Powerlifting > Bodybuilding (SRS)

[Digital.god]

a lot of bodybuilders train with power lifting regimes in the offseason. Did power-lifting myself for a few years then switch to bb-ing.

I cant believe how much you *******s are arguing about this.

[MrRipley]

BBer = lifter too weak to be a powerlifter

Powerlifter = lifter to fat to be a bodybuilder.



The above statements prove that they both overlap hugely. Why not both?

[Angra_Mainyu]

powerlifting is more fun and alpha, that's all there is to it.

Being a beast > being insecure about your body

[UberAlles]

lol people still dont understand

there is no difference between bodybuilding and powerlifting (training wise, obviously for meets u cut and dehydrate for bbing etc)

back in the old days, there was no distinction between powerlifters and bodybuilders and oly lifters, as the way it should be

bump for retards who still think powerlifting and bodybuilder are difference...probably why none of you ever make gains lol

[IcemanIsDead]

powerlifting is more fun and alpha, that's all there is to it.

Being a beast > being insecure about your body

This is my opinion as well, however, there's not much "truth" to it, just opinion. Some might think that being aesthetic is better than being strong, I can't argue for that opinion since I have no idea why people would think that, but there are people who does, and those opinions aren't less worth (they are still opinions based on emotion and mindset, just like my opinions)


I don't think I made much sense in this post, I'm a bit tired right now..

[zj95maxx]

Hello... I saw this thread and would like to join.
pls see body weight and sig.


oook bye

[trs5]

srs gtfo. powerlifters are ego lifters, cool dude u can lift 4 plates for deadlift sweet. Its not hard to lift something 1 time then take a 6 min break lol.

Its not hard, so you can do it right?

[anonymous]

BRB sport vs. pageant ..........No. It's still competitive and needs to be taken seriously.
BRB the powerlifter is the better athlete............Lmao do you honestly believe that, most powerlifters are skinny wannabes or fat phucks. Dan green is the only exception
BRB the powerlifter will have a much easier time looking aesthetic than a bodybuilder would being strong..........Please tell me more on how bodybuilders don't lift heavy. BS.
BRB actually being really strong rather than just looking like it........ nobody gives a crap if your insanely strong. That's just the reality of it.
BRB objective vs. subjective............right.gif
BRB you can succeed natty in powerlifting but never in hell would you get anywhere in natty bodybuilding.......... Is this a joke?

Who's mad now?....... Not mad one bit. Just another clueless miscer.

Holy delusion batman (srs).

[zj95maxx]

srs gtfo. powerlifters are ego lifters, cool dude u can lift 4 plates for deadlift sweet. Its not hard to lift something 1 time then take a 6 min break lol.

I can lift 4 plates 16 times in a row with about .5-2 seconds rest. inbetween..

wut says you

how is my ego?

[arv91]

lol wtf?

No one will ever find your 225 bench impressive in any way.

And u mad I'll always be 10x more aesthetic than you? Most powerlifters are pretty lean.

5'7 150 and doing 225 for reps is more impressive than some fat fuk powerlifter that can 1 rep max 350 who looks retarded in their powerlifting compression suit and arches their back to the ceiling . 99% of powerlifters don't compete and are fatties who eat too much just to lift more. If I dirty bulk to 200 pounds on ss for 6 months, I'll be hitting 350 on the bench. I never said you, but also I'm sure since you're 20 and clearly spend all your time in the gym trying to lift heavy based on your stats and lifts, I'll go out on a limb and say your not quite the socialite so my strong and athletic aesthetic build get myself laid a lot more than your bulky build that looks goofy in clothes with your meathead mentality who probably tries to look at his traps whenever he sees his reflection.

[Johnson1704]

Umm, no.

Some people actually compete, and don't just train for to get a nice pump and break a sweat.[/QUOTE]

Well ya, there are those who compete. But I know people who powerlift and don't compete. They just get big and look fat. That's what I don't uderstand

[SammyJr]

Was about to quote your mistake but you're too fast lol.

lolz. yeah i did it in my head, then double checked with a calculator.. feelsstupidman

[Hardlifter9]

5'7 150 and doing 225 for reps is more impressive than some fat fuk powerlifter that can 1 rep max 350 who looks retarded in their powerlifting suit and arches their back to the ceiling . 99% of powerlifters don't compete and are fatties who eat too much just to lift more. If I dirty bulk to, 200 pounds on ss for 6 months, I'll be hitting 350 on the bench lol. I never said you, but also I'm sure since you're 20 and clearly spend all your time in the gym trying to lift heavy based on your stats and lifts, I'll go out on a limb and say your not quite the socialite so my strong and athletic aesthetic build get myself laid a lot more than your bulky build that looks goofy in clothes with your meathead mentality who probably tries to look at his traps whenever he sees his reflection.

