Bodybuilders are WEAK! Here is why.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

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[@Instaagramlesschief0713]

Mitch wish you would have tossed people like Stan efferding, John hollingshead, Jordan Peterson and Iain Valleire. Stan dominated the 275 and the other 3 have moved very notable loads on a barbell!

[@c96james]

Nice

[@DavidVirtanen]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman Alright Mate ❤️

[@Manusia.satu1]

Bodybuilder is stronger than strongman pound per pound

[@jsims300]

Excellent video! Bodybuilding is NOT powerlifting,which would seem obvious

[@RipRoarLB]

in 1980: World Record Squat: 832 lbs, Bench Press: 612 lbs, Dead Lift: 738 lbs. When you say all time, it's not a fair comparison when you are talking about decades of technical, drug and training improvements. Better to compare him for the time. I think comparing him to these world records give a better comparison - don't you? If we are being fair.

[@Pu11_the_tr1gger]

blood tested record?)

[@BGeezy4sheezy]

Very fair point. Ronnie Coleman’s numbers were very close to the strongest people of his era.

[@RipRoarLB]

If you compare Kaz's numbers the same way, you could say he was not that strong when you compare it to every lifter since the 1980's - some 40 years plus.

[@scw571]

Yes

[@MarkMcalester]

Look at the "expert" does he even f ing workout 😂

[@stevegaspar]

I know right? Watching Jay Cutler incline BP 405 for 12 reps and all I could think about was how weak he was

[@mysticbeing6768]

😂😂

[@reidmiller4684]

I feel like with Ronnie you would have to apply him to the people in his era, not the all time list.

[@williambrinkmeier1772]

@@stevegaspar he confirmed it was not 405 in an interview at 1 point

[@heronvega25]

Same! I saw ronnie leg pressing 2,300 for 8 reps…. Like bruh i seen 1000 others do it not hard tbh, i do 1,800 1 week training

[@stevegaspar]

@@williambrinkmeier1772 lol I literally just watched it the other day...8 45lb plates on a barbell (not Smith machine). For his 2009 amazing Olympia...he did NOT say that

[@stanishate]

Deadlifting 700lbs for a triple at 185 while not even training for powerlifting is hugely impressive. And back in the 70s it's downright crazy. Come on, Franco was actually strong.

[@Brc-kg1mg]

He would be also be cutting down to 76 kg and he would be top 3 ever in deadlifts.

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

Yeah, that's nuts

[@Daemiandussault]

I don't know if Franco ever only weighed 185. At birth even. Really? 185?

[@Fergus-H-MacLeod]

@@Daemiandussault He was really short

[@Brc-kg1mg]

@@Daemiandussault he was like 4 foot 10 wasn't be

[@bdegrds]

I don't agree with the idea that if your lift is not top 10, 50 or 100 ever, that your weak. Not every competition has world record lifts or lifters, to say a 700 deadlift at 185, or 800 plus squat is not competitive is just not true. Those are elite numbers.

[@Siamotutti161]

I think the point is for an Elite bodybuilder with massive size it is surprisingly weaker than one would expect. I think no one does really consider it weak compared to the average person

[@wompastompa3692]

Yeah, top thousand all time when there's billions of people is crazy. Even if you account for untested athletes and just multiply the rankings by 10 just to be certain, that's still literally one in a million.

[@rolandjones784]

Agreed. If you go by numbers and the world's population...yeah these bodybuilders are way stronger than the average gym going male or any male, period.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

agreed. Someone with a top physique in the world that is able to place in the top 1000 lifts OF ALL TIME is wildly impressive. Whereas the top strength athletes in the world probably wouldn't even place in a local bodybuilding competition let alone be able to get on an IFBB stage. Even that picture of Eddie Hall at his absolute BEST wouldn't place 1000th in the top esthetic physiques ever.

[@larrytate1657]

The funny thing is that if it came to perfect form with slow and controlled reps who could do more reps with moderate weight bodybullders win there. But obviously not one rep max or low rep heavy sets.

[@MatteoFitness]

Bodybuilders are insanely strong. Not being the strongest person on the word doesn't make one weak tf.

[@tristanperkins9828]

Not to mention he'd comparing them to powerlifters who completely specialise in those 3 lifts

[@Dan-e2c]

Some are, Most of them arent.

[@NigoMavarro]

​@@tristanperkins9828and powerlifter that were not as Jacked but instead Fat lol

[@trueultimagod2465]

@@NigoMavarro Fat is a very key component for raw strength. As is Torso Length.

[@GameN3rdz]

​@@trueultimagod2465being outta shape is not a good look

[@sdavidhicks]

You're becoming very good at making clickbait thumbnails.

[@wanderer_oti]

He's mastering the yt game lol

[@seanm3933]

How is this clickbait? He gives comparison numbers to support the title of the video.

[@asprinklingofclouds]

@@seanm3933 Except they don't support the title ofthe video, some of these lifts are in the top 1000 of all time and bodybuilders aren't even training for pure strength.

[@SpaghettiToaster]

@@seanm3933 Because the bodybuilder in the thumbnail is the same one that Mitch himself already admitted could've won WSM.

[@RJS88999]

@@asprinklingofclouds your correct it’s just click bait of the highest order. Mitch’s arrogance is starting to get to me and I used to be a big fan of his.

[@richardpanini971]

Love Mitch; but the clickbait titles just aint it

[@robertzemko6590]

Well said

[@MegaLaban12345]

You are no one

[@Rondel56]

It’s KZbin, it’s how you garner views

[@seanm3933]

how is it clickbait? He literally says and gives numbers in the video to support the title of the video.

