I think the only exception is strongmen who USED to be closer bodybuilders back in the pudzianowski days but now all only mire fat fricks
Powerlifters and weightlifters are just closet bodybuilders
I think the only exception is strongmen who USED to be closer bodybuilders back in the pudzianowski days but now all only mire fat fricks
And let's get one thing out of the way
Or course there are the 1% exceptions who will mire the dudes like Lasha and Bell but like 99% of dudes in those sports are really only looking up to someone like Lu Xiaojun or Dan Green or Liu Huanhua or John Haack
But anyway the point is eventually all powerlifters and weightlifters realize they actually just want bigger muscles and accept bodybuilding
Klokov did one bodybuilding competition for the fun of it, but really he adopted crossfit after weightlifting.
Toshiki is only doing bodybuilding because he's injured, and can't really do anything else. He said that he wants to go back to weightlifting once his injury heals.
This.
>just one show
>I promise bro
>I just need to do one show!
So why hasn't he done one since, and why is pretty much all his focus on crossfit?
>Sub 12%
lmao you're delusional.
>lmao you're delusional.
Dude has abs with shit lighting and without flexing
And his legs are fricking massive
And it's well known he was on at least a gram of gear at this point
You're the delusional one who won't admit he's really just into bodybuilding
this is 20% bf. even people with 50% bf have abs.
>even people with 50% bf have abs.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?
>well known
Wtf? No it's not. It's known he got busted for winstrol and Kazakhs are known for loving clen. No one knows anything else or how much he was using.
Everyone starts lifting because they want to build a more aesthetic physique, but a lot of guys get tricked into powerlifting along the way without even realising until it's too late.
>a lot of guys get tricked into powerlifting along the way without even realising until it's too late.
Agreed and well put
And add weightlifting to that if you're from an Asian or Euro place
What do you mean by weightlifting here, Olympic lifts ?
Correct
*Had
Hey at least you're getting it
Almost as if something that you shouldn't be doing in your 40s of all things is something you probably shouldn't be spending much time doing in your life period
They are too insecure to admit to other people that they want to look good, so they pretend they are actually just purely into strength - then they fool themselves. And by the time they realize this, it is too late.
Yup. My way of coping was saying if I get stronger then I'll also be bigger too. True to an extent, but it's just so much easier to just build muscle. I guess the "you MUST reach 1/2/3/4" meme got a lot of us
>I guess the "you MUST reach 1/2/3/4" meme got a lot of us
Too true
I went to a powerlifting/weightlifting gym and you had to do 4/3/5 squat, bench, dead before you were strong enough to no longer be considered a beginner
This happened to me.
Then this happened to me.
I chose powerlifting because I realized I was naturally strong with dense muscles. I'm lean, BMI = 24, and output tremendous power with a 2.8x bw squat, 3.4x bw deadlift, 2.2x bw bench and I'm happy with that. I relegate bodybuilding and calisthenics to accessory work. This is the best kind of powerlifter
>I'm lean, BMI = 24
Gj bro
Seriously
>I relegate bodybuilding and calisthenics to accessory work
That's how it starts then the powerlifting becomes the accessory work
Then it more-or-less disappears altogether only to be done a handful of times a month or year
Trust me
And that's ok
>That's how it starts then the powerlifting becomes the accessory work
Like I still squat bench and dead once a week but I don't perform them for maximal strength
I squat high bar atg, bench with no leg drive and rdl/sdl
Yeah I can see me toning it down in my 40s and using the compound lifts with light weight in my 50s. I doubt I'll be able to do it at this level when I'm retired lol
What's your weight?
Not got anything else to add just another example of a weightlifter embracing the fact that he's really a bodybuilder
wrong, I look up to 96kg thicc tao and ilya ilyin
Both Ilya and Tian were still jacked at that weight since they were roiding hard
Can't find pics of them at that weight with their shirt off but I'm guessing they were still sub-12% bodyfat
Here's everyone's favorite jacked weightlifter
Tian Tao actually has a hilariously disproportionate back physique
Like I've never seen a lifter with so much lower back and nonexistent upper-back but then traps
God damn hilarious
This is the most moronic fricking shit.
If you don't powerlift you don't bodybuild.
You aren't building shit doing isolation with no compounds.
The frick keeps making these dogshit threads?
why do dyels sit around worrying about shit like this all day?
edit:
>blastbro
dyel detected
blastbro is a manlet ignore him
strongman have great physiques, meanwhile powerfatties look like DYELs