In the eyes of many fitness experts, it is the image of a muscular man. We see that the most powerful people in modern society, such as Olympic weightlifting champions, are mostly muscular and powerful people. There are also NBA athletes, who are also muscular and have strong fighting ability.

So why are most ancient generals? The general's stomach? In fact, the ideal form of ancient soldiers was fat and strong, rough-skinned, hungry and thirsty, resistant to freezing and injury, able to fight for a long time, and able to meet the enemy on the spot. When facing the enemy, both sides are heavily armored. Where did you get so many moves? It is most practical to slash and stab. People who lack these qualities have long been eliminated, often killed not by the enemy, but by hunger and frostbite.

It is not that the ancient generals preferred the general's belly, but that the battlefield chose the general's belly. Battlefield is about strength and endurance. In terms of strength, a man with a beer belly must have an advantage over a man with eight abdominal muscles. The belly is bigger, the waist is stronger, and it is more dominant when fighting. You are big and strong, and you have a better chance of survival on the battlefield.

The muscular shape is just beautiful, but it can't adapt to the real ancient battlefield. It means low body fat and lack of tolerance for overeating. Is overeating an advantage in ancient battlefields? Of course, in the ancient battlefields where military supplies could not be replenished at any time or were destroyed by the enemy, people had to stuff their stomachs with food, and they had to have enough body reserves if they didn't eat, which met the standard of tenacious survival before killing the enemy. This is a qualified soldier.

When marching in battle, sometimes you will have no food for several days, and you will encounter a lot of exercise for a long time. At this time, the advantages of people with more fat are revealed. They can starve more and adapt to the long and heavy March. Those who are low in fat have long been hungry, and those who have fat in their beer bellies can live for a day or two by burning fat. These two days, maybe the war will be reversed, maybe they will run out of the enemy's encirclement and survive. Being alive on the battlefield is the greatest justice. People who can live are fat and resistant, not muscular.

In fact, ancient wars needed explosive power. At this time, fencing and knife cutting are basically useless. Whoever has great strength can kill the other side. Therefore, the ancient warriors are naturally super strong men.