For ABSOLUTE strength, yes you are!
hahaha, so you admit that the gymnast isn't actually the strongest? he's got... what... "functional" strength?
"functional strength" is code for "weak, but athletic". it's what people call a guy who can't bench 200 pounds but can climb rocks, someone who can't squat their own body weight but can walk on their hands.

if we define "functional" as "designed for or adapted to a function or use", then ALL strength is functional because it's geared specifically toward the task it's trained for! wolfy has functional strength because he's a bench presser, being able to climb a mountain or do a handstand pushup wouldn't get him fuck all because the "function" he's aiming for is a big bench press.
now you could argue for "useful" strength, but what the hell does that mean? how many times in life do you need to be able to do a planche pushup or a backflip? the only time someone needs strength is for moving heavy shit, and in cases like that a powerlifter's a hell of a lot more "functional" than a gymnast.
years ago when my family was moving, we needed a piano to get moved. my stepdad's friend was this big fat fucker named mike, and this big bastard moved the piano all by himself. hoisted the damn thing up into the truck without help. he couldn't do a pullup to save his life, but he picked up an upright piano (so it wasn't a gigantic thing that weighed 800 pounds, but still).
so at the end of the day, whose strength is "functional"? the guy who can do a one-armed pullup or a cross on the rings but can't pick up a keg of beer, or the guy who can carry two of them up a flight of stairs?
