Are obese people the strongest…?
Obese people do gain some muscle along with fat, although not enough to make up for their weight. And most people, to reach the point of being considered obese, are very active, which means that they don’t develop much strength. However, the strongest people in the world, superheavy weight competive lifters will often gain lots of weight to get even a bit stronger. Since there’s no weight class above them they can afford to gain large amount of fat when trying to add additional muscle. For example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOA5RbAQW… He was the worlds top olympic lifters for a number of years. However due an injury and blood pressure, he had to stop competing. So the extra weight does come with a price.
