eli5: Why do people who are actually strong look different than bodybuilders who train all week?

Question

eli5: Why do people who are actually strong look different than bodybuilders who train all week?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Strongman have more fat. Bodybuilder try to go as low in fat% as they can. They also tend to train different.

But you have strong bodybuilders and strongmen who look like bodybuilders.

Look at old video’s of Ronny Coleman. He’s lifting insane amounts of weight. Look up “Mariusz Pudzianowski” in google image search. He’s looking like a bodybuilder despite being a strongman.