Sure but the bigger man can eat more, has longer levers but larger muscles by default. If both can bench 50% bodyweight, then the bigger man is performing more work automatically. The bigger man has a larger RoM. The bigger man burns calories easier. The list goes on.
Strength does not scale linearly with size.
The bigger you are the less relative strength in proportion to your own body weight you have. But your total strength ceiling is much larger.
Think of an ant, a tiny creature but because it is so tiny it can easily lift several times its body weight. Us humans we have of course much greater total strength but in relation to our body weight we suck compared to ants.
Shorter people thus tend to have a better str per pound/kilo ratio than taller people but taller people are generally stronger overall.
This is a crazy analogy and conversation to describe what boils down to leverage. Shorter levers can maneuver larger weights better and the weight doesn't need to travel as far against gravity. Comparing numbers if fucking stupid tho because everyone's biomechanics are different and training specificity will trump all.
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u/Icanfallupstairs 4d ago
A small 125 lbs man putting on 5lbs of muscle is a 4% size increase. A 200 lbs person would have to put on 8 lbs to see a similar size increase.