why are powerlifters the losers of gym culture?

>>41507227
I dunno, I think it attracts unaware losers.

All of my ex-WoW buddies all quit WoW and started powerlifting. They all hate on people who train for looks/aesthetics and constantly shit talk people who do bro-splits.

Not saying I'm not a loser for being a long-time WoW fag, but I am at least aware of my autism and try to stick to more normalfag things like looking good and training for aesthetics. Meanwhile these unaware autists obsess of the big 3 and make fun other people at the gym while being 20% bodyfat+ and taking 10 minute rests between each set.

A lot of the powerlifters I know are manbabies that need attention from people on the same level as the most materialistic bitch

>>41507227
Powerlifting is one of the easiest ways for unaesthetic fat fucks to do lifting and feel okay about it. So it's got a lot of fatties that feel the need to constantly validate it as a sport by dragging other weightlifting ideals down.

>all that gear to squat 150 kg

i'd be ashamed

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>>41507319
yeah olympic weightlifting is much athletic

OL is the same shit as PL. fat fucks everywhere in the last weight category

>>41507227
He's a QT tho.

>>41507263
10 minute rest between sets? What kinda normie shit is this.

>>41507356
you'll understand when you start lifting heavy

>>41507364
Im not sure what kinda workouts you do that requires you to do 10 minute rests. Do you do your 1 rep max every set or what? you dont get any bloodflow into your muscles with that much rest, no pump 4 u.

>ITT: dyels who never did powerlifting whining about powerlifting

>>41507391
Can literally smell you through the monitor my man. Hit the showers and try to smile.

>>41507227
I don't understand how some powerlifters get so fucking fat when the lifts burn through fat easily

>>41507424
powerlifters eat big to lift big

>>41507377
your fuckin retarded.

being on steroids helps cut that time in half to to a third, but being natty and squatting 300+lbs or 400 if ur experienced youll need 10 minutes rest too. steroids is a little different but its not easy man. hard as balls.

>>41507377
resting from a set of 5pl8 squat is gonna take longer than resting from a set of 2pl8 squat
don't be so simple anon

>>41507377
from time to time heavy singles/doubles/triples. all that shit requires quite some rest which is usually longer than 5 min

>>41507454
while all of us are making it, you're still training your ego and resting for 10 minutes.

HAVE FUN

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>>41507319
>OL is the same shit as PL. fat fucks everywhere in the last weight category
tell us something what we don't know

>>41507467
Enjoy not getting as many gains as you otherwise could because you refused to rest up long enough to do your next set at your full potential.

>>41507454
This is bullshit. I get done with 5x5's in in 20-25 minutes

>>41507227
Are they though? I mean, regardless of who you are, squatting 500+ is fucking impressive

>>41507555
What do you squat

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>>41507377
I'm doing 5/3/1, and on max days, your last set is suppose to be as many reps as you can possibly do with 95% of your 1rm to see how you're progressing

you better fucking BET I'm taking 10 min break before that

>>41507630
>he actually fell for the 5-3-1 meme

>>41507227
It's the least athletic sport there is. It's also easy to pick up solo which attracts shut-ins and autismos.

>>41507630
holy fucking shit you have the work cpacity of a chainsmoking sloth on antidepressants

do some fucking gpp you fat lazy fucks


the only instance where i feel a rest period longer than 5 minutes ius justified is the last set of the last day of smolov base mesocycle

>>41507661
>It's also easy to pick up
this is entirely why it's popular

it's because it takes no skill or mobility, it's entry level is borderline non existant

>>41507355
Pic in the OP is not a powerlifter. I'm guessing he's a weightlifter, and some fat fuck powerlifter (probably a Rippetoe disciple) is criticizing him for not doing a sumo squat-morning with 2 inch range of motion.

>>41507630
>as many reps as you can possibly do with 95% of your 1rm

95% of your 90% training max, aka easy as fuck for a single minimum.

Also, this
>>41507678

Cutting down ridiculously high rest between sets = gains.

>>41507332
>knee sleeves
>all that gear
what?

>>41507344
>posting one extremely fat "athlete" that isn't even good at the sport and only got exposure because she's from america

>>41507719
it's not just one. just look at oly lifters in the last weight category and almost all of them are fat if not obese. same goes for powerlifters.

while in the set weight categories there are hardly if any fat people and most are pretty ripped.

>>41507709
belt shoes sleeves. also saying deep while he's at parallel

top kek

>gym culture

>>41507754

The only thing you listed that actually makes a difference in how much you can lift is the belt.

Also his hamstrings are in contact with his calves and that's the definition of a deep squat.

>>41507741
>105kg+ weight class
>fat people in it
I wonder why.

