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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:25:27 PM EDT
 Texas' results: Average squat: 687 lbs Average bench press: 438 lbs Average deadlift: 742 lbs. Virginia came in second, followed by New York, California and North Carolina. North Dakota came in last. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/texans-are-the-physically-strongest-people-in-america-research-shows |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:34:32 PM EDT
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Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes.
It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:35:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... Weird, I thought it said physically strongest, not best fighters.. RIF I guess. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:36:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... Keep telling yourself that. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:39:35 PM EDT
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The amount of TX hate in this thread will be absolutely LEGENDARY!!!
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:39:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... Alrighty.... |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:41:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... In a sparring match with rules and clocks. Don't assume great strength can't be dangerous in a real fight. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:41:28 PM EDT
[#7]
Texans would fail in 2 hours of hay baling
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:41:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... Is this the new tossing hay bales? |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:42:16 PM EDT
[#9]
average gym goer squatting 687lbs, I would like to see that
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:42:34 PM EDT
[#10]
Texans are the New Yorkers of the south my informal study shows
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:42:47 PM EDT
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Can they lift a horse over their head and defeat every kind of man in single combat?
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:42:50 PM EDT
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ND came in last cuz its all good old boys working on the farm.
They're not tracking their workouts and numbers. They have better shit to do. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:43:55 PM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Texans would fail in 2 hours of hay baling I’ve stacked tens of thousands of square bales. Fuck all that these days! |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:44:03 PM EDT
[#14]
AVERAGE bench over 400?
Bullshit |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:44:33 PM EDT
[#15]
It’s all that Dr. Pepper they drink.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:44:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: ND came in last cuz its all good old boys working on the farm. They're not tracking their workouts and numbers. They have better shit to do. Three months out of the year. They're snowed in the rest of the time. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:46:03 PM EDT
[#17]
Double tap.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:46:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: AVERAGE bench over 400? Bullshit Yeah.... gotta throw the flag here. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:47:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've stacked tens of thousands of square bales. Fuck all that these days!  I appreciate the experience in retrospect but at the time, not so much. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:49:51 PM EDT
[#20]
TLDR
Its comparing sanctioned powerlift meets from the past few years. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:50:52 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... And no one was talking about this. What a bizarre follow up. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:51:33 PM EDT
[#22]
Lmao!!!
I've only seen a couple texas come here to northern Maine. The cold alone broke these "strong men". Went back to thier sunshine and burritos. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:52:06 PM EDT
[#23]
The average gym goer can squat 550 lbs in nebraska
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:53:14 PM EDT
[#24]
Texas was represented pretty good at worlds strongest man 2020.
They couldn't beat the Europeans though. Eta: Robert oberst is my spirit animal |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:54:42 PM EDT
[#25]
All that "research" proves is that Texas may be the most full of shit.
It was a survey. I would love to take an average Texan and put him under >600lbs on the bar and see what happens. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:56:38 PM EDT
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I was a running back @ 145 lbs dripping wet in 1971 at a very small school. All the good athletes played both ways. I was easily the strongest kid in school. Thanks DAD!!!!! for putting me on a 90 lb jack hammer in the summers. Throwing hay bales helped as well. My cousins both had hay fields and we'd work those bails between two-a-day work outs. I got a bit frustrated at my life but I'm sure glad I did it. I'm almost 70 now and I have no issues slinging my 18 lb. PRS rig around a barricade. 50lb bags of salt for the pool? No problem. Heavy ass pieces of steel humped over to the welder in my shop? No problem. Getting old sucks but watching soi bois sure gives me a good chuckle. I was in downtown Chicago a while back and I was amazed at the lack of manliness I saw. Very few men did I see that I couldn't physically destroy even at my age. I'm gonna make a video of me being re-programmed. No fucks given anymore. The wife is going to make a fine catch for some fella.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:57:13 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Texans are the New Yorkers of the south my informal study shows |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:57:18 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The amount of TX hate in this thread will be absolutely LEGENDARY!!! Not nearly as LEGENDARY as a bunch of Texans will soon be claiming that they can bench press 440 pounds because they are slightly stronger than average. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:57:41 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I was a running back @ 145 lbs dripping wet in 1971 at a very small school. All the good athletes played both ways. I was easily the strongest kid in school. Thanks DAD!!!!! for putting me on a 90 lb jack hammer in the summers. Throwing hay bales helped as well. My cousins both had hay fields and we'd work those bails between two-a-day work outs. I got a bit frustrated at my life but I'm sure glad I did it. I'm almost 70 now and I have no issues slinging my 18 lb. PRS rig around a barricade. 50lb bags of salt for the pool? No problem. Heavy ass pieces of steel humped over to the welder in my shop? No problem. Getting old sucks but watching soi bois sure gives me a good chuckle. I was in downtown Chicago a while back and I was amazed at the lack of manliness I saw. Very few men did I see that I couldn't physically destroy even at my age. I'm gonna make a video of me being re-programmed. No fucks given anymore. The wife is going to make a fine catch for some fella. What |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:57:58 PM EDT
[#30]
Of course they are the strongest. It takes a huge amount of strength to stump-break a longhorn!
