Chris DePrimo Once again, I must ask, do you even lift? There's is a blatant distinction between locking out and hyperextension of the joint(s) involved. Go read a book or two.
If he would have tucked his legs back further he could have avoided that while doing the same number of lifts. The bodybuilder was properly tucked in thus avoiding the butt lift.
It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t make hardly any difference. Just a rule to keep people from going to the extremes with it. If you ever seen someone go to the extreme you see why! People will bring their belly off the bench and hit the bar and almost not move the bar at all. This guy come off because he strained not as part of a strategy to cheat.
+CCwithSea Just because they are in a tested organization does not mean they are not using steroids. Many athletes use steroids today including Olympic competitors
+CCwithSea Tested my ass ,do you really think that a footballer whose main sport occupation is football can have that good results in the gym? Weightlifting is the kind of sport that demands hard work my friend,at least 5 times per week and not just some easy programe but a very exhausting powerlifting programe if he doesn't use roids which I doubt that he can do with one or two football trainings per day. Only in that manner he can lift 140kg 18 fucking times! How many days per week does he train with weights 3-4 I reckon that with football as his main occupation even that many times is a doubtful amount. Don't be silly the footballer is 100% juiced or he was using steroids for a certain period of time during his career...
You can be pretty sure that any D1 college athlete can't get away with taking roids. D2 and under, definitely, but not D1. As for working out...This was most likely shot during off season. During winter most teams lift hard for 2-3 hours 5-6 days a week at least. Add on top of that all the agility and cardio training and it's impressive what that big guy could do.
if any of you actually lift you have to be impressed by 34 reps with 315 with damn near perfect form. You all could eat steriods for breakfast, lunch, dinner and still wouldn't come close to those numbers.
It also doesn't hurt when you consider how much more distance the 1st guy had to cover compared to the 2nd guy. The 2nd guy had a huge mechanical and distance advantage. Props to both for being able to move what they did.
Steve Barnes I'm an engineer and I know what you mean but mate,honestly,the esecution is perfect,the weight is remarkable and it's just a game for him! Please, let's be humble and recognize his physical gain and power. He could be on steroids but it's not the point. Steroids help you but without training hard they are useless. Whoever lifts can understand what I'm talking about.The first guy has a shit technique and way less strength than the second.Anyway even for him the weight is remarkable so hats off to both!
I see all these comments about how large amounts of muscle destroys speed, agility, and flexibility. Have you seen pictures of Adrian Peterson and Vernon Davis? They both carry a large amount of muscle and have run the forty in under 4.5 seconds. Then there was Bo Jackson. He was 230 and he ran the 40 in 4.12 seconds. As for flexibility, look up Tom Platz. He was a bodybuilder with legendary legs and he could twist himself into a pretzel. Stop being babies and trying to put other people down to make yourselves feel better.
+Ethan Brown You make some sound points. I think the 'slow, functionally useless body builder' story evolved froma series of stupid 'tests' like BBer vs arm wrestler (in arm wrestling), with the BBer losing. Very clearly someone who focuses a great deal on developing one limited aspect of strength is likely to be better at that aspect of strength. BBers and strength athletes in general have well-developed explosive speed. In fact, sprinters were tested against Olympic lifters and it was found the lifters were only marginally slower over short distances. Equally, serious lifters spend time on static and dynamic stretching so, typically, are more flexible than the average person. Again, as a generalisation only, those with heavy musculature lack stamina. This may actually be exaggerated because what often occurs and appears to support this conclusion is that BBers are at their most defined after lengthy 'cuts' and so appear more than usually muscular but run out of gas readily due to calorie and carbohydrate-constrained diets. Again, in general, most strength athletes and BBers do relatively limited cardio and, typically are much heavier than the average person (though probably do at least as much cardio as the average person) so, if seen in some sort of generic activity, say hiking, can tend to gas out. Try carrying another 100lbs up a hill with perhaps a marginally bigger motor and see how it goes for you. As to any arsehole comments re: MMA, these just make me despair for the intelligence of the person making the claims. In combat sports strength is an advantage. If you isolate strength and train it to the exclusion of cardio, technique, stamina, fitness, and speed/agility, mobility and timing then, of course it won't stand up very well. I'm not entirely sure why combat sports are seen as the ultimate validation of a sport or activity. Something like BBing is foremost about aesthetics and size (hypertrophy) that does increase strength levels and muscle endurance. We don't think to say, sure, he's good at football/soccer but he wouldn't last 30 seconds in a cage fight so why is it reasonable to make the same observation about BBers/strong men/power lifters?
pablo rodrigez Why would I try to bench more weight than I can handle, incorrectly? No shit I would end up with a collapsed chest. I can't bench 315lbs for reps.
+Matteo Collins He may not have totally locked out his elbows, but he went through the full range of motion. That is, he didn't stop halfway through the rep and come back down. Locking out reps put unnecessary pressure on the joints, and is pretty much only necessary if you're going for a low rep PR or something like that. You really shouldn't ever do it unless you're doing a max effort set.
yawn...but good try. Again, nothing in that statement you made is factual. Ill PM you a list of stores that sell good rope. Or perhaps pharmacies that sell pills? Just let me know buddy :D
dee squared its actually you that needed some points. You havent highlightes any facts up to now. You just underlined that you are a living bitch, haha
lol football players all they do is bench and eat tons of mcdonalds...bodybuilders train every muscle and eat healthy, part of why the 2nd dude obliterated the football player.
Sideshow Bob are you stupid? lmao body builders all they do is workout thats there main focus. a football players main focus is uhm i don't know football.
Nolan Parenteau thats halarious trust me varsity football player when i was sophomore lol and since i started bodybuilding i can pretty much say its pretty equal what you dont do for cardio you make up for with twice as much weight training plus the diet wich is annoying and hard lol
I don't think people realize just HOW MUCH harder 33 reps is than 18 reps. In terms of strength endurance, it is like quadruple as much endurance! Every rep after 20 gets so much more difficult so fast. Every rep after 25, with heavy weight, is as hard to do as the first 5-8 reps, and extremely hard to improve on. Respect to the second guy! His form was also much better than the first guy.
Gill Bates You call THAT shitty form? It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty damn good, better than the first guy who kept lifting his ass off the bench (even though told not to).
Gill Bates Lmao. The football player had his ass off the bench the entire time. I can squeeze out 20% more reps by doing that. Examine the bbers form. Far more controlled, he isn't slamming it off his chest, and he is locking out, just not pausing at the top because he has no need to, he's flying through the reps like they're nothing.
A few observations; 1) Both guys are studs! Anyone who does that many reps with 315 in the bar deserves a lot of credit and respect. 2) Football players train in shorter rep ranges so they are not conditioned to this type of thing. Bodybuilders train in higher rep ranges so they are conditioned to this type of thing. 3) The football player's range of motion is probably double the bodybuilders because of his size and longer reach. 4) Football players train on the bench press to get better on the football field. Bodybuilders train on the bench press to get better on the bench press. This challenge is made to exploit the bodybuilder's strengths because this is exactly what they train to do year around.