If you're not maximizing your performance, you're not winning any sport ever. Therefore, if you compete in an unlimited weight class, why would you not get fat?
The sport of weightlifting is very athletic in its nature, regardless of some fat folks competing in it.

>>41507555
If you're doing 5x5 you're not lifting that
heavy. Come back when you starting doing full effort triples.

>>41507930
well at some point it starts being counterproductive. my point was there are fat people in both lifting styles not just powerlifting as most here believes

>>41507454
Aww looks like babby's first time lifting big

Why are powerlifters so fat and ugly?

>>41507227
Because they overcompensate for the fact their achievements were made redundant by a ropeand pulley.

>>41507227
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vR-OFazyU

>>41507263
sounds like they should be training in a powerlifting gym, not a commercial gym

>>41507227
Powerlifters are definitely the fedoralords of the lifting community.

At least they're not as bad as xshit fags. But close

>>41507377
Optimal recovery for the phosphagen system to replenish your base atp stores for maximal output (for 15 seconds). Lactic acid takes over after that but isn't as effective for testing 1RM's

>>41507754
Where do you see a belt?

>>41507630
I do 5/3/1 too but 10 minutes would be too long for me. I would get cold from that much waiting. On working sets I usually break for around 3 minutes between and then on the AMRAP set, right about 5 minutes.

I can feel when I'm ready to go again, and when I get about 2 minutes past then (distracted or whatever), I strip the weight back down to the previous set and do a quick double, rest for 2-3 minutes, and then do the AMRAP set.

Powerlifting is really attractive to people who can get showing up to the gym right, but lack the discipline for the really challenging parts like keeping discipline in the diet and getting your mobility/recovery game right.

It's basically "fitness" distilled down to the few things that go well on gay motivational posters, with none of the "boring" parts like taking care of your body being there to distract from the circlejerk.

>>41507454
300lb isn't heavy, it's 12 months of progress

>>41508104
bullshit. 90%+ recovered in 3 minutes. the other 7 minutes are you fucking sandbagging and a total lack of conditioning.

>>41508153
>diet
Why the fuck do you Oly dipshits cherry pick the 105+ KG weight class? Do you honestly believe this is the only weight class? For fuck's sake, I can do the same thing and point out the fat ass fucks that are in your unlimited weight classes too. Everyone that isn't in the unlimited group (aka a gross majority of them) are on strict diets to make or maintain weight.

>challenging parts
Right, because scheduling your training so that you peak for competition isn't challenging and doesn't involve doing mobility or recovery work.
>being this retarded

>>41508179
it takes 5-7 min on average to replenish 90%. on some people it might be close to 10. the only way to find out where you are on the spectrum is to wait until the weight gets heavy then test it

>>41507555
Post stats

>>41508179
I'm the other anon that is doing 5/3/1 in this thread that commented about not doing more than 5 minutes of recovery and I agree. 5/3/1 mandates doing conditioning work following your main lifts to keep your recovery optimal and this idiot clearly isn't doing it.

For a short period, I switched over to Hepburn, which is many sets of doubles or triples but with strict 2 minutes or less breaks between, and I was fine. This clown would be dying.

>>41508190
Bruh do cardio

>>41507227
Because they're the nerds who wanted to go to the gym but are insecure about curlbro Chads so they obsess over unpopular lifts to feel a sense of superiority over people with aesthetics.

Lots of good points being brought up. Non-athleticism, nerdiness, being contrarian for the sake of it, snobbishness and elitism.
Many PL were never physically active their entire lives until it dawned on them that being a fat fuck isnt gonna get them laid. So gym is the last resort, but deeply ingrained in their psyche is the irrational hatred for everything mainstream, popular, accessible to a majority of the population.
Really, how many mediocre powerlifters played sports with success in their childhood and adolescence? None. These people are unathletic as fuck, undisciplined and contrarian. Going on about muh strength with knee wraps, belt and a shitty wide stance low bar squat but not able to run 5 miles. Condescending towards people whose single most important goal is not to squat 6 plates reflects worse on the obese elitist than the guy who wants to become an athletic, healthy person. Forcing yourself to eat 6k cals a day, fucking up your joints and shitposting on /fit/ for the remaining hours of the week isnt exactly the epitome of health

So what is the /fit/ approved lifting style if its not powerlifting?

>>41508270

>Only 6 plates

Normie pls go.

>>41507454
>300+lbs
Nigger, I just reached over a 350lbs squat and I can still get by on 2 minutes of rest between sets.

