Recently converted bodybuilder......

[Juice Junkie]

Well its happened, some guys in the gym have talked me into giving powerlifting a try. I have been bodybuilding for several years and have made great strides in the sport going from 130lbs at 5'8" to 240 at my peak at 8% BF. I find myself leaning toward the powerlifting side simply because a lot of the BS that goes along with bodybuilding doesn't seem to exist in powerlifting. You dont see guys backstage in a powerlifting meet with IV bags hooked up so they dont die cause they took too much lasix. The sport is a lot of technique but its basically cut and dry whoever lifts the most wins, period. That's appealing to me. I've never really trained for strength before but I am starting with a couple of guys I know and we'll see where it takes me. I am 212 now and will probably compete in the 230 range. currently my squat is 550 w/o a suit and deadlift is 415 w/o suit and bench is somewhere around 350. One thing I would like to know is from talking to a couple of PL's I noticed that they dont seem to "eat for size" like I would have thought they would. What would your diet be like. I typically consume 6000 cal a day 5-600g protein 800g carbs (both complex and simple) and never really watch they fat while bulking and it seems like this is where I am at my strongest. Is this advisable or is a leaner approach better.

 

[usersatch]

I have a 560 bench and a 700 squat that goes up and down periodically. To get back, I noticed that when I eat a lot of carbs and don't really watch my diet, my strength comes faster. Obviously I am eating an assload of protein too, but I am not limiting it to just protein, though. I think everyones different, but for me I don't concern myself with cutting back on food. That's why I just started my first gear cycle so I can keep my muscle and cut my fat.

 

[Juice Junkie]

Well currently I just came off of dieting and cleaning out and have just recently started on some fina 75mg/E2D and now just upped it to 75mg/ED. I am also going to add some cyp in at 750mg/week and possibly 1000mg a week. We'll see how I respond to this I also have quite a bit of experience with insulin and although I have never really noticed any strength increase I did put on a lot of size with this so I may add 30iu's/day in also. (Any newb's plz get some info on insulin before taking this they aren't kidding when they tell you it will kill you quick)

 

[Molten]

Juice Junkie,

I would suggest competing at 220 for your first few meets. Powerlifting is about the maximum strength in a weight class. 230 is sort of no mans land...heavy 220 but light 242. You'll be going up against guys that (probably) weighed over 250 until the week of the meet.

 

[bigmag]

if I were you I'd say screw all that size bullshit and go with some winny. I know winny helps a little with size but when I took it I noticed alot of strength gains. Good Luck!!!