Dude if you're going to describe the stereotypical powerlifter wearing a suit, try using 1000lbs as their bench number or at least 800lbs. And you're saying people are more impressed by a skinny manlet repping 225 on the bench than a guy benching 800+? Or how about a guy who's 200lbs repping 350 raw on the bench? Your lifts are pathetic and nothing anyone would care for.

And u mad I have a gf and slay more in one week than you do over several months? So let's not go there. But a guy at your size talking about his non-existent "strong and athletic aesthetic build" ... I'm going to go ahead and say you're trolling.

[arv91]

Dude if you're going to describe the stereotypical powerlifter wearing a suit, try using 1000lbs as their bench number or at least 800lbs. And you're saying people are more impressed by a skinny manlet repping 225 on the bench than a guy benching 800+? Or how about a guy who's 200lbs repping 350 raw on the bench? Your lifts are pathetic and nothing anyone would care for.

And u mad I have a gf and slay more in one week than you do over several months? So let's not go there. But a guy at your size talking about his non-existent "strong and athletic aesthetic build" ... I'm going to go ahead and say you're trolling.

The average powerlifter (not pro) doesn't bench 1000 or 800 lbs lol, try 500 with a suit. Not sure if srs, I wear a large shirt at my weight and height, not bulking to 200 to wear a XXL with my shirt at my knees to look retarded to up my bb stats. How you slay 2-3 diff chicks a month with a gf doe?

[Hardlifter9]

The average powerlifter (not pro) doesn't bench 1000 or 800 lbs lol, try 500 with a suit. Not sure if srs, I wear a large shirt at my weight and height, not bulking to 200 to wear a XXL with my shirt at my knees to look retarded to up my bb stats. How you slay 2-3 diff chicks a month with a gf doe?

Most powerlifters don't compete equipped, raw powerlifting is more popular. And I was countering your bullchit point that you get laid more or whatever it is you're trying to use because you're clearly insecure about yourself. Though I don't blame you for that given your stats.

And dude, you have terrible grammar. Do you even education?

[arv91]

Most powerlifters don't compete equipped, raw powerlifting is more popular. And I was countering your bullchit point that you get laid more or whatever it is you're trying to use because you're clearly insecure about yourself. Though I don't blame you for that given your stats.

And dude, you have terrible grammar. Do you even education?

4.8 high school, 4.0 college, where u liv imma bang ur gf

[Hardlifter9]

4.8 high school, 4.0 college, where u liv imma bang ur gf

alright guys, neg the troll.

[training4life1]

BRB sport vs. pageant ..........No. It's still competitive and needs to be taken seriously. of course it is, but have you considered the fact that PLing is about who lifts more weight and BBing is about what the jury thinks about how the people on stage look? Last time I checked that's the definition of a beauty pageant, and BBing fits right in Beauty peagent is for women. So you could classify that towards bikini, figure, mens physique (jk) etc. Not MENS bodybuilding.

BRB the powerlifter is the better athlete............Lmao do you honestly believe that, most powerlifters are skinny wannabes or fat phucks. Dan green is the only exception Stan Efferding, Mark Bell, Pete Rubish, Jeremy Hamilton, Konstantin Konstantinovs, George Leeman (when he is a bit leaner), your arguement is invalid Ok you got me. 6 guy's. Doesn't matter either way, the amount of skinny and overweight powerlifters completely out numbers the ones who look legitimately aesthetic.

BRB the powerlifter will have a much easier time looking aesthetic than a bodybuilder would being strong..........Please tell me more on how bodybuilders don't lift heavy. BS. not as heavy, and PLing involves a great deal of hypertrophy work as well, and it essentially comes down to diet how you look, whereas strength has to do with a lot of factors that aren't present in the typical bodybuilding workout --- I agree it does. I never said it didn't and I incorporate power lifting into my training.. The point OP said was it's easier for power lifters to look aesthetic. Complete BS.

BRB actually being really strong rather than just looking like it........ nobody gives a crap if your insanely strong. That's just the reality of it. yep, girls don't cream if you can pick them up and lift them over your head and stuff like that, nobody cares that you can lift a car etc. Get real Post a video of a man lifting a car over his head. It's impressive to lift a ton of weight yes, but generally people don't care..

BRB objective vs. subjective............right.gif Objective= this guy has a bigger total than this guy, he wins. Subjective= I think this guy looks better because his delts are a bit better and I like how his glutes are a bit more striated, he wins. Who cares???

