I find it funny when people think that strength and the size of your muscles equates to a one-to-one ratio.

Amirite?

Muscle≠Strength

correct me if I'm wrong

correct

look at ant - so small but able to carry weights a few times their size

Muscle =/= Strength to a certain degree. However you put it, you won't be seeing a human that can deadlift heavy ass weight with a normal person built.

You can't compare human with ants because they both have a different anatomy. For instances, human have two legs while ant have 6 legs. Imagine a human with 6 legs do squats, will it be able to squat more weight than human with two legs? Compare apple with apple.

I remember I read an article from Charles Poliquin regarding "relative strength". He said it's quite challenging to increase his athletes strength while maintaining their weight or even reducing.

I beg to differ. Weight isn't the only thing that contributes to strength. Technique and forms do plays a huge part on increasing strength.

however technique and form is irrelevant in this thread.

imo i agree looking big/muscular does not equate to strength. TO A DEGREE

most powerlifters in the western countries that you see from youtube are usually huge mofos. you would probably see them as fat but in reality they have a lot of muscle mass hidden in them.

basically, to lift anything, muscles are the ones doing the work; supported by your tendons, joints, etc. fat does 0% of the work

so to say looking big does not equate to strength is technically incorrect. its more to how you train. if you usually train in the high rep ranges you tend to suck at lifting heavy, low rep schemes and vice versa. it depends really on how you plan your training routine and your goals.

isn't strength about how much muscle u can recruit thru cns? look at frank yang when he's at 160 he can deadlift over 500. and 160 by any standard is no where near big.

muscle size on the other hand, is hypertrophy, assuming body types is left out in this context.

muscle mass are made, strength are trained.

anyone dare to say skinny is weak?

Do you know what kind of strong that we are referring here? We are discussing the capabilities to lift huge weight, not strong in term of fighting. Haish

This post has been edited by alien9: Aug 12 2013, 10:37 AM

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