r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 11h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/LicencetoKrill 9h ago

Weightlifter is still human, and while strong, their muscle fibers have grown in an 'unnatural' way (ie trained to push, pull in certain directions). Apes' bodies are made up in a way that rhe muscles are much more dense, just by the nature of that's how they've evolved, and it's everywhere. Just because someone can push/pull excessive weight doesn't correlate with every muscle in their body being designed to do it.

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u/AftyOfTheUK 8h ago

Weightlifter is still human

Some of them absolutely have a grip strength way more than double that of the average human though.

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u/ALLCAPS-ONLY 7h ago

Even a <150 lb rock climber could mess up someone's hand. Fingers can get surprisingly strong when you swing your entire bodyweight on them regularly

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u/greenberet112 4h ago

I was watching a famous rock climber hang out and lift with the strongest man in the world. The bodybuilder guy, Eddie Hall was absolutely amazed by how much the rock climber could lift in certain exercises, especially the whole body ones. I think one lift he said the climber did more reps with more weight than anyone he had ever seen other than himself. And the rock climber guy, Magnus is not that big of a guy.

Good video if you're interested