Phil Pfister wins World's Strongest Man competition.

[ManOfMuscle]

I'm getting confused. 2 of my gurus are saying 2 different things.

PB says size = strength.
Dirk says size is not related to strength.

Shit

PB is right. And saying olympic lifters are skinny is just plain ridiculous please stop. Sure they have weight classes, but skinnny, come on.

 

[silver_shadow]

Yea, like the olympic lifters I see on tv look very skinny, but they lift up some massive weight

with olympic lifting, 2 huge factors are technique and sheer explosiveness. explosiveness is not necessarily going to help this guy bench 500, but it sure enables him to C&J 190kgs (420lbs) at a bodyweight of a mere 60 kgs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZujiuwWkso

now check out one of the big boys (of oly lifting) - hosein razazadeh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiEAmYhDlBs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkSN3f-a3Ok
this guy is much larger and is brutally strong so he doesn't have to rely on technique as much as one of the littler guys.

 

[02gixxersix]

If you don't eat to get big you won't get any bigger.

 

[Jusee]

I'm getting confused. 2 of my gurus are saying 2 different things.

PB says size = strength.
Dirk says size is not related to strength.

Shit

Here is the answer nice and simple.

Compared to yourself and nobody else, size does equal strength. When comparing other people to eachother, this is not true.

 

[jcp2]

Here is the answer nice and simple.

Compared to yourself and nobody else, size does equal strength. When comparing other people to eachother, this is not true.

Show me a beginner or an intermediate lifter who puts 100 lbs on his bench deadlift and squat, and i can guarantee that in 95%, if not more, they are going to get bigger as long as the cals are up. As you get to a higher level physique, obviously it is not going to correlate the same way. That is why 90% of the kids and people you see in the gym don't make any progress, they are not advanced and they are not trying to get stronger, but are trying to do 15 sets per bodypart from the start. They get nowhere, and look the same and never get stronger, until they start with gear.

 

[Jusee]

Show me a beginner or an intermediate lifter who puts 100 lbs on his bench deadlift and squat, and i can guarantee that in 95%, if not more, they are going to get bigger as long as the cals are up. As you get to a higher level physique, obviously it is not going to correlate the same way. That is why 90% of the kids and people you see in the gym don't make any progress, they are not advanced and they are not trying to get stronger, but are trying to do 15 sets per bodypart from the start. They get nowhere, and look the same and never get stronger, until they start with gear.

I agree, but I was just answering manowars question about if size equals strength.

 

[jediclampet]

Last year when I saw the strongman competition, I was struck by the fact that Pudzianowski looked huge and jacked with very low body fat (not the kind of physique I'd expect to be optimal for such a competition since getting to such a low BF generally requires a large sacrifice in strength). Pudzianowski dominated the competition last year, with Pfister finishing a distant second. I was quite surprised at the difference in physiques between the #1 and #2 guys. You will notice that competive powerlifters tend to have similar physiques, which obvioulsy are optimal for being competive in the sport. Shouldn't the same be true for strongman competitions?

 

[jcp2]

Last year when I saw the strongman competition, I was struck by the fact that Pudzianowski looked huge and jacked with very low body fat (not the kind of physique I'd expect to be optimal for such a competition since getting to such a low BF generally requires a large sacrifice in strength). Pudzianowski dominated the competition last year, with Pfister finishing a distant second. I was quite surprised at the difference in physiques between the #1 and #2 guys. You will notice that competive powerlifters tend to have similar physiques, which obvioulsy are optimal for being competive in the sport. Shouldn't the same be true for strongman competitions?

Pudz is a freak. Plain and simple.