Damn gymnasts are stacked (pic)

[Purplekoolaid]

No they don't....along with swimmers they have the most over-rated physiques.

you're phucking delusional

[anonymous]

Functional Strength = Combat Strength

Most gymnast would out do a body builder on the battlefield any day of the week.

How functional is your 700lbs dead-lift if your dead?

lol we got a retard here

[Ratfacedkilla]

Functional Strength = Combat Strength

Most gymnast would out do a body builder on the battlefield any day of the week.

How functional is your 700lbs dead-lift if your dead?

I can see you are in the early stages of brain failure.

[ocpunkelite86]

I see many here have never been in the infantry.

[nick187]

[misterhamper]

What's this "carry-over effect" of which you speak? Do you mean to say that strength acquired through one activity necessarily does not transfer to another, unrelated activity? So, a person who cultivates immense upper-body strength through, say, rock-climbing, magically loses said strength when attempting weighted pull-ups, simply because the latter activity falls within the realm of weightlifting? That's like arguing that a student capable of grasping addition is incapable of grasping subtraction.

Sigh. I somehow knew the discussion would degrade to personal attacks.

I may never be quite as big as you, but that doesn't mean you couldn't stand to back away from the weights and pick up a book. Big and dumb is a dangerous combination.

Strong reading.

I basically said the exact opposite of what you are implying, so try again.

[Purplekoolaid]

What's this "carry-over effect" of which you speak? Do you mean to say that strength acquired through one activity necessarily does not transfer to another, unrelated activity? So, a person who cultivates immense upper-body strength through, say, rock-climbing, magically loses said strength when attempting weighted pull-ups, simply because the latter activity falls within the realm of weightlifting? That's like arguing that a student capable of grasping addition is incapable of grasping subtraction.

Sigh. I somehow knew the discussion would degrade to personal attacks.

I may never be quite as big as you, but that doesn't mean you couldn't stand to back away from the weights and pick up a book. Big and dumb is a dangerous combination.

I know what he is talking about. When I was 14 and in gymnastics, I could do over 150 pushups and struggled to bench 95 pounds.

[Wisdom15]

lol at people thinking these olympic athletes are natural.

carry on.

[_Nomad_]

Oh come on - gymnasts are natty AND have strong functionality.

umad?

1) Olympic gymnasts

2) natty

Bro, its a multiple choice, pick one.

[NeinLives]

Strong reading.

I basically said the exact opposite of what you are implying, so try again.

Lifting weights is actually not the bodybuilder's sport; it's the powerlifter's sport. A bodybuilder lifts weights to build an aesthetically-pleasing physique, but this no more makes of him a powerlifter than a dash to the bus stop makes some random guy a competitive sprinter.

That said, the "sport" in bodybuilding is presentation of the physique. Bodybuilding is more akin to a baking contest than it is a sport like, say, soccer or basketball; the contestants show up and are placed on display for evaluation. The bodybuilders' lifts aren't evaluated at this time but rather their physiques.

Comprende?

[nickk]

all you people hating on these gymnasts are fuking retards

[lllBoneZlll]

i thought there be fems up in this thread....most u guise on that time

[bb09]

i thought there be fems up in this thread....most u guise on that time

That wedobodybuildingbecausewe'rekindainsecureandjealou s time?

[Withoutreason]

That wedobodybuildingbecausewe'rekindainsecureandjealou s time?

whats your take on gymnasts, do u be admirin when the telly shows you the goodz, jelly time?

[bb09]

whats your take on gymnasts, do u be admirin when the telly shows you the goodz, jelly time?

I hate them because they look awesome.

Except that they're all manlets.

[godsangina2]

hahaha lol at the ignorance in this thread, beause of doing gymnastics for just 2 and a half years from the age of 14 to 16, i am still able to do the following things with ease, despite gaining mass through bodybuilding.

Back flip from standstill

back sault from stand still

round off into backflip into back sault

the ability to go from pushup position into handstand position using nothing but my upper body strength (this requires extreme body stabalization, as a result there is not a place on my upper body where i do not have visibly functional muscle)

I don't think its a coincidence. I remember the training in gymnastics. It was fukin grueling, a lot more painful than anything i have done in the gym (srs). It was torture at times. To this day despite my unfavorable lifestyle, I still basially look like the gymnasts above when fully pumped and flexed. I am 5 foot 10 too so im not an extreme manlet or anything.

My dream has always been to be able to do a somersault, maybe I'll take up gymnastics for a while...

[Muscle Mania Matt]

he didnt say 0%, like all the events there are some that might get away with it but they are all strictly tested and most of them are natural.

actually in 1984 about 68% of our olympic athletes admitted to using steroids. Every single one of them passed their pee test too. in reality, most olympians are probably cheating in some way or another. thought you might find that interesting, given that our athlete failure rate for substances is way less than 1%.

[patmedown167]

I see many here have never been in the infantry.

No, because a lot of us have college degrees.

[SuperiorBriton]

inn

[Withoutreason]

I hate them because they look awesome.

Except that they're all manlets.

they are obviously dealingwithit.jpg by being successful gymnasts

they have been doing it all their lives and it's their passion, they aint even jelly of your height

they have great training partners too, wait wut

[pircbruh]

Fuuuuuu new goal body.

[Troll_Patrol]

manlets

[Mythic Beast]

Gymnasts are more impressive than bodybuilders, just out of the crazy things they can do. Ronnie Coleman looks like a freak. He can't move his own body weight around normally, let alone have total body control like a gymnast.

[Naix]

Functional Strength = Combat Strength

Most gymnast would out do a body builder on the battlefield any day of the week.

How functional is your 700lbs dead-lift if your dead?

[godsangina2]

I could see a 160-lb male gymnast having atleast a 400-lb deadlift. I highly doubt most bodybuilders have the functional strength of a high-end athlete. It's one thing to move 600 lbs during a deadlift; it's something entirely else to translate all of that strength to a sport.

they don't train legs brah...

And they wouldn't be good at lifting weights initially, they'd get very good though. It's just because lifting weights isn't what they've trained at. For example try a lift you've never done that's closely related to what you're good at, for example if you've never done dips and you're good at bench, they'll have to make the same transition.

[ChangingOzzie86]

Yo this **** is funny as hell!

[Mythic Beast]

Gymnasts aren't going to be able to deadlift a lot, but I know a guy who trained gymnastics, he's now benching 335 @ 150lbs. No leg strength, but very strong bench.

[godsangina2]

actually in 1984 about 68% of our olympic athletes admitted to using steroids. Every single one of them passed their pee test too. in reality, most olympians are probably cheating in some way or another. thought you might find that interesting, given that our athlete failure rate for substances is way less than 1%.

Steroids weren't illegal in 1968 brah, there was no test. Having said that obviously a lot do cheat.

[Withoutreason]

they don't train legs brah...

And they wouldn't be good at lifting weights, that isn't what they've trained at. For example try a lift you've never done that's closely related to what you're good at, for example if you've never done dips and you're good at bench, or you've never done front squats and you're good at backsquatting, you're not going to be good at that for a while.

They could build a decent squat in know time, my friend is a gymnast and his legs aren't out of proportion at all
with all their core strength and bouncing around I'm sure they'd have a decent squat

[JiP]

Gymnasts are the definition of functional strength.

I lol at miscers who say deadlift and squat are more 'functional'

Pretty much every type of athlete uses weightlifting to get more explosive/stronger/bigger.