How much do you think andre the giant could bench?
i don't think he ever did SS so probably lmao1pl8
>>34896365
not much. he was just big. not that strong for his size.
>>34896365
All of it ... maybe
Probably not much more than his body weight. Long ass arms aren't good for benching.
>>34896365
Hard to say. He was a massive dude and reportedly had some retard ape strength, however he was also very unhealthy and had very bad joints due to his gigantism. I would estimate somewhere in between 0 and 600lbs
>>34896365
Young andre or old andre?
Because young andre was scarily athletic and mobile given his size (seriously, no-one that big should be able to throw a good dropkick). Old andre was beat to shit and could barely walk, let alone bench anything big.
>>34896365
Probably not that much, it's basic physics, the leverage from arms that long would make the weight almost twice as hard for him to lift compared to a Manlet
>>34896544
>>34896383
>>34896380
I dunno, he was a pretty big guy
>>34896380
Confirmed for knowing nothing.
bout treefiddy
>>34896593
only correct answer here
>>34896365
the crazy thing is he literally never lifted
He apparently had his own badass gym in his place, but he would only ever walk the treadmill once in a blue moon
>>34896684
I always get sad with huge cunts like andre never even lifted. They could literally be huge muscled giants but instead they're always huge dyel giants
Probably a lot. At least five plates. He was freaky strong in his prime, especially for a guy who never lifted weights. Hulk Hogan was pretty strong and he said Andre was 100 times stronger. Hyperbolic, but you get the point. There's also videos of people talking about the time he turned over a car by himself while drunk.
You can see him pick up Roddy Piper with one hand around 1:20. Piper appears to balance himself on the blue table carefully hidden off frame but still, that's like doing a one handed clean with 200+ lbs.
>6'1 and 5'10
kek
>>34896380
Nice b8, m80
>>34896821
Oops, forgot to include the video. How silly of me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_9ByHQ6PAY
How much do you guys think Roddy actually weighed at that time? He was billed as 230, so I'm thinking maybe 205.
>>34896821
>>34896828
lmao the manlet guy pretty much jumps up onto the table and when he loses his footing andre drops him
>>34896383
bullshit excuse
the long arms are more than made up for by the larger skeletal frame, allowing more muscle mass to be added overall
this is why women like taller guys. fucken swole as fuck why do lanklets complain about "long arms".
the highest raw, drug tested bench press is by a 6'5" negro. this video is him doing a slightly lower weight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg9m4ZVmKQI
that said, after a certain point (6'10" at least) the height gains aren't as useful, and leave a guy with too many health problems
It's good that he never lifted.
Time completely fucked him over because he's skeleton suffered from his weight and literally crushes is joints.
Had he lifted heavy on top of that he probably couldn't have walked by the age of 25.
>>34896861
yeah kek
it looks very awkward
it should look more like an adult picking up a 5 year old if andre was really capable of that
>>34896553
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>>34896900
>putting muscle around joints hurts them
Yeah, nah
Probably a shitload, I read a lot about he never use his full force because he was afraid of how much it could be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kwyb65J_d4
>>34896992
Link related
http://tnation.t-nation.com/free_online_forum/music_movies_girls_life/andre_the_giant_2000lb_deadlift
>>34896951
No, loading already aching and sore joints with huge weight hurts them.
maybe andre was strong
but skill and speed always beat pure strength
:^)
>>34896992
Come the fuck on, he was a media person, a show person, he was overhyped as fuck to make the whole thing more spectacular.
>never used his full force because he was sacred of it
This is such typical heroic drama retarded media shit, can't you see that?!
>>34897046
Again, not true. Unless he has major damage to the joint, sure. But achy doesn't mean damaged
>>34896907
To be fair:
It we some kind of wrestling, so obviously show.
And he only had him by his shirt. The shirt is really lose and it's almost impossible to hold someone properly by a shirt.
>>34897061
You should look at any strongman documentary ever
Thor bjornsson has terrible knees with chronic pain and he's not as big as Andre
>>34897061
In his case, it kind of did.
By the end of his life, Andre was in a wheelchair because his skeleton basically couldn't support his bodyweight. This is a normal trajectory for someone suffering acromegaly.
>>34897061
Are you aware that gigantism is a disease and comes with severe side effects?
>>34897071
but bjornsson had injured his knees long ago
>>34897071
Thor wrecked his knees playing basketball before he ever took up strongman.
>>34896951
actually,it does.
Thats why when you got a bad knee or spine problems the first think your doctor suggests is to lose weight.
>>34897258
Because of excess weight from fat.
>>34897279
it doesn't matter if its excess fat or muscle,the weight applied on the joint is the same.
Any good physiotherapist will tell you to drop weight and keep strengthening your muscles (ever heard of CNS?) unless you're a rugby player or a sumo wrestler and you need your weight for your profession.
>>34897051
why is she always looking so mad
>>34896786
>>34896684
Tbh I like it when such guys don't lift because it scares me what they could do.
>>34897299
>lose muscle mass and strengthen your muscles
wat
You guys realise training, especially strength training makes bones and tendons/ligaments stronger right?
Even if he was bulky at 15% bf, he would have had a much easier life as his body would've been able to hold itself for longer.
>>34897982
you never knew muscles can be strengthened without actually gaining new fibers?
read up on the neural system and its role on muscle strength.
This is the reason you see tiny 80kg guys benching 150 strict and deadlifting 250
>>34897827
because she wishes she were a man
>>34898037
I'm not the guy you're talking to but I had to chime in and let you know that you are retarded.
So here I go. You're retarded.
>>34896821
That's really far from clean, lol.
>>34898600
>/fit/
top fucking kek
The scientific term is "intramuscular coordination", btw. Basically, you don't build more muscle, you just learn to use more muscle fibers. Result: No mass gains, huge strength gains.
>>34896786
6'9 and just turned 20 my goal is strongman mode. Refusing to be a giant skelly
>>34898836
>I have read one article so I know everything
you've succesfully climbed mount stupid. read more. think more.