[@robertzemko6590]

@@seanm3933 It is a clickbait title in that bodybuilders are clearly not "weak" nor did Hooper insinuate they were, In fact they are very strong HOWEVER they are not as strong as powerlifters which we all know. The title could have said - why bodybuilders are not as strong as strength athletes/powerlifters. Many would have their attention drawn to the photo of Coleman and the title "bodybuilders are weak"

[@westman8527]

Bro just proved body builders are strong

[@bestopinion9257]

Exactly

[@MoeShlomo]

Bodybuilders' strength is more competeive for higher rep sets.

[@GameN3rdz]

​@@bestopinion9257right lol

[@weirdphax5406]

for the amount of muscle compared powerlifters bodybuilders are weak

[@bestopinion9257]

@@weirdphax5406 It is just smoke and mirrors. You believe a guy is strong because he deadlifts a lot. But he can;t curl a lot or bench or raw. Bottom line, it depends on movement. No one is the strongest in every movement.

[@thavishchetty6376]

Couldn't the counter argument be that despite their non-specificity in powerlifting they accomplished pretty sizeable strength feats and therefore are STRONG?

[@jason561120]

He is comparing Elite body builders to Elite powerlifters. In comparison they are "weak". It all relative, if you compare these same body builders to just the average gym bro, they are top 1%.

[@xnexgax2477]

@@jason561120 If you're being compared to the strongest people in the world, chances are you aren't weak.

[@beepboop9848]

​@jason561120 that's why this is a dumb comparison ti make

[@RegiPro]

I’m thinking about how many powerlifters that tried to lift more than these guys never did. When a side effect of you being in the top of your sport is that you’re top 300 in another out of thousands that never made it, weak is a “strong” word to use.

[@demoncore5342]

@@RegiPro Think of millions of bodybuilders never getting half as big as let's say here Mitch.

[@yoked391]

probably better to compare records in there time, franco was really strong for his time, coleman was pretty strong 20 years ago

[@ethan199303]

Franco hit that 700 x 3 back in 1972 which was the best at the time for his weight

[@BrandonBigB956]

Agree, peptides are just going to make people stronger and stronger

[@Manusia.satu1]

Pretty strong? Both are at top 1% level strong. Super strong even for strongman standard

[@kenshiownzyou]

Can assure you that no other body builder at the time was doing 800lb squats lol he really was in a league of his own during his time

[@christianbolt5761]

Powerlifting lifts are silly these days. With bendy DL bars, ridiculous bench shirts and little ROM. Stopped following it decades ago.

[@Coach_BigMac]

I think a lot of bodybuilders can compete in powerlifting and do fairly well. But not strongman. Most bodybuilders are short (under 6'), in strongman, height is a major benefit.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Great point!

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Clever take. I missed that! 🤦🏼‍♂️ Sucks for the guys between that 5'7" bodybuilding sweet spot, and that 6' minimum for strongman! 😬

[@shadjohnsen8143]

@@mitchellhooperstrongmanWhat’s your take on the Wendler 531?

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman Yes but Mariusz Pudzianowski and Mark Felix were bodybuilders.However they are the exception to he rule but genrally bodybuilders are good as powerlifters but not as strongmen.

[@onewaylife4all]

This video is dumb. The fact that bodybuilders aren't stronger than world class strength athletes does not make them "weak."

[@slackerm1]

Even worse, "strength athletes" cut range of motion, get fat to cut range of motion even more, and how is "strength" measured in one rep, considering humans have needed "strength" across MANY REPS of almost anything to accomplish anything physical.

[@wanderer_oti]

​@@slackerm1most strongman events are not one rep

[@luisore7281]

@@wanderer_otiyeah but they also get compared to powerlifting strength which is bad comparison imo

[@tristanperkins9828]

@@wanderer_oti But he's comparing them to powerlifters, on the 3 lifts they specialise on for only 1 rep

[@nocapproductions5471]

Agreed. Ive been training for 11 years, i met many bodybuilders and powerlifters. Bodybuilders are very strong but they perform reps slowly and aim for muscle pump which is why they dont need big weights. There is an instance when bodybuilders are weak, and those are bodybuilders with fake muscle called synthol. As we know, fake muscle doea not have strength...

[@unluckygamer692]

Breaking news: Training for something makes you better at something, while not training for something does not make you better at something. No seriously though, if you wanna be strong, just lift heavy weights. If you wanna be big, do bodybuilding.

[@g7majoh125]

yeah training your muscles to be big will only let you do a double squat of 800 pounds. You might as well at that point call your wife to carry your groceries for you

[@RobinJohnsson1000]

@@g7majoh125 Different eras. There are no bodybuilders in this generation that would ever go heavy on any lift, as in going for a double, period as they would feel that it is not worth, would drain energy and not produce optimal muscle gains. Bodybuilders in the 80´s did lots of HEAVY doubles, 5x5 e.t.c. Bodybuilders in this generation will not do anything less than 8 reps, heck even 10-15 reps is very common. If Mitchell were to go at THIS instead of what he was talking about then it would make more sense.

[@bestopinion9257]

If you wanna be strong, you have to be born gifted for that. Otherwise you destroy your body without becoming strong. No matter what you do.