Everybody has something to say about people in better shape/stronger than them. 1. Small Legs 2. STEROIDS 3. Bad form. Just respect the fucking grind, go to the gym and worry about yourself.
I did 43 clean reps with 315 and 63 reps with 225 in 1985 when I won the D-2 powerlifting championship with Albany State University at a body weight of 240 lbs. The good old days!
That bodybuilder sure repped out with 3 wheels! I've seen some powerlifters do that. A guy in my town was the 4th man to bench over 700 lbs. and he could do 315 for an endless number of reps but he also weighed 330 lbs. The football player was strong but could use some pointers on technique.
That was absolutely amazing that the second guy could rep 315 that many times. Roids or no roids, that is impressive lifting; I would like to see his 1 rep max.
Hats off to both of these men. Regardless what they did wrong, I doubt anyone on these comments have a 30" or longer arm and can do 315 for that many reps. I play football, I'm a 15 year old freshman, I can do 225 for 2 reps and I'm 6'4, 220, with 30" arms. And to see that long armed of a man do that is amazing. And props to to bodybuilder, 34 reps is straight killing it. Nice
+Artie the Swolest Man in the World While he could've just described the "black dude" as the football player, he's simply stating facts. The football player is a "black dude", there's nothing wrong with being black. You're just assuming he meant it in a negative way because he said "black dude" which in your subconscious mind, makes you a racist
Tennis Super Fan Uh... from a guy who has been in a weight room for 30 years. No, it's not. And that is why they make that rule in official competitions.
By the time the bodybuilder got to 8 you pretty much knew...But Damn! He almost doubled Mr. football. Oh well two different fields that lift for two different purposes. Great job!
For the people saying that the tall guy's ass was not touching the bench, I believe he didn't have a choice due to the length of his legs. He needed to raise his butt in order to keep his legs in a position to keep himself stable. The bench is too low for his height.
+Chris Garcia No you raise your legs by positioning the weight higher to take it off of your chest. It switches the ratio on muscle groups. He also bounced it off his chest which I'm surprised more people don't find egregious. That's an even bigger cheat.
Is anyone really surprised the bodybuilder won? Who cares about which one takes steroids, or whose arms are shorter or longer. Lets take a look at their work ethics, their CAREERS. The football player lifts weights in his spare time. His main focus is training for the field, not just to bulk up. The bodybuilder lifts weights for a living. It's what he does 24/7 and not something he does in just his spare time. Yes, football players are required weight training, but it doesn't compare to the guy who lifts all day every day. You hear about bodybuilders setting world records for weights. Not football players. Unfair match up in my opinion.
While I agree it's not a surprise that the bodybuilder won, I don't agree with your argument for it. The football player lifts for power, not to grow his muscles. That essentially means that when he weight trains, he lifts heavy for less repetitions (425 for 5 reps) while the bodybuilder will lift a lighter weight for more reps (350 for 12 reps). Not only does the bodybuilder lift for more reps, that also means his muscle endurance is much better so he won't tire out as fast as the football player who lifts for strength. Weightlifting doesn't necessarily equate to strength but powerlifting does. That's why you find more power lifters that have different body types while bodybuilders have similar body types
If i were the bodybuilder when I got to the footballers rep, I'd pretend to start failing... then when everyone is freaking out, suddenly start going again.
The bodybuilder have shorter arms. Shorter arms equals small displacement. In physics the formula for work is (work = force x distance). That means, the football guy performed more work during 20 reps (hard to know the answer as I don't know the distance, but he clearly have longer arms). Let's suppose the distance between the bar and the bodybuilder chest is 50 cm and the football player is 0.60 cm and the force is 320 pound = 145kg. Suppose the lifter lift the bar on the same time (approximately 1 meter per second) - Force = m.a - 145kg x 1m2 = 145n. Calculating work = 145 x 0.50= 72.5j Bodybuilder work per rep, work = 145 x 0.60 = 87j. That means: the bodybuilder perform 1450j in 20 reps, and the football player 1780. But the bodybuilder performed the total of 33 reps = 2392j. Both guys are excellent athletes, but the football guy has to spend a lot of more time on the fields training football drills (running, sprinting, short burst, defending and tackling) living him with a limited time to focus on strength. Conversely, the bodybuilder focuses exclusively on resistance training and does not training football drills neither receive the same impact as the football guy.
Hahaha you guys really make me laugh writing comments without any knowledge. You can not lift over 300 pounds for 16 reps without using juice it's about 450 pounds total if he is not lean it doesn't mean he did not taked steroids lol ronnie coleman in 1999 benched 490 for 5 reps in last set and of course he used gear too lol
the football player is taller and did 18 reps with very narrow grip and the bodybuilder is 1/2 size and did his reps with wide grip which is way easier. I can lift 365-370 lbs about 5 times with wider grip but if I do same way as the football player I would only do like 1 and 1/2 or close to 2.
That was cool but not much of a fair fight. It's like putting a competitive swimmer vs a life guard. Sure they both do there fair share of swimming but on does it as a sport while the other one is busy doing other things.
+Will Portello Bodybuilders lift for size, not strength. There are plenty of huge bodybuilders that can't bench press for shit. Athletes like the football player are the ones who lift for strength.
chriscem Really? Just ask around, some of them are pretty strong, but plenty of them are nowhere near as strong as they look. Most will not want to tell you what they bench, and many flat out admit they can't bench for shit. I know body builders personally who are twice as big as me, who can't bench as much as me. Again, not saying that they are all weak or anything, some are crazy strong as well as huge, but you can suck at benching and still get huge. And bodybuilding is about being huge not strong.
so what exactly was this supposed to prove? I figured before hand that the "bodybuilder" could lift more than a football player, simply because that's what a bodybuilder does. Now if it was a test to see who was the most agile, he would have lost or probably even a fight.
+k Kurt Bodybuilders lift for size, not strength. There are plenty of huge bodybuilders that can't bench press for shit. Athletes like the football player are the ones who lift for strength.
I agree that short arms are a huge advantage but the football player is more than likely on gear as well. probably not as heavy as a cycle as the bodybuilder but still
Impressive by both in their respective differences. Football players train more for explosiveness,you can't bring a bench press on to a football field. Body builders train for looks and strength.
+hiro sturgell Clearly he does. Both guys are excellent athletes, but the football player has to spend a lot of more time on the fields training football drills (running, sprinting, short burst, defending and tackling) leaving him with a limited time to focus on strength. Conversely, the bodybuilder focuses exclusively on resistance training and does not train in football drills or receive the same impact as the football guy. Show less
+A Potato everyone has their own talents. I'm sure the football player would beat the bodybuilder at football and the bodybuilder would beat the football player at bodybuilding. You can't say one is better then the other because they don't do the same thing. This was a contest just for fun. I'm a bodybuilder and I'm saying that.
why would you hold that against him? they both can't control their bone length and its not like he beat the football player by only 3 reps. Also I'm pretty sure they both agreed on the weight beforehand.....
