tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post7787812374413661269..comments2023-07-15T05:32:20.508-07:00Comments on Frontiers of Zoology: The Strength of the SasquatchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-25474958119399492202012-09-14T06:39:27.928-07:002012-09-14T06:39:27.928-07:00The limb proportions of great apes would favor dea...The limb proportions of great apes would favor deadlifting. Long arms and short legs greatly reduce the range of motion needed to complete the lift. I would be interested in seeing how much a chimp or gorilla could press overhead if it could be trained to do so, since in that situation the long arms would be a handicap rather than an asset. No doubt it would still beat most or all humans.<br /><br />The adrenaline thing always puzzled me. Do the people who execute these extraordinary feats of strength in stress conditions end up crippled with torn muscles and tendons the next day? Wouldn't their muscles be injured from the strain of contracting against such weights? Why don't I ever hear about that? I've hurt myself in the gym, with a proper warm-up, from submaximal weights nowhere approaching impressive levels. <br /><br /> philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513876927710154838noreply@blogger.com