Shouldnt large people be jacked just from simply moving around with the extra weight? Im talking about muscle mass here and not fat content. Thanks
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Logically, only if obese people move and are as active as slim people. Generally, that is not the case. Whether chicken or the egg, overweight people tend not to move very much, or fast, or in ways that induce strain or would increase muscle mass. It doesn’t take as much muscle to move a large body a few incremental distances in a day as it does to keep a smaller body moving and active more often during the day.
A physician explained it to me once: obese people tend to have very restricted, toy soldier like movements. This makes their muscles atrophy outside of the very narrow range of movement they use to get around.
I’m a 5’8″ woman, medium build. In 2017, I topped the scales at 275lbs…and I was hella strong. Despite my size, I did a lot of Crossfit, and rocked the strength wods. At my best, I had a 250lb back squat and an 800lb (yes, 800) leg press. My legs were tree trunks because every time I stood up, I was basically doing a weighted squat. I had the benefit of a massive body weight to use to my advantage…its amazing how much iron you can move with a little understanding of physics.
A year later, I’d lost 100lbs. My max weights were a fraction of what they had been, but my cardio was way better. At my 100lb anniversary, I back squatted 100lbs. It was a huge struggle but when I put the bar back on the rack, I kept thinking about how I walked around with all that weight on me for years.
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