Nick Messick There is also the issue of your elbows extending far past 90 degrees if you are taller, which puts you at a mechanical disadvantage. And 4.5 inches is a lot when you are talking about 8-12 repetitions. There are multiple additional reps being done by the taller guys.
+IRonIcScopez I do not understand why people say that. There muscle and body is built to do that yes if the tall guy had shorter arms or the short guy had longer arms it would make a difference but not if your proportional to your height. I have longer arms and there are smaller guys with bigger arms than me but i can lift more. So how does that comment make any sense if you know anything about anatomy
cfarleyreal Longer arms make it so that it takes much more work to lift the same amount of weight as a short guy, not just because the taller person has to lift it higher but because the angles that their arms will be at and the way that the weight is distributed will be different, because of this it is harder for a tall guy to lift the same amount as a short guy, even if they had the exact same amount of muscle.
Correct me if I'm wrong... but doesn't locking out create a brief period of rest? In which case the bodybuilder had more time under tension since he did not fully lockout, thus making it even more difficult.
bodybuilders train for this kinda shit.. not that i have anything against football, but they just dont dedicated 99% of their time to weight lifting in the same way, if that makes sense. football players probably invest half of their time lifting, the other half playing football. bodybuilders invest all of their time lifting, thats the difference.
There is not a single Mr. Olympia winner in the history of the sport (other than maybe Ronnie Coleman) who is capable of that, Anyone that knows shit about bodybuilding understands what I am talking about bodybuilding knows what I am talking about. That guy is strong as an ox but is not a competitive bodybuilder based on his lack of any calve development and his back was not big enough to do anything in terms of modern competition. You can tell by looking at him that he is more of a gym beast that doesn't compete in bodybuilding or powerlifting and every now and again you will see a guy that just loves strength training and pushing himself. Sure he takes roids but not the truckload of roids, hgh and insulin that top pros take. And if you are plying in the NFL and trying to keep your job you take gear as it is easy to get and and not easy to get busted. When was the last time an NFL guy lost his job failing a test. Both these guys use and neither appears to use an abnormally high dosage compared to top level bb. So to the morons who think that taking juice makes a monster out of an average joe you know nothing. These guys for their respective frames are cream of the crop in terms of genetics, 99.9 percent of the the population would never get this strong even if they took massive dosages. This was impressive regardless of height, weight and drug use It is otherworldly kind of strength. It is not debatable so don't try to argue with me. I know plenty of top athletes in strength spots and they will be the to admit to admit it
fangiscool1 dont fucking tell me thats a fucking myth. I did powerlifting for 10 years and bodybuilding for 7. I fucking know what powerlifters and bodybuilders fucking do and dont do.
It's way easier for short people, as soon as they take the bar off, it's already have way there. The distance you have to push the bar when you're tall makes a difference.
What the fuck haha. Host: "Combine official. Ass and scaps don't leave the bench." His guy proceeds to have his ass off the bench for every fucking rep. And yes, most people aren't able to really interpret the differences in the physics for these lifters. I'd guess the bodybuilder has to take the weight through probably 60%-65% of the range of motion as the football player. Big difference. Also, the bodybuilder is juiced all to fuck. Fact is, these guys train differently. The bodybuilder's entire regime is geared at the lift. The football player is training every aspect of his athleticism. Put the bodybuilder on a football field across the line from the athlete and he'd get destroyed. In that envrionment his rep count won't matter.
Not defensive at all. I've been on both sides of this fence in my life so I'm not partial to either side. I respect both. I also realize this isn't an apples-to-apples competition for strength. They are both strong in the activities they focus their training on. Obviously if you stick an athlete whose sport is to lift against an athlete who lifts only to improve at his actual sport, the pro-lifter will outperform. Go stick the bodybuilder on a football field and tell these guys to square off and see who can push who around. Footballer wins all day, guaranteed. I'm not arguing that the footballer lost in this specific contest. I'm arguing that doesn't make the bodybuilder all-around more powerful.
I would disagree that bodybuilders are not professional lifters. Sure they aren't lifting in the sense of going head-on with another lifter in a meet, but if you're going to call bodybuilding a sport, then the only truly "active" part of bodybuilding is the weight lifting. I mean, football would still be a sport without weight lifting. Bodybuilding would not. But let's agree to disagree. For me, strength is contextual to the event. Okay, so the bodybuilder is stronger in the gym. Doesn't necessarily mean the bodybuilder will be more powerful on the football field (the athlete's domain). Its contextual. My issue is this doesn't translate to "Bodybuilder is more powerful". It really only means "Bodybuilder is stronger in certain lifts than football player".
Anthony Spencer Well you'd be wrong, but anyway, no one is talking about anything on a football field, bench pressing is part of the NFL combine, bench pressing is part of developing the upper body for bodybuilders, both do it regularly, it is not either of their sports, it's a fair test that the bodybuilder won, your defensiveness is shown by you bringing up all the areas that the football player would win, obviously he is better at some things, but so is the bodybuilder and you never once gave him credit.
+Yasine Ahmad sigh. You're not supposed to bench or (any excersise) by putting your joints in your arms out like that. In any life you're not supposed to lock your joints like that. You can easily wear out your joints, tear rotary cuff doing that. The BB knew whats up not you.
To revise my earlier comments, Joel Thomas is a former power lifter who has officially benched over 600 at 220 with a bench shirt (they add a lot of pounds). A year and a half ago he got his bodybuilding pro card and took a long time off to build up his back and legs (calves) which were subpar for a pro. He got up to a lean off season weight of 275 at a height of around 5'7. He had incline pressed over 500 and worked with 200 dumbbells on flat putting him on par with Ronnie Coleman, Dallas Mccarver (RIP), Zach Kahn and a small group of top pros known for superhuman strength. Outside of the Rhino Stan Efferding who is the only pro bodybuilder to raw bench over 600 officially in a raw powerlifting federation under strict rules (full pause at chest and a press to lockout where the bar cannot stop during the press (from the set up when you plant feet on ground and grip the bar through the lowering, pause, press and lockout the body must maintain a stable tight position with upper back, butt and feet in s fixed position
I like how the tall guy did not follow the ass rule and then they are barking at the bodybuilder to keep his butt down lmao
Bodybuilder didn't lock out.. football players butt came up
Glad I ain't the only one who noticed that.
***** you clearly don't even lift.
Mo Gainz lock your knees out on a 800 lb leg press and report back with results please
Chris DePrimo Once again, I must ask, do you even lift? There's is a blatant distinction between locking out and hyperextension of the joint(s) involved. Go read a book or two.
