Why are the top powerlifters, as opposed to bodybuilders, so obese? They are considered athletes, yet being athletic is usually associated with being healthy.
Why are the top powerlifters, as opposed to bodybuilders, so obese? They are considered athletes, yet being athletic is usually associated with being healthy.
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.
Bodybuilders aren't nearly as strong as powerlifers, there no no benefits to losing weight in strength building.
That's not fat: it's muscle.
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.
There are weight classes.
The lighter guys aren't fat.
You just see pics of the heavy weights because they usually lift the most.
Don't worry about them, focus internally.
Dude, you get that fat giggling around at just the right frequency and you can easily lift 12% more weight.
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.
To keep your muscles at 100% strength at all times requires a little fat.