BRB you can succeed natty in powerlifting but never in hell would you get anywhere in natty bodybuilding.......... Is this a joke? There is no such thing as elite level natural bodybuilding, everyone techs. However, if a powerlifter juices he doesn't care about trying to enter a drugtested federation, therefore you can actually set records as a natural in drugtested federations, since the teching PLers are in untested feds Good for powerlifters then? You can succeed in BOTH. There are elite naturals. If you seriously don't think that, you need to put more time in the gym. Come back in 15-20 years with good nutrition and training and tell me your not swole as hell. (genetics depending). No offence to you personally, but I laugh when I read stuff like this. It happens yes, but not as often as you think. I compete. I would know.

Who's mad now?....... Not mad one bit. Just another clueless miscer. I can say the same about you Do not care what so ever

[Mimic3]

why not both

[Power_Strike92]

In this situation it's your diet mainly.

Powerlifters are usually those beer belly gut *******s who don't work on legs and will eventually become cornballs on tooth picks.
Makes no sense when your upper body is stronger than your lower body when you don't walk on your hands.

brb trying to bench 600lbs but sloppy body and overweight as phuk
brb chicken legs with Karl Malone upper body.

Bodybuilders tend to work on every aspect of their body.
Tone gluts, legs, calves, biceps, triceps, shoulders, abs, etc.
They want to tone everything while being strong as well.

Makes no sense you can bench 500 but look like snorlax.
Sloots won't be impressed.

****ing lol.

[lced]

I can't believe how aggressively people are defending their preference

May as well have an "Apples>Oranges(SRS)" thread

In which Apple lovers call Orange lovers *******s and vice versa, then bring in broscience like Orange lovers get more girls than Apple lovers

Calm the fuk down *******s, just do whatever you personally want to do.

[training4life1]

I can't believe how aggressively people are defending their preference

May as well have an "Apples>Oranges(SRS)" thread

In which Apple lovers call Orange lovers *******s and vice versa, then bring in broscience like Orange lovers get more girls than Apple lovers

Calm the fuk down *******s, just do whatever you personally want to do.

Thisx1000. So many narrow minded miscers. One isn't better then the other. It's all personal preference.

[kaebow]

I can lift 4 plates 16 times in a row with about .5-2 seconds rest. inbetween..

wut says you

how is my ego?

I can snatch 270lb and clean and jerk 330lb. Come at me bro.

[IcemanIsDead]

BRB sport vs. pageant ..........No. It's still competitive and needs to be taken seriously. of course it is, but have you considered the fact that PLing is about who lifts more weight and BBing is about what the jury thinks about how the people on stage look? Last time I checked that's the definition of a beauty pageant, and BBing fits right in. Beauty peagent is for women. So you could classify that towards bikini, figure, mens physique (jk) etc. Not MENS bodybuilding. Bodybuilding is still a pageant, way to get lost in the arguement. Bodybuilding, like I said, is a bunch of people posing, and a bunch of jurymembers rating their appearances, just like a beauty pageant, and it's technically not a sport, since it's not based on performance, but appearance.

BRB the powerlifter is the better athlete............Lmao do you honestly believe that, most powerlifters are skinny wannabes or fat phucks. Dan green is the only exception Stan Efferding, Mark Bell, Pete Rubish, Jeremy Hamilton, Konstantin Konstantinovs, George Leeman (when he is a bit leaner), your arguement is invalid Ok you got me. 6 guy's. Doesn't matter either way, the amount of skinny and overweight powerlifters completely out numbers the ones who look legitimately aesthetic. it's highl subjective, there's plenty of other PLers that look very aesthetic, but since the sport isn't based on appearance (no sport is) they can look however they want to look. You can't possibly judge athleticism on appearance, which makes your arguement invalid. A powerlifter knows better form, better prehab and generally knows more about explosiveness, brute strength and maximal force output than a BBer.

Put a powerlifter and a BBer against each other to make a training program for a fighter and the powerlifter will be better at knowing what it takes to build explosiveness, speed and power, since most powerlifters actually train to be just that in order to be as strong as they possibl can. For example, Louie Simmons have trained multiple UFC fighters, football players etc using his method at westside barbell, what bodybuilders have that knowledge?

That's being a better athlete. Knowing more about being athletic, utilizing it when training and being able to coach athletes is something that many powerlifters are able to do, no many BBers posess that trait.

BRB the powerlifter will have a much easier time looking aesthetic than a bodybuilder would being strong..........Please tell me more on how bodybuilders don't lift heavy. BS. not as heavy, and PLing involves a great deal of hypertrophy work as well, and it essentially comes down to diet how you look, whereas strength has to do with a lot of factors that aren't present in the typical bodybuilding workout --- I agree it does. I never said it didn't and I incorporate power lifting into my training.. The point OP said was it's easier for power lifters to look aesthetic. Complete BS. Not really, it's about the same, since it all comes down to diet. BBers however, that doesn't utilize PL programming into their programs won't get as strong as a powerlifter.

