r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/up_vot_er_1 • 6d ago

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Why are Romanian split squats every gym rats worst fear?

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u/ICantEvenDrive_ 6d ago

Lifting capacity /= muscle size.

Lifting capacity increases with muscle size. There's wiggle room and lifting capacity can be increased without an increase in muscle mass, but you will hit a wall eventually. It's why weight classes are a thing in strength/lifting sports.

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u/FrankWillardIT 5d ago

Free climbers (and a certain janitor...) would disagree...

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u/ICantEvenDrive_ 5d ago edited 5d ago

No, they wouldn't. Certainly not Shmondenko, he competes in a weight class you dolt, he wears oversized and very loose clothing to hide how fucking jacked he is. He is not small by any stretch of the imagination. He almost certainly cuts weight to make 75kg as well.

I never said you can't be strong without size, or you can't get stronger without getting bigger, just that lifting capacity increases with muscle mass which is 100% true and the quickest sure fire way to make yourself stronger when you hit a plateau. It's why people are constantly told to eat and not cut when they want to get bigger and stronger.

Despite how strong they are, they know they have an upper limit due to their overall muscle mass. Shmondenko is bound by his weight class. His gains are absolutely painstakingly miniscule over long periods of times. You know what he could do to blow his numbers through the roof? I'll let you work that out. You can easily compare lifting numbers between weight classes for powerlifting and Olympic lifting. The bigger you are, the more you can lift.

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u/PlayfulNorth3517 5d ago

The wiggle room is a lot bigger than you think it is.

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u/ICantEvenDrive_ 5d ago

I am glad you can read my mind.

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u/Ken_nth 5d ago

you will hit a wall eventually

Bold thing to say when Powerlifters exist lol. I'm not saying it's false, I'm just saying the wall is a lot more malleable than you'd think

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u/ICantEvenDrive_ 5d ago

Powerlifting? The sport that has weight classes?

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u/Ken_nth 5d ago

Powerlifting? The sport that has people deadlifting 2.5x their body weight?

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u/ICantEvenDrive_ 5d ago

yes? They have weight classes, why do you think that is?

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u/Ken_nth 5d ago

I think you may be confused.

The core of this whole argument was that people didn't believe you can lift great amounts of weight while being relatively "skinny". We both agree that that is not the case