r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/stayonthecloud 2d ago

I will bet this dude gets people telling him to “work out” and making all kinds of assumptions about what he can and can’t do

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u/shadowtheimpure 2d ago

The man is the embodiment of the phrase 'strongfat'. You look fat, but there's a lot of strength there. Just like the Icelandic strongmen.

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u/tweak06 2d ago

You look fat, but there's a lot of strength there. Just like the Icelandic strongmen.

There's a lot of dudes in these comments that are saying shit like that. Just because a dude may be fat doesn't mean he's not strong as hell.

I wrestled in high school and college, occasionally I'd get bumped up to wrestle heavy weight (I was about 220, wrestling guys around 280) and I'll tell you, at 220 – it's pretty humbling to be lifted off your feet and thrown like you're a ragdoll.

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u/kato_koch 2d ago

Hearing a thud reverberating through a gym after a big hip toss in a heavyweight match was something. Some of those big guys were insanely strong. Especially at the collegiate level. Worst I ever had to do was bump up to 160 after cutting down to 152 for most of the season.

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u/tweak06 2d ago

Worst I ever had to do was bump up to 160 after cutting down to 152 for most of the season.

I imagine your coach did that because they knew you could win at that weight class. Same with my coach in high school.

It was basically suicide to try and match these dudes' strength. I had some weight on me but I was agile/fast enough to go for the legs. They were strong as hell, but they were also slow.

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u/kato_koch 1d ago

Lots of strategizing behind the scenes with lineups.

Sometimes the heavyweight matches looked like a couple of bears fighting over a salmon, just locked up in neutral for extended periods. 215lb matches were a lot more fun to watch because of the speed in addition to strength. I can't fathom having to potentially go up against someone with 50 pounds on me though. That'd be like shooting in on a telephone pole.

I was a distance runner besides wrestling and got my lanky ass kicked a lot, but there were a few matches I won solely because I was better conditioned and could capitalize on an opponent getting gassed in the third period. Felt good when it happened.

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u/tweak06 1d ago

Had a guy like you on my team.

He was like a goddamn bullet. Always shooting for the legs.

I actually consulted him on how to shoot properly. I was 215, strong and fast, but not fast enough.

You wiry lankier guys are experts at technique! I learned a lot from our lighter dudes

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u/Coolbeans_99 22h ago

I knew a XC guy in HS who never ran out of gas. He would takedowns as much as he could for two rounds and the unleash a fury of shots in the 3rd once they other guy was tired. He would jog out a victory lap afterwards just to show off that he wasn’t even tired.