I always called myself a bodybuilder although I hadn't built all that much. Since I came here, and started training with the 5x5, and with the gains I've achieved I feel I'm no longer a bodybuilder at heart. I am far heavier than ever before but I still feel small and in many ways feel I'm smaller now than 35 pounds ago. I guess that's what they call bigitis? The bigger I get, the bigger I feel I need to get, to feel bigger??!? Anyway my original quest was to gain lots of new size and strength by training more like a powerlifter, and then cutting the size and fat and being happy at a lighter weight. Now that I've been bigger for a while I really love it, and wonder if anyone else has done this and if they were able to give up the size and power to be ripped? I truly see what everyone was talking about before, but it took some time walking the walk before I truly understood. So what makes a true powerlifter, and am I really one yet?
Is it?
1. The love to lift heavy?
2. The need and desire to compete?
3. The way you train low reps vs. high reps.
4. A state of mind, and personal feeling that you have inside?
I for one love to lift heavy, and I love to train heavy with low reps. I don't have the desire to compete in either powerlifting or bodybuilding ever I just enjoy changing the appearance and performance of my body by competeing with myself. I feel I'm more powerlifter now than bodybuilder, but do I have the ideas of the difference between the two right?
Is it?
1. The love to lift heavy?
2. The need and desire to compete?
3. The way you train low reps vs. high reps.
4. A state of mind, and personal feeling that you have inside?
I for one love to lift heavy, and I love to train heavy with low reps. I don't have the desire to compete in either powerlifting or bodybuilding ever I just enjoy changing the appearance and performance of my body by competeing with myself. I feel I'm more powerlifter now than bodybuilder, but do I have the ideas of the difference between the two right?