Well powerlifting already means a lot just from training in the big 3 with focus on 1RM, not just a bodybuilder doing the big 3.
What if you use a mix of both?
But if bodybuilder does them he’s a powerlifter.
This is why I like my “arbitrary” version more. You either compete or you don’t. You don’t need to every time write a page long analysis if your training fits the criteria of powerlifting training or not.
You could mix both but I think it creates a diluted form that compromises both. Better to stick after one rabbit. Just like “recomping”. That’s how newbies remain in purgatory
No, a bodybuilder doing the big 3 would not be a powerlifter because he’s not focusing on 1RM for the big 3.
I’ve done the big 3…for higher reps near failure. Completely different than from how a powerlifter would approach it
A bodybuilder also doesn’t rely on accessory work for the sake of improving the big 3. That’s actually a powerlifting principle. So big 3 alone is only one component
This is the thing I don’t get. I compete in both power lifting and strongman, but if asked I don’t call myself a powerlifter or a strongman. I usually just say I lift weights or I train at a gym. If people probe any further and ask if I compete in anything, I say I compete in both powerlifting and strongman. In my mind the terms powerlifter, strongman or even bodybuilder are ridiculous.
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The competitor can choose the federation that they wish to compete in. If you were a Powerlifter and there were rules in the federation in your area that you didn’t like, with some support from quite a few people you could form your own federation.
But regardless of the federation there is an agreed upon standard for what qualifies as a legal lift. That is the most important criteria for almost all Powerlifters.
Same.
OP wants to make this a complex identity question, which it’s not.
That’s why I feel that if these words are to be used, they refer to the competition.
Nope. Not necessarily.
I recommend you to study powerlifting and strength training methods.
This is why I don’t like your way, it’s never easily defined, and leads to endless “buts”.
“there is an agreed upon standard for what qualifies as a legal lift.”
That’s the fallacy of appeal to common belief, or in Latin, argumentum ad populum. Before powerlifting, Olympic weightlifting was what was agreed upon. Imagine if those who started powerlifting allowed themselves to be limited by the constraints of Olympic weightlifting
Yes, necessarily. Name one powerlifter who trained his squat with 20 rep sets
If you don’t like thf rules don’t compete. It’s pretty easy in that way.
I don’t mind competition rules, it’s just that my definition of bodybuilding and powerlifting is more inclusive because it goes deeper than external validation. Your idea of it is superfluous and hinges on a judge stamping it on your forehead. We are not the same
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Great thought.
What how would you determine who won a squat contest if one competitor did 1/4 squat, another did a parallel squat, and the third competitor did an ass-to-grass squat?
If you are not a troll you missed a good opportunity
Ah yes because 40 rep squats are the norm in powerlifting and is what powerlifting coaches prescribe as a staple.
You said show one
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Kroc was a madman.
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