Bodybuilders vs. Powerlifters

[stout]

stout....I have a friend who is a nationally ranked bodybuilder and an elite class powerlifter. Two years ago she was next in line to get her pro card.....she competed in PL and her hypertrophy suffered a bit and she slipped in the bb placings.

When talking about elite athletes, the training is too different. I use the example of Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis. Johnson was explosive coming out of the blocks, but he started to slow down the last 10 meters. Lewis was slower out of the blocks, but he accelerated through the race.......another 10m he would have won the race.

Why can't we train ben to accelerate and carl to be more explosive? It would take away from what makes them special as an elite athlete. In smaller comps I think it's okay, but at that level I feel a person has to specialize and choose what comp to do.

I do agree that to become a champion in either sport you have to dedicate your life to it, and that can be hard to do with both BB and PL, maybe impossible.....but on my level, I can use a mix of both to get what i want. I feel that one compliments the other. In order to get bigger you have to lift heavier and the strength that comes with PL affords that. I love powerlifting and what it stands for above bodybuilding but why can't one enjoy both?

 

[curgeo]

I think you can at a certain point. The hard part is the training....bb you are trying to BREAK down muscle so it supercomps. Pl....you are trying to RECRUIT the most muscle. It's very hard, but doable. Look at Chuck Vogelpohl or Andy Fiedler. They have outstanding physiques that I would love to attain and they are pl's only.

 

[big-dumb-lug]

and i won't compete in a bench competition with all these gadgets these guys use to bench if yosay yyou bench something the you should be able to do it with out and wraps supports etc

there's raw competitions out there. no excuses

 

[BionicBC]

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Huh?

 

[perp69]

Alot of the top BB's have a PL background early in their training. Johnny Jackson started out as a powerlifter and went to bb'ing and now competes in both sports. What's wrong with that? Also Joe Ladnier from Louisiana powerlifted and then started bb'ing and got very huge and then came back to PL'ing to go on and set new PR's that may have been unattainable without his muscle that he aquired from bb'ing. Why can't one be mixed with the other to achieve his/her personal goals. I've never been one to follow the masses so this seems perfectly natural to me....

And Ronnie Coleman

 

[future]

Well, you can probably guess which one I picked.

 

[jacked clown]

I consider myself a powerlifter..but many bodybuilders were powerlifters before. You can always tell by there huge dense backs.

 

[Tacosupreme]

i keep reading over and over how many of you think that bodybuilders are not bodybuilders until they compete.... so.... how you saying this is even though im jacked 8 times more than this other dude... even though my veins bulge out 9 times more than this other dude... since he competes hes a bodybuilder, and i am not..... lets look at the def. of a bodybuilder.... someone who wants to build their bodies.... Just because someone is just starting out or not to the size of competitive body builders doesnt give you fatso's the jurisdiction to call them posers... they have goals.. to be huge... just like you have goals... to be strong... power lifters are just jealous because we look so sexy.. and yall mofo's are just ugly sacks of ass, who dont have the willpower to be a bodybuilder..... answer this scenerio.... if you could have the same amount of strength either way... would you rather look like a powerlifter or a bodybuilder... if you said powerlifter.... congradulations, your a moron.

And just because we bodybuild does not mean we are weak... look at ron coleman.. he can make plenty of powerlifters look like children with the weight.... we can be just as strong as yall... we just have the will power to not be fat and diet... rant over.. bodybuilders for life

 

[BionicBC]

Funny how a man ranting and raving about having such a strict diet has the name "Taco Supreme" for his screen name. Is that good for contest cutting? Taco Supremes and Cherry Coke? Just wondering...
Bionic

 

[Tacosupreme]

Funny how a man ranting and raving about having such a strict diet has the name "Taco Supreme" for his screen name. Is that good for contest cutting? Taco Supremes and Cherry Coke? Just wondering...
Bionic

funny how my penis is bigger than yours.. but you dont see me trying to make up something witty about it, pussy

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