Are oly lifters lean year round?

>>38135167
they are not that lean, you could easily maintain that bf% and that's what they do because they do not want to gain more weight or they go out of the competition

>>38135167

High level competitive lifters in lighter weight classes are always lean, no matter the sport. Even powerlifters.

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>>38135207
>not that lean
Wat?

>>38135237
That seemed to be the case. So this leads to my next question. How exactly do they train to become stronger without putting on more mass?

>>38135167
Pretty much year round, they only cut water really.

Someone like Klokov is of course much more drastic, but that's because he should really have been SHW all along.

>>38135274
They tend to drift higher and higher in weight class, that's how.

>>38135274
If youre lifting heavy weight youll get stronger through neuromuscular adaptations. Even without gaining weight

>>38135274
you don't eat more == you stay the same size

>>38135167
Normally they'll be a fair bit heavier off-season before cutting down for comp weight and hopping off the insulina

>>38135364
this but with lower weights you notice it less, it's not like they gain 10kg off-season

>>38135381
Except of course Dmitry "Natty" Klokov.

They don't want to cut and lose strength.

PED's + they pretty much train all day, so they're constantly burning calories, add a good diet in there and their body's basically adapted to that low level of body fat.

oly lifters are usually solid and pretty lean, but i see a lot of them carry enough bf% that they don't have sculpted midsections, which still looks pretty good on them