BRB actually being really strong rather than just looking like it........ nobody gives a crap if your insanely strong. That's just the reality of it. yep, girls don't cream if you can pick them up and lift them over your head and stuff like that, nobody cares that you can lift a car etc. Get real Post a video of a man lifting a car over his head. It's impressive to lift a ton of weight yes, but generally people don't care.. I never said anything about lifting a car over your head, that's just twisting words to try to make a completely BS statement. Generally people do care, women like men that are capable of protecting and being secure, men envy and respect men that could kick their asses anytime.

BRB objective vs. subjective............right.gif Objective= this guy has a bigger total than this guy, he wins. Subjective= I think this guy looks better because his delts are a bit better and I like how his glutes are a bit more striated, he wins. Who cares??? Lol, you had nothing better to come up with? I bet it annoys you. You acted as if it was untrue, which it isn't.

BRB you can succeed natty in powerlifting but never in hell would you get anywhere in natty bodybuilding.......... Is this a joke? There is no such thing as elite level natural bodybuilding, everyone techs. However, if a powerlifter juices he doesn't care about trying to enter a drugtested federation, therefore you can actually set records as a natural in drugtested federations, since the teching PLers are in untested feds Good for powerlifters then? You can succeed in BOTH. There are elite naturals. If you seriously don't think that, you need to put more time in the gym. Come back in 15-20 years with good nutrition and training and tell me your not swole as hell. (genetics depending). No offence to you personally, but I laugh when I read stuff like this. It happens yes, but not as often as you think. I compete. I would know. And you need to get real about the fact that Rob Riches, Name Lardstrom, Mike O'tren and every other "natural bodybuilder" isn't really natty, whereas natural PLers are actually natural, since PLers compete against themselves, not everyone else, and if you tech as a PLer you don't bother to enter tested federations.

Who's mad now?....... Not mad one bit. Just another clueless miscer. I can say the same about you Do not care what so ever Still clueless

Wrong again.

[ThundaHorz]

bump

Oliva makes a good case

After losing the war to Fidel Castro, Oliva stayed local and took to hanging out at the beach. There, he met a fellow sun worshipper, who invited him to the local weightlifting club. After just six months of training Oliva was doing clean and jerks with over 300 lb and totaling 1000 lb in the three Olympic lifts at a bodyweight of 195 lb, considered a middle-heavyweight.

lol everyone neg this guy.

alright guys, neg

Why do you get to tell everyone what to do with their reps/negs?

[marin3muscl3]

In this situation it's your diet mainly.

Powerlifters are usually those beer belly gut *******s who don't work on legs and will eventually become cornballs on tooth picks.
Makes no sense when your upper body is stronger than your lower body when you don't walk on your hands.

brb trying to bench 600lbs but sloppy body and overweight as phuk
brb chicken legs with Karl Malone upper body.

Bodybuilders tend to work on every aspect of their body.
Tone gluts, legs, calves, biceps, triceps, shoulders, abs, etc.
They want to tone everything while being strong as well.

Makes no sense you can bench 500 but look like snorlax.
Sloots won't be impressed.

I'm not even a powerlifter but you dumb as fuk. One of their big lifts in the squat, how the fuk don't they train legs.

[Domina8r]

Why not both?

[Jungo]

In this situation it's your diet mainly.

Powerlifters are usually those beer belly gut *******s who don't work on legs and will eventually become cornballs on tooth picks.
Makes no sense when your upper body is stronger than your lower body when you don't walk on your hands.

brb trying to bench 600lbs but sloppy body and overweight as phuk
brb chicken legs with Karl Malone upper body.

Bodybuilders tend to work on every aspect of their body.
Tone gluts, legs, calves, biceps, triceps, shoulders, abs, etc.
They want to tone everything while being strong as well.

Makes no sense you can bench 500 but look like snorlax.
Sloots won't be impressed.

phuck you are retarded

[MonsterMB]

you sound mad as fk.

also you're 179 lbs lmao.

oh and also I am stronger than you.

And i'm stronger then you, Mad brah

[Toguro]

BRB sport vs. pageant
BRB the powerlifter is the better athlete
BRB the powerlifter will have a much easier time looking aesthetic than a bodybuilder would being strong
BRB actually being really strong rather than just looking like it
BRB objective vs. subjective
BRB you can succeed natty in powerlifting but never in hell would you get anywhere in natty bodybuilding

Who's mad now?

LOL if you think you can make it top tier in powerlifting natty...






yeah no


even if you're going by weight classes (how much you lift vs. weight) your argument is still irrelevant because bodybuilding also has weight classes