[@unluckygamer692]

@@bestopinion9257 I you want to be part of the elite then yes, you need to have luck with your genetics. However, everyone can still get stronger than they are now (barring some specific muscular diseases). At the end of the day the goal is to get stronger than you were yesterday, not to be stronger than some guy that lifts for a living, does a ton of roids and has supreme genetics for lifting.

[@bestopinion9257]

@@unluckygamer692 Look at this guy, owner of the channel saying the bodybuilders are weak because they are not top in powerlifting - all time records. So you are doomed to be weak no matter what you do. Because most likely you will not be top level in powerlifting.

[@ezradanger]

"At the top level" yeah, we know. But you're talking about like 100 people total out of the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of lifting enthusiasts out there. For pretty much anyone hearing the message, getting bigger will help you get stronger and getting stronger will help you get bigger. For 99.999% of us, size and strength do go hand in hand.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Agreed!

[@jesusornothing3231]

So since we’re comparing apples to oranges do a video on why strongmen have weak physiques than bodybuilders!

[@slackerm1]

Gonna make a lot of redditor bloat lord powerlifters and "strong men" cry with that one

[@Manusia.satu1]

More like ug1y physics. It's weird people call fat man as athletes

[@wafflesmcgallagher934]

What's a weak physique?

[@Manusia.satu1]

@@wafflesmcgallagher934 fat

[@jesusornothing3231]

@@wafflesmcgallagher934 no conditioning, high body fat, no leanness, poor genetic insertions like Eddie hall or Robert oberst. Oh also any physique that isn’t open ifbb…

[@berman5963]

that weak roonnie guy with his 800 pound double squat.... pathetic

[@aaronf4275]

He’s literally biggin’ up Ronnie 2 mins into the video if you watched before commenting 🤡

[@DavidVirtanen]

My boy ray can squat that shit with a single leg pal like i said it's not a big deal 🤡😏

[@ianm1688]

He literally started the video talking about the strongest bodybuilders… Lol including RC’s deadlift 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@codyschnuriger6743]

While in prep for a show.

[@Manusia.satu1]

With super low BODY FAT. Strongman will be dead lifting what Ronnie lift 😂

[@boxingvanilla5960]

Be kind but Ronnies 2312lb total is weak. God I would love to be that weak🤣

[@olderthanyoucali8512]

Never mind about wishing or envying others. Train to reach your own maximum muscular potential. And do it Naturally!

[@dijon0810]

@@olderthanyoucali8512natural is overrated, just don’t be dumb about it

[@eckerdee]

@@dijon0810 yeah living a long life is overrated

[@dijon0810]

@@eckerdee steroids don’t shorten lifespan. Steroid abuse can

[@punchy1325]

@@dijon0810 go back to school kid

[@lewis3920]

Calling people weak not exactly the "be kind" message you push, especially when they are clearly stronger than 99 percent of the fan base

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Tell me you haven’t watched the video without telling me you haven’t watched the video

[@Phobos123]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman it literally doesn't matter if he watched or not, your clickbait title is just low-level marketing, you're aim is to be better than that.

[@kingdaleclarke]

​@mitchellhooperstrongman Mitch you are not funny or 'cool' Stop with the clickkbait crappy titles for your cringe rubbish videos and also stop with your failed attempts at being like Eddie Hall in your shorts. You are not him and never will be, and by the way, I would say this to your face before you think I wouldn't

[@wanderer_oti]

​@@Phobos123 those type of titles are how KZbin works. Your title has to stand out in order to be clicked on

[@tristanperkins9828]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman They video wasn't very kind either, using a completely biased metric to try to put down sport and the people of it

[@rommel228]

To be fair to Franco and Arnold. That was the 70’s compare those numbers to strongman of that era

[@bestopinion9257]

What benching records we are talking about? Those lifting your chest to touch the bar and 10 cm range? Because powerlifting says so.

[@kodepop]

My tendons suck, it's so hard to get strong that I've decided to focus more on a bodybuilding style of training. I'm not gonna let my weaknesses take the gym away from me, I can't imagine not working out every day.

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

I've been training my tendons for a year and IOi still feel like a beginner,bodybuilding is a walk in the park at the side of this because I used to do it.

[@Silver_79]

There’s a video of Franco pulling 750 at a show raw…..Pulling that weight raw at his weight is just nutzo.

[@M1keDaly]

The guy who owns my gym once said that bodybuilding is where retired strength athletes go. He was a powerlifter turned bodybuilder. I cant argue with anything you mentioned. Different training for different goals.

[@mellomessatsu]

Bodybuilding is highly depended on genetics such as muscle insertions, so id argue alot of people that dont have apoealing aesthetics transfer to strength training more often

[@raven-19x]

Funny cause I've heard the opposite.

[@logangodofcandy]

No strength athlete is going to retire and just go pro as a bodybuilder. It can be a hobby, but you aren't competitive at all 99% of the time

[@Goldenfish-o5p]

Its called bodybuilding, not strengthbuilding, thats why they also conscientious bout diet, but yet Ronnie pressed 2250lbs, still das impressive!

[@Eatpunch]

That guy was wrong lol

[@joshmarston-p5m]

Ronnie was peaking for his bodybuilding show he wasn’t at his heaviest or strongest. If he just trained for powerlifting he would have been top 5 back then easy

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

I’ve made a video that I think Ronnie could have won WSM!

[@jeangove01]

Wasn't Ronnie Coleman also a powerlifter when off-season from bodybuilding?

