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

Miscellaneous / Others Strength of a manual worker vs bodybuilders

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u/DeliciousMonitor6047 Feb 25 '25

It’s not really crazy at all. It’s an exception when someone smaller is stronger than someone bigger. That’s just biology. Additionally in this situation the person build a movement pattern, learnt the good technique, necessary muscles developed that doesn’t look big (forearms, fingers).

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u/ilikedevo Feb 26 '25

I’ve been an electrician 30 years. I can hold my arms straight above my head indefinitely without strain. I didn’t know this was a skill I’d gained until a gym class I had used it as a stamina test and everyone looked miserable. Your body adapts to things you do daily.

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u/DressureProp Feb 26 '25

I respectfully disagree. There’s many instances of climbers having more strength than body builders. Also, check out Anatoly on YouTube - a smaller guy with incredible strength. https://youtu.be/a7c9YFipcmw?si=4iIhpbuILDlsiH3v

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u/CakeDyismyBday Feb 26 '25

You're just proving is point. You pinpoint some exceptions, for the regular population, bigger=stronger. That's physics.

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u/frolfer757 Feb 26 '25

Which climbers are those? Climbers typically have just insanely strong fingers in comparison due to no one ever training specifically for that outside of climbers and good core stability & endurance in their forearms.

Whenever there's some youtube video of climbers competing vs bodybuilders, it's always related to finger strength due to it being funny that a 70kg skinny dude shits on massive bodybuilders in grip strength.

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u/DirtLight134710 Feb 26 '25

Not just rock climbers but also people who mastered calisthenics

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u/NEIGHBORHOOD_DAD_ORG Feb 26 '25

Yeah let’s see their squat 1rm

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u/DressureProp Feb 26 '25

Anatolys squat is 463lbs

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u/NEIGHBORHOOD_DAD_ORG Feb 26 '25

That's pretty good

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u/Glittering_Sweet1537 Feb 26 '25

he is not a climber

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u/Massinissarissa Mar 01 '25

Anatoly is not that small and not that strong. He's a powerlifter and would not compete at top level given his lifts. He's strong but in his category he's not crazy strong.

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u/No-Garbage-2958 Feb 26 '25

I remember watching a YT video that it shows finger related grip power is the key and most bodybuilders don't have that. This video also is related gripping the cement properly by the looks of it.