Is it possible to lift as much as a powerlifter and still keep a Jason Statham physique?

[CasaNorba]

growing up I was always told that size does not equalize strength. so far Bruce Lee was the only person I know that pretty much proof this since I heard he was able to bench almost 300 pounds even though he only weighted 135 pounds; this was literally almost twice his own body weight.

nevertheless I never seen any athlete today being able to lift as much as a powerlifter without actually having hyped up muscle mass.

till then do you believe is possible to lift at a powerlifter level and still have a lean and thin physique?

possible

impossible

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+1 y

I met to say Over* not almost

[TripleAce]

Maybe if your muscles are dense enough with a ton of slow twitch muscles fibers. Or is it fast twitch. Forgot

But you can see a video of a Asian dude. Like small guy. Not jacked really. But yet he can bench press like 300-400 pounds for reps lol

People at the gym we’re all amazed and in shock
He did compete I believe

[CasaNorba]

oh damn! do you know his name?

[TripleAce]

Ya for sure. I’ll link the video here
It’s actually the only dude I’ve ever seen so that. It’s actually quite amazing to see

Ya he lifts for power. It’s not like he’s repping out 8 reps at 400 like ct fletcher in his prime lol

But he can sure get it up
And at 300 he can def rep that out

Hang on

[TripleAce]

Here he is
https://youtu.be/l84vmuuuHRg

This is Ct fletcher. Insanely strong. Look how easily he just slams around all those weights lol. The video says natural. But clearly not

https://youtu.be/qkX3K_o6YhA

[CasaNorba]

Damn, I think we found the real life Saitama!

though I'm surprise he's not balding

[DailyPoll]

Powerlifting is a sport. It's not a body ratio, or a lift standard. I used to compete in it, but I was never as jacked as Statham.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Yes, it's possible.

[Redstang88]

Depends what weight class powerlifter you’re talking about.
And a lot of the claims of what Bruce Lee could do are wildly exaggerated

[CasaNorba]

not saying I disagree but Hugh Jackman could be another example. he weigh 185lbs back in 2009 when he did X-Men Origin and at did time he was benching 315.

and though I dont know what his body weight was at that time but Will Smith was benching in the 400s back when he did iRobot. from the looks of it I say he was either 190 or in the low 200s

[Redstang88]

Hugh Jackman is a strong dude, that’s for sure. Will Smith is too, but I seriously doubt he’s ever been in the 400+ bench range. They

2x bodyweight bench and 3x BW deadlift is feasible, but you’d have to train very hard for that goal. A physique like Statham’s is not built on a powerlifting routine.

As the saying goes, weight moves weight. There’s a reason the strongest guys in the world are 400lbs

[Crankor]

Not quite a power lifter amount but its not difficult to outlift bodybuilders. Different kind of training. Prob dont see much of it because almost everyone ends up wanting to look big

[Iron_Man]

I've never seen it