[@AWhistlingWolf]

Check out Kyle Kirvay, an IFBB bodybuilder but also powerlifter. In raw powerlifting he did 400 kg/882 lbs on squat, 278 kg/612 lbs on bench and 390 kg/860 lbs on conventional (beltless!). I don't think we have ever seen a stronger bodybuilder.

[@larsenconditioning6742]

Bodybuilders as a whole arent strong, sure you can find people like the guy you mentioned however if you take most normal bodybuilders compared to strength athletes powerlifter/strongman they get smoked.

[@columodonnell9212]

@@larsenconditioning6742 True but how many of these bodybuilders have actually practiced the specific movements to try max out on them? I guarantee if you get a big bodybuilder and make him practice the specific strongman or powerlifting lifts, they will be able to adapt their system over a period of time and they will be strong.

[@richardpanini971]

That nigga did skullcrushers with 225 lbs

[@richardpanini971]

He was also a cop in NJ

[@rdizzy1]

Kirvay wasn't actually very successful in bodybuilding though. He is very high up, within his own division (US, RAW, 308) for sure.

[@karim.gillio]

Comparing them to an all-time chart is not that right, I think that the best way was to compare their lifts with a chart that happened in the same year that they did the lift

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

Strongest bodybuilders of all time vs strongest lifts of all time! I think it is fair

[@Jakefromstatefarm989]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman its not because we don't see the numbers back when these guys were doing what they were doing. Ronnie's lifts could of been massive during his time but because of all the drugs we got today + change in genetics with humans becoming faster and stronger (kids being 250 6"7 at 14 yrs old etc) comparing Ronnie to today is just stupid because there was a time 800-900 in lifts was the best and now its going up 100s every few years

[@chrisneal1902]

I’d rather look like them and “only” bench 405 for reps, than look fat. But that just me.

[@SpacemarineHelldiver]

That's actually a great point

[@sharpestbulb]

@@SpacemarineHelldiver its a terrible point. the options aren't "be a body builder" or "be fat" 😂

[@simohayha6031]

You could also deadlift 280 kg and look like anatoly

[@chrisneal1902]

You could, but that guy is a exception not the rule.

[@larrytate1657]

Rather balance lt out for some of both.

[@adambrunt7290]

Until i see a powerlifter squat 800 with 1% body fat and no carbs 5 weeks out of Olympia, dont speak ronnie colemans name

[@cainanharris2094]

ABSOLUTELY 🎯👌🏿✅

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

You know that anything below 3% body fat is fatal right? He was never at 1% body fat. Also, Ronnie is a genetic freak, not everyone can do what he could.

[@adamlea6339]

I didn't think it was possible to survive with less than 3% bodyfat.

[@BluegillGreg]

I disagree. Stan Efferding's wins in bodybuilding and his wins and world records in powerlifting don't indicate weakness.

[@Hittdogg17]

Don’t forget that Ronnie said he could’ve done more reps with the 800lbs squat

[@TheBrainfsck]

Tom Platz did it better. And this form while squatting was outstanding! ;-)

[@TQ-Graphics]

They're not quite performing the same lifts as powerlifters do, so the comparison is completely off.

[@matetakacs8499]

rick the stick, the boogez, mr horse, thick as frick rick del hagen

[@TQ-Graphics]

@@matetakacs8499 Good luck with that.

[@slee2695]

​@matetakacs8499 the guy who likes to wrestle sweaty dudes in spandex?

[@bestopinion9257]

Some guys can do 20 cm range 400 kg sumo deadlift but that is all they can do. Do not ask them about curls, rows, pushes. But hey hey, they are "strong" because powerlifting says so.

[@kwameofori8947]

I get you, I think this is nonsense. What is he trying to prove here? They are both different specialisms

[@NonsenseTreasure]

Calling someone weak who has top1000 in the world performance while being shredded on lifts that he doesn't train for 1rm specifically and also trains muscles that are not beneficial for those lifts is super questionable

[@tristanperkins9828]

Indeed, SUPER biased

[@bsrkoacar8414]

I don't doubt Ronnie could have thrown up a 2200+ pound total if he trained for it. I think he had genetics to be the best powerlifter of all time if he chose to... But he didn't.

[@pump1768]

@@tristanperkins9828 What do you expect, he's Canadian🤣

[@kwameofori8947]

Yep

[@iandavidson99]

One could argue Mariusz Pudzianowski was a bodybuilder, who was also a phenomenal strong man

[@punchy1325]

But he didn't train like a bodybuilder while doing strong man that's the point

[@augustc8995]

How could you argue that? He never completed in bodybuilding nor did he ever train like a body builder

[@BluegillGreg]

He's still alive, about 47 years old.

[@Bigramt]

Mariusz didn't diet, had great genetics and his family are naturally very lean His diet was apparently pretty bad especially around contests

[@larrytate1657]

@@punchy1325 Marius did do some bodybuilding style training too actually. He did both.

[@Beutings]

I would argue that bodybuilders are more well-rounded. They would beat calisthenics athletes at barbell lifts, and they would beat powerlifters/strongmen at bodyweight exercises (weighted or not). To say that a bodybuilder is weak based on the SBD is a reductionist's view of what strength entails.

[@Beutings]

Example: Watch Eddie Hall train with Martyn Ford. Eddie can't hang with Martyn at all on the row machine without jerking the weights.

[@Manusia.satu1]

Yes. Eddie get destroyed by Martyn Ford

[@wanderer_oti]

​@@BeutingsEddie has also been retired for like 6 years so he's nowhere near what he was

[@Prime_Legend]

bodybuilers also have pretty underrated cardio and muscle endurance. They need it for conditioning and getting lean. They also have short rest times between sets for more hypotrophy.

