Why not?
A powerlifter is a person that competes in powerlifting meet. An Olympic lifter is someone that competes in weightlifting. That is it. It’s not as though, as soon as you sign up for a powerlifting meet, your DNA changes and all your muscle fibers change to type 1, nor is it that there is some sort of universal hivemind singularity program run exclusively by powerlifters or weightlifters that, in turn, produces the exact same result amongst competitors.
When I competed in my first powerlifting meet, I was running DoggCrapp. Wait, isn’t that a bodybuilding program? So was I a bodybuilder competing in powerlifting? What sort of strength did I have?
When you start talking about who is stronger by analyzing athletes, keep in mind that weightlifting is an Olympic sport where you can win a gold medal and (depending on your country) some serious cash. Powerlifting is a hobby where you can win a plastic trophy. In terms of where the elite strength athletes are going to go, it’ll be Olympic lifting first, then crossfit or strongman depending on their structure (but if it’s a choice between the two, almost always crossfit), and then maybe powerlifting, and this is of course assuming that they didn’t sign up for some sort of other sport beforehand and made bank doing that.
The powerlifting scene IS starting to generate some revenue, and I imagine we’ll see slightly larger talent pools as a result, but still something to keep in mind.
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Thank you, I like this explanation.
Yea. Ditto with everyone else.
One thing to keep in mind is, speed. I know there’s a better word, but I’ll just say speed. Or I suppose I could couple speed and velocity. Yeah.
And frequency along with technique.
I don’t know if you watched the video Yogi (I mean Khangles) put up, but it explains pretty much everything.
Speed/velocity don’t really effect the powerlifts to the degree they do with the Olympic lifts, I also would say that directly influences how much weight is moved, hence why during the powerlifts you can move much more raw weight than the oly lifts.
Technique is unique to whichever type of lift you are performing. I’d say oly lifts have a much more dynamic technique than the powerlifts do.
And frequency with oly lifts is considerably higher than the
Powerlifts. The less frequently you train the oly lifts, the more you tend to suck at them, less likely you are to adapt. Frequency with the powerlifts should be taken seriously and adjusted accordingly, but you have some folks who don’t train the deadlift except for once a week, and they still progress.
With the powerlifts you’re also spending a bit more time under tension, than the oly lifts, considering you’re moving slower.
Not an expert, just reiterating.
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My bad Khangles. I get your green emblem mixed up with Yogi’s a lot
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