Hey powerlifters. The only lift that matters is the one you don't compete in

Back arching and the fact that it's fucking hard.
It used to be a big movement until the 80s or something and whoever ran the comps was tired of breaking people's backs while they incline press it.

It's the main upper body movement for strongman though, the superior, actually sporty sport.

they're not taken out of powerlifting, just that sumo makes your ROM less so it's easier

I know but I’m asking what is more common in powerlifting in terms of competing? Sumo or conventional?

Strongman is the superior strength sport anyways
The only issue for most of you lot is that they aren't anywhere near as anal about how you lift things and you need to be actually you know strong because the weights on events tend not to scale

Most people on Jow Forums cant be strongmen since most are americans that are

t. sumofag
I bet you brag about "picking 500lbs off the ground" with 0 ROM. You probably look like shit

rip says his best comp PRs are 611 sq, 633 dl, 396 bench. he's an old fat fuck now though so he probably can't any more
it used to be a contested movement in WEIGHTLIFTING, not powerlifting. But then someone figured out the olympic-style press (i.e. standing incline bench with double hip drive) and it was decided that clean&press was too hard to judge. More than likely, it was dropped for political reasons (like I think the russians were dominating it and the IOC wanted them to win less or some shit). Or just because they wanted the meet to be shorter.
sumo is not really easier than conventional overall, it's just different and anthropometry-dependant. some of the world's best deadlifters pull conventional, some pull sumo. if sumo was easier, eddie hall would have pulled 520kg with a sumo stance.

If vytautas lalas can win an arnold classic at 5'9" then anything is possible and I will never learn

I think you misunderstood. I’m actually asking kek. I don’t know shit about powerlifting

That's obvious to most of us. The guy you were talking to is a retard.

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K will post in a lil

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22% body fat

Unironically based, wish powerlifting included OHP instead of bench

Why are powerlifters the losers of gym culture?

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Even when it did, it still was bench

Strengthlifting is based. They replaced the bench with the press and banned sumo. Manlets are seething.

Powerlifters only have events where ROM can be cheated eg, