 Ladies and gentlemen Salomite back with another video today We're gonna be talking about longevity and strength sports. How long can you power left? How long can you do strongman? How long can you Olympic weight lift? How long does your career last here in the strength game pretty good questions good feedback from the last videos? You guys like to sit in and talk in the chat in the raw Unfiltered me so Comment below what you guys want me to cover We'll cover it in the next video. Give it a thumbs up be sure to subscribe Let's get into it people want to know how long they think a good power lifting career can Go on and what I ask first or what we need to define first is what do you think a power lifter is? I know a lot of people think you know the sport of power lifting is the squat bench and deadlift Do you have to compete in power lifting put on the singlet throw down and in a certified meat to be a power lifter? Okay, we can go that route We can also just say if you squat bench and deadlift often and try to increase those one rep maxes You may also be a power lifter. I don't really give a crap Semantics to me all you little go-hards you do whatever you want But for the sake of this conversation, let's talk about competitive power lifting and let's look at the upper echelon often We're talking about longevity or how much you could squat how much you can do this How much you can do that whether it's basketball football power lifting strong man We look to the top to kind of guide the way because that's the optimal right the best one in the world doing it Now if you're looking at longevity of career in competitive power lifting I cannot say as some master historian. I've been in the game probably 10 years really reading and digging into the sport I've talked to a lot of people that have been around for a long time, but I'm not the end all be all on history here So take it with a grain of salt But I can't say that there's someone doing it in competitive power lifting or competitive strong man Longer or better than other sports. I think your career is much much shorter and that's a couple of factors Obviously the external load the stimulus of squat bench deadlift is a lot more on the body and maybe even the mind Arguably than other sports, you know basketball takes a beating on your body But there's guys that have been in the NBA for 21 plus years or 20 plus years Being the absolute best on the entire planet the Kobe Bryant the cream all dulce bars the Jason kids These guys have played 20 years at the highest level of basketball and that's 20 years getting paid Those guys have also played 365 years as children growing up So you have to take that into account as well. How many power lifters have been doing it since age 12? 365 days a year then make a professional career about it and be the best in the world I think the longevity potential and even professional soccer I think there's soccer players that have played at the highest level in the world for 25 to 30 years Which is much longer than I've ever seen any power lifter strong man Olympic weight lifter be at the height or the peak of their performance. There are a couple power lifters that have been around a long time You know Dave Ricks and cone had a pretty long career There's a lot of guys that have pushed the limits of their success not only being able to lift Which is one conversation but being optimal or the best in the world at the time, you know I don't know you guys might have more names in mind But what comes to mind for me is Jen Thompson and Dave Ricks not oily Are they a little bit older than some of the the newer lifters coming up? But they've been doing it longer and they're still the best in the world if not in the conversation the difference again is Even you know interviewing Jen for a while a different podcast She hasn't power lifted since she was 12. So the longevity then is obviously much less She's done it for maybe 10 12 years really really competitive 10 maybe 20 years really really competitive But how long you've been doing that sport and how long you've been at the top is much less than football basketball soccer Etc football I guess it's a little bit less than basketball soccer, but you get what I'm saying Strongman's another one. How many people have been at the top peak of the sport peak performance for that long? I think you know Brian Shaw has had a hell of a career doing it all through his 20s And now he's in his mid 30s still very very competitive still staying healthy Puchinowski a couple others Zadrunas there's a couple guys that have had long careers But long and strong man might be eight nine ten years being competitive or in the conversation And again most of the majority of those guys either started out as a gym bro or played a different sport I believe Brian played college growing up. I believe Eddie Hall was a swimmer growing up It's not like they were doing strongman So the conversation is so different than other sports when you compare it to other sports the longevity of powerlifting or strongman I don't think it's there the next step I want to get into is the longevity of all these sports or all of these athletes in particular. I again I'm no scientist I just think logically and the reason LeBron James the