• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    You just mixed being strong with being fat.

    How much do you think a 300 lb person can lift? I guarantee it’s at least 300 lbs.

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      9 hours ago

      Let’s see your average 300lb person do a pull-up. Or let’s see them deadlift 300lbs.

      Sure their legs will be strong from carting around all that mass, but unless they’re actively strength training, that leg strength isn’t going to be as impressive as you think.

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        9 hours ago

        Let’s see your average 300lb person do a pull-up.

        Let’s see the average anyone.

        Sure their legs will be strong from carting around all that mass

        That’s correct.

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              8 hours ago

              I’m sorry to be pedantic, but you said:

              How much do you think a 300 lb person can lift? I guarantee it’s at least 300 lbs.

              And I’m telling you it’s unlikely they can lift 300lbs. Deadlift, lunge, squat. Because that weight is in addition to the body weight they’re used to carrying. And even for bench, pull-up, or chin-up, they are unlikely to be able to complete even one rep because those require upper body and core strength, which are not naturally built just by dint of being obese.

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                2 hours ago

                It’s me again.

                Again my father was a professional gymnast who became a coach. “Complete one rep” on a pull up bar? He literally would swing circles on those bars, and the rings, and everything else lol. What are you talking about? He wrote a book on the maverick club. A pretty big deal in the gymnastic world back in the day.

                I’m not sure if he was 300 lbs but muscle is heavy. Surely he was in the ballpark of it.

                Why as you so stubborn that someone who looks fat can’t be athletic? You are wrong lol