#we haven't seen Thor do any training on-screen ever but we have seen Sif and other warriors doing so

[worstloki]

Asgardians: *pressure loki into strength training because he’s weak*

Loki: *becomes stronger and faster and more endurable and has a higher stamina than Asgardians on top of an actual fighting style and being smart and being able to use magic*

Asgardians: 

#correct me if I'm wrong but Loki is the closest to Thor (in terms of combat) out of all Asgard #we're excluding odin bc he sucks #and thor learnt basic training with a sword just like everyone else BUT he also got his hammer when he was relatively young #well we don't know about when he got the hammer in the mcu but i'd reckon he got it early considering how arrogant he was in thor 1 #so anyways Thor's got a magic hammer and doesn't need to practice he just goes straight into battle #we haven't seen Thor do any training on-screen ever but we have seen Sif and other warriors doing so #so Thor basically only gets into situations where he has to fight actual battles #but Loki doesn't have a magic hammer and magic is looked down upon so he would've had to learn fighting if he wants to get respected #sure he could only use magic but this is a warrior society who respect muscles and your ability to throw a spear and stuff #so loki spends years being forced by everyone into strength training and running extra and learning how to fight as a weaker opponent #he learns actual fighting styles and how to combat different kinds of opponents #thor doesn't need to do that when he can just roughly estimate which direction to throw the hammer #so anyways everyone treats loki like dirt because he's small and clearly weak - even GUARDS have more muscle than the prince #sif doesn't have the muscle but she's proven she doesn't need it to fight good and has a reputation and that's good for her but loki doesn't #loki gets disrespected and learns how to fight as a weaker opponent because its the only way people believe he didn't magically cheat to win #he proves that he can throw knives and stab people and continues training and when people accept he can fight without it he brings magic in #it takes centuries for people to get over the fact that the magic is useful and not cheating but everyone insists he keeps training #the asgardians don't even try measuring his strength they just look at his flimsy stature and decide he needs to gain muscle mass #loki wears long sleeves and long pants and covers up so people assume he's got to be gaining some weight right? WRONG #loki remains a twig and his strength barely increases BUT he's still able to fight thor and be pretty evenly matched #the only difference is that now loki can combat different opponents in different situations and in different ways AND be strong #he's got magic and he's smart and he's got enough stamina to run for hours and ridiculous endurance but he had already been strong #loki now has the widest range of skills on the planet - including when it comes to battle #and the worst part for the asgardians? they kept training him about how to take down STRONGER OPPONENTS #he was already much stronger than the average Asgardian #quick review of canon: loki can easily take thor in a 1v1 without trying and we've seen how skinny he was in thor 1 and how he was treated #loki also demonstrates fight styles while thor doesn't and loki also uses indirect attacks despite proving he is capable and doesn't need to #we also know that jotuns have strength which at least rivals aesir but have smaller builds (not height obviously - just less muscley) #so technically loki could be stronger than thor but not use the strength because after centuries everyone has him convinced he's weaker #he uses magic and evasive techniques to avoid a battle of strength but if it ever comes to it mcu loki might just win