>>41508183

You're missing the point here. Obviously, some number of you fags who are actually good/competitive are going to have your act together, and it's kinda a shame that you're stuck lumped in with all the queers. But that doesn't make it any less true that your sport is immensely appealing to every fat as fatass who wants an excuse to never cut down, and every egolifting tool who records a "training max" on bench with his buddy pulling half the weight up and then still lies about how much was on the bar later anyway.

>>41508190
lmao i used to do 80% in 1-1:30min lmao
now i do it in 2.
I BENCH 225 4X8 AND REST 2 MINUTES. I JUST STARTED DOING THAT. LOL IM EXPLOSIV AF

>>41508270
>but not able to run 5 miles
>comparing strength and endurance
yeah you just went full retard there

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>>41508296
It's lifting for 'aesthetics' so vapid whores will pay attention to you until they witness your crippling autism and your fellow spergs on this Tajikistani freshwater fishing board give you validation

>>41508153
so what do you train for lol
I have 2 GPP days in the week and i definitely can out run you faglord
and i keep a log of my diet with well balanced vitamins and a healthy surplus of calories
where are you even getting these generalizations from
>everyone is just triggered that someone that looks smaller can lift more

>>41508364
Not being able to run 5 miles is like not being able to squat or deadlift 2pl8.

You don't have to do it all the time or focus on it, but a fit, healthy person should be ABLE TO.

>>41508212
i do over 250 miles every week on bicycle. my resting HR is under 50. it has nothing to do with cardio levels. i'm 175 and i have to rest 8+ minutes between squat triples of 450. if i try it before 5 min mark i won't be able to do it or majorly struggle with last rep and destroy entire squat session because of it

>>41508501
Its not the distance that kills you, but the speed. I agree that everyone should be able to jog 5miles without walking. But i disagree that you would have to literally "run" 5miles.

>>41507227
>muh rising numbers

it attracts literal autists

>>41507227
Cause they will try and defend arching your back so much that your bench has a 2 inch ROM

>>41508364
Athleticism isnt the same as brute strength you low IQ nigger. Keep telling yourself a 7 plate DL is all you need if feel better about yourself, but your condescension towards people with different goals and better physiques is telling

>>41508628
yeah but youre fat. start running you pig

>>41508714

Very very few powerlifters can arch that much.

It's funny that triggers you though because they can still bench more than you with a flat back.

>>41508729
please go back to /plg/

>powerlifters aren't aesth-

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKw048KDFFH/?hl=en

>>41508749
You might want to find a better example

>>41508770

https://www.instagram.com/p/6RLRL3BITA/?hl=en

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>>41507227


no one who can't even run a 6 minute mile should consider even thinking of themselves as fit

>>41508715
>>41508270
You're trying really hard to become even more condescending and elitist than your own strawman, aren't you?

>>41508064
They wouldn't want that because half the fun is being around people to hate on

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>>41508749
>>41508770
>>41508792

>>41508364
Reading your post hurts. What a stupid fucking moron.

>>41508827
>>41508827

Yeah these threads and posts like that blow my mind.

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>>41507227
>tfw I squat like that

Are my knees gonna be okay?

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>>41508839

>>41508807
this

I was able to break 5 minutes in the first mile of a cross country race in high school. Why can't you run a single mile under 6 minutes, anon?

>>41508839

Who's guy #2?

>>41508875

Virtus, a /plg/ trip.

I feel like the original post is being satirical, usually "xxxxlifting" facebook meme pages just post any kind of meme lifting images or comments just for fun.

Ye so i'm guessing satire desu

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>>41508839
>tfw you will never look like insulini

>>41508749
>This is what powerlifters actual believe

What the hell kind of powerlifters do you guys interact with?

No one at my PL gym looks down on other people for not powerlifting or training for the "wrong" reason. Who are all these elitists?

>>41508940
nerds who are doing SS with a 400kg total that will never compete, obviously.

In America, it seems that "powerlifting" has become a lifestyle, mainly appropriated by people that have not, nor will ever compete in the actual sport of powerlifting.

>>41508940
>be dumb as a rock
>see shit posts on /fit/ by "powerlifters"
>start thinking real PLers are faggots because you never talk to real humans ever

>waaa my reason for lifting is better than yours!!

just fuck off and let people do what they enjoy

>>41507263
Hating on brosplits is totally legit.

Ironically the best way to get big as a natty is lifting heavy.

>>41507263
Heh. Makes sense that WoW fags would want to do the real life equivalent of grinding rpg stats.

>>41508839
>>41508865
And how many are open about being enhanced?

>>41507454
Lol no.

