Who here is into Bodybuilding rather than Powerlifting?

[Korrupt]

I'm not saying you don't care about strength, everyone likes to be strong, I'm saying you rather look like you can bench 700 lbs versus actually being able to bench 700 lbs.

 

[Oxide]

it is all about vanity, and everyone is not at least d1 athlete can gladly stop lying to themselves.

deads and squats make you grow. So it is still vanity.

 

[lorekeeper]

I'm doing it primarily for my physique. i tried bodybuilding a few years back, in the bulking phase got up to 275lbs at 33%bf.

now i've learned that i should have started off a cutting cycle I'm down to 210 now, the lightest I've been in about 14ish years. want to cut to ~180.

 

[CaptainJ]

I've yet to see a powerlifter who doesn't look like he could be a bodybuilder if he cut into the single figure bf%

It's quite irrelevant really, as to have muscles, you must be strong, and to be strong, you must have muscles. The only real difference between powerlifters and bodybuilders is how they present their hard work.

 

[Fuglydude]

Personally I like looking good and being strong/explosive. Using the old car analogy... you wouldn't want a souped up ride that doesnt' perform up to par, would you?

My training at the moment uses a combination of bodybuilding style work outs as well as heavy resistance/max power type stuff. When I'm off cycle, I find my ability to recover from heavy sessions is severely affected. Training heavy ALL the time, therefore, just leads to injuries. I have to cycle my intensity accordingly.

One of the key differences between strength athletes and "pure bodybuilders" is the types of neuromuscular efficiency that they are proficient at. For example, I have a very tough time isolating specific muscle groups. I'm sure competitive bodybuilders have little problems w/ mentally isolating a muscle. Conversely, I've never seen anyone in my gym (keep in mind it is a puzzy ass commercial gym) that have better numbers compared to me when it comes to deadlift:bodyweight co-efficient, weighted dip/chin work and even my squats. My numbers are nothing special, and wouldn't even get me noticed in any sort of real strength gym.

I think olympic lifters/powerlifters/strength athletes all have a greater propensity towards explosive "fast twitch" power output relative to bodybuilders. Bodybuilders on the other hand are much more proficient at isolating specific muscle groups. Personally I think it would be awesome to have both abilities and be able to do both things well.

 

[Ecto@Quinquaginta]

Older, so I am more in the BB, as in improving my appearance of my body, retaining flexibilty, while minimizing joint and tendon pain and keeping good health.

Personally, I don't really get the typical huge and very strong older guys that can lift the house, yet have zero defination, a swollen torso and are perpetually in the "bulking" phase.

But to each their own.....

 

[SrDedosRapidos]

I've yet to see a powerlifter who doesn't look like he could be a bodybuilder if he cut into the single figure bf%

It's quite irrelevant really, as to have muscles, you must be strong, and to be strong, you must have muscles. The only real difference between powerlifters and bodybuilders is how they present their hard work.

This is truth.

In all honesty, I can't call myself either at this point but my end goal is strength. I don't plan on being fat though, so I guess a combination of both?

 

[Jitterbug]

Going back to the golden age of physical culture, there was no difference between bodybuilders, weightlifters or strongmen (powerlifting didn't exist then, they were all weightlifters). It's because they were the same people & trained in the same way: squat, pick up heavy sh!t off the ground and press them overhead.

Look up Eugene Sandow, John Grimek, Steve Reeves, Tommy Kono etc.

 

[Drum&Bass]

To be an efficient bodybuilder means to be depleted of adequate amounts of food to maintain low bodyfat. Your eating to build muscle but cardio/conditioning/GPP what ever you want to call it is one of the most important aspects of bodybuilding. Staying mobile and lean is healthy and good for you but you wont truly reach maximal levels of strength (naturally).

There really aren't any rules for powerlifting but the general consensus is the more food you eat the heavier you become. The heavier you become the more of an advantage you have when it comes to moving heavy weight. (which satisfies the competitive spirit in chubby strong guys).

Are there a few powerlifters that are ripped and shredded and have low body fat who continually get stronger and stronger ? YES...but lean ripped powerliters don't represent the norm of what the human body does. Most people dont have the genetics to be ripped and BIGGER (naturally).

Bodybuilders do get big strong and lean, but only for a short amount of time....then They go back to being big/strong and CHUBBY for a majority of the time.

Guys wanting to get HUGE and stay lean seem to be a trend started by media. Reality is MOST human beings who truly care about weightlifting DO care about some vanity aspects but they realize that in order to get huge and strongER you will at some point have to get chubby and then lean out for a small amount of time and then go back to being chubby again (thus starting the cycle over again)

Alot of rookies and guys IN-experienced with women think a girl is attracted to SUPER LOW BODY FAT and big muscles. The truth is, you can be 16% body fat (or even higher), have big muscles and be considered attractive to women. Hell even if your a skinny runner and have minimal muscular definition you will be considered attractive to most women.

Big muscles and low bodyfat is attractive but it is not as important to women as some would think.

 

[azanon]

Don't know ya Korrupt, but that was a troll post. I wasn't surprised to see that you're a "red-dotter".

 

[robinhoods123]

Well,I don't see a lot of differences anymore. Powerlifters will define there workouts as "bench" or "Deadlift" but will still try to isolate each body part in the name of "assistance work." Also training with 8-12 reps is now popular in either camp. The way I see it, powerlifters should be devoting most of there time and energy to the 3 lifts or very close variations.

 

[Korrupt]

Don't know ya Korrupt, but that was a troll post. I wasn't surprised to see that you're a "red-dotter".

Oh, I'm sorry, is this forum called: POWERLIFTING? Let's see... NOPE. It's called HEALTH & FITNESS. I think I'm allowed to like bodybuilding more than powerlifting, even if 90% of the posters on this board are (obviously) more into just being strong fat f*cks than being shredded.

Oh, and judging a user by REP is laughable. Rescue Mission has 4 green rep bars and... Well.... He's Rescue Mission.

 

[SrDedosRapidos]

Oh, and judging a user by REP is laughable. Rescue Mission has 4 green rep bars and... Well.... He's Rescue Mission.

lol'd

10/10

 

[azanon]

Just an FYI, Korrupt's other handles are "Jhcl4000" and "TodaysNewsSucksAgain", in case anyone was interested in knowing. I know this for a fact because he tripled logged in to give me three negatives all within 1 minute of each other.

Oh well, time to make a 4th one eh Korrupt?