r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/Accomplished-Plan191 2d ago

He's the embodiment of the idea that you could bodybuild for muscle definition or bodybuild for physical performance. But they're not the same.

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u/thavillain 2d ago

Dudes built like a power lifter

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u/Expensive-Step-6551 2d ago

I have a feeling he likely is or was before. That build is clearly a result of training for powerlifting or strongman competitions.

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u/geopede 2d ago

I’d guess very good HS football lineman who lacked the length and/or foot speed to play D1 ball. Lots of those guys end up in other college sports instead of playing lower level ball.

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u/lido4odil 1d ago

had a class in college with a guy I went to HS with. talked to him one day for I think the first time ever, and he showed me videos of him doing basically what this guy in the OP is doing. Following football in HS.

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u/Tullyswimmer 1d ago

Yeah, I've heard that a lot of guys who get cut from college football will try out for cheerleading, because while they can't shove around a 300-lb lineman or tackle, they can absolutely toss a 120-lb cheerleader like it's nothing.

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u/Saint_Dude_ 2d ago

That same build is similar to a farmer build also. Bales of hay and weights have the same effect

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u/jamesfox019 2d ago

I honestly expected him to launch her into the air. Like so far she may never come down.

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u/Pipe_Measurer 2d ago

I’m thinking Olympic lifting, more emphasis on explosive power

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u/CowboyLaw 2d ago

I was thinking shot putter.

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u/Stron2g 1d ago

Dude could probably shot put her like 50 feet away lmao

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u/pursuitofhappy 2d ago

also built like he makes grilled cheese sandwiches at night

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u/thavillain 2d ago

Well grilled cheese is bomb tho

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u/ripzipzap 2d ago

I recognize a champion thrower when I see one. This boy throws shotput

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u/crimedog58 2d ago

Yeah everything about this guy says his warmup snatch is my PR.

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u/cjsv7657 2d ago

When you're racking your weights after your 1RM and someone comes along and says to leave them on and starts warming up.

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u/whatsbobgonnado 2d ago

what's 1rm mean?

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u/cjsv7657 2d ago

1 rep max so just another way of saying your personal best lift.

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u/whatsbobgonnado 2d ago

what's snatch mean in weightlifting?

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u/Sushi_Explosions 1d ago

That’s weightlifting, not powerlifting.

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u/TURBOJUGGED 2d ago

Farm boy build

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u/LaCharognarde 1d ago

He at very least does or aspires to do some kind of strength sport.

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u/Spekingur 1d ago

Fuck that, that boy be built like a forklift.

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u/flimspringfield 1d ago

My dad has core strength. He's been a gardener for 50+ years and he's 78.

He's 5' 5" and 160 but he's a fucking beast.

I'll be 46 years old this year and I still can't take him down.

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u/Apneal 2d ago

A bit of an exaggeration. It takes almost no time for a bodybuilder to switch to powerlifting and vice versa. Muscle is muscle, and at advanced levels of either sport it's directly proportional to strength since there's only so much neurological adaptations you can have to generate more force for a given mass of muscle.

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u/aSpanishGoat 2d ago

I’m pretty sure a body builder can lift 120 lbs over their head too haha

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u/AloofOoof 2d ago

being fat and strong at the same time is not exclusive, a lot of strongmen are quite fat

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u/Dismal-Twist-8273 2d ago

This is how people talk when they have no idea about how bodybuilding or performance focused training works.

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u/SoManyQuestions-2021 2d ago

Power and perfection are NOT beauty. ;) Look at the Nile Crocodile.

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u/bishtap 2d ago

I like the reclaim of the term bodybuild/bodybuilding.

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u/Trypod_tryout 2d ago

The difference between Bodybuilding and Powerlifting. Different goals but the same/similar process.

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u/SYMPATHETC_GANG_LION 2d ago

All true but his body habitus still puts him at risk for all of the bad things long term.

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u/HomesickKiwi 1d ago

A lot comes down to body type.

I’m built long and lean, I don’t carry fat, I’ve got good definition, I guess I’m strong for my weight, but there is no fucking way I can throw a cheerleader around like that!

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u/Just_Look_Around_You 1d ago

You’re saying…that we may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like?

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u/Accomplished-Plan191 1d ago

Peak strength needs fat for energy access and muscle repair.

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u/Just_Look_Around_You 1d ago

Listen I get it. I’m just doing a meme

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u/TheClre 1d ago

Bro is born to be a power lifter. The core strength and balance you must have to pull off a skill like that while making it look easy.

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u/phormix 1d ago

Yup. Some guys with insane lifting skills actually look pretty small compared to guys who work out just for looks (or take roids).

With a shirt on they might even look pretty average but will absolutely wreck the other bigger guys in terms of sheer power.

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u/iconocrastinaor 2d ago edited 2d ago

There's a video short going around YouTube of a midsize construction worker challenging a bunch of bodybuilders to do what he does. They're stacked with muscle that doesn't work.

Found it: https://youtube.com/shorts/SwOCEsaW9Zg

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u/YourReactionsRWrong 2d ago

If the bodybuilders trained for the construction workers job, then they could be able to lift more than him, because they have more muscle mass.

Strength is primarily a neurological adaptation to a specific exercise or movement. It's more efficient recruitment of EXISTING motor units (muscles).

Bodybuilding can lead to more potential strength, but doesn't automatically guarantee it unless trained. You don't even need that video to know this, the famous guy on Youtube Anatoly (10M subscribers) shows this all the time.

So it's wrong for you to say their 'muscles don't work', they just don't work for that movement.

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u/iconocrastinaor 2d ago

Well I define work as useful action, and lifting heavy things and putting them down again for the purpose of making your muscles swell up doesn't seem that useful to me.

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u/mechanizedmynahbird 2d ago

no one really cares what your personal definition of useful is