You just have 0 conditioning

I'm natty and just finishing my first sheiko cycle, I can squat 415 for 4 sets of 2 with 2-3 mins between sets

I may take 4-5 mins for work over 90%

Do some god damn cardio

>>41509108
prove they are

>>41509267
Lets hope they arent. They dont look the part except for maybe the guy in the red shorts, but thats definitely achievable natty with good genetics and commitment to training

>>41508839
Who is the 4th guy? He's hot.

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>>41508940
>What the hell kind of powerlifters do you guys interact with?
ones that post on /fit/
usually when I post against lifting heavy I get people acting elitest and saying dumb shit like >>41508981 but reading through this thread it seems like there's more that agree with me but are less vocal
if you want to get big muscles then train for it, if you want to get strong then train for that.
idiots will post a professional powerlifter and say 'yeah well he's big and looks great', well yeah, but he's been lifting for over 10 years

I didn't write pic related but it's true

>>41509211
so much this

>>41509327
fukkin saved

>>41508729

I bench more than everyone on plg with a flat back and a non meme grip.

>>41507263
Exact same path blaha aka my boi hemmingway took

>>41507364

vince gironda

>>41509398

I wasn't referring about anybody on /plg/, most of /plg/ is weak myself included. I'm talking about people like Owen Hubbard who bench over 200kg with a huge arch, but can still bench more than tons of other lifters out there with a flat back.

>>41509327
the pic is retarded
you shouldnt blame a program because someone didnt read the fucking book

>>41509558
height/weight/natty?

>>41509576

Hubbard is like 5'7 and competes at 74kg and 83kg and is (most likely) natty.

https://www.instagram.com/ohubb/

>>41507227

Is going too deep during a squat actually a thing? Asking for a friend, of course.

>>41509568
Its not about the program but the demographic it appeals to the most.
Im still reading Pynchon despite /lit/ memes, but I'd never identify as a die hard Pynchon fanboy or hater. The ones that do are less interested in literature itself but more concerned about the identity that goes along with it. Only on image boards nonetheless, if you talk to these kinds of people in real life its completely different matter.

>>41507424
An excuse to eat more

>>41507456
I doubt his wowfag friends will be squatting 5pl8 any time this century

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>this is a weightlifting world champion

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>>41509711

>41509327
>reddit spacing
no (You) 4 u

>>41507364
10 mins is 1RM tier, gtfo if you need 10 mins between your standard working sets you fat fuck. what is it, you get gassed if you do a set more often than that?

>>41509918
lol, this

eventually newer lifters will realise that the mark fattertoe training style will only get you so far

good luck training with any real volume with 10 minute rests,

maybe he is lifting 110% of his actual 1RM with terrible form or something

>>41509711

>jumping under bars
>weightlifting

>>41509629
>north of 500 Wilks (even with that bench form)
>natty

>>41509008
kek

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>>41507344
>fat fucks everywhere in the last weight category
>in the last weight category
>the super heavy weight or 105+KG weight class
Gee, it's almost as though people in the fat-ass-any-body-weight-goes weight class is gonna put on as much weight as possible to get 'dat Olympic Gold. Next you are gonna tell me light weight weightlifters are too small.

Pic related, silver gold medalist in 105KG weight class.

>>41508425
>lifting for women

dumb musclefat

>>41510591
Typo, meant to say "silver medalist". I think it was the 2008 olympic games.

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>>41508190
You are a fucking moron. Pic related. Anybody waiting more than 3-4 min between sets is sandbagging, mouthblabbing, or a fat deconditioned piece of shit.

>>41510600

Just because your muscles are ready to go does not mean your CNS is. I bet you squat less than 400lbs.

I feel like a lot of anons hating on 3+ min per set are either still newer/weak, or b8ing. When I was only deadlifting 4pl8, 2 min was sufficient; not the case nowadays.
>fat, etc
Nah I'm around 12% bf and do cardio.

I just wish some of you overinflated, self absorbed narcissistic fools would spend some time and energy helping others instead of caring so much about your " sport" Really?? Who gives a damn.

>>41512017
>Whine 24/7 about how everyone is fat and stupid
>Hey coach me for free pls

>>41508869
I bet you blew out after that though? I ran XC and thats a fucking solid start man.

>>41512017
I have 2 bros who I'm helping for free 3x per week at my gym already.

>>41512450
Basically this.
>>41510730
Also this

>>41509211
>Sets of 2
No shit

I do like powerlifters who are so deep in their lifting years and obviously left humanity behind. They're just suicidal drunks who are looking for death.

Aka Jay Masters.

>>41508862
>>41509649
high bar is perfect to go that deep, as long as you stay tight and you don't have extreme buttwink.

>>41507454
No one needs to rest 10 minutes, you lazy fuck. Especially if you are only squating 400

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>>41507227