how can muscles be big but not strong, like body builders vs rock climbers?
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Bodybuilders’ muscles ARE strong in many cases. A good bodybuilder is not highly specialized in one or a few activities, however. The effort is spread out over the body to achieve a (hopefully) balanced physique. And the bigger you get… very specific activities like the example of Rock Climbing you gave become disproportionately harder.
Bodybuilding puts you into the mindset of “every recovery cycle that you don’t train is wasted gains”, along with “training for mass gives more mass gains, training for strength gives more strength.” And since mass gains are the goal, its not that common for a bodybuilder to focus on strength for a few months, although in a good program this can be included.
I’m just an amateur gym-goer, but with many years of experience. Also a swimmer and runner, two sports that become harder the more mass I create in the gym.
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