33 clean reps of 315 absolutely raw perfect form, I am impressed no matter how many steroids he's done.
Jeffery Lord Yeah I wasnt expecting that. Very impressive
He’s on horse steroids he’s a fraud
he's done ALL of the steroids
Right. Lots of people do steroids and cannot come close to this.
butcher mania he’s doing a lot of different roids
"Butt can't come off the bench." The football player's was off the whole time.
If he would have tucked his legs back further he could have avoided that while doing the same number of lifts. The bodybuilder was properly tucked in thus avoiding the butt lift.
rduff84 exactly
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It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t make hardly any difference. Just a rule to keep people from going to the extremes with it. If you ever seen someone go to the extreme you see why! People will bring their belly off the bench and hit the bar and almost not move the bar at all. This guy come off because he strained not as part of a strategy to cheat.
so try your 100% right he lost because he cheated
Football player did 0 reps. I do 0 reps. I have the same strength as him. Draft me NFL.
Lol
lol
Lmao
+ReadySetPawn yeh "but can't come off bench" after like to he was using his legs
+ReadySetPawn but he can play football, and run, and is athletic. did you see the body builder trying to run the 40 yard dash? it was terrible.
Everybody is talking how bodybuilder is juiced,and you think football players don't take steroids? LOL!
They get tested bro
+CCwithSea Just because they are in a tested organization does not mean they are not using steroids. Many athletes use steroids today including Olympic competitors
+CCwithSea lance armstrong was one of the most tested athletes in one of the most tested sports and he cheated for 7 years.
+CCwithSea Tested my ass ,do you really think that a footballer whose main sport occupation is football can have that good results in the gym? Weightlifting is the kind of sport that demands hard work my friend,at least 5 times per week and not just some easy programe but a very exhausting powerlifting programe if he doesn't use roids which I doubt that he can do with one or two football trainings per day. Only in that manner he can lift 140kg 18 fucking times! How many days per week does he train with weights 3-4 I reckon that with football as his main occupation even that many times is a doubtful amount. Don't be silly the footballer is 100% juiced or he was using steroids for a certain period of time during his career...
You can be pretty sure that any D1 college athlete can't get away with taking roids. D2 and under, definitely, but not D1. As for working out...This was most likely shot during off season. During winter most teams lift hard for 2-3 hours 5-6 days a week at least. Add on top of that all the agility and cardio training and it's impressive what that big guy could do.
if any of you actually lift you have to be impressed by 34 reps with 315 with damn near perfect form.
You all could eat steriods for breakfast, lunch, dinner and still wouldn't come close to those numbers.
***** My nigga. These comments are making me lol, so many DYEL's.
***** Impressive!You're so damn right!Looks like a toy for him...that's lifting!
It also doesn't hurt when you consider how much more distance the 1st guy had to cover compared to the 2nd guy. The 2nd guy had a huge mechanical and distance advantage. Props to both for being able to move what they did.
Steve Barnes I'm an engineer and I know what you mean but mate,honestly,the esecution is perfect,the weight is remarkable and it's just a game for him! Please, let's be humble and recognize his physical gain and power. He could be on steroids but it's not the point. Steroids help you but without training hard they are useless. Whoever lifts can understand what I'm talking about.The first guy has a shit technique and way less strength than the second.Anyway even for him the weight is remarkable so hats off to both!
Exactly lol, I'll be happy when I hit 3 plates for 10. 34 reps is just insane
Two hardworking men. No need to argue here. Tip my hats to both of em'
dxburner222 You really are tipping your hat. Cheers...
dxburner222 90 MEN liked this comment. Good on you brothers
don't tip your hat to tall guy he cheated and still lost, his ass was up the whole time
+Johney Aimlessly you're stupid... Smh...
See, we need more mature people like you
The football players butt left the bench.
exactly
Like 40 times 😂😂😂
Every fuckin rep.
+Stab Blooder lol
lol it was off the hole time
3:29 dang didn't know the Joker was there
😂😂😂
Lmaoooooooo
I see all these comments about how large amounts of muscle destroys speed, agility, and flexibility. Have you seen pictures of Adrian Peterson and Vernon Davis? They both carry a large amount of muscle and have run the forty in under 4.5 seconds. Then there was Bo Jackson. He was 230 and he ran the 40 in 4.12 seconds. As for flexibility, look up Tom Platz. He was a bodybuilder with legendary legs and he could twist himself into a pretzel. Stop being babies and trying to put other people down to make yourselves feel better.
+Ethan Brown You make some sound points. I think the 'slow, functionally useless body builder' story evolved froma series of stupid 'tests' like BBer vs arm wrestler (in arm wrestling), with the BBer losing. Very clearly someone who focuses a great deal on developing one limited aspect of strength is likely to be better at that aspect of strength. BBers and strength athletes in general have well-developed explosive speed. In fact, sprinters were tested against Olympic lifters and it was found the lifters were only marginally slower over short distances. Equally, serious lifters spend time on static and dynamic stretching so, typically, are more flexible than the average person. Again, as a generalisation only, those with heavy musculature lack stamina. This may actually be exaggerated because what often occurs and appears to support this conclusion is that BBers are at their most defined after lengthy 'cuts' and so appear more than usually muscular but run out of gas readily due to calorie and carbohydrate-constrained diets. Again, in general, most strength athletes and BBers do relatively limited cardio and, typically are much heavier than the average person (though probably do at least as much cardio as the average person) so, if seen in some sort of generic activity, say hiking, can tend to gas out. Try carrying another 100lbs up a hill with perhaps a marginally bigger motor and see how it goes for you. As to any arsehole comments re: MMA, these just make me despair for the intelligence of the person making the claims. In combat sports strength is an advantage. If you isolate strength and train it to the exclusion of cardio, technique, stamina, fitness, and speed/agility, mobility and timing then, of course it won't stand up very well. I'm not entirely sure why combat sports are seen as the ultimate validation of a sport or activity. Something like BBing is foremost about aesthetics and size (hypertrophy) that does increase strength levels and muscle endurance. We don't think to say, sure, he's good at football/soccer but he wouldn't last 30 seconds in a cage fight so why is it reasonable to make the same observation about BBers/strong men/power lifters?
+Liftmcgee according to what?
exactly
True
These people are also complete freaks of the human specie...those examples go beyond a level any normal and even advance human can achieve.
The bodybuilder got to bench at least 550 and his form was textbook
Hakeem Luders he's been trenning hard
oscar bainbridge well of course
the football players butt came off almost everytime....\
32 reps of 315 lbs i'd say his max would be over 600 lbs.
Seeing as the 225 bench press is a huge part of the combine football players push weights in hope of having a living
Let's count the football player reps together.
Zero
Zero
Zero
Zero
Zero
Zero
Zero
And a grand total of zero!