[@layneross1166]

I remember Ronnie saying he felt like he could have gotten another squat in.

[@jae9843]

Strongman: "Bodybuilders are weak." Bodybuilder: 🤷‍♂ Average person parroting what they've seen on the internet: "Bodybuilders are weak." Bodybuilder: 👊👊👊

[@brenthill3241]

This is so correct. Bodybuilders suck at powerlifting lifts. But let's see how much powerlifters can curl or do lateral raises or bent over rows or power cleans or hacklifts or pull-ups or roman chair sit ups or calf raises. I'd say many of those lifts would be attempts rather than successful lifts.

[@tristanperkins9828]

YES, it's so incredibly biased to use 3 lifts that powerlifters, and most strongmen specialise in, to determine the strength of a bodybuilder who has no reason to train those 3 specific lifts

[@fishnutz5196]

Not even to mention that a powerlifter or strongman couldnt handle the volume that a bodybuilder trains at. Look at Eddie trying to do it, het fatigues very fast. Completely different types of training

[@zakksmithbls]

Greg Doucettes impression of the moose has gotten really good.....

[@gur262]

Come on. You beat Tom Platz by less than 5% while you are 15+cm taller and world's strongest man. Which means Platz is amazing.

[@tristanperkins9828]

not to mention 40kg heavier, and toms depth also seemed a good bit better

[@masaeffy]

Tom is the squat final boss

[@alistairwillock7266]

Okay Mitch, I've got to (already) call BS on the Franco Columbu deadlift assessment. He did a _triple_ with 700lbs at 185 lbs. In the mid-1970s. Meanwhile, you appear to have assessed that lift as a _single_ against all powerlifters in the weightclass in the almost 50 years since. That is legitimately awful, and you should know better. Franco Columbu was absolutely an elite powerlifter in period.

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

I did the calculation that 700 equates to a 753lbs max and that’s how I’ve ranked him. He might have been strong 50 years ago, but that isn’t strong now

[@Lostboyyo]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman”That isn’t strong now” What? Show me an average person on the street who can even pull 315 lbs for 1?

[@wanderer_oti]

​@@Lostboyyostrong as in world class is probably what he means. The average person is not strong

[@nocapproductions5471]

A guy who owns my gym is in his 60s. He told me Columbu was one of the strongest people in the world in 70s and early 80s. I asked but what about Arnold? He said, a better bodybuilder but much weaker.

[@beewalk34]

@3:30 Ronnie was doing that while prepping for a show. I'd like to see you find a powerlifter or strongman with the same weight and body fat percentage outlift Ronnie in a full meet

[@Lscott-fk2sn]

A focus on bf is essentially what makes the difference between powerlifting and bodybuilding, so if you had a powerlifter cut on fat they'd essentially be closer to being a bodybuilder than a powerlifter

[@oscarl.3563]

Visceral fat is a killer, and low-intensity cardio is actually terrible for getting rid of it. Marathon and the like BUILDS visceral fat, while high intensity work like lifting heavy and sprinting are excellent means to get rid of it. See Dr. Sean O'Mara's videos, he has MRI's that shows visceral fat and makes it all very palpable.

[@margodphd]

Yet no elite long distance runners have high visceral fat?

[@oscarl.3563]

@@margodphd Why would you say that? Visceral fat is not belly fat. Viscera means organs, long distance runners got fat surrounding their organs, around their heart for instance. It's inflammatory and lethal. Look up the Sean O'Mara guy and see his MRI scans of marathon runners switching over to sprinting and see the difference. Not all fat is the same. Long distance running reduces good fatty tissue, but builds lethal fatty tissue.

[@NG77880]

I have a theory, didn’t test it out or anything just an opinion. Bodybuilders have strength endurance muscles and powerlifters/strongmen have more explosive and quick firing type muscles. This makes sense when you see exactly what they do in their training, bodybuilders lift to lift things for a long time, strength athletes lift to get the most weight up as fast as possible for short bursts.

[@4to6months]

This is high level stuff Hooper. Love that your straight to the point no pissin' around 👍🏻

[@VelcorHF]

Just poking the bear here eh? lol This is next level bait of some kind . Decorative muscle won’t be as strong as sport muscle in a particular sport. There are some crossover but the prep is so different and so is the end goal. Weak though? 99.9999% of the world is weak by those standards.

[@michaelmeisterfeld4442]

(Most) bodybuilders are ‚weak‘ for their muscle mass, at least in terms of max weght. But they do have a high work capacity. And there are bodybuilders, probably not so few, that actually suck at compound lifts because they do so much isolation stuff. It really depends on a lot of things though. And of course training goals are totally different

[@stevejamieson8468]

The quad father himself Tom Platz squatted over 500lbs for over 20 reps if I am not mistaken. Just because these guys are not training for max singles and have visible abs does not make them weak.

[@Squizzoo]

Did Mitchell compare their numbers by date? It wouldn't be fair to compare numbers from 20years ago to current weights.

