Training verses Lifting weights?

[SgtSlaughter]

I train.

What do I train, to do you ask?

Current focus is to make my pressing (flat bench specifically) stronger. So the skinny fuckers stop out benching me, lol.

It's a hobby for me. With specific goals and each session I know what i'm supposed to do, ect.

I hate "just working out" with no apparent purpose. That gets old quick. And wasted too long doing that when I was a "bodybuilder" at a whopping 160lbs.

Now, I would never consider myself a bodybuilder unless I was an avid competitor and was training for the stage consistently.

 

[hanibal]

i go to gym to lift, but i train when i kickbox...
BUT when i'm on, i'm training...
BUT who gives a fuck, this is a dumb post now that i think of it, who cares what u call it as long as u do it, and call it whatever...

 

[taoiron]

I'm training to be in shape to play with my kids and eventually play with their kids.
It is not an Olympic Sport but it is my sport.

I had my kids quite late so this is no joke. Even my father was 42 when I was born and he still ended up being my baseball coach. Glad he kept in shape too, he still walks every day and lifts the dumbellls at age 83


ps. I should add that I do compete in martial arts but that's not really why I lift weights.

That’s what I am talking about bro…. I am 38 and have 2 beautiful daughters ( 7 and 10) I figure by the time they get to dating age I should be one big MOFO!!

I joke with them that they are going to have to bring boyfriend prospects to meet me while I am training!! That way I am all pumped up and pissed off!!

We are actually going to try and have another one next year… I too want to be able to stay very active in my children’s life!!

Tao

 

[mm107]

I powerlift and compete in competitions....So therefore i call in TRAINING. Then when im 6 weeks out, my mentality changes to "competition training"

 

[Anthony Roberts]

My thoughts on the matter (partially) as well as Alwyn Cosgrove's (he's a world class strength coach):

http://alwyncosgrove.blogspot.com/2006/10/are-you-bodybuilder_13.html

 

[blut wump]

I'm more inclined to go by some of the dictionary definitions of 'train':
to make proficient by instruction and practice;
to treat or manipulate so as to bring into some desired form, position, direction, etc;
to undergo discipline and instruction.

I work out to train myself to lift heavier. A 'powerlifter' is someone who trains specifically the squat, bench press and deadlift with the goal of increasing their single-rep max. The term 'weightlifter' is reserved for those who perform the Oly lifts. Obviously, one can be a weight lifter without being a weightlifter.

Define 'bodybuilder' as you will but, for the word to be reasonably usable, bear in mind that there really is no good reason to define it such that the compound term 'competing bodybuilder' should be tautologous.

 

[heavy_duty]

I always think of a body-builder as one who lifts and diets to build a specific physique. I know a lot of runners who dont go in races but they still train to improve their times. For me there are bodybuilders and competitive bodybuilders.

I teach karate and not all my students compete but they ALL train hell yah I make sure of that

so then, we have those who train and those who compete.

 

[taoiron]

My thoughts on the matter (partially) as well as Alwyn Cosgrove's (he's a world class strength coach):

http://alwyncosgrove.blogspot.com/2006/10/are-you-bodybuilder_13.html

I totally disagree…

A body Builder is one who conducts his life in such a way as to produce significant muscle mass… Diet, Training, Sleep all must be up to par. To say one must compete to receive a title is bunk….

I am also a Martial Artist…. I do not compete… I could but determining who is the toughest has never appealed to me!!

Both arts require Dedication, Determination and Drive…

Taoiron

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Seems like this thread has turned into more of what do these two words mean to you. Weightlifter or Bodybuilder. I agree with heavy D on this one. There are bodybuilders and competitive bodybuilders in my book. I use the word train because to me it means that I am not normal in the sense of how society says I should be. I dont fit in when I am walking down the street. Charts that say what my weight should be at a current height tell me im obese. I laugh as I look in the mirror and see a nice V shape coming along. I dont fit into shirts right that other males my height fit into. What I mean by that is if I wear anything bigger than a large at most designer clothing stores abercrombie, american eagle, holister things like that then the shirt will be down to my damn ankles haha.

I like this and its weird to others because they blend right into society. A bodybuilder to me is someone that goes in the gym with no intentions of socializing. We train with extreme intensity. We tend to always train heavy but we train with intelligence and we train diligently. We dont just toss weights around wrecklessly. We leave our ego at the door and we are a rare breed. We look at ourselves in the mirror not out of vanity but to make sure that our pump is coming along and to make sure that we are staying symmetrical and that we are building a powerful physique. A weightlifter is something that I used to be. I used to walk in the gym shoot the shit with people if I knew people there and I didnt train with that much intensity. Didnt look at myself in the mirror didnt pay attention to anything didnt pay attention to diet drank lots of beer ate pizza and cookies. Tossed weights around and said hell yeh im getting gains. Didnt train with intelligence or diligence.

To me someone starts out as a weight lifter and gains more experienc and knowledge and becomes a bodybuilder. Some people dont care what they look like so I wouldnt consider them a bodybuilder. Bodybuilders worry about being symmetrical and having nice vascularity and a nice V shape.

Long post I know but this is a cool thread. Interesting to see what another persons interpretation of these words mean. This shits my oppinion some of you may not agree with me and thats cool with me.

 

[Wax-on]

Train·ing----
–noun 1. the education, instruction, or discipline of a person or thing that is being trained.
We are all training, to get big.