Balance and stability play a factor. It's MUCH easier to balance a barbell with two hands than a dumbbell with one hand. It's also why you can put up more weight on a Smith machine than on a barbell.
I would disagree with powerlifting. IMO there are many world class/elite level powerlifters that I believe are natural. Of course at the same time there are some that compete in tested federations that are likely roided up, but the I really dislike the assumption that all are on something. They don't realize that there are extreme outliers out there that have both the genetics, leverages, high level responders to strength training and put in the work to get where they are at now. Also people don't realize that the popularity of powerlting (especially raw), have raised significantly (and at a young age) in the past 5+ years or so. So more people training to be strong = higher probability for more strong people.
Almost all powerlifting and strongmen competitors are roided up. You pretty much have to be to be anywhere near competitive
Yea there are the very, very rare case where someone is a competitive strongman naturally, but most are on the juice. While possible, the odds are so low (1/1000? 1/10,000?) that it's safe to assume if you're at a certain level of strength and/or size, you're not natural.
67 per dumbbell. That is impressive for a woman, but totally possible clean. Now 97 would be a whole different story, totally on roids then.
Dumbbells are harder to stabilize. So they aren’t directly comparable. When I was maxing at 105 lbs dumbbells I was able to do 305 on the bar for my 1 rep max.
Competitive strongman is different then competitive powerlifting. For the world class strongman athletes it's basically a career for them. PEDS use in professional sports is a entire different ballgame. Competitive powerlifting on the otherhand is just a fringe sport. Besides a few, the majority are not making any significant money off of being a world class powerlifter. Maybe if powerlifting got into the Olympics and more money was thrown towards big meets I could see the tide turning overtime, but for now it's just a hobby for most.
I read somewhere that your dumbbell max is only 70% of your barbell max. I didn't know how true that was but your numbers seem to match that.
Maybe 172 lbs? I think 150 lbs barbell it's pretty comparable to 67 lbs DB
Fair enough but in this day and age, there seem to be a lot of people who are willing to use a small amount of roids just casually. You know, just to look good or be strong but not try to be competitive.
If the 70% rule I talked about a couple posts above is true, you'd need a 190 lb bench to put up 67 lb dumbbells. I dunno if that 70% thing is actually the case, though.
Niiiiice, I wanna have her babies.Her shape looks natty to me
She's a freak. Good for her. She's a 1/10,000 of girls that work-out. so my 99.99% on roids stands.