reason Brian Shaw are the best in the world Not only are they talented not only are they genetic freaks not only do they put in the hard work But to put in the hard work as a genetic freak for a long period of time is part of your freakiness There's a reason that LeBron James and Brian Shaw are less likely to get injured because they're stronger and they have better Talents or or work ethic whatever you want to throw at them then the average strongman basketball players Powerlifter etc. The more freaky you are it doesn't directly just say like you're more powerful The chances are if you have stronger ligaments stronger bones stronger muscles You can adapt to stimulus better chances are you're gonna get also less injured So your career would be longer so this chances of you know the average human walking down the street to have a very long career in Powerlifting let alone even have a career in powerlifting career because you don't get paid Moving on to a higher level the chances start to get lower again in strength sports The chances start to get lower as well One less freaks are playing these sports because other ones are paying you so people are going on or at least have some honor Of heading to the Olympics so they're doing Olympic weightlifting maybe even football The talent pool in these sports is starting to grow slightly just because the popularity of the sport So the chances are that if you were a freak in 2012 in powerlifting you're no longer that freak You're very mediocre because the pool is grown and different freaks have shown up and found squat bench deadlift And they're much stronger than you and they're gonna outlast you most likely as well again because they're stronger than you and their Genetics say so now if we're talking the casual lifter that likes to do some squat bench deadlift doesn't Hit the gas so hard take some time off has really really smart programming Good warm-up routine good nutrition and sleep. Can you make a long life long career out of powerlifting? Probably and again. I say career. I just mean doing the hobby really not making the money So I think that majority of people can squat bench deadlift for a very long time It can be part of your workout routine and protocol But if you're trying to push the upper limits or even be in the top 5% of power lifters for a long period of time I haven't seen it happen yet. So I just happen to think it's unlikely I think it's more happen likely to happen in these other sports Basically because of the wear and tear on the body now again. I've played basketball for a very long time I played it for 15 years and my knees still hurt when I try to go play basketball. The beating is there, but the huge Injuries or just chances that you plateau in a sport like powerlifting a strong man are higher in my opinion Especially when you do upper echelon PEDs are involved as many of us know or maybe some don't performance enhancing drugs do often Grow the muscle and not the ligaments or tendon as fast So some of these upper echelon powerlifter strong man, etc bodybuilders that may be using some PEDs Will have chances of tearing a muscle a little bit greater than someone who doesn't take those type of Enhancements those injuries obviously will add up and slow your range of motion slow your strength slow your progress over time As well as obviously the ultimate beating of just stimulus and progressive overload over time. What does this all mean for me? What does it all mean for you? That's kind of for you to decide how hard you want to push something where you want to take something again These sports don't really pay off. Everyone thinks it's cool to be you know, dead list 600 700 800 pounds on Instagram And all of a sudden you're gonna be famous and having a check and getting supplement sponsors left and right If you love the pursuit of strength by all means get after it But know that in my opinion and probably many others let me know in the comments below Chances are that career as a competitive athlete or going to the highest level won't last very long There's not many power lifters even the natural ones in the US natural and US APL I say with quotations because who knows right all we know is the drug tests we get that's a whole nother conversation see the movie Icarus, but Those careers I haven't seen anyone at the top levels besides maybe a Jen Thompson for over 10 years either The rain or the chances that you stay high in these sports is very very low It's competitive for one to the body takes wear and tear three There's new freaks coming about to wrap it all up if you're taking from childhood all the way up People will say well, I'm 50 and I'm squatting 800 pounds That's great, but chances are you didn't start squatting competitively or heavy until you were 40 Can you be strong in your 30s and 40s? Yes, I think you can but not if you start a power lifting in your teens I haven't seen it yet. So until that day you may prove me wrong sound like I'm in here comment below Which you want me to cover the next video appreciate you I'm on twitch every single day link in the bio 50% facts new on itunes me and Jimmy D are back together covering more informational Topics for you to get learns and hopefully entertain appreciate you. I'm out of here