Its not just one’s job. Its also often one’s genetics. Some people seem to naturally gain muscle when they do those labor intensive jobs and some people tend to be very lean even when they try to buff up.
Muscle size is only somewhat of a predictor of muscle strength. It is very possible to be stronger than someone with bigger muscles if you are doing things that target maximal strength specifically.
I was working at a woodworking factory for a while, which involved strenuously tightening these tension screw things every day. One day I became frustrated with the apparent lack of quality in the plastic screw-lid for a bottle of shampoo I had just gotten, because I easily tightened it so far that the bottle snapped the top of the lid right off.
Then I realized what was really going on when I did the same thing to three other bottles of things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Its not just one’s job. Its also often one’s genetics. Some people seem to naturally gain muscle when they do those labor intensive jobs and some people tend to be very lean even when they try to buff up.
Muscle size is only somewhat of a predictor of muscle strength. It is very possible to be stronger than someone with bigger muscles if you are doing things that target maximal strength specifically.
You ever meet one of those MBA business bro guys who try to crush your hand in a handshake?
I grew up milking a cow morning and night by hand…
They were always fun.
I was working at a woodworking factory for a while, which involved strenuously tightening these tension screw things every day. One day I became frustrated with the apparent lack of quality in the plastic screw-lid for a bottle of shampoo I had just gotten, because I easily tightened it so far that the bottle snapped the top of the lid right off.
Then I realized what was really going on when I did the same thing to three other bottles of things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