J/K Texas! Home to half my family and all of my wifes Family. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:58:21 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... Wow, the first post! Amazing, it usually takes 1/4 of a page for a thread to get this tarded. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:58:23 PM EDT
[#32]
Lol, did I make it in before everyone claims they can do better?
Otherwise, we have discovered Texans to be the biggest bullshitters. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:59:07 PM EDT
[#33]
I guess retard strength is a thing.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:59:15 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I was a running back @ 145 lbs dripping wet in 1971 at a very small school. All the good athletes played both ways. I was easily the strongest kid in school. Thanks DAD!!!!! for putting me on a 90 lb jack hammer in the summers. Throwing hay bales helped as well. My cousins both had hay fields and we'd work those bails between two-a-day work outs. I got a bit frustrated at my life but I'm sure glad I did it. I'm almost 70 now and I have no issues slinging my 18 lb. PRS rig around a barricade. 50lb bags of salt for the pool? No problem. Heavy ass pieces of steel humped over to the welder in my shop? No problem. Getting old sucks but watching soi bois sure gives me a good chuckle. I was in downtown Chicago a while back and I was amazed at the lack of manliness I saw. Very few men did I see that I couldn't physically destroy even at my age. I'm gonna make a video of me being re-programmed. No fucks given anymore. The wife is going to make a fine catch for some fella. Hell yeah. We have a new copy-pasta. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 12:59:46 PM EDT
[#35]
Definitely the biggest egos.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:00:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve stacked tens of thousands of square bales. Fuck all that these days! Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Texans would fail in 2 hours of hay baling I’ve stacked tens of thousands of square bales. Fuck all that these days! Tell you what is rougher than square bales on a hot day...stacking sacks of soy beans in a stifling truck trailer. I've done both. I called the soy bean stacking "Alabama Get-ups"....that tiring. Bring on the bales if I'm reduced to serfdom again.  |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:00:44 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Ha... When I was in my 20's I fought full contact karate (kickboxing) and I was 6'2" 160 pounds. I worked high rise construction and from my observation weight lifters were the weakest. They were muscle bound and would tire out in minutes. It doesn't matter how much you can lift if a skinny dude can beat your ass down with ease... Is this from the copy/paste thread? |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:01:30 PM EDT
[#38]
Surfers.....
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:03:29 PM EDT
[#39]
Yeah, there's also been some scientific research that stated our penises are 8" on average (limp), with 25% greater girth. California came in last.
Seriously, I'd love to see where and how the data was collected for the strength study. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:05:28 PM EDT
[#40]
When I saw the thread title, I thought "Nodaks are probably the strongest", yet the report says they came in last.
Not a chance that Texas, as averaged across the entire population, has stronger people than North Dakota. I have lived in both states. There's no fucking way. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:06:21 PM EDT
[#41]
Squatting 687lbs? As an average? Yeah fuckin right
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:06:50 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Texans would fail in 2 hours of hay baling Now that's funny cause down here we bail hay when's its 110..... We go all day. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:08:57 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: All that "research" proves is that Texas may be the most full of shit. It was a survey. I would love to take an average Texan and put him under >600lbs on the bar and see what happens. It had better be on a Smith Machine with the safety stops in place. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:11:13 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I guess retard strength is a thing. 
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:13:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Squatting 687lbs? As an average? Yeah fuckin right |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:17:19 PM EDT
[#46]
FPPS
(First post purse swings) |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:17:43 PM EDT
[#47]
No. They have the strongest weight lifters.
Real big difference. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:17:48 PM EDT
[#48]
The article says Texan has the strongest powerlifters.
Doesn’t say anything about average folks. Besides, we’ve all been to Austin. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:18:47 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Nobody reads the fucking article apparently. Not average joe gym guy. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Squatting 687lbs? As an average? Yeah fuckin right You're right, but if you check some random PL meet results the numbers in the article still look like bullshit. |
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Posted: 1/19/2021 1:19:18 PM EDT
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Methodology
All data is sourced from Open Powerlifting Data is from 2016-2020, accessed January 6, 2021 Lifters must meet the following criteria to be eligible for their state Drug tested = true Equipment = raw Age = 18 or older Event = SBD (full power) Each lifter’s best full power meet performance is ranked within the state they represented at the time of the competition. This way, the same lifter cannot count more than once toward a given state’s average. However, it is possible for the same lifter to appear twice on the list, but only if they moved between 2016 and 2020 and re-registered with their federation under a different state. The top 10 totals by wilks were used to calculate each state’s averages. Including Washington DC and Guam, this resulted in a total of 513 lifting performances (Guam only had 3 performances in the time period that met the above criteria). This was done to compare each state’s best lifters against each other. Including all lifters in this type of calculation would “water down” the averages of states where powerlifting is more popular and there are more low-level lifters. From: https://liftvault.com/strongest-states/#Methodology |
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