Elgin lol
Lmao I'm dying
+iiDefied He was working out the bounciness of his chest.
Id like to see you do that 😂😂😂 end up with a collapsed chest!
pablo rodrigez Why would I try to bench more weight than I can handle, incorrectly? No shit I would end up with a collapsed chest. I can't bench 315lbs for reps.
The football players ass came off the bench almost every rep
+AJ Styles It's okay, body builder only lockes out once. They are all to stupid to follow simple rules.
+Jon Lanier you're too* stupid to use the correct too
Nick Buckingham Ad hominem much?
Bodybuilder is on roids. Nfl player for one year on roids and he would crush him.
+Ritvars Kļaviņš HA you think any of the NFL players arent on roids?
The body builder probably isn't natural, but damn. That was still impressive
+O Canada He's all natty bro. Just liek Rich Piranha
+a7x4lrev almost as natty as Kali Muscle
Lol KEK natty yeah (lol)
+O Canada bcz football players are so natty .. dat dude was on all kinds of roids..
+O Canada Probably?! he is 100% not natural lol
His ass didn't stay on bench so he loses
Shon Seibert body builder didn't lock out either, shut the fuck up.
Gill Bates Locking out makes it easier, your post makes no fucking sense
that's a rule? like an Olympic rule ? or just some gym guy rule? just asking
+Matteo Collins He may not have totally locked out his elbows, but he went through the full range of motion. That is, he didn't stop halfway through the rep and come back down. Locking out reps put unnecessary pressure on the joints, and is pretty much only necessary if you're going for a low rep PR or something like that. You really shouldn't ever do it unless you're doing a max effort set.
Perfect form and 34 reps?!?! This guy is a monster lmao, much respect
1:35
the jungle is coming back to life.
dee squared Your the one who fucked up and made an assumption then told someone to kill themselves. You are a horrible person dee
yawn...but good try. Again, nothing in that statement you made is factual. Ill PM you a list of stores that sell good rope. Or perhaps pharmacies that sell pills? Just let me know buddy :D
dee squared
its actually you that needed some points. You havent highlightes any facts up to now. You just underlined that you are a living bitch, haha
Orang Africano Wow fuck you dude, I haven't laughed that hard in a long ass time.
Dee squared stfu dude he was joking
Can't lift butt.... *Lifts butt after first rep.
R.I.P to the football players wrist.
lol football players all they do is bench and eat tons of mcdonalds...bodybuilders train every muscle and eat healthy, part of why the 2nd dude obliterated the football player.
Sideshow Bob I agree, but remember the bodybuilder has twice as much roids in him, still routed for the bdybuilder
Sideshow Bob are you stupid? lmao body builders all they do is workout thats there main focus. a football players main focus is uhm i don't know football.
Sideshow Bob You people aren't taking into account that the bodybuilder is like half the guys height with way shorter arms. Yes... It matters
Sideshow Bob football players train harder in a day than you will in your entire lift bud lol
Nolan Parenteau thats halarious trust me varsity football player when i was sophomore lol and since i started bodybuilding i can pretty much say its pretty equal what you dont do for cardio you make up for with twice as much weight training plus the diet wich is annoying and hard lol
The body builder goes to my gym! Guy's an absolute monster.
football player definitely hit.......ZERRRRROOOOO
Time travelling Greg doucette
I don't think people realize just HOW MUCH harder 33 reps is than 18 reps. In terms of strength endurance, it is like quadruple as much endurance! Every rep after 20 gets so much more difficult so fast. Every rep after 25, with heavy weight, is as hard to do as the first 5-8 reps, and extremely hard to improve on. Respect to the second guy! His form was also much better than the first guy.
Alexander Nevsky his form was still shitty.
Gill Bates You call THAT shitty form? It wasn't perfect, but it was pretty damn good, better than the first guy who kept lifting his ass off the bench (even though told not to).
Gill Bates Lmao. The football player had his ass off the bench the entire time. I can squeeze out 20% more reps by doing that. Examine the bbers form. Far more controlled, he isn't slamming it off his chest, and he is locking out, just not pausing at the top because he has no need to, he's flying through the reps like they're nothing.
Gill Bates Shitty form? haha you make me laugh bud. If that was shitty form for 33 reps you probably cannot lift more than 135.
Alexander Nevsky well said
A few observations;
1) Both guys are studs! Anyone who does that many reps with 315 in the bar deserves a lot of credit and respect.
2) Football players train in shorter rep ranges so they are not conditioned to this type of thing. Bodybuilders train in higher rep ranges so they are conditioned to this type of thing.
3) The football player's range of motion is probably double the bodybuilders because of his size and longer reach.
4) Football players train on the bench press to get better on the football field. Bodybuilders train on the bench press to get better on the bench press.
This challenge is made to exploit the bodybuilder's strengths because this is exactly what they train to do year around.
Everybody has something to say about people in better shape/stronger than them. 1. Small Legs 2. STEROIDS 3. Bad form. Just respect the fucking grind, go to the gym and worry about yourself.
Great display of muscular endurance! The body builders training showed but he does have an advantage with the shorter arms.
I did 43 clean reps with 315 and 63 reps with 225 in 1985 when I won the D-2 powerlifting championship with Albany State University at a body weight of 240 lbs. The good old days!
cant tell if ur just joking or actually being serious, 240lbs bw and 315 for 43 clean reps would be a WR lmfao
@Banx jealousy I see
@@jamespfillmore1602 you're full of shit
youd have the records
Excellent! Could you tell me what your bench press training program was at that time?
Vid or it didn’t happen.
Having shorter arms really do help lol
+Gerald Deliva you are exactly right
Knowing how to properly set up for a bench press helps..
Parma zyxwvu stfu
Bodybuilders and Football players have their different strong points. At the end of the day they both train hard asf.
I love how that bodybuilder didnt even need to open his mouth he just got on the bench and won lol
That bodybuilder sure repped out with 3 wheels! I've seen some powerlifters do that. A guy in my town was the 4th man to bench over 700 lbs. and he could do 315 for an endless number of reps but he also weighed 330 lbs. The football player was strong but could use some pointers on technique.
That was absolutely amazing that the second guy could rep 315 that many times. Roids or no roids, that is impressive lifting; I would like to see his 1 rep max.
Football player did not keep his butt to the bench for a single rep, and on a portion of the reps the bodybuilder did not extend all the way up
xProtege7 i take it you put up a lot of weight?
xProtege7 your noy suposed to exstend sll the way, if you trying to build muscle
***** Sure, okay...but what were the rules? You gotta follow the rules, which neither did.
xProtege7 yea i got that, but the bodybuilder did not exstend all the way because hi is not used to it. can destroy you elbow.
Char Char Binks no!
