How big are your arms?

[Deeko]

Woah that is impressive. That almost seems impossible. Do those guys have to be on any type of special diet just for the bones themselves, like high calcium diet or something? It's one thing to be strong, but how much can human bones handle without any special treatment? Assuming those are 45's and the bar is 45 that's 315 pounds!

Red kg plates are generally 25kg...its more.

edit: at the end of the video I believe it says he did 180kg snatch and 214kg clean & press. Aka 396lbs and 472lbs.

 

[Koing]

No special diets are needed. Just at alll around and get training. Most people will NEVER ever Snatch 150kg let alone 180kg any body weight. It's down to training, coaching and a lot of talent.

Human bones can handle a lot. Jumping causes 3x bodyweight on your joint on impact. Thats with NOW WEIGHT. The WR C&J is ~ 266kg by Reza, he weights 50kg.

red 25kg
yellow 15kg
green 10kg
white metal disc 5kg
collars 2.5kg

Chinese weightlifters:
My favorite chinese lifter! 69kg class
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/464982778/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/432610249/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/184507034/

This dude competes in the 62kg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/272171242/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/236783021/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/406288930/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dehwang/173541681/

My arms are about 16.7 or so? They'll be 17" by 1st August. I set myself the target of 17" arms by 1st of August in September and I've been very lazy but figured gaining weight from 87kg to 91kg and a bit more will do it. I'm very lazy with arms. Last arm session was about 2 weeks ago. I hammer squats and OLifts often.

Koing

 

[edcarman]

Woah that is impressive. That almost seems impossible. Do those guys have to be on any type of special diet just for the bones themselves, like high calcium diet or something?

Bone is rather like muscle in that it gets stronger (more dense) in response to increasing training load.
Conversely, it also gets weaker when high loads aren't applied. This is why low bone density can become a problem for athletes who participate exclusively in non weight-bearing activities such as cycling.

 

[MrMatt]

I measure at the start & end of bulks and cuts. As of September 1st I was 210 lbs., at 5' 10". BF at 14% I believe it was. I was at 17 or 17.5 I believe. I have it recorded in fit day, I'll look it up later

 

[Red Squirrel]

Bone is rather like muscle in that it gets stronger (more dense) in response to increasing training load.
Conversely, it also gets weaker when high loads aren't applied. This is why low bone density can become a problem for athletes who participate exclusively in non weight-bearing activities such as cycling.

Ah ok that's good to know. It's something I've always wondered. I see people who can lift like 300+ pounds, it just seems crazy, that bones can handle that, when steel bends and can even snap when such force is applied.

I'll think it will be a miracle when I end up being able to lift 100 pounds, let alone multiple's of 100 lol.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Bone is rather like muscle in that it gets stronger (more dense) in response to increasing training load.
Conversely, it also gets weaker when high loads aren't applied. This is why low bone density can become a problem for athletes who participate exclusively in non weight-bearing activities such as cycling.

Well, that depends on what part of the body you're talking about. Due to the heavy resistance on the legs, cyclists undoubtedly have significantly increased bone density there.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

That's what people say when they when they know they aren't that big. It's like the chubby strong guy who says "I don't care about being ripped or having abs, I just want to be big". You care about having abs you just don't want to put the work in to get lean. Or they guy who says "I don't know how much I bench b/c I just care about being in shape and lifting for endurance.". Bullcrap, you care how much you bench, you just can't bench much. Believe me b/c I am/was one of those guys who doesn't squat and when asked used to say "i don't work on legs b/c I only care about beach muscles" In reality I was just to lazy to squat and hate doing it

I went ahead and measured them to make you happy and you made me curious. 14.8 inches. Good enough for me.

 

[edcarman]

Well, that depends on what part of the body you're talking about. Due to the heavy resistance on the legs, cyclists undoubtedly have significantly increased bone density there.

The studies I've read show the most significant loss of bone density (compared to other athletes) occuring in the spine. None has showed an increase in leg density and one showed that the bone density in the hips and femurs actually decreased during the cycling season when compared to pre-season values.

This is not really surprising if you work out the actual forces involved in the pedal stroke:

The peak power output for a world class pro cyclist is about:
- 24 W/kg sustained for 5s (this would be reached during a brief, hard burst)
- 11 W/kg sustained for 1min (this might be a 1km track sprint)
- 6.4 W/kg sustained for an hour (this is typical time-trial pace).
- 4.7 W/kg over 30min on the final climb of a mountain stage of the Tour de France.

This means that a 65kg pro cyclist riding at 80rpm (a fairly low cadence) produces an average force of:

- 54 kg/leg over 5s (7 reps)
- 24 kg/leg over 1min (80 reps)
- 14 kg/leg over 1hr (4,800 reps)
- 10 kg/leg climbing a mountain. (2,400 reps)