If body builders need rest days between training the same muscle group, why are construction workers like scaffolders generally so well built and so strong?

Question

If rest days are required between working the same muscle group how do these guys get so big? A scaffolder can’t rest his lats or deltoids and is working at least five days a week. Sometimes seven. How does this work?

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Answer 1

All of your assumptions are wrong here.

You don’t need days of rest between working the same muscle group, many powerlifters will bench several days in a row.

Construction work also isn’t the same as working out. Lifting weight is way more acutely taxing than construction.

And finally strength is specific but the guys who lift are almost always going to be stronger than some one who doesn’t at the same body weight, regardless of their job.