Mas que doença é essa?

Myotonia congenita, acho que é essa.

Essa doença é muito comum na escandinávia, ou seja, a terra dos vikings, que colonizaram o canadá. Logo, a lenda que os vikings eram muito fortes presume-se verdadeira.

Interestingly the hereditary conditions of malignant hyperthermia and Thomsen’s disease (a form of myotonia congenita) are passed on in an autosomal dominant manner and may be associated with unusual strength or muscle bulk. Both these conditions are described in French Canadian populations. Animal geneticists have been trying to breed hogs with the malignant hyperthermia gene because of the greatly increased muscle bulk, and hence meat production, associated with this condition.

Myotonia congenita may cause increased strength, but the muscle spasm associated may otherwise tend to interfere with agility and coordination. Ben Weider in his book The Strongest Man is History: Louis Cyr, Amazing Canadian points out that Cyr was actually quite agile for a man of his size and bulk, which would tend to make this condition less likely.

Perhaps the Cyr family strength is an independent autosomal dominant trait. It would be interesting to know whether great strength still runs in descendants of the family, or whether cases of malignant hyperthermia or Thomsen’s disease have been reported.

Whatever the underlying cause of Cyr’s great strength, he remains a remarkable Canadian as well as an international icon in the world of body builders. He is probably the only strongman in Canada, if not in the world, memorialized by a public monument, which is located in the city of Montreal.

Editado 29/10/2014 às 17:07 10/29, 2014 por Víkingr (veja o histórico de edições)

Não conhecia essa Miotonia...(Mais informações aqui:https://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v54n4/08.pdf)

Isso explica porque alguns homens do passado eram tão fortes,mesmo sem treinos e alimentação específica.

Editado 29/10/2014 às 17:18 10/29, 2014 por Gyganto (veja o histórico de edições)

Seria isso a razão pela qual a Escandinávia predominar nos campeonatos da WSM hoje?