I understand that power lifts and olympic lifts are different, but why are they different? Don’t lifters benefit from both? Is there a real difference in strength between power lifters and olympic lifters?

[image] tickletackletock: I understand that power lifts and olympic lifts are different, but why are they different? Why? Because different goals How? [Differences in Powerlifting and Weightlifting Training | JTSstrength.com] [image] tickletackletock: Is there a real differe…

Kind of a weird question. Like, it’s two totally separate sets of competition lifts. [image] tickletackletock: Is there a real difference in strength between power lifters and olympic lifters? Again - super weird question. Olympic lifters are stronger at the O-lifts and powerlifters at the…

[image] tickletackletock: Is there a real difference in strength between power lifters and olympic lifters? Studies have shown a statistically higher chance of the former still living in their parent’s basements.

But seriously, this question is too vague. Who are you referring to? How are you comparing them? Amatures? Elite? Weight class? Then you have the issue of leverages. 100 percent of top oly lifters have similar body proportions. Powerlifter’s proportions vary as much as their preference of cartoon ch…

[image] dt79: Studies have shown a statistically higher chance of the former still living in their parent’s basements. I can stand behind this lol. Although it’s my own room, not the basement. Lol

Imo there is probably more of a carry over between olympic lifts to powerlifting then powerlifting to olympic lifting. Maybe not so much the bench press but if you’ve trained with olympic lifting and you’re strong, you most likely will end up to be a good deadlifter and squatter.

Dukie dropping his knowledge bombs. Front squats messing with your mind bro. Bench. Squat. Deadlift.

I’ve been reading some Eastern Bloc literature and have uncovered the following guidelines: If you are slow, fat, move like the tin man, are uncoordinated or a bit dim and you have enough conditioning that you can manage to waddle up to the equipment and can move it an inch (your ROM can be adjuste…

[image] j4gga2: Dukie dropping his knowledge bombs. Front squats messing with your mind bro. Tricep kickback . Curlzz. Shrugs. Fixed it for you, the only big three youl ever need.

Power Lifters vs Olympic Lifters

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khangles November 18, 2017, 4:22am 2

Why? Because different goals

How?

Depends on your definition of strength

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Power Lifters vs Olympic Lifters

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