Is it true that the more brawns = less brains?

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Or is it a myth?

 

[Maleficus]

Myth

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Myth

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: Maleficus
Myth

 

[Electric Amish]

Personally I've never met an extremely intelligent weight lifter...hmmmm

It might just be a division of time. If you spend all the time working out, you can't be studying and vice versa.

amish

 

[pyonir]

You have got to be kidding me.

 

[Haircut]

Well given that most people on AT have IQs of 140+ and can bench 300lbs I would say it's a myth

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Personally I've never met an extremely intelligent weight lifter...hmmmm

amish

Henry Rollins. I'd say he is pretty damn intelligent and obviously lifts.

 

[SP33Demon]

Originally posted by: Haircut
Well given that most people on AT have IQs of 140+ and can bench 300lbs I would say it's a myth

Funny, my IQ's 130 and I can bench 335 if that counts for anything?

 

[FatJackSprat]

I can't imagine why there would be a correlation between the two, but I used to work in psychiatric hospital and some of those people were incredibly strong.

Maybe it should be more like "less brains = more brawn" with reason being not that they are actually physically stronger, but that they seem so because of their diminished inhibitions. Some patients could strike out with a force that seemed abnormally high, but may have only seemed that way because they were not holding anything back because they were not thinking through the entire consequences of using full force.

 

[biffbacon]

i just finished med school, so i assume im relatively intelligent, and i lift regularly, and bench press around 300lbs. Many of my friends from school also lift, so i would go ahead and say there are some intelligent people who find time to study, and lift

 

[MacBaine]

It depends on the person. Some people JUST study, and some people JUST work out.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Why would you even think that's true?

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Personally I've never met an extremely intelligent weight lifter...hmmmm

amish

Henry Rollins. I'd say he is pretty damn intelligent and obviously lifts.

True. I forgot about him.

amish

 

[desy]

A guy I know is big lifter and was ranked 4 th best chess player in Canada at one time

Myth

 

[alkemyst]

no just the excuse the geek gives when I blow the Final Exam curve and take his lunch money on the same day

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Personally I've never met an extremely intelligent weight lifter...hmmmm

amish

Henry Rollins. I'd say he is pretty damn intelligent and obviously lifts.

I was SO going to mention him when I say the thread title..

 

[dighn]

i think it more or less have to do with person's life style and emphasis on things but it's not necessarily true

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Personally I've never met an extremely intelligent weight lifter...hmmmm

It might just be a division of time. If you spend all the time working out, you can't be studying and vice versa.

amish

I've never met a weightlifter who spent all his or her time working out. A serious workout takes a whole lot less time than most people spend watching TV in an average day.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: desy
A guy I know is big lifter and was ranked 4 th best chess player in Canada at one time

Myth

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: desy
A guy I know is big lifter and was ranked 4 th best chess player in Canada at one time

Myth

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

 

 

[waylman]

I would say the super huge monkey boys taking 'roids are definately brain dead.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Haircut
Well given that most people on AT have IQs of 140+ and can bench 300lbs I would say it's a myth

Hahah good one!