Many of us must have come across the phrase “strong as a gorilla,” but how strong is a gorilla? Well, sit tight because we are going to go through a tour of a jungle gym when it comes to gorilla strength. Spoiler alert: You don’t want to attempt to wrestle with one of these gorillas.
The Gorilla Gym Routine:
Before going any further — how does the gorilla compare in strength to your regular, neutered male powerlifter? Let’s say a silverback gorilla has just entered a gym (I know, stay with me)
It doesn’t matter that you can barely manage 50-pound dumbbells this gorilla is easily bench-pressing 500 pounds. That’s like lifting a small car, it’s effortless really. If those gorillas had the chance to go to the gym they’d grab all the plates and the rest of us would feel like lifting toothpicks.
Hulk smash? No Gorilla SMASH!:
Well, how punitive is a gorilla when it gets a bit: sore? Well, they don’t call them “silverback” for nothing. With one swipe of those huge arms, they can easily bring down small trees. Sometimes people try to impress us by tipping over a few logs half the size of a couch and that is a gorilla. It’s their take on what is known as light cardio.
And don’t even get me started on their bite force. A gorilla’s jaw could crush coconuts like they’re marshmallows. Forget can openers—if you need something cracked open, just ask a gorilla.
Gorilla vs. Human: Civil: No Contest Criminal: No Contest
OK, let us be real; how much are you stronger than any gorilla or any other inch-tall beast? A grown-up mature male gorilla also termed the silverback can weigh up to 250 kg and be 200 times more powerful than an ordinary man. Very true, if you ever assumed that you are invincible after performing CrossFit training, then you had better think twice. If we were to talk about strengths, without hesitation, you’d have a gorilla winning each of them in the book. The arm-wrestling match? Over in seconds. Tug-of-war? Don’t even try.
Final Thoughts: Just How Strong is a Gorilla?:
All in all, how much is a gorilla capable of lifting? Ridiculously, unbelievably strong. They could pick up a car with ease, break tree branches with their bare hands, and make human beings like me appear as if we have skipped arm day
So the next time that you are in the gym PIT Training and you have beat your personal record, don’t be too proud because a gorilla can lift logs, and laugh at how pathetic our workouts really are.
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