Bodybuilding, powerlifting and storngman?

[darthsith19]

Sorry if I sound dumb, but I know what the differences are between bodybuilding and powerlifting, but what about storngman competitions? Storngmen train to be strong, so aren't they like powerlifters? How does a strongman differ from a powerlifter or bodybuilder? Sorry, I know very little about strongmen. And which group is the strongest overall, powerlifters, strongmen or bodybuilders? Any help would be nice.

[mochi]

wikipedia is your f*ckin friend

[darthsith19]

wikipedia is your f*ckin friend

Sorry if I f*ckin upset you.

[mochi]

Sorry if I f*ckin upset you.

you really do

edit: sorry, i'm in a bad mood..

anyway, my argument would be that pl'ers are probably best at static stuff like deads, squats, etc. but actually doing functional movements like moving with weights and odd objects, the strongmen are stronger

basically whatever the focus is for each group, they will be better at whatever focus that is (generally)

pl'ers train the squat, bench, dead.. strongmen train events; stones, fingers, ohp movements, etc. (plus squat/dead, sometimes bench)

[darthsith19]

Alright, thanks, and no hard feelings.

[bicepman]

Sorry if I sound dumb, but I know what the differences are between bodybuilding and powerlifting, but what about storngman competitions? Storngmen train to be strong, so aren't they like powerlifters? How does a strongman differ from a powerlifter or bodybuilder? Sorry, I know very little about strongmen. And which group is the strongest overall, powerlifters, strongmen or bodybuilders? Any help would be nice.

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[bicepman]

Alright, thanks, and no hard feelings.

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[Dark_MadMax]

Stupid comparison imho. I do not know what BBers even doing there while you have no category for Olympic Lifters.

[Tiney Zaid]

Strongman

[muscle_g]

I'd say as far as complete strength it would be powerlifters

for endurance and functional strength strongmen

Rep strength bodybuilders

[John Prophet]

strongmen have to have endurance and also speed for some events and also explosive strength. Powerlifters dont have to have any of that.

strongmen are definitely more well rounded. Look at Marius or Jesse Marunde (RIP)..very explosive. There was the one event where they had to throw the kegs over the high wall or whatever....thats all explosive strength...not 'absolute' strength like a powerlifter has. Jesse cleared the wall easily with all the kegs where some guys barely bumped over the wall with one keg. the difference is that Jesse was explosive whereas the other guys werent.


bodybuilding is a mixed bag...some r strong, some are very weak for their size. Lou Ferrigno always made a pretty good showing for himself when he competed in strength events. I imagine the guys were more well rounded back then....its hard to see many of todays bbers doing as well. Doing partials on a smith machine doesnt really crossover to any other event, lol


a big difference between strongmen and powerlifters is bicep strength....Plers dont really meed much but strongmen need a lot of it.

[Pain!]

Strength = Force x Mass.
Strength is determined by what ever particular goal you are training for.
Therefore, there is no answer to this question.