Why are black people stronger?

[MuscleScience]

I am not trying to knock what you and Muscle Science are saying either... I agree the social and cultural influence play a big role too... but you can't rule out genetics either... I think all races have been a slave before... you don't see the same results due to those factors only... would you believe that if you were put in the same conditions as Michael Jordon you would accomplish the same??? obviosly not, and it is a balance between the two.. as far as Kenyans being the same as people from Congo, it is not the same... as well as many others from different parts of the continent's throughout the world...

In fact i agree with the majority of what everyone has posted on this thread.. all have good points and good angles... BgMc pointed out some good stuff too as well as you...

In reality it is very complicated... but when you have an ethnic group that carry the same characteristics... it is because they continue to to stay together as a whole in the copulating process..

no one can deny that a person who is bigger boned due to their genetic makeup and culture does not have an advantage in certain things related to physical stregnth than a person who is smaller boned due to their genetic makeup or if it suits you better due to the tribe or area they are from... A good example would be heavy weight boxing.. look at the dominance in the different weight classes....

that is all I am saying... it means nothing more than meaning everyone is different due to where they are from.

So what about hockey, are blacks not genetically gifted enough to skate around and bash each other with sticks and drink Labates Blue after the game...Gross.....

[gettingBIGGERfast]

I'm not trying to knock what you are saying, because genetic makeup may very well have an influence on athletic performance. But, I think its much more a result of social and cultural influence than anything else. Kenyans make up .0005% of the world population, yet they win about 40% of international distance-running competitions. If they are so physically gifted in the department of endurance, why are they not dominating the Tour De France, Iron Man, etc.... If blacks are so good at jumping, why do they not dominate the high jump and pole vault? If they are so much stronger, where is their dominance in the shot-put, discus, javelin, and weight lifting events? If specific forms of music, art, dance, and comedy have emerged from the black subculture, is it wrong to assume that the representation of blacks in basketball is a result of the influence of culture and society as well? Additionally, take a sport like Judo. Japanese Americans make up .3% of the US population, yet they make up more than 1/5th of top competitors in Judo. Certainly a sport that requires speed, strength, and power such as a martial art would be dominated by blacks as well, right?


Take a look at the list of competitors in this video, you may recognize a name or two.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuj-R9DFMmY

I remember reading an steady where they took muscle samples from different groups. They said east aftrican had a higher percentage of fast twitch muscle fibers. Since high twitch muscle fibers are larger, people with a higher percentage of fast twitch muscle fibers look larger.

West africans typically had a larger slow twitch to fast twitch ratio.

[MuscleScience]

still....LOL....at all the geneticist in here.

[rockinred]

Tony, just drop it and move on if you want to hang out here... the main thing is you are going way overboard to prove a point... and it is a point that has already been made to the original question... many on this thread stated their opinion on the stregnth issue....

just relax a little... there are other ways of getting your point across..don't try to turn yourself into a victim... everyone can tell that you are being vulgur with your point and you can still say how you feel without the aggression... this is a good board to learn some things... keep it that way and chill.

[Tony Q]

Tony, just drop it and move on if you want to hang out here... the main thing is you are going way overboard to prove a point... and it is a point that has already been made to the original question... many on this thread stated their opinion on the stregnth issue....

just relax a little... there are other ways of getting your point across..don't try to turn yourself into a victim... everyone can tell that you are being vulgur with your point and you can still say how you feel without the aggression... this is a good board to learn some things... keep it that way and chill.

We will have to agree to disagree i guess.

[MuscleScience]

This is such a stupid thing to argue. It is inherently racial in nature, current thoughts in genetics point out that there is no genetic basis to race. Something like this can not be argued with anecdotal evidence, which mind you is the lowest of the low on the empirical ladder.

[DSM4Life]

[smokethedays]

This is thread is funny. Glad to be AFRICAN myself.

[MuscleScience]

This is thread is funny. Glad to be AFRICAN myself.

According to the "Out of Africa Theory," we are all African...

[smokethedays]

According to the "Out of Africa Theory," we are all African...

Lol. I guess but I meant DIRECT link, I was born and raised there, North Africa. Egyptian/Algerian

[ralf_snake]

HAHA im part Russian, maybe if i say almost every guys looks like me, people might believe it. Just look at that rocky 4 with that Drugo guy!

[RomanR]

Why there is so many Russian and Eastern European fighters dominating a lot of martial arts ?
Is it in their genes ?
lol

[MuscleScience]

Not this thread again.....Vote to have it locked

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

Black people are not stronger.


Its how much time and dedication you put into something.


/thread

[Narkissos]

I am so strong because I'm hung like a Horse.

