As I understand it, apes are able to activate far more muscle fibers at once, something like 5 times the number a human can do, and this is what gives them their massive strength. The thing is, a very strong human, like a powerlifter, and plowing out their muscles, tendons and ligaments once they get past a certain point. And they are not activating any more muscles fibers than the next guy. How is it a chimp can do these powerful things and not end up in the waiting room of their orthopedic surgeon? I can understand if their parts were even twice as tough as a humans, but 5 times?
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Just wanted to add that I’ve always thought they were crazy superhuman as well, but recently found out that credible research has shown they are actually around 1.5 times stronger. Still very impressive. Just wanted to share some new knowledge I acquired.
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