sure Brian Shaw got kicked out of one. He's a real nice guy, too. Thor, not so much.
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Some don't seem to understand how relative strength scales with size. Ants carry around something like fifty times their weight. But.......if they were larger they couldn’t. It’s physics.......
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Some suggested this moose will probably die young.
Is that due to his heart being too large? Or, suspicion that working with absurd amounts of weight will stress his organs to the point of failure?
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Some suggested this moose will probably die young.
Is that due to his heart being too large? Or, suspicion that working with absurd amounts of weight will stress his organs to the point of failure?
😎 Really large people don't usually live long. Steroids tend to grow the heart, along with the other muscles, and it can become too enlarged to operate effectively. Both those kinda work against him.
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Interesting, Benchman. I’ve heard of extremely large NFL lineman dying at a fairly young age - early to mid 50’s.
Imagining the reasons you outlined are probably responsible.
Thank you for the information. 😎
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Some suggested this moose will probably die young.
Is that due to his heart being too large? Or, suspicion that working with absurd amounts of weight will stress his organs to the point of failure?
😎 IIRC, the general consensus was that he will chit out liquid kidneys.
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Some suggested this moose will probably die young.
Is that due to his heart being too large? Or, suspicion that working with absurd amounts of weight will stress his organs to the point of failure?
😎 According to some studies, just being taller tends to reduce life expectancy. More work for the heart to pump the blood around perhaps. Its true in other species too. Look at dogs: a big breed like a Great Dane is lucky to see seven years, while little terriers and toy poodles will routinely see 16.
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There have been big fellers throughout history. Maybe training, nutritional and recovery cycles have peaked performance. The Din stones in Scotland show that strong folks have always been there. I betcha there have been some pretty big stonemasons through time-sure they used technology but there is a series of Strong Men travelling around the world doing legendary feats of strength and they are pushed a bit.
Some of those Cruiserweight lifters like Pete Rubish and Cailer Woolam are absolute beasts. There is a video of Woolam doing rows with 500+lbs. I suppose genetics might play a role. Might explain why we haven't seen any Papua New Guinea Pygmy power lifters on the scene??
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Some don't seem to understand how relative strength scales with size. Ants carry around something like fifty times their weight. But.......if they were larger they couldn’t. It’s physics....... That's my point.
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There have been big fellers throughout history. Maybe training, nutritional and recovery cycles have peaked performance. The Din stones in Scotland show that strong folks have always been there. I betcha there have been some pretty big stonemasons through time-sure they used technology but there is a series of Strong Men travelling around the world doing legendary feats of strength and they are pushed a bit.
Some of those Cruiserweight lifters like Pete Rubish and Cailer Woolam are absolute beasts. There is a video of Woolam doing rows with 500+lbs. I suppose genetics might play a role. Might explain why we haven't seen any Papua New Guinea Pygmy power lifters on the scene?? There are a few dwarves in powerlifting, and they do very well. I think joint problems are an issue though. Strongman is not powerlifting, though. Similar, but different. Size is generally better, since you have to be able to reach platforms and grab implements. A lot of strongman events involve awkward lifts, and bigger is better.
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Some don't seem to understand how relative strength scales with size. Ants carry around something like fifty times their weight. But.......if they were larger they couldn’t. It’s physics....... That's my point. I was agreeing........just ‘Splainin
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Had a buddy that started working out with us while I was in college. At that time I was at my best ever on bench @ 390#. He started out with just a bare bar (45#), working up from there.
The local steroid guy (every gym has a dealer) got him hooked on dinabol. I six months...six months!....he shot past my weight like it was nothing. He said it was worth it despite the fact he couldn't get an erection, had zits all over his back and, by his own admission, coughed up a cup of blood every morning. Sure hope it was worth it!
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What weightlifting body sanctioned this as a world record?
Some weightlifting organizations don't allow lifting straps.
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What weightlifting body sanctioned this as a world record?
Some weightlifting organizations don't allow lifting straps.
None. There’s was a strongman deadlift contest a year or so ago that allowed straps and that’s where Hall set the “record”. Bjornsson basically filmed a gym lift, a very strong lift but still a gym lift, and called it a world record
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What weightlifting body sanctioned this as a world record?
Some weightlifting organizations don't allow lifting straps. None. There’s was a strongman deadlift contest a year or so ago that allowed straps and that’s where Hall set the “record”. Bjornsson basically filmed a gym lift, a very strong lift but still a gym lift, and called it a world record Thanks,the OP was misleading.
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What weightlifting body sanctioned this as a world record?
Some weightlifting organizations don't allow lifting straps.
No weightlifting federations allow straps, hitching, etc. That's strongman stuff. Huge weight though, just wouldn't pass in any federation I'm aware of.
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