[@rdizzy1]

Why would he do that? Makes no sense. He is saying they are weak compared to current power lifters/strong men

[@shilpipandey4537]

​@@rdizzy1well old time powerlifters are much weaker than present day powerlifters. So comparing old time bodybuilders to present day powerlifters is just stupid

[@baldvegeta4116]

Yeah Ronnie’s 800x2 deadlift is way more impressive when you realize the record at the time was Mark Henry’s 903 deadlift (iirc)

[@Major.Tom.1973]

This is all true for the average bodybuilder vs the average strongman, not counting the top athletes in each sport. Really good & useful info from 5:40 onwards 🙏🏻

[@ragnartellevson1870]

you cannot have that much muscle and be weak. what an insane thing to say.

[@pseudopetrus]

Big Zee was the eye opener for me. Here was a guy who could be Santa. Man was he a good strongman! Love you Zydrunas!

[@bestopinion9257]

Strongmans have weak arms because they are not top level in armwrestling. Same logic.

[@tristanperkins9828]

strongmen are weak because they get dusted on any calisthenics moves by any and every bodybuilder

[@knightveg]

before powerlifting and strongman was invented in Bronze era bodybuilders were in fact a combination of bodybuilder/ powerlifting/ strongman George Hackenschmidt from 1877 to 1968, He was one of the strongest men of his era and he was natural steroid free it would been interesting to see these type of trainers from the past with steroids of today with their training

[@mmt4304]

Kai greene is also an honorable mention, with a over 600+ squat, 400 over head press, and 495 bench

[@Yerrdawg]

Imagine ANY other discipline where being top 1000 in a sport you don’t train for or compete in would be considered “sucking”

[@philippelafortune-leroux1620]

Such a great, comprehensible, well explained video 🙏🏼 thanks !

[@TommyNitro]

Bodybuilders (having just watched the intro) train for hypertrophy, not strength. Powerlifters, strongmen, and Olympic lifters train for strength, not size. You train your neuromuscular system when you lift- neurologic and muscular. My bodybuilder friend once told me he intentionally doesn't want his neurologic system to adapt to fire more efficiently, as other strength athletes do. He wanted his neurologic system to intentionally be inefficient in recruitment to force the muscle to adapt and grow. Basically, other strength athletes have far more efficient neurologic recruitment for their lifts making them pound for pound much better than bodybuilders. On the other side of that, with size comes strength.

[@sbdftw1702]

Olympic lifters training for power. Two different things once again.

[@jae9843]

Yup. MH talks about that in this vid and previous vids. I bet the idea for this came about from his talks with Dr Mike and Doucette, et al. Hypertrophy vs strength: train for one or the other if you're trying to optimize either. Not exactly controversial even if the click-baity title of the vid is. lmao

[@bigmonke3657]

how in the world do you reckon strongmen dont train for size?

[@TommyNitro]

@@jae9843 To be fair, in MH's case I think this is more for lay people who don't understand the difference or realize that bodybuilders aren't particularly strong for their size. Interestingly, there was a video here on YT some years ago where they had different athletes (Olympic, strongman, bodybuilder, and maybe a couple others) doing different lifts. Overall the bodybuilder, though pound for pound wasn't the best, pretty much out lifted them all. I know it depends on who is representing each sport, but I think the results kind of shocked them all.

[@TommyNitro]

@@bigmonke3657 They absolutely do bulk, but their focus is not pure hypertrophy but rather strength.

[@pdb189]

Great points by Mitch here. What genetically makes a good bodybuilder is very different from what genetically makes a good strongman

[@bigmaguire9714]

They are "weak" (the best bodybuilders) compared to some of the best powerlifters and strongmen of all time, but they are still insanely strong and would obliterate the average powerlifter or strongman not at the absolute elite level in most gym lifts.

[@ACfishing1]

Considering there are 8,000,000,000 people on earth. I think even making it on to the list of strongest people is really insane. We’re talking they’re in the top 0.00…. something percentile of people with their strength. That’s like saying a guy with 1 billion dollars isn’t that rich because there are 4000 people with more money than them.

[@cimjohansson4878]

as a 165kg strongman, i would argue my whole life is low intensity cardio xD

[@MoeShlomo]

Very insightful video. It really shows how impressive super strong bodybuilders like Columbu, Coleman, and Wheels (if you consider him one) are. It's hard to have near elite strength when your main goal is bodybuilding, or vice-versa.

[@bobabr0]

this video should’ve been titled “bodybuilding is not optimal for strength” 😂

[@tristanperkins9828]

*"Bodybuilding is not optimal for a large 1rm in the bench press, squat, and deadlift"*

[@GlenRoss-ug5jm]

I agree weak was a wrong choice of term bodybuilders are strong but he should have said not as strong as powerlifters weightlifters and strongmen.

[@DaskaiserreichNet78]

I have bean training injury free for years without ever worrying about getting injured. Ever since I started watching youtube videos several years ago and seeing muscle tears, tendon tears, broken bones and snapped joints etc. I am getting increasingly paranoid.

[@briefcasemanx]

Francos lift should be put in context of what other people were doing at the time. Saying he's the 88th of all time, 40 years later is not fair at all. Same with Ronnie. Why on earth should their lifts be judged by modern standards when they didn't have the knowledge, equipment, or PEDs that we have currently? This is a super lazy video.

[@maverlk7]

Bertil Fox could rep 10 reps with 484! I have this on a (signed- in silver marker too!) training video I bought from him in the early 90’s at a seminar he held!

[@robertbogdanescu4858]

Sounds very insecure to me to call them weak . Those are crazy numbers , especially pound for pound while getting "numbers" is really not their focus . Also , how about all the other lifts they do ? How big is your lateral raise since you calling them weak ? 🤣🤣 Or is it just the lifts YOU do that matter ? Very passionate about all strength sports , but this is just capping

[@0xszander0]

Yeah this is very weird. The lateral raise is a good one indeed. Most strength athletes have a few movements they focus on. Bodybuilders train literally every muscle individually. Which is just very different. Which is a good thing to highlight, but he really misses some of the big differences like this.

