What do we do about the powerlifter epidemic? There are some at my gym and theres only 4 racks so it's a total nusience >Spend 45 minutes in the rack warming up with an empty bar >Another hour and a half in the rack doing a total of like 15 reps >Get chalk everywhere >Take up the benches to sit all their shit on and plop their fat asses on and play on their phones for 10 mins at a time so you can't even do any seated DB shit >Hoot and holler to all the other powerlifter buddies from across the gym >Slap themselves and scream before every rep (?) >Try and get a running start on every squat rep for some reason >Leave sniffing salt packets everywhere >Also they never bench for some reason
Why don't you just mind your business and go at a less busy time? They pay their membership fees like you do. If you don't like it,go to a different gym you raging faggot
Dominic Harris
Oh so since I pay for a membership I can use every piece of equipment and hold up everyone else and waste their time?
Yep. If you are there first. Welcome to the real world autism.
Jack Barnes
they're always fat and asian and do 2 real reps MAX after 3 hours of bullshit
Nathan Peterson
Fyi I don't give a rats ass if I waste your time. You don't mean jackshit to me
Noah Diaz
Out-lift them casually and move on. The last powerlifter who was talking up space in the gym was doing 3pl8 deadlifts for singles, using the whole platform. I walked up to the bar and did about 15 reps. After I told him, "Why are you taking so long to do just one rep?". The dude immediately left.
Owen Rivera
Sure you did. Then you woke up from your sleep
Levi Thompson
>things that never happened
Gabriel Roberts
99% of "powerlifters" are simply bodybuilders who didn't make it. The only reason for lifting is aesthetics. Everything else is just cope.
Carter Jenkins
Just ask to work in retard.
Hunter Ramirez
I lift because I enjoy progressively getting stronger over time.
>U do it for other ppl? No, I lift for aesthetics. >Jesus in a manger lol What the actual fuck is this supposed to mean?
Noah Hughes
Sounds like you were triggered by a powerbull warming up with your maxes and needed to make this seething ragepost to feel better about yourself
Grayson Jackson
>t. Fat weak faggot
Sebastian Evans
Lifting for "aesthetics" is cope because you're desperately trying to make up for something else that's lacking for yourself. Lifting for sport, whether the sport is lifting or to be better at a sport you compete in are the patrician reasons. The second best is to be healthy.
Joshua Evans
You're just mad you still look like a fatass.
Justin Flores
>Sounds like you were triggered by a powerbull warming up with your maxes Why do powerlifters always use this cope? It's not hard to squat a bunch when you're 220lbs 25% BF. Nobodys jealous about a fat fuck squatting a bunch, it's like a fat bitch with big tits
Lucas Jones
Absolute projection
t. skinny fat weakfag
Luke Jenkins
Fuck your bitch ass
Lucas Jenkins
Some people actually play sports/have active lifestyles you preening gymcel. Powerlifters are retarded for the same reason that you're retarded - because you're all nosports faggots who do nothing but lift.
Matthew Hill
Fuck your bitch ass
Oliver Carter
Some people have jobs instead.
Daniel Jackson
>nosports faggots You're the one pretending to care about "strength" here, not me.
Liam Wilson
Post body.
David Flores
powerlifting is the fat acceptance for men
"im bulking" = i've given up trying to lose weight
Landon Watson
There was a fat power lifter that took his wife's/girlfriend's daughter to the gym with him. She'd have to sleep on a bench in front of the window by the front door while they did their late night "workout". Absolutely degenerate.
Sounds like something a DYEL who struggles to bench 100kg would say
Easton Perry
Lmao it’s easy bro. Just fucking do it. Move the fucking weight
Lincoln Hughes
I know its easy,but not for you.
Ethan Sanders
The only degenerate in that gym was you. Kys you worthless sack of shit
Nathaniel Peterson
Lmao sure thing bro
Owen Torres
Lol everything OP just said is actusllu true of the power lifters at my gym. To be fair though, it is technically a "Platinum USA Powerlifting Regional Training Center", so I can't complain. They're all really friendly and total bros too, and it's rarely too full, so it doesn't bother me.
