what made u decide to be a power lifter?

[Powerlifting57]

what made u decide to be a pl over anythign else


for me it was 2 years ago at the arnold i was watching the pl comp. and said to myself i wil b that strong someday!!the fact that y woudl i give a fuck what i look like i wanted to be huge and the only way to be huge and strong is!! TO LIFT BIG AND EAT BIG!!!

 

[bignate73]

what opened my eyes to it?
I previously had competed as a bodybuilder. Coming off of my dieting, I knew I would hit an anabolic rebound, so I wanted to maximize my efforts for muscle gain. I got into a number of discussions on the training board which questioned my education level, so i dug deeper and started reading up on training principles for OLY and PL'ers. I made a few PR's training for strength, and hung up my "grape smugglers" once and for all to train for strength and power.

 

[The_Monster]

After 10+ years of bodybuilding (maybe 13 years?) I needed a new challenge. You can only do something for so long before you start to wonder what else is out there. I wasnt "burned out", but I wanted it to be exciting again.
I had broken all the plateaus of body weight that I desired (200lbs, 250lbs, 275lbs, 300lbs) and needed a new challenge. As it turned out, powerlifting was a whole new set of challenges that gave me what I needed.

 

[The_Monster]

I want to revisit this post, as I had a moment yesterday to rethink it.
Powerlifting gives me the opprotunity to actual feel progress occur, as opposed to just going in, day after day - week after week and "going through the motions".
After a while it almost becomes mind numbing...
Bicep curls, first set- 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
second set - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
third set - 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
And what do I get from it? A pump? Hopefully some growth?

Powerlifting gives me immediate gratification, I broke my PR on squatting yesterday and hit 705. That is something very real that I can appreciate and even talk about with others.
No matter if you train or not, people appreciate a 700lb squat, or a 500lb bench or whatever... but somehow people just dont seem interested in the fact that I would add an extra set of side raises in, or managed to get 5000 calories in the other day (well, maybe fat people would find the 5000 calorie thing interesting ).

For me, I just had to try powerlifting and I was hooked.

 

[Powerlifting57]

lmao at the fat person thing and nice job on the 705 squat!!! Same here iw as hookd i used to do the hole bodybuilding thing and thought hmm gain strength and size at the same time ill take pl!!!

 

[donsj]

In my youth I was a champion long distance runner and used to race at about 155 lbs. I became a steeplechaser and was ranked 4th nation as a submaster in 1992 but my weight began creeping up in my 40's and I found myself at about 240 with a 44 inch waist at age 49. That was 2 yrs ago and I now weigh about 223 but my waist is 36 inches and I hit a 345lb bench a couple months ago and it is like I have this whole new sport to explore and I love the shit out of lifting heavy and eating a lot of animals. I want a 400 lb squat and pull this summer. I got 365 on both those in meets so for an old dude at 51 it gave me a whole new deal. I just love it.

 

[AEKDB]

A gym I use to visit was always full. The only free equipment was the squat rack. (except when somebody was dunig 100sets of 100rep hanging knee raises.)