I hope people do realize arm length matters. A taller person will never out bench a shorter person because of arm length
Hats off to both of these men. Regardless what they did wrong, I doubt anyone on these comments have a 30" or longer arm and can do 315 for that many reps. I play football, I'm a 15 year old freshman, I can do 225 for 2 reps and I'm 6'4, 220, with 30" arms. And to see that long armed of a man do that is amazing. And props to to bodybuilder, 34 reps is straight killing it. Nice
Damn, 315 for 34 reps is a serious feat. I expect that would put him well into the 500's for a single.
600's
The bodybuilder had beautiful form. The footballer is no doubt more athletic but man he was crushed in this challenge
his butt came off the bench everytime
Both of them did a damn good job. Lifting 315 that many times shows pure strength and muscle endurance.
Damn that was impressive, 315lbs x 34reps... I gotta long way to go lol
34 reps of 315? That gentleman is WEAK!
Just kidding...that is monstrous!
34 to 3, the football players ass was off for almost every rep. But the bodybuilder probably juices so, it's a draw
Football players use roids too.
+RapidStatic back in the day there was a lot of controversy about that, nowadays it's against the rules and we have to be tested regularly.
+hiro sturgell lance armstrong also got tested regularly. The pro athletes always find a way around that petty test. Don't be naive.
+Rob Riker All these flavours, and you choose to be salty.
Football players don't normally use steroids it's mostly baseball players, runners, or cyclist.
Bodybuilder locked out on every rep, what are you guys watching??
A lot of bodybuilders are not as strong as they look, this guy did not disappoint
Dayum! That bodybuilder has perfect form. Does he have his own RUclips channel?
On that note, why did the athlete have such a narrow grip?
(except 4 the suicide grip)
Dave Kramer the suicide grip is awesome brah.... And so is dangerous if done by a newbie
as a 6'6" guy with long ass arms, i can totally sympathize with the football player. Both guys are ungodly strong though
Black dude did zero reps. Ass off bench every single rep.
+Big B bodybuilder also didn't lock out on about 90% of em but he still would have won if he locked out
+Big B glad to see someone still managed to find a way to bring race into it
Artie the Swolest Man in the World lol
+Artie the Swolest Man in the World While he could've just described the "black dude" as the football player, he's simply stating facts. The football player is a "black dude", there's nothing wrong with being black. You're just assuming he meant it in a negative way because he said "black dude" which in your subconscious mind, makes you a racist
+krem1able GOT ONE ON THE LINE, CAPPIN!
the first guy cheated on every rep
+liberty larry so did the body builder... he didn't lock out but one rep.
+Jon Lanier constant tension
Tennis Super Fan Uh... from a guy who has been in a weight room for 30 years. No, it's not. And that is why they make that rule in official competitions.
love all the bark when the bodybuilder walks up and hebsobcasual about it and was like...meh
By the time the bodybuilder got to 8 you pretty much knew...But Damn! He almost doubled Mr. football. Oh well two different fields that lift for two different purposes. Great job!
For the people saying that the tall guy's ass was not touching the bench, I believe he didn't have a choice due to the length of his legs. He needed to raise his butt in order to keep his legs in a position to keep himself stable. The bench is too low for his height.
+AbusedNoob Good point!
+Chris Garcia No you raise your legs by positioning the weight higher to take it off of your chest. It switches the ratio on muscle groups. He also bounced it off his chest which I'm surprised more people don't find egregious. That's an even bigger cheat.
didn't he say that the butts couldn't come off the bench???
+Alex Dunaway He did
I can't do it once so I lose.
me 2 ;(
I can do 3 (LBS)....15 times
Brandon Espinosa Nice!
you're not the only one... but that is when we set goals to smash!!!
Is it easier when you are shorter?
2:03 tricked me into thinking my headphones broke
Like we didn't already know what was going to happen.
in one corner we have Roidy McSuicidegrip, in the other we have Tallass DonBouncychest
Is anyone really surprised the bodybuilder won? Who cares about which one takes steroids, or whose arms are shorter or longer. Lets take a look at their work ethics, their CAREERS. The football player lifts weights in his spare time. His main focus is training for the field, not just to bulk up. The bodybuilder lifts weights for a living. It's what he does 24/7 and not something he does in just his spare time. Yes, football players are required weight training, but it doesn't compare to the guy who lifts all day every day. You hear about bodybuilders setting world records for weights. Not football players. Unfair match up in my opinion.
While I agree it's not a surprise that the bodybuilder won, I don't agree with your argument for it. The football player lifts for power, not to grow his muscles. That essentially means that when he weight trains, he lifts heavy for less repetitions (425 for 5 reps) while the bodybuilder will lift a lighter weight for more reps (350 for 12 reps). Not only does the bodybuilder lift for more reps, that also means his muscle endurance is much better so he won't tire out as fast as the football player who lifts for strength. Weightlifting doesn't necessarily equate to strength but powerlifting does. That's why you find more power lifters that have different body types while bodybuilders have similar body types
The body builder was almost smirking as he was lying down. Haha.
If i were the bodybuilder when I got to the footballers rep, I'd pretend to start failing... then when everyone is freaking out, suddenly start going again.
The bodybuilder have shorter arms. Shorter arms equals small displacement. In physics the formula for work is (work = force x distance). That means, the football guy performed more work during 20 reps (hard to know the answer as I don't know the distance, but he clearly have longer arms). Let's suppose the distance between the bar and the bodybuilder chest is 50 cm and the football player is 0.60 cm and the force is 320 pound = 145kg. Suppose the lifter lift the bar on the same time (approximately 1 meter per second) - Force = m.a - 145kg x 1m2 = 145n. Calculating work = 145 x 0.50= 72.5j Bodybuilder work per rep, work = 145 x 0.60 = 87j. That means: the bodybuilder perform 1450j in 20 reps, and the football player 1780. But the bodybuilder performed the total of 33 reps = 2392j. Both guys are excellent athletes, but the football guy has to spend a lot of more time on the fields training football drills (running, sprinting, short burst, defending and tackling) living him with a limited time to focus on strength. Conversely, the bodybuilder focuses exclusively on resistance training and does not training football drills neither receive the same impact as the football guy.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Professor Brooking.
What's the body builders one rep max???
+Jaron Roberts hahahahha
Joel started out as a powerlifter, so he's probably in the high 500's before he switched over to bodybuilding. More money. :)
+pegy hill - weight x reps x .0333 + weight = 1RM
315 x 34 x .0333 + 315 = 671.643
+Brian Beck just tried that and it was spot on haha
+Ant H98 - yup, it's pretty accurate. It works best with lower rep range but still pretty damn accurate.
This should be re-labled "Steroids Vs. Natural.
Matthew Ramos Actually I've been lifting for 15 years straight and I have a degree in Endocrinology, Matthew.
Matthew Ramos Try me then, dipshit.
TheUnholyPosole So true! Football players get tested while steroids is almost a necessity if you want to be a successful bodybuilder!
