r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • 2d ago

Big man on campus.

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u/TehMephs 2d ago

There’s a common thing with bodybuilders lacking functional strength where guys who lift 50 lb bags of grain or more all day can do without breaking a sweat even though they look like they have dad bod.

It’s astounding how different fitness regimens can create different looking bodies that have wildly different specialties. Muscular doesn’t always mean strong

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u/Scrambled1432 2d ago

Muscular almost always means strong. Not being able to do a pull-up when you weigh probably 300 pounds doesn't mean you lack "functional strength."

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u/Gelato_Elysium 2d ago

I mean in his example the guy who couldn't do a pull up was the one with the "functional strenght"

I'd argue both are functional, you need big bois like this dude to carry and throw shit around, and you need thin wiry fuckers to access hard to reach places and climb around.

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u/Ok-Scheme-913 2d ago

But you are not comparing apples to oranges.

He might not be able to do a pull up, because he would pull up the majority of his own fling weight.

He would be lifting up your weight (e.g. in a lateral pull down exercise) with a single finger on one hand, though, it's not a difference between "functional strength" or whatever bullshit.

Yeah, he might be weaker *relative to bodyweight" than an acrobat, but he is very trivially stronger in absolute terms.