Both
Those don’t seem mutually exclusive. I would imagine if you can do the former, you can do the latter, no?
He’s huge! He was a judge at my last comp. Got to take a photo with him. Nice dude.
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Well if he would strip his layer of fat he would certainly look muscular
Both lol
Pro Strongman is not kind to most bodies. Here is Martins before he started to focus on becoming pro:
https://www.instagram.com/p/dX-RyDjHzn/
He’d be carrying loads more muscle now.
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Unless you are a competitive athlete where strength is critical for success, it’s probably better just to look the part. And “looking strong” really just means having a good set of arms, chest, delts and low bodyfat. Real strength often doesn’t reside in your beach muscles, it all the stuff behind you (back & posterior chain) that usually tells a better story.
The average American isn’t going to recognize huge hamstrings & erectors as a sign of strength, especially if that person isn’t very lean.
Luckily you can have both, to a degree
I mean if you can squat 405x20 you definitely have the strength to do 600x3. But which would you PREFER to do? I think it’s whatever motivates you to train. Both are strong numbers lol. What I’m saying though is doing EITHER you going to look strong and be strong.
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Really? I can pretty easily do 50kgx20 but can’t do 80kgx3
Probably because your body isn’t prepped for hitting heavier poundages. After a small peak or training with lower weights ramping over a few weeks, I’d be surprised if you couldn’t do it then.
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that percentage increase is substantially higher than the one isdatnutty used in his example.
400 to 600 is a 50% increase in weight.
50kg to 80 kg is a 60% increase.
Can you do 75kg x 3? or at least come close?
I’ll also add that things change when the weights get heavier anyway, and as you become a more efficient lifter.
Well, I haven’t tried. I did 70kg for a pretty easy 3x3 today (probably could have done 5), so probably…
Of course the 2 aren’t mutually exclusive. So in the hypothetical of one or the other, I’d choose looks.
My current goals are to be stronger but I’d choose looks simply because my previous sport did nothing for looks. I was a distance runner for 10 years. Being in peak shape and not having run for several months due to injury resulted in the same outward appearance. You wouldn’t even know I was training seriously or if I was just some skinny guy unless you asked.
Having come from the performance side, mostly by default because running will only help you lose weight and I’m naturally skinny, I’d choose vanity instead.
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As a 5ft nothing natural Asian girl, there’s a limit to how “strong” I look in the grand scheme of things ie I’ll never look strong enough to stop perverts from thinking they can mess with me. Thus I value being strong more so if push comes to shove, I can at least give a pretty decent kick
You’re in the US for school now, right? Time to embrace the culture and get a gun
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My parents bought me 2 cans of mace and one of those rape alarm things. I’m good
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Don’t you all know martial arts?
(I kid, I kid.)
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LOL!!! I took WuShu back in 3rd grade and couldn’t handle the level of technique required. I think I’ll stick with a couple of well aimed kicks, a nice broken bottle (broken on his head) and that mace I was talking about
This is surprisingly harder than you think.
I figured, but in a real fight, there must be broken glass lying somewhere in the vicinity