Why are fat people strong?

[cshadyp]

There are people that never touch weights and are stronger than people who have been training. What's going on?

[Mark Rippetoe]

C'mon, shady. Don't just blurt out the stupidest shit you can think of.

[AndrewLewis]

Fat gain and muscle gain are inextricable processes.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Fat gain and muscle gain are inextricable processes.

I would rather say they are inexorable, or "Wyrd bið ful aræd." To hearken back to some of our more barbaric forbears. To wit, the bad end of Grendel.

[Mark Rippetoe]

He meant inextricable, Beowulf reference or no.

[AndrewLewis]

I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.

[Mark E. Hurling]

I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.

As did I. An elephant faithful one hundred percent.

[PizzaDad]

Some people are genetic freaks. Some people are fat genetic freaks. And some fat guys were always stronger than their peers because they ate more food and grew more muscle, along with that fat. And when you discover that you are strong, you are likely to display's that strength and be more physical (thus developing more strength, even if you don't lift barbells). Physically demanding jobs and a big appetite would also make you stronger, and potentially fat. Just my unscientific theory.

[cshadyp]

Fat gain and muscle gain are inextricable processes.

So just by eating more, muscle can be created? Or does it have to do with the large skeletal frame? One guy at the gym could lift more than I could starting out. He had never done a deadlift before, but could lift 225 lbs. for 10 reps. He was fat and untrained.

[Mark Rippetoe]

As did I. An elephant faithful one hundred percent.

Gaining fat and muscle is inexorable? Impossible to stop or prevent? Your enormous vocabulary has failed you.