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Wanna be physically strong?
shorthair:
There are some of you on this forum who've expressed they lift, powerlift, whatever. This you think will make you strong. If you really want to be strong, though, you might take a moment to look into those such as the Mighty Atom, who though he used weights never used more than 25 pounds at a time and many of whose strength achievements haven't to this day been matched.
http://www.beezone.com/MightyAtom/the_mighty_atom.html
http://www.naturalstrength.com/history/detail.asp?ArticleID=311
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Atom_%28strongman%29
Another is the Great Gama. The bulk of his training was with Hindu push-ups, Hindu squats, bridging, and wrestling a tree. He was unbeaten in 8000 consecutive matches, often enough against much larger opponents. (Gama was only 5' 7".)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7SUNA&q=the+great+gama
horseboy:
I looked into it... thanks for the info. I am still pretty certain that lifting weights makes you stronger, and I don't really have the desire to bite quarters in half or lay on a bed of nails with 14 dudes on top of me.
Joystick Jerk:
They do, but a lot of times strength is determined by genetics. While everyone can get stronger by lifting weights and what not, some people will get more benefit out of it than others. Look at those insanely muscled dudes that compete in muscle-man competitions. They have far more muscle mass than the average person, but they're strength isn't in line with how much muscle. Say they have 1000% more muscle mass than the average guy. Even with that, they're maybe only 200% stronger than the average guy. Look at women; the average woman is weaker than the average man, but when considered pound for pound of muscle mass on each sexes frame, the average woman is stronger than the average man.
Many a times you'll also see a skinny guy with small, ropy muscles outpower a big guy with big bulging muscles. It's all about how those muscles work and not necessarily how much muscle there is.
polaris:
i think i can confirm what you are saying.
low reps high weight = big but not necessarily strong muscles.
high reps lower weight = more strength but not more bulk.
the first is what a competition bodybuilder will use.
you probably disagree with the next bit, but hey ho ill say it anyway ;)
good carbohydrate management will give your muscles greater strength and stamina which i think is what you're after. look up carbo loading, its what athletes do, you probably know this.(yes you need protein too ;)) but look at it more as feeding your muscles the energy they need to perform.
weve talked about the protein thing before and im getting the idea youve got a few things askew,sorry if i sound rude there, im just getting an idea of the theory you follow.
you're convinced about the need for protein but im anxious its a bobybuilder attitude you are following. to build big muscles you will need lots of protein, the big weights are gonna damage your muscles and the protein is needed to regenerate and build .
but shorty honestly, go with these theories you're looking at here they will make you stronger and healthier than a bobybuilding approach. i wont make the claim that you eat too much protein cos any excess youll just piss out anyway, but for muscle strength really look at carb management.
i'll stake my reputation on it which as you are aware shorty carries considerable respect around here. :laugh2:
not sure its true, but bruce lee was associated with dynamic tension which is a very low weight high rep exercise
shardian:
I remember back in the wcw days there was this skinny, dorky black guy who wore gold tights. I can't remember his name, but I'm sure at least a few of you know who I am talking about. Anyways, apparently he was really frikkin strong because they detailed his workout regiment one day on Nitro. He was a proponent of low weight/high reps work. The biggest weight he lifted was like 50 lbs, but he would do around 200-300 reps. Can you imagine doing 200 curls in a row with 50 lbs??? Sure you may think it sounds easy if you lift, but try it.
One of my friends had a lifting workout he called "Peel the Puppy". You rounded up all of the 5 lb weights you can find, load them all up on a lift bar and start doing curls. You do all that you can, then strip off 5 lbs on each side. You would keep repeating max reps and stripping weights until all the weights were gone. He developed very strong, wiry muscles doing this.
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