[@Manusia.satu1]

Bodybuilder is very UNDERRATED in strength universe. They train almost all muscle in body. Most powerlifter will be dead doing Bodybuilders training. For example, shoulders training

[@logangodofcandy]

Lateral raise? They one arm shoulder press 300#

[@IkePegsMarth]

One other component of the genetics: waist to shoulder ratio. The best bodybuilders have narrow hips and wide set shoulders and for strength you really want your shoulders stacked as close to on top of your hips as possible

[@oscarl.3563]

"Be warned" five seconds after the video finished :D

[@N0pulpman]

Would be nice to put the weights in kg on the screen for the EU audiance, thanks for the videos!

[@bestopinion9257]

Lol, you beat Platz with one rep and conclude the bodybuilders are weak. That proves that bodybuilders can be strong, if you ask me.

[@tristanperkins9828]

and he did it weighing 40kg more, his squats didn't look as deep either

[@elihyland4781]

i could listen to this kinda chop up all day

[@TheStrengthScholar]

1. Is he comparing these lifters to other lifters in their weight class? 2. Did he compare them to strength athletes of their time 3. Since thor only bench presses 550 lb while weighing like 400 lb does that automatically mean all strong men are weak? This is an awful video and I'm somebody who agrees with the points that he's making about bodybuilders as a whole but choosing Ronnie Coleman and tom platz to make that point is beyond laughable.

[@ezforsaken]

What I admire about Mitchell is that he is smart with his diet, and is not chowing down random food in unhealthy amounts.

[@joshuascott3428]

Yet Stan Efferding exists

[@Instaagramlesschief0713]

Facts 111th all weight classes still 11th all time 275 done over a decade ago I think. Beyond notable

[@Gamblezee]

I remember repping the 405 on squats and I let a big body builder work in . He was doing the 225 and I saved his life when he missed the race. I was 195 and he was 220 ripped.

[@simonkrebs6043]

Ronnie Coleman was by no means the strongest body builder. Where is Marus Rhuls 220kg x 8 rep seated shoulder press. It is legitimate and on his training video. I doubt you could do that one Mitch. Top Body Builders are now all short under 5"11 and so there will be no real strong guys. It is the taller body builders that do the big lifts. A 6"8 strong man (Brain Shaw) will always outlift a 5"7 (Derek Lunsford) body builder.

[@fishnutz5196]

Bodybuilders in todays age use more essentric work and slow and controlled movements. Now just imagine if Marcus actually trained in powerlifting.

[@simonkrebs6043]

@@fishnutz5196 Marcus was still quite short at 5"10 But at one stage had shoulders as big as boulders. So he was shorter than Ronnie. They both were in the 280lb mark onstage in thier primes. Both obviously weighed plus 320lb in the off season when they would be at their strongest. I think only Big Ramy and Gunter have been over 300lb on stage and finished top 10 in the Olympia.

[@logangodofcandy]

5'10" is not short by any means. It's toward the high end of average for the species.

[@mortmoreau3576]

Awesome content. Liking and subscribing from Springwater Ontario. Cheers.

[@jawannwomack1950]

I've been a bodybuilder and a power lifter for 30 years this guy has no idea what he's talking about😊

[@EL-ee4cz]

I took the approach of a balance between styles. It's important to build strength to help with hypertrophy gains especially after building work capacity. For anyone natural every style has to be pulled back to accommodate for recovery. Taking a week off or more every 3-4 months really has helped long term.

[@donm1979]

Training for hypertrophy, like a bodybuilder, probably builds the potential to be strong across a broader range of movements than training very heavy for strength on just a few movements.

[@wanderer_oti]

I mean I personally agree but that's also why I like strongman over powerlifting

[@tristanperkins9828]

@@wanderer_oti agreed, but I think bodybuilding a great base, I feel like i could do pretty well in most sports just from bodybuilding

[@seanm3933]

Actually the opposite. Training using primarily isolation exercises for hypertrophy will not make you stronger across a broad range of movements, just stronger for that isolated muscle. To get stronger over a wide range, you need to primarily do multi-joint exercises.

[@donm1979]

@@seanm3933 who said bodybuilders train with primarily isolation exercises?

[@seanm3933]

@@donm1979 errr bodybuilders? they literally split their days up to isolate body parts (Monday and Thursday is chest and back day, etc.) Are we pretending that's not the case?

[@timtwing5886]

700lbs at 185lb bodyweight "its nothing we would really be in aww about"...um yeah it is! 700 lb. Deadlift under 200 lb body weight. Yeah that's impressive. I don't care where someone would rank. Most people would never accomplish that! Sorry you don't have to deadlift a thousand lb to be impressive! Enterprise

[@siffoine]

I would not mind being in top 1000 in anything

[@AlmostAeroGauge]

You're good at certain types of lifting. They're good at any type of lifting, being particular about every muscle and every exercise they do. They do a work-out 6x a week, sometimes even more, for lots of reps. It was never about strength, yet they're strong.

[@FrancisSims]

Define "weak" and then go ahead and say that first sentence again 🙄

[@jasonito23]

Fantastic content, comparing various sports in terms of strength. Other interesting comparisons is which is more dangerous for health between the various strength /bodybuilding competitions. It seems as though bodybuilding is the most dangerous but all Strongmen admit that weighing over 300 lbs is dangerous and uncomfortable as well.

