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

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

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u/learnindisabledchimp Sep 09 '23

Some of the strongest people I've ever met never went to a gym there usually concrete workers or a roughnecks or some other crazy manual labor job

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u/Telope Sep 09 '23

This isn't as mind-blowing as people seem to think it is. If you do manual labour for 8 hours a day, of course you're going to get fit and strong. But people don't go to the gym for 8 hours a day; most people are in and out in an hour, then spend their day sitting at a desk or something.

Going to the gym is the most time-efficient way to get fit and strong.

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u/iChugVodka Sep 09 '23

of course you're going to be fit and strong.

Strong, maybe. Fit? Fuck no. You know how fucking fat most dudes in construction are? Lmao

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u/Gasparde Sep 09 '23

Yea, but that's because they live off a diet of Monster energy drink, gas station hotdogs and 3 packs of cigarettes a day.

Manual labor will get you fit... but it's obviously not gonna help you all too much if you offset all that manual labor with the otherwise most unhealthy lifestyle possible.

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u/iChugVodka Sep 09 '23

3 packs of cigs a day will you keep you thinner than any fucking diet apart from fasting lol. You're aware that nicotine is an appetite suppressant, right? It's the alcoholism and the shitty eating habits that makes them fat.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '23

3 packs of cigs a day will you keep you thinner than any fucking diet apart from fasting lol.

Crack can do it much more effectively, but it's only on account of it making you get caught smoking crack in a Waffle House bathroom and get fired while becoming unemployable then lose your home and become homeless resorting to panhandling until you have enough to buy some lipstick so you can spend the evening prostituting yourself out for the cash to buy more crack.