BGuyJMilleniumXII
Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 8:52PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Why are the top powerlifters, as opposed to bodybuilders, so obese? They are considered athletes, yet being athletic is usually associated with being healthy.
Purple Maize
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 9:23PM - in reply to BGuyJMilleniumXII Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Eating as much as you can maximizes your muscle gains. Since there's no points for appearance, no weight classes, and no issues with being fat, powerlifters never cut.
O.o
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 9:25PM - in reply to Purple Maize Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Bodybuilders aren't nearly as strong as powerlifers, there no no benefits to losing weight in strength building.
asdfdsfa
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 9:28PM - in reply to BGuyJMilleniumXII Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
That's not fat: it's muscle.
pjrgadsf
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 9:44PM - in reply to BGuyJMilleniumXII Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

BGuyJMilleniumXII wrote:

Why are the top powerlifters, as opposed to bodybuilders, so obese? They are considered athletes, yet being athletic is usually associated with being healthy.


It's hard to burn fat without burning muscle, and being skinny doesn't benefit them. Hence the weight.
fools
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 9:50PM - in reply to pjrgadsf Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
There are weight classes.
The lighter guys aren't fat.
You just see pics of the heavy weights because they usually lift the most.
AfricanDominance
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 9:52PM - in reply to BGuyJMilleniumXII Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Don't worry about them, focus internally.
wont shatter glass though
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 11:16PM - in reply to AfricanDominance Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Dude, you get that fat giggling around at just the right frequency and you can easily lift 12% more weight.
Naomi Kutin
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/18/2012 11:35PM - in reply to wont shatter glass though Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

wont shatter glass though wrote:

Dude, you get that fat giggling around at just the right frequency and you can easily lift 12% more weight.



More than a grain of truth in that troll post. The physics based equation of a lifters weight to the weight he is attempting gets quite complex the higher the attempt gets. Moving great weights requires great weight. Laws of physics yada yada.
weenis
RE: Why are powerlifters so obese? Obesity = Success? 8/19/2012 1:39AM - in reply to BGuyJMilleniumXII Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
To keep your muscles at 100% strength at all times requires a little fat.