Pretty Straightforward, and by strongmen I mean the big guys who compete in strongmen competitions on ESPN and such.
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Generally not bodybuilders. They're designed to look strong, but don't primarily have to be strong.
For the other 2, it is different types of strength. For example, an oly lifter would be more powerful and explosive, however, I would expect a strongman to have better endurance.Last edited by Mr_O_2020; 07-09-2008 at 09:43 AM.
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powerlifters compete in with the big three lifts, squat, dead, bench, highest total wins each weightclass.
strongman-lifting odd heavy **** mostly like flipping tires, pulling cars, lifting atlas stones, etc.
olympic lifting- compete with the two competition lifts, snatch and clean and jerk.
bodybuilding- try to get big and not care about strength usually using failed philosophies like training to failure.
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Linked this once earlier in another thread but I think this relates to this topic 99%.
Felx counts down 10 most powerful men ever to walk the Earth:
http://www.flexonline.com/STRENGTH_IN_NUMBERS.pdfRaw gym PR's: 363/275/462 @ 220
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I disagree. Olympic weightlifters are specialized athletes. Although the lifts are great for athletic develoment, weightlifters themselves compete in a specialized, barbell only sport.
Olympic lifters are hands down, the most powerful. The highest power outputs ever displayed in sport occur in the second pull of a snatch. Weightlifting is all about explosive strength, or power.
Powerlifting is about strength without a time component... limit strength. Maximum force production.http://youtube.com/user/Kiknskreem
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07-09-2008, 11:26 AM #25
I have a better example
4 People, 5'10, 200lbs 1 pler, 1 bber, 1 oly lifter, 1 strongman
Oly lifter would be able to jump and dunk a basketball, have a low bodyfat, run really fast and be pretty strong. He would also have the best work capacity.
Strongman would be heavier on his feet but would have the best when it came to doing those heavy things like moving **** and pushing a car out of a ditch. Bodyfat would probably be decent.
The Pler would be very heavy on his feet, not very explosive at all. They would be strong in situations where they had to push or pull something a short distance. But not very useful in real world situations. Bf would be meh.
Only thing that the bodybuilder would have is low bf. And strong looking glutes.
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I also doubt that olympic lifters have the highest work capacity. Although the volume of their training is high,it is the Strongmen that actually must have the highest level of GPP and for whom conditioning specifically matters in the competition aspect of their sport.
http://youtube.com/user/Kiknskreem
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