Bodybuilders vs. Powerlifters

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I had a exgirlfriend who used to row at a national level....i dont understand rowing, but each different facet of the sport hated each other. The sprint racers didnt have endurance, and the longdistance rowers werent powerfull...etc etc and they all bithced about each other....different squads wouldnt talk to each other. they would call the sprint racers fat, the endurance racers were "skeletons" ahahah quite funny

 

[backfromlayoff]

Thanks for the replies.

I agree bigbad has a very good reply. Your so right about how its the amatures that do the name calling, like little bitches calling themselves bodybuilders and the fat people that call themselves powerlifters.

So next time i go to the gym and say "I plan on getting back into bodybuilding" and someone says "why be a pussy, why not be a real man and go into powerlifting", what should i say as a good comeback to them?

endpoint: that is funny about your sprinter vs endurance lol. You have to admit though some of those long distance people really do look like skeletons. My friend is 6'5" (140 soaking wet, lol) or something and he gets that a lot, lol.

 

[Thaibox]

Powerlifters conflict with bodybuilders in the gym

Marine Force Recon conflict with Army Rangers conflict with Navy SEALs in the dirt

Strikers conflict with grapplers in the ring

The elite in anything will have a rivalry, but when it comes down to it, they are brothers and sisters. They share something no one else ever could.

 

[Imnotdutch]

Why are you even discussing this in the gym? You re there to tran not to socialise. Besides, you lift for your own reasons and dont have to justify your reasons to anybody.

So next time i go to the gym and say "I plan on getting back into bodybuilding" and someone says "why be a pussy, why not be a real man and go into powerlifting", what should i say as a good comeback to them?

 

[Grantsdu]

I think alot of the name calling stems from jealousley. Does that make it right? Not even close but some people are going to bitch about anything they feel someone is better at them at. I have a great deal of respect for both. I have wanting to get big as hell, and stroung as hell but I will never be about to compete in either one. Oh I can go to a local powerlifting meet and do good but only because I'm in a smaller weight class and have literally noone to lift aginst. I just enjoy setting PR's. As long as people compete in BB and PL theres going to be name calling...period

 

[Grantsdu]

I think alot of the name calling stems from jealousley. Does that make it right? Not even close but some people are going to bitch about anything they feel someone is better at them at. I have a great deal of respect for both. I have wanting to get big as hell, and stroung as hell but I will never be about to compete in either one. I don't have the body. I guess thats a cop out, if I bust my ass I can get stronger, its just not going as I would like it to. Oh I can go to a local powerlifting meet and do good but only because I'm in a smaller weight class and have literally noone to lift aginst. I just enjoy setting PR's. As long as people compete in BB and PL theres going to be name calling...period

 

[benchmonster]

hey, do whatever makes you happy. for me that is powerlifting, but if bodybuilding floats your boat, then that is fine.

there are going to be rivalries in any sport, especially such testosterone driven ones as bodybuilding and powerlifting. bodybuilders think powerlifters are fat and ugly, powerlifters think bodybuilders are pretty boy frilly types, it goes on and on.

there are a bunch of hardcore powerlifters and strongman competitors at my gym. we all get along just fine, and the rest of the people there show respect and give the big boys room to train. it is a great environment. but we do have mirrors in the gym and if a serious, competitive bodybuilder came in to train, we would not make fun of him.

however, there are going to be snickers and giggles from the strength training crowd when a "bodybuilder" shows up in tights, leg warmers, and a Valeo belt to blast out some 15 lb dumbell curls while never entering a contest.

I don't think there is as much of a rift between competitive powerlifters and competitive bodybuilders as there are between the fakers in each. And again, I have said this before, and I will say it again, if you don't compete in powerlifting meets, you are not a powerlifter. If you don't compete in a bodybuilding contest, then you are not a bodybuilder!!!!

I could train like a sprinter (at a slower pace) but would not be a sprinter, unless I ran in a race against other sprinters. It takes juevos to compete. If you compete you earn the right to talk smack, if you don't compete, then you are a gym rat wannabe lifter. It is OK to be a gym rat. I was one for years. But don't go around saying you are a powerlifter, bodybuilder, strongman, etc. . . if you are a gym rat. The gym rats are the ones who cause a lot of this shit.

B.

 

[MadCow1]

I don't compare them usually because they are different sports totally. It's like comparing a shot putter to a gymnast, a sprinter to a marathonist etc.

Or comparing a beauty pagent contestent to an athlete? (couldn't resist)

Although dedication and training earn my respect regardless of endevour, I just can't equate a 3rd party judging aesthetics with an acutal sporting activity. Both parties utilize very similar methods of preparation and contests can be grueling at both venues but the bottom line is that aesthetics is not performance related as are all sports. A bodybuilding contest has more in common with a beauty pagent than it does a sporting contest.

Not politically correct but these are the facts as I see them. I mean no disrespect to bodybuilders but I see it as plain vanilla. I also don't curtail my definition of sport much since I think performance oriented can be applied to almost anything (chess, spelling b's, etc..) except for judged aethetics (flower shows, pagents, dog shows that involve only the dog showing up and not doing anything other than moving around).

With that being said, I am definitely of the do what you enjoy camp. If bodybuilding is your thing than by all means do it and do it with heart and passion since these are the drivers of excellence.

 

[skaman607]

I could train like a sprinter (at a slower pace) but would not be a sprinter, unless I ran in a race against other sprinters. It takes juevos to compete. If you compete you earn the right to talk smack, if you don't compete, then you are a gym rat wannabe lifter. It is OK to be a gym rat. I was one for years. But don't go around saying you are a powerlifter, bodybuilder, strongman, etc. . . if you are a gym rat. The gym rats are the ones who cause a lot of this shit.

B.

So I just train PL, right?

 

[Whiskey]

damn good response bigbadbootydaddy. I personally don't call myself either, I more or less just like to work out as hard as I can.

However, how i have seen it in smaller towns or cities where there aren't any real Pl's or BB's, those that think they are one or the other only do so because they either look closer to a bb or pl, or are trying to impress others and with their trying to impress attitude, they rip on anyone that doesn't look like them and try to convince others that they are better than the other. At least that is how it was in my home town of 6000. I am shure, hope, that it isn't like this everywhere else in this country.

I hope that made sense...


Whiskey