Why are people stronger if they weigh more?

Question

i just wanted to know. why are people stronger if they weigh more? even though it may just be fat, they still manage to be stronger than someone who weighs less but is pure muscle. why is this?

Answer 1

with eating excessive food muscles get more nutrients to grow. carrying around extra weight puts more strain on muscle fibers in which tell them to get stronger. It would be like walking around with a weighted vest, leg and arm cuffs all day long every day. You would get stronger too.
This however is not always true. some people are purely fat, no muscle really, this can be caused by genetics.
A healthy weight person can work out to be stronger which seems to be some peoples argument. I thought we were talking about average people that are doing the same things fat or not.

Answer 2

Well,

generally people that weigh more have more hunger. Hunger may be associated with drive, and force. Hunger may also be associated with a will to complete projects.

This will, can be linked with strength. If it is of a good and loving nature than the strength these people posess can move mountains, or allow sycamore trees to uproot themselves and move out into the middle of the ocean.

Also, inertia associated with mass will allow that drive to continue for a longer ammount of time, producing the effect of strength.

But, do not overlook that the weightless can be strong in and of themselves. Did the maker of the oceans weigh any? Was the creator of galaxies bound by the laws of gravity and by any means thereof holding of weight?

Answer 3

muscle weighs more than fat, so it is really the other way around, if they have a lot of muscle, they will weigh more, so a person who is heavy will some of the time have a lot of muscle. also, taking into considerstion for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, a person with more wieght on them, lets say 200 pounds will hit something with more force than a person with that is 150, or 100.

Answer 4

That is not completly true, it depends on what the weight is caused by, say its fat then they would most likely not be stronger though if the weight is caused by muscle which has weight too they can be stronger. Hope that helps!

Tasha

Answer 5

People are only stronger if they have more lean mass. What some people don't realise is that when you gain weight, you don't just gain fat, but also a little extra muscle. They still aren't healthy if their body fat percentage is too high, but they may still have more lean mass than someone of a healthy weight and therefore will be stronger.

HTH : )

Answer 6

first of all, if sum1 wuz pure muscle compared 2 sum fat, the muscle person should weigh more cuz muscle weighs more than fat

secondly, i guess cuz more weight ppl have strong muscles that can really pull things

third, ppl who weigh more but r composed of more fat rnt stronger than skinny ppl, they mite even b weaker

Answer 7

Because when ppl work out their fat turns into muscle and muscle weigh more than fat

Answer 8

normally if someone weighs more it means they are pure muscle. My doctor told me that an athlete would weigh more than a couch potato because muscle mass weighs more than fat.

Answer 9

thats not true at all, but i think what you mean, is that like for instance a fat person sat on a guy who was pure muscle then it seems like the fat one was stronger but not in true sense, if you get wht i mean

Answer 10

Greater mass = greater force . . .
This of course applies to mass in motion (for example they are running and fall on you)
Also , the shear task of moving around with more weight is a bit like "carrying the gym" with you ,
Sooo some muscles will be stronger just from that .