Julian Stewart
literally yes this is exactly what you are paying for
Grayson Hall
Not questioning your weight retard. Questioning your confrontation larp. Fucking autism man.
Colton Brooks
your gym is paradise if you have 4 racks I founda gym with 3 and it felt like a miracle
Eli Williams
>try and get a running start on every squat rep for some reason
>Why can't they just go to a powerlifting gym? their only source of self esteem pump is lifting heavy weights at a commercial gym and thinking that they are being "mired" by other people. in reality no one cares that their obese fat ass can parallel squat 4pl8s
i know because i used to be like this.
Aaron Thompson
Bs. Plenty of low body fat ripped power lifters too. They have weight classes in meets you know, right?
Michael Brown
God I fucking hate these pathetic powerlifters so fucking much. They're all just lazy bastards who couldn't be bothered to eat clean & do a few extra high-rep sets. Prove me wrong. You can make real strength gains on a brosplit if you know how to train. These lazy rats decide to do their bare minimum 3x5 compound lifts, skip the extra accessory movements, and go home to eat a 7k cal meal. Powerlifting fags are the absolute bottom-tier of the gym ladder.
I mean what are you actually gonna do about it? Post about it on Jow Forums while we hit PRs?
Gabriel Turner
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Kevin Diaz
You are a liar and a loser. Wimp
Luke Brown
It all depends on where you are in your training cycle. In Month 1, week 1, I won't deadlift more than 125kg. 3 months later it will be 250kg+
Owen Morris
>bodybuilding isnt cope
Justin Torres
Best post has no replies. UNTIL NOW.
Carson Gutierrez
I'd have to agree with this. Mind you I don't hate all powerlifters, just the fat ones. You guys know why most of them get fat? Because despite their quest for big numbers, a lot of them don't even really lift all that heavy. A lot of them will get all chalked up, only do 3-4 plate squats or deads for a triple if even that, and still take their 10-15 min rest period between sets, all while doing no volume or accessory lifts (because you wouldn't want to be a bro would you?) and then have 4k calories just at dinner. And they wonder why they look like shit. I know, I was spiraling down that path years ago. I saw the light though; you can be strong and still look good. It's not an either/or proposition.
Daniel Nguyen
>You can make real strength gains on a brosplit if you know how to train. Show me someone that is strong training on a brosplit (without steroids).
Jason Flores
These posts wreak of disinformation. Powerlifters who do little volume and skip accessories are the exception rather than the rule. I have a friend who's just like this, can deadlift 600lbs but struggles to do a single pullup.
Easton Rodriguez
That is mostly because of physics. The bigger you are, the more you will be able to move external objects, but you will be weaker at bodyweight exercises. Someone like Hafthor Bjornson and Eddie Hall will struggle to do 10 pull ups. I've seen Kyril Sarichev struggle to do 8, meanwhile he benches 335kg. See the square cube law.
Nathan Thompson
He's not big at all though, he's only like 190lbs at 5'9". He told me he could do a max of 3 at 170lbs
Adam Johnson
>muh steroids Spoiler alert: you can still incorporate heavy compounds into a split user. Also, you can build up a solid strength base and then switch to the split. Once your dues are paid, you don't have to keep chasing huge numbers forever. The goal for some of us is longevity. I'm 38; I used to pull 500 on deads before, a few years ago. I'm not trying to do it every time I go to the gym to impress some fat 22 year olds.
David Moore
Weighted pull ups at 190lbs with 170lbs even for 3 reps is not weak. That's close to 360lbs bw. Are you retarded?
Austin Hall
Sounds like you're insecure and coping boomer.
Connor Lopez
Imagine using roids for 250kg
Eli Bell
And my friend is 180 ripped deads 600 and can do 20+ pullups. This stereotype that power lifters are fat and obese is that a stereotype. Most guys like that don't even complete anyway, just larp as powerliftees. In reality they wouldn't be competitive in a meet due to low strength to body weight ratio. This thread filled with guys who've never been to a andtual meet.
Henry Wilson
When he used to be 170lbs* is what I meant.
Joshua Miller
The stereo type exists for a reason. Not all powerlifters are fat, but a shit ton are
