r/BeAmazed • u/Super_Steve117 • Feb 25 '25

Miscellaneous / Others Strength of a manual worker vs bodybuilders

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u/jdilly701 Feb 25 '25

It’s all show muscle and fake steroid strength. Those muscles are all air and steroids and serve no real purpose /s.

But seriously, every single one of these posts is filled with a plethora of ignorant people giving their input on a sport they know nothing about. I hate to break it to them, but a decent sized bodybuilder is almost certainly stronger than an untrained, but naturally strong person. They’re just not as good at performing the tasks that the untrained person performs everyday.

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u/facttax Feb 25 '25

This video was actually cropped to hide them all blowing into their thumbs

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u/kaas_is_leven Feb 25 '25

gomu gomu nooo

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u/icantsurf Feb 25 '25

They always talk about functional strength, as if the smaller dude isn't performing an extremely specific lift. The body builders are almost always more well rounded in terms of "functional" strength.

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u/SoraXes Feb 25 '25

That thread was infuriating to read but it ways pops up when stuff like this gets to the front page.

Ignorant people use ‘farmer strength', ‘show muscle’, and 'steroids' excuses to put down others instead of putting in the effort themselves.