[@tristanperkins9828]

I mean keeping a bunch of visceral fat definitely wont do your healthy any favours

[@osbellgarcia7065]

If you count the small ROM for the bench in powerlifting and ROM in bodybuilding bench its a different world, that is why i dont do powerlifting, the bench is a joke.

[@jordandouvartzidis1745]

The title of this video has truth but is largely untrue, bodybuilders, the die hard types aren’t weak at all, they incorporate powerlifting movements with numbers in mind to improve their strength with the belief that the stronger they are they bigger they become. Modern day “bodybuilder” who pump roids after only 12 months of training, have little to no lifting foundation behind them, watch KZbin for all their training knowledge, and focus more on mirrors than training are definitely weak, but what is weak?? What standards do we define strong or weak??used to be calculated by benching your body weight and squatting double your body weight , if you could do that with good form than you were considered strong. I believe that calisthenics athletes are absolutely freakishly strong but could they compete in the WSM? Of course not. And lastly, placing Ronnie in world ranking numbers, no other BB has ever lifted those numbers 2 weeks out from Olympia @ 5-6% body fat. It’s an unfair comparison

[@jlogan2228]

ill just say thise "weak" body builders dont need to be bloated and fat to put up some very impressive numbers with control and good form for reps

[@Manusia.satu1]

That's what make bodybuilders so impressive. Lifting heavy with low body fat. With visible six pack, still looks good

[@tristanperkins9828]

Not to mention bodybuilders don't specialise in bench deadlift or squat, compare their bodyweight strength in the strict curl, row, pullup/lat pulldown, close grip incline press, dumbell shoulder press, leg extension/curl, calf raises, and then see where they place

[@Paul-vd5em]

The all time ranking should be determined AT THE TIME the lift was performed. Most of those cited were 30+ years ago!

[@reallymysterious4520]

Nice CLICKBAIT title. Bodybuilders don't train for one rep max so it's like comparing apples & oranges. I'm not a fan of steroid infused bodybuilders but why insult them like that ? Just petty and childish - so much for BE KIND ...

[@tristanperkins9828]

they also don't specialise in only the bench press squat and deadlift

[@reallymysterious4520]

@@tristanperkins9828 Good point - the build up all of their muscles and have to spread out their energy/effort much more

[@lifesucks3156]

@@reallymysterious4520 "WAAAH EVIL GUNS KILL PEOPLE, YET I DONT MIND DAILY KNIFE ATTACKS IN GERMANY AND UK" - Typical hoplophobes like you.

[@rodb66]

I'm not a fan of the steroids and other drugs in bodybuilding but I am a fan of the training and conditioning. It is a safer way to train. Ronnie Coleman used extremely heavy weights and wrecked his body with his powerlifting type of training. I'm with Lee Haney's philosophy to "stimulate the muscles and not annihilate".

[@reallymysterious4520]

@@rodb66 I agree that it is a much safer way to train and actually trained that way myself for years. Using weights that I could control during both the positive and negative part of the rep. Never had any joint issues

[@MrThleckey]

Doing the Power Buidling program. Its super hard to stick to 5 days a week so doing the Dorian Yates style. 2 on 1 or 2 off then repeat. I just note the date I did that last block and go from there. Much eaiser with my schedule and how I feal. The program makes more sense after watching this vid. Thanks Mitch

[@Manusia.satu1]

Fun fact, bodybuilders is even stronger than strongman pound per pound in bench, deadlift, side dumbbell raise for shoulders, squat and many more

[@ccc0909]

The fridge carry event should've really been the grand piano carry event.

[@boundaryscience]

Hell yeah! Who wants to be strong? What for? Helping people move? Being strong is the owning a truck of having a body.

[@differentfins]

"Getting Hurt" umm yeah. When I tore my chest I held the CPU classic bench record and the CPF record raw bench. I was making crazy gains but pushed it too hard and my pec tore, had a quarter ton come crashing down. It sucked. I didn't bother getting the surgery to repair it, maybe I should have. Maxime Boudreault and I suffered the same injury at the same time. I went on to make fishing videos and he went on to place 3rd at WSM after getting the surgery. I was judging the meet where he first benched 500 pounds after the injury and he gave me his trophy from that meet. Still sitting on the shelf with my collection.

[@jasondressel7105]

Not sure how I feel about Mitch's run of negative nancy videos..

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

It’s comparisons! No hate at all, I absolutely sucked at bodybuilding! No bodybuilder wants to be stronger than strength athletes and no strength athlete wants to be shredded like a bodybuilder. It’s fun to compare, that’s all. Making a video about strongmen being fatter than bodybuilders really just doesn’t go anywhere though 😂

[@RobinJohnsson1000]

@@mitchellhooperstrongman You should definitely make a video about size not being bad. Lots of people nowadays are stuck up on "having to have" shredded bodies because "society" and especially social media in it´s whole has created that fucked up view so more and more both young men and young women are having self-confidence issues and are afraid to build because it would take them out of the norm. I am ofcourse talking about the "no-muscle, shredded abs" it is nothing but a huge muscle imbalance. Most people do not realise that strongman in general aren´t fat, yes ofcourse you have more bodyfat than a tiny boy with shredded abs but you also have stronger core which is vital for lower back pain preventation. Please educate these ignorant boys and girls...