Viking Thor I'm not against steroids, but it's clear as day the bodybuilder in this video is on hormones and the football player isn't.
Hahaha you guys really make me laugh writing comments without any knowledge. You can not lift over 300 pounds for 16 reps without using juice it's about 450 pounds total if he is not lean it doesn't mean he did not taked steroids lol ronnie coleman in 1999 benched 490 for 5 reps in last set and of course he used gear too lol
Also the tall guy = natural (natty), the short guy is juiced to the gills folks!
the football player is taller and did 18 reps with very narrow grip and the bodybuilder is 1/2 size and did his reps with wide grip which is way easier. I can lift 365-370 lbs about 5 times with wider grip but if I do same way as the football player I would only do like 1 and 1/2 or close to 2.
That was cool but not much of a fair fight. It's like putting a competitive swimmer vs a life guard. Sure they both do there fair share of swimming but on does it as a sport while the other one is busy doing other things.
+Will Portello
Bodybuilders lift for size, not strength. There are plenty of huge bodybuilders that can't bench press for shit.
Athletes like the football player are the ones who lift for strength.
+Bastian just out of curiosity, what pro bodybuilder can't "bench press for shit" lol
chriscem Really? Just ask around, some of them are pretty strong, but plenty of them are nowhere near as strong as they look. Most will not want to tell you what they bench, and many flat out admit they can't bench for shit.
I know body builders personally who are twice as big as me, who can't bench as much as me.
Again, not saying that they are all weak or anything, some are crazy strong as well as huge, but you can suck at benching and still get huge. And bodybuilding is about being huge not strong.
so what exactly was this supposed to prove? I figured before hand that the "bodybuilder" could lift more than a football player, simply because that's what a bodybuilder does. Now if it was a test to see who was the most agile, he would have lost or probably even a fight.
+k Kurt
Bodybuilders lift for size, not strength. There are plenty of huge bodybuilders that can't bench press for shit.
Athletes like the football player are the ones who lift for strength.
+Bastian ur rite about tht..
I think tht guy was a power lifter ppls getted confused.
Diff between power lifter & bodybuilder.
38kal exactly
Long arms short arms it doesn't matter steroids will always win.
Short arms won easy😂
I agree that short arms are a huge advantage but the football player is more than likely on gear as well. probably not as heavy as a cycle as the bodybuilder but still
well it was steroids vs steroids so I don't get what your point is...
Brian Kid Exactly lol.
Impressive by both in their respective differences. Football players train more for explosiveness,you can't bring a bench press on to a football field. Body builders train for looks and strength.
Weight lifting is its sport. American football is another sport. These guys have their own strong suits. But props to the football guy for trying.
One lifts things up and puts them down. The other throws balls and hurls their bodies into people. Of course the bodybuilders gonna win
Football players lift aswell lol.
This challenge was just for fun. Dont be butthurt.
do you know like actually nothing about football? or power lifting for that matter either?
+hiro sturgell Clearly he does. Both guys are excellent athletes, but the football player has to spend a lot of more time on the fields training football drills (running, sprinting, short burst, defending and tackling) leaving him with a limited time to focus on strength. Conversely, the bodybuilder focuses exclusively on resistance training and does not train in football drills or receive the same impact as the football guy.
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hiro sturgell Yeah, but one does it all the time every day. The other does it for conditioning.
+A Potato everyone has their own talents. I'm sure the football player would beat the bodybuilder at football and the bodybuilder would beat the football player at bodybuilding. You can't say one is better then the other because they don't do the same thing. This was a contest just for fun. I'm a bodybuilder and I'm saying that.
by curiosity who is this football player
the first guy
+Nick Player the Name lol
+Julianne Johnson looks like Kevin Whimpey
The body builders arms were about half the length so it was shorter distance and easier to do
the football players ass was off the bench almost every rep.
CTCDarkness Would you go against him in tough man?
why would you hold that against him? they both can't control their bone length and its not like he beat the football player by only 3 reps. Also I'm pretty sure they both agreed on the weight beforehand.....
Football player has more potential for muscle growth. Goes both ways
Yes that is true but that's the advantage of benching, it's like the football player having the advantage in blocking a pass because of his tall arms
2:50 You can tell he already knows he's going to win with that smile.
Wow, the bodybuilder did such a perfect execution ! really accurate, though both are strong as hell ! good job
Prolly one of the only advantages of being a shorter guy your r.o.m. is 1/2 of someone 5-7" taller then you makin them lifts a lot easier
***** its not as big a difference as you think, I work out with someone 6'5 and he only has to press the bar 4.5 inches further than me
***** yes we measured lol cause he kept talkin shit
Nick Messick There is also the issue of your elbows extending far past 90 degrees if you are taller, which puts you at a mechanical disadvantage.
And 4.5 inches is a lot when you are talking about 8-12 repetitions. There are multiple additional reps being done by the taller guys.
I agree its an advantage... just not as big of one as people make it out to be. Weight is a much bigger factor.
my main point was that the range of motion is definitely not only 1/2 of the taller guys
someone hand me a protein shake or steroids I want to get as buff as that bodybuilder.
do u really ? : ]
Jajaja no i was being sarcastic
+Ana Mendoza awe u teased me haha
lmfao
Lol a girl with that chest would look funky, 4 boobs.. Umm could be a new trend though!
Football player is taller and had longer arms so has to lift it higher
Not saying he lost because of that but still a factor
That is the point that came across my mind too
+IRonIcScopez I do not understand why people say that. There muscle and body is built to do that yes if the tall guy had shorter arms or the short guy had longer arms it would make a difference but not if your proportional to your height. I have longer arms and there are smaller guys with bigger arms than me but i can lift more. So how does that comment make any sense if you know anything about anatomy
cfarleyreal Longer arms make it so that it takes much more work to lift the same amount of weight as a short guy, not just because the taller person has to lift it higher but because the angles that their arms will be at and the way that the weight is distributed will be different, because of this it is harder for a tall guy to lift the same amount as a short guy, even if they had the exact same amount of muscle.
+cfarleyreal taller guys have to do work against gravity for a longer distance, do ya not know basic physics?
despite not being able to follow the rules...the fball player still put that shit up 18 times...but that bodybuilder strong af tho
Correct me if I'm wrong... but doesn't locking out create a brief period of rest? In which case the bodybuilder had more time under tension since he did not fully lockout, thus making it even more difficult.
still a manlet tho
bodybuilders train for this kinda shit.. not that i have anything against football, but they just dont dedicated 99% of their time to weight lifting in the same way, if that makes sense. football players probably invest half of their time lifting, the other half playing football. bodybuilders invest all of their time lifting, thats the difference.
