German Cyclist Is Cranking Out 4 Plates (While Standing On One Leg)

It’s fun seeing elite athletes in other sports do casual feats of lifting strength. Makes me imagine what records would be like if lifting had a larger talent pool

Close-grip bench is more beneficial than wide-grip bench.

A true cyclist 💪

GYATT

Only betas think this guy is on more than duck eggs.

This guy never skips leg day.

Paul Anderson was reincarnated and came back as a cyclist.

I remember a study came out years ago that said quads could hypertrophy in response to very high reps.

There’s a video of him generating power to make toast. A lot harder than it sounds

How the hell are you supposed to bail out of a failed rep doing that?

There are videos of him doing 240kg for reps

this guy never skips cycle day

For those wondering how track cycling athletes can have such large thighs, it does not seem that an explanation can be found in the composition of muscle fibers. While studies have shown a direct causality between type II fibers and high intensity for low volume, and between type I (slow-twitch) fibers and low intensity for high volume, it is not certain that type I fibers are more limited in terms of hypertrophy compared to type II fibers. Some studies have shown that this is the case, but the problem may be more related to the protocol than the composition of the fibers themselves.

The most likely explanation we can give is the total volume of training for the quadriceps and hamstrings. Recently, more and more studies (Brad Schoenfeld is working on a meta-analysis) have shown that high volume spread throughout the week (up to 52 sets per week) has led to greater hypertrophy. Not all muscles may be affected, but the 52 sets per week were done on the quadriceps. Track cycling athletes divide their week between very specific training (sport practice) and gym workouts. As they do not work the upper body as much as the lower body, the total volume allocated to the legs is much higher than that of average gym-goers.

Conclusion, if you want to have bigger legs, it seems relevant to try increasing weekly volume while varying intensities and rep ranges. Of course, you should select exercises where the quadriceps are stretched as much as possible (for example, high bar squat ATG with weightlifting shoes, pendulum squat if the gym offers it, or sissy squat on the Smith machine). In fine, myo-reps could also be useful.

(sorry for being lazy, I didn’t mentioned precisely which studies I have read to write this comment. If you’re really willing to read them, I suggest you to follow Brad Schoenfeld on social medias, to search on PubMed, or to ask me to take the time to write a list here)

Craziest thing I’ve seen on this challenge

Robert might eclipse Tom Platz's leg girth. Robert's legs are unbelievable! Such a dedicated sportsman and a superb sprinter.

That's cool and all, but why the hell does he not use saftey bars?

Brazilian booty took second place for once.

Er heißt „Quadzilla“ als Spitzname.

Those Legs are out of this world.

I saw a man pick up the 2 hundo dumbells at my gym and start effortlessly repping out bulgarians on a flat bench randomly. He was cold, just talking to the gym owner and very casually did it. That's pretty similar to this at 400 lbs.

The same guy has also picked up two inch dumbells simultaneously (1 each hand)

There are absolute monsters out there.

C A K E

GYATT

Robert Förstemann still catching international attention, very nice 🙂

Wow! This guy is a unit!!!