My penis gives me better leverage and balance when i'm lifting.

It's true!

[MuscleScience]

I am so strong because I'm hung like a Horse.

My penis gives me better leverage and balance when i'm lifting.

It's true!

Bullshat, it only helps you hold up your towel after getting out of the shower.....LOL

[Narkissos]

Bullshat, it only helps you hold up your towel after getting out of the shower.....LOL

Hey.. my towel is HEAVY!

[Kale]

I am so strong because I'm hung like a Horse.

My penis gives me better leverage and balance when i'm lifting.

It's true!

Pffft... I would match my white internet penis against your black internet penis any day http://www.mytopclip.com/play.php?vid=2688

[smokethedays]

I am so strong because I'm hung like a Horse.

My penis gives me better leverage and balance when i'm lifting.

It's true!

Pffft... I would match my white internet penis against your black internet penis any day http://www.mytopclip.com/play.php?vid=2688

The is some kinda Penis-ism is going on here.

[Narkissos]

http://www.mytopclip.com/play.php?vid=2688

lol...

[Norwich Muscles]

The Worlds strongest man in white and I believe all the finalists where white too.

[Jfew44]

[MuscleScience]

I still vote to close this thread....

[firmechicano831]

I'm mexican and once I put on my wolf shirt. I look fuc.ken huge, let me repeat this. Huge!

[rockinred]

please.... someone close this thread......

[jimmyinkedup]

this thread is stupid.... .it is like posting a thread saying why are white people smarter...they arent ...peiple are people...some apply themselves to be strong...they get strong....some apply themselves to be smart ..they get smart ....some both .... some have genetic pre dispositions that have nothing to do with race....including whites , blacks, latino, asians.....so wtf ...i say kill this thread.... its stupid....

[FallenWyvern]

this thread is stupid.... .it is like posting a thread saying why are white people smarter...they arent ...peiple are people...some apply themselves to be strong...they get strong....some apply themselves to be smart ..they get smart ....some both .... some have genetic pre dispositions that have nothing to do with race....including whites , blacks, latino, asians.....so wtf ...i say kill this thread.... its stupid....

I stopped reading when you said white people are smarter....

Duh, Asians are the smartest...

[T_Own]

I stopped reading when you said white people are smarter....

Duh, Asians are the smartest...

thats what i was thinking lol.

i don't see how someone can even attempt to make this into a legitimate thread. there are a lot of fat black people, there are a lot of skinny black people, there are a lot of slow black people, there are a lot of black people that aren't good at basketball (getting the point yet...)

just because i'm black, does that mean i'm faster than all of the people that are my size? maybe, but its probably from playing sports since i was 4.

i'd say the reason more black people are professional athletes is because a lot of black people grow up in poverty and have nothing else to do, so very few set their minds to become great. almost all basketball players played hours on end growing up, just to escape the impoverished life they lived.

[ray0414]

selective breeding. athleticism and body tone are passed on through generations. for proof of this, look at professional athletes. Archie manning was a quarterback in the NFL in the 19070s, he had 2 sons that BOTH became NFL quarterbacks. coincendence? no. its genetics passed on. many many more examples of sports figures having childing that also become pro athletes and not just cuase of their name, but becuase they are dam good at what they do.

[Ljavy17]

I am nursing school and while they are stronger, it is also proven that they are more prone to prostate cancer, skin cancer, Osteoporosis and a lot of other shit.

[dameter21]

Black males are proven to be good in muscle areas that need speed like running backs, and boxing. for overall strength (worlds strongest men) white people have a greater advantage.(russians/polish etc). but then again I don't know cause the russian's do hold 3 of the 4 heavyweight boxing titles and a russian holds the MMA heavyweight title and he's undefeated.

[dameter21]

Although over here in the states between my white friends and black friends the black males do have an edge in strength. but than again it always comes down to the individual and how hard they train.

[jimmyinkedup]

^^^ *L* yeahhh but u should have at least read the next 2 words ...

[*RAGE*]

WOW this thread sucks and it total messed up.

[NS]

Scandanavians are the strongest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_Strongest_Man

[Euroholic]

Old thread bra!!!!!!

[bobnknob]

Why are black people stronger?

Haha most racist thing i've heard on the forum so far

[dreadnok89]

I understand this guys question you see NFL players and the most physically dominating are usually black, however like someone else said strongman comps are all white dudes so who knows. I have for one have not seen any black american beatme in bench press at my iold gym and there were former NFL players there and current NFL players so go figure

[AlphaMike]

let it die....silly thread to begin with.

[gbrice75]

Pointless thread - closed.