Were Vikings STRONGER Than We Think? - Ancient Workouts with Omar
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Date: 2022-09-14
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Charlie
Me and my brother have the ACTN3 gene that makes power sports easier.
It's ridiculous what I have seen my brother lift.
He deadlifted what some guys on juice and were huge could not.
Did 3 reps of it as well.
Then spent 3 days in bed because he shot up his nervous system in the process.
All the ACTN3 gene does, is allow for more explosive/violent contractions of muscle.
In the process risking injury massively.
But allowing for feats of strength that seem unusual for the person doing them.
So when you see a guy lifting heavy, but he's smol. He probably just tore something.
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Me and my brother have the ACTN3 gene that makes power sports easier.
It's ridiculous what I have seen my brother lift.
He deadlifted what some guys on juice and were huge could not.
Did 3 reps of it as well.
Then spent 3 days in bed because he shot up his nervous system in the process.
All the ACTN3 gene does, is allow for more explosive/violent contractions of muscle.
In the process risking injury massively.
But allowing for feats of strength that seem unusual for the person doing them.
So when you see a guy lifting heavy, but he's smol. He probably just tore something.
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Jason
Bit of a twist to the challenge of the workout that you demonstrated, back in '90 I was in an automobile accident when a larger vehicle struck my '88 Volkswagen Cabriolet head on, driver to driver. From which I broke both legs, ankles to hips, & my face. Amazingly though I did not loose a tooth. From the accident, I have seizures when I over exuberate. However, I've been working in a Hospital, transporting Patients. That's my exercising.
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Bit of a twist to the challenge of the workout that you demonstrated, back in '90 I was in an automobile accident when a larger vehicle struck my '88 Volkswagen Cabriolet head on, driver to driver. From which I broke both legs, ankles to hips, & my face. Amazingly though I did not loose a tooth. From the accident, I have seizures when I over exuberate. However, I've been working in a Hospital, transporting Patients. That's my exercising.
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Zax
The more I think about it the more I realize the muscles activated by dumbbell's ad barbell's are not entirely strength based instead of just contraction. I mean how many objects do we handle in our daily lives that are shaped like dumbbell's or barbell's? Lifting stones, logs, and pushing/pulling heavy carts would be more functional to your muscles. Im no expert its just a slightly un-educated guess lol.
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The more I think about it the more I realize the muscles activated by dumbbell's ad barbell's are not entirely strength based instead of just contraction. I mean how many objects do we handle in our daily lives that are shaped like dumbbell's or barbell's? Lifting stones, logs, and pushing/pulling heavy carts would be more functional to your muscles. Im no expert its just a slightly un-educated guess lol.
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Woodrow
There's no way they got enough protein to make serious gains just from eating fish and game. I think I read somewhere that they and other Europeans drank milk to get their protein. There was probably an intuitive connection that people made between young calves growing into strong bulls and the milk they drank. Also: why are so many people so into deadlifting? The squat is clearly the superior lift.
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There's no way they got enough protein to make serious gains just from eating fish and game. I think I read somewhere that they and other Europeans drank milk to get their protein. There was probably an intuitive connection that people made between young calves growing into strong bulls and the milk they drank. Also: why are so many people so into deadlifting? The squat is clearly the superior lift.
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Michael
since you asked, i'm gonna be honest and say i pulled 80kg the other night. im still a new beginner at lifting and deadlift is definitely my weakest compound in terms of form (used to murder my lower back on every rep until I improved my form last night, but hopefully I can work up to viking level someday
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since you asked, i'm gonna be honest and say i pulled 80kg the other night. im still a new beginner at lifting and deadlift is definitely my weakest compound in terms of form (used to murder my lower back on every rep until I improved my form last night, but hopefully I can work up to viking level someday
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dude
actually viking were weaker than we think, viking had a poor diet, and could have never eaten enough to support the physique people fantasize them to have. Most people think of the depiction on their fake gods and apply it to the people
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actually viking were weaker than we think, viking had a poor diet, and could have never eaten enough to support the physique people fantasize them to have. Most people think of the depiction on their fake gods and apply it to the people
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Visit
I think they were munch more mentally strong than anything. Back then you had to be a real man to survive, not some media molded egotistical drama queen. You would die from exhaustion or hunger before anyone robbed and killed you.
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I think they were munch more mentally strong than anything. Back then you had to be a real man to survive, not some media molded egotistical drama queen. You would die from exhaustion or hunger before anyone robbed and killed you.
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HiChristopher
I actually am Scandinavian and other norse in me and the most I have ever lifted was nineteen hundred pounds and I was in grade school about to graduate im the ancestor of viking berserkers
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I actually am Scandinavian and other norse in me and the most I have ever lifted was nineteen hundred pounds and I was in grade school about to graduate im the ancestor of viking berserkers
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Pi-ata
Why wouldn't you show actual an strongman doing an actual stone lift? You could've got Alan on, might not be actually Scandinavian, but def passes the beard pre-reqs!
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Why wouldn't you show actual an strongman doing an actual stone lift? You could've got Alan on, might not be actually Scandinavian, but def passes the beard pre-reqs!
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Wilton
Vikings were a very dominating force of the north, for good reason. But if you think those guys were intimidating, never think of confronting a berserker-
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Vikings were a very dominating force of the north, for good reason. But if you think those guys were intimidating, never think of confronting a berserker-
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daniel
Viakings would of been so cardio fit with all that rowing, great Aerobic capacity and vo2max to keep up and maintain it from each land when travelling
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Viakings would of been so cardio fit with all that rowing, great Aerobic capacity and vo2max to keep up and maintain it from each land when travelling
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Shane
Forgot to mention that most of the people in Scandinavia were farmers so that actually contributed to having more strength and also raiding
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Forgot to mention that most of the people in Scandinavia were farmers so that actually contributed to having more strength and also raiding
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DRV1000
Good show, but I would have liked to see you try an actual stone, like the strongman competitions do. Lot more muscle groups involved.
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Good show, but I would have liked to see you try an actual stone, like the strongman competitions do. Lot more muscle groups involved.
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BigBoi
trying to get stronger but man i pack on the fat easily and burn out quick. yea can lift up alil more than my bodyweight but only just.
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trying to get stronger but man i pack on the fat easily and burn out quick. yea can lift up alil more than my bodyweight but only just.
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Mr
Vikings were just as ordinary as today's WWE fighters who look dangerous in appearance but the fights between them happen just to attract
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Vikings were just as ordinary as today's WWE fighters who look dangerous in appearance but the fights between them happen just to attract
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sam
Is it just me or is Eric Helms one of the best orators in the scientific hypertrophy online space rn? Hunky and wonderful voice
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Is it just me or is Eric Helms one of the best orators in the scientific hypertrophy online space rn? Hunky and wonderful voice
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David
no combat sports? no traditional Norse strength games? no balancing across ores? no team based competition?
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no combat sports? no traditional Norse strength games? no balancing across ores? no team based competition?
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Pepper
totally not a ripoff of strongest man in history. Were the big guys too expensive to feed or something?
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totally not a ripoff of strongest man in history. Were the big guys too expensive to feed or something?
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joe
This is an awesome series with my man Omar, but I would like to see an episode about the Zulu warriors.
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This is an awesome series with my man Omar, but I would like to see an episode about the Zulu warriors.
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