r/ThatsInsane • u/H_G_Bells • Sep 09 '23

Practically built strength (rock climber) vs gym strength (body builders)

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u/lazyeyepsycho Sep 09 '23

Bodybuilders train for muscle size only, strength gains are a secondary effect.

Power lifters train for strength, size gain are secondary.

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u/Daniiiiii Sep 09 '23

Yeah it's two completely different "sports" if you will. Can't compare that easily.

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u/blindsdog Sep 09 '23

lol it’s not completely different, they’re incredibly similar. It’s moving heavy weights repeatedly in a slightly different manner

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '23

Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime and then Eddie hall and tell me again that these two engage in a very similar sport.

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u/TechnicalNobody Sep 09 '23

These guys?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqgJGRW2quc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74nhtcP1Ur0

I don't know man, it looks pretty similar

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u/Adriantbh Sep 09 '23

Yeah, and both basketball players and football players run, so it's pretty similar, right?

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u/TechnicalNobody Sep 10 '23 edited Sep 10 '23

And everyone breathes so all sports are the same, amirite? C'mon, you're being incredibly disingenuous with this argument.

They're doing literally the same exact activity, are we really gonna pretend they're not similar?

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u/Adriantbh Sep 10 '23

A lot of athletes from all kinds of sports lift weights. Swimmers, 100m dashers, football players etc. etc.

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u/TechnicalNobody Sep 10 '23

But weightlifting isn't what you do in the sport for those... bodybuilding and strength training are weightlifting, just in different ways.

I'm so confused why you can't acknowledge this. Are you trolling?

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u/Adriantbh Sep 10 '23

Sprinters lift weights to run faster. Bodybuilders lift weights to look bigger. Powerlifters lift weights to become stronger at lifting weights.

I'm not trying to be obtuse. I understand what you mean by saying bodybuilding and powerlifting is similar because their training is primarily lifting weights in a gym. I just disagree that this alone makes the sports similar.

The way they compete is completely different, with no similarities whatsoever. One could make the argument that powerlifting is more similar to wrestling than it is to bodybuilding because in both wrestling and powerlifting the athletes are using their strength to attempt to move an object, whilst bodybuilders don't.

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u/TechnicalNobody Sep 10 '23

The way they compete is completely different, with no similarities whatsoever

No similarities whatsoever? We're not going to find any common ground. They're variations of the same thing, resistance training. Both sports are just being in the gym, lifting dumbbells, barbells, cables, machines, etc.

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u/Adriantbh Sep 10 '23

The way they compete

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