There is not a single Mr. Olympia winner in the history of the sport (other than maybe Ronnie Coleman) who is capable of that, Anyone that knows shit about bodybuilding understands what I am talking about bodybuilding knows what I am talking about. That guy is strong as an ox but is not a competitive bodybuilder based on his lack of any calve development and his back was not big enough to do anything in terms of modern competition. You can tell by looking at him that he is more of a gym beast that doesn't compete in bodybuilding or powerlifting and every now and again you will see a guy that just loves strength training and pushing himself. Sure he takes roids but not the truckload of roids, hgh and insulin that top pros take. And if you are plying in the NFL and trying to keep your job you take gear as it is easy to get and and not easy to get busted. When was the last time an NFL guy lost his job failing a test. Both these guys use and neither appears to use an abnormally high dosage compared to top level bb. So to the morons who think that taking juice makes a monster out of an average joe you know nothing. These guys for their respective frames are cream of the crop in terms of genetics, 99.9 percent of the the population would never get this strong even if they took massive dosages. This was impressive regardless of height, weight and drug use
It is otherworldly kind of strength. It is not debatable so don't try to argue with me. I know plenty of top athletes in strength spots and they will be the to admit to admit it
This isn't right the "bodybuilder" got 34 reps and Eric spots the WORLD record holder got 45 this is probably fake
No because powerlifters only train 4-6 reps while bodybuilders do 20-30+. Some bodybuilders bench 600+. Eric benches ~800.
No Eric spots only has 722 on raw bench world record I think but this guy is pretty amazing
i mean i havent kept up with Eric lately. I know a kid at 17 that can get 315 for 20. So yeah powerlifters get more weight but bodybuilders get reps.
Devil Habz That's a myth
fangiscool1 dont fucking tell me thats a fucking myth. I did powerlifting for 10 years and bodybuilding for 7. I fucking know what powerlifters and bodybuilders fucking do and dont do.
There was no competition, it's what the bodybuilder does for a living.
It's way easier for short people, as soon as they take the bar off, it's already have way there. The distance you have to push the bar when you're tall makes a difference.
soooo football player vs bag of steroids? seems fair
Football player is probably on them too, most are
The power of steroids.
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The Power of working out.
What the fuck haha. Host: "Combine official. Ass and scaps don't leave the bench." His guy proceeds to have his ass off the bench for every fucking rep. And yes, most people aren't able to really interpret the differences in the physics for these lifters. I'd guess the bodybuilder has to take the weight through probably 60%-65% of the range of motion as the football player. Big difference. Also, the bodybuilder is juiced all to fuck. Fact is, these guys train differently. The bodybuilder's entire regime is geared at the lift. The football player is training every aspect of his athleticism. Put the bodybuilder on a football field across the line from the athlete and he'd get destroyed. In that envrionment his rep count won't matter.
Wow you got defensive there, the football player is most likely juiced too. He straight up lost.
Not defensive at all. I've been on both sides of this fence in my life so I'm not partial to either side. I respect both. I also realize this isn't an apples-to-apples competition for strength. They are both strong in the activities they focus their training on. Obviously if you stick an athlete whose sport is to lift against an athlete who lifts only to improve at his actual sport, the pro-lifter will outperform. Go stick the bodybuilder on a football field and tell these guys to square off and see who can push who around. Footballer wins all day, guaranteed. I'm not arguing that the footballer lost in this specific contest. I'm arguing that doesn't make the bodybuilder all-around more powerful.
Anthony Spencer The guy was not a pro lifter, bodybuilders are not pro lifters. It is literally apples to apples it's the same test.
I would disagree that bodybuilders are not professional lifters. Sure they aren't lifting in the sense of going head-on with another lifter in a meet, but if you're going to call bodybuilding a sport, then the only truly "active" part of bodybuilding is the weight lifting. I mean, football would still be a sport without weight lifting. Bodybuilding would not.
But let's agree to disagree. For me, strength is contextual to the event. Okay, so the bodybuilder is stronger in the gym. Doesn't necessarily mean the bodybuilder will be more powerful on the football field (the athlete's domain). Its contextual. My issue is this doesn't translate to "Bodybuilder is more powerful". It really only means "Bodybuilder is stronger in certain lifts than football player".
Anthony Spencer Well you'd be wrong, but anyway, no one is talking about anything on a football field, bench pressing is part of the NFL combine, bench pressing is part of developing the upper body for bodybuilders, both do it regularly, it is not either of their sports, it's a fair test that the bodybuilder won, your defensiveness is shown by you bringing up all the areas that the football player would win, obviously he is better at some things, but so is the bodybuilder and you never once gave him credit.
that smirk at 2:51 lol .... he knew he was about to wreck shit
the first guy had his butt off the bench most of the time the second guys reps looked much better
that is what i noticed stopped to look at comments be4 the 2nd guy
The bodybuilder wasn't even putting the bar all the way up. The football player was.
The football player didn't even have his butt on the bench lmao
+popvinnik His arms are shorter, so it requires less force.
+Gregorio Meraz That may have been a small factor if it were a very close contest...like by a single rep but it was a complete blowout.
+Yasine Ahmad You're not supposed to lock out you fucking moron. By locking out you put a lot of tension on your joints
+Yasine Ahmad sigh. You're not supposed to bench or (any excersise) by putting your joints in your arms out like that. In any life you're not supposed to lock your joints like that. You can easily wear out your joints, tear rotary cuff doing that. The BB knew whats up not you.
This has been a amazingly bad comment section for a video of two guys both doing something pretty impressive.
"He set the bar high" yeah at zero... Keep your ass on the bench . I love how the football players were on his shit for it.
How did the football player even think he had a chance against the bodybuilder? The bodybuilder was frickin' jacked. Of course he was going to win.
i started laughing my ass off once the bodybuilder guy started lifting the weights as if he was lifting an empty bar.
Ass have to touch the bench 😂😂! That football player was hovering lol still great lift for both guys.
34x 315? WTF. That's crazy power.
"Butt can't come off the bench" *First rep the football player's butt comes off the bench*
To revise my earlier comments, Joel Thomas is a former power lifter who has officially benched over 600 at 220 with a bench shirt (they add a lot of pounds). A year and a half ago he got his bodybuilding pro card and took a long time off to build up his back and legs (calves) which were subpar for a pro. He got up to a lean off season weight of 275 at a height of around 5'7. He had incline pressed over 500 and worked with 200 dumbbells on flat putting him on par with Ronnie Coleman, Dallas Mccarver (RIP), Zach Kahn and a small group of top pros known for superhuman strength. Outside of the Rhino Stan Efferding who is the only pro bodybuilder to raw bench over 600 officially in a raw powerlifting federation under strict rules (full pause at chest and a press to lockout where the bar cannot stop during the press (from the set up when you plant feet on ground and grip the bar through the lowering, pause, press and lockout the body must maintain a stable tight position with upper back, butt and feet in s fixed position
The bodybuilder knew he had won before he even laid on the bench.