Why are fat people so strong?

[samshrf234567]

Well whenever I got to the gym, I notice a lot of fat guys can lift much more than a lot of muscular guys.

Why is that?

[Impurityz]

Well whenever I got to the gym, I notice a lot of fat guys can lift much more than a lot of muscular guys.

Why is that?

ur eyes deceive you

[comps]

Fat people normally have diets with a surplus of calories and high in protein.
Therefore they have more lbm than the average joe.
Also their diets support them in getting stronger.

[avodo]

You mean fat guys like this?

[DASHTEK1]

Generally a bigger frame can support more weight!

[emipeguinho]

fat is the new muscle! didn't you know!?

[evojoeix]

I always wondered why power lifters look so fat.... I mean they do not look astheticly pleasing at all

[doyoueveneat]

I always wondered why power lifters look so fat.... I mean they do not look astheticly pleasing at all

cos their goal is to permabulk not prance around on stage like a bunch of girlie men

(no bodybuilding hate)

[j1akey]

Fat guys alot of time will have a pretty decent layer of muscle under all the fat just because they have to carry around all that extra weight all the time. I started out at 305 lbs so just for the sake of argument lets just say I was 115 lbs over weight. Walk around all day with a couple extra 45 lb plates strapped over your shoulders and say a 10 lbs eight attached to your arms. Over the course of a while your muscles will get bigger just from having to move around with the extra weight. The fatter you are the more weight you have to carry around and the more underlying muscle you need to support it. Fat guys will also typically have really strong calves just from walking around all day because of this.

[avodo]

I always wondered why power lifters look so fat.... I mean they do not look astheticly pleasing at all

[ptwa9]

[doyoueveneat]

strong drawing skills

[ptwa9]

strong drawing skills

It's Renaissance era artcraft.

[samshrf234567]

Fat people normally have diets with a surplus of calories and high in protein.
Therefore they have more lbm than the average joe.
Also their diets support them in getting stronger.

"Therefore they have more lbm than the average joe."

But I'm not talking about "average joes". They lift more than some pretty muscular people at the gym. They certainly aint "average joes"

[avodo]

"Therefore they have more lbm than the average joe."

But I'm not talking about "average joes". They lift more than some pretty muscular people at the gym. They certainly aint "average joes"

Your'e talking about powerlifters. I.E. people who LIFT FOR STRENGTH, not assthetics.

[datderebjjguy]

Just cuz someone is fat doesen't mean they arent ripped with muscle underneath all the flab. Plus they always eat whatever the **** they want, and the fat can be burned as energy.

[Melondo]

There was that fat **** at my high school, he was probably 300pounds and playing o-line for football team, that guy could pull 315lbs on bench and he wasnt even working out.

[reecemeador]

Fat guys alot of time will have a pretty decent layer of muscle under all the fat just because they have to carry around all that extra weight all the time. I started out at 305 lbs so just for the sake of argument lets just say I was 115 lbs over weight. Walk around all day with a couple extra 45 lb plates strapped over your shoulders and say a 10 lbs eight attached to your arms. Over the course of a while your muscles will get bigger just from having to move around with the extra weight. The fatter you are the more weight you have to carry around and the more underlying muscle you need to support it. Fat guys will also typically have really strong calves just from walking around all day because of this.

This ^^

[Craze1]

Because its not necessarily that they are fat but they just arent toned

[alannigz]

A "fat" 6" 300lb guy @30% bodyfat will be stronger than a "muscular" 6" 200Lb guys @10% bodyfat

[Achillesthetics]

Fat people have to carry all that weight around, of course they gonna be strong.

Notsrs

[Riflemancho]

Fat people have to carry all that weight around, of course they gonna be strong.

Notsrs

Exactly. I was fat when i started and my first workout i squated 10x70kg 5x80kg without a problem, ofcourse is nothing when you weight 110kg, but it was my first workout. Strong are especially the legs, because you weight alot of shiet on your upper body and they have to carry all day around. Deadsrs

[DiabeticKripple]

Got a fatass o line coach at school, probably weighs 350 and reps his body weight without even really trying. I don't know how but he is the strongest person at my school. Also one of the nicest haha

[PumpMachine123]

Strong neg, you can put on a lot of size on a clean bulk, especially if your a teenager with all the testostarone thats in your body, if you know what your doing it can be so effective, ive hardly put on any fat on my bulk!

[transformation2]

fat guys are stronger than skinnier guys even if they dont lift. what do u think happens when u overfeed? u put on 100% fat? ofcourse not. u put on both muscle and fat. it's just that if u work out u improve that ratio in favor of muscle and especially "cosmetic" muscle like chest which generally wont be super developed unless u lift. the better your genetics the more muscle u put on as opposed to fat. simple as that.

[judowrestler1]

A "fat" 6" 300lb guy @30% bodyfat will be stronger than a "muscular" 6" 200Lb guys @10% bodyfat

lol no.

The fat guy has more LBM than the 200 lber. Who is stronger would depend on the individual.

[TimHarrison]

lol no.

The fat guy has more LBM than the 200 lber. Who is stronger would depend on the individual.

LBM = Strength so obviously the fat guy will be stronger.

[carpediempig]

Seriously? Guys its pretty easy to tell apart a fat guy who's just all flab from a fat guy who has a decent bit of muscle.

If you tell me that a guy looking like this can lift a lot, I'd probably facepalm so hard my nose breaks


But I'd totally believe you if this is the kind of fat guy you're talking about, pretty muscular, but has a bit of extra weight

[Achillesthetics]

Also 9 times out of 10 those strong 'fat' dudes you see iin the gym aren't fat purely because of poor diet habits. They're usually endomorphs, which means an advantage in size and strength over an ecto anyday.

[samshrf234567]

Seriously? Guys its pretty easy to tell apart a fat guy who's just all flab from a fat guy who has a decent bit of muscle.

If you tell me that a guy looking like this can lift a lot, I'd probably facepalm so hard my nose breaks


But I'd totally believe you if this is the kind of fat guy you're talking about, pretty muscular, but has a bit of extra weight

YES I am talking about the first pic. Those are fat people obv. Not necessarily huge bellys like that, But they are overweight. And they tend to lift much more than muscular people and powerlifters.

The 2nd pic, If I saw someone at the gym like that, I wouldnt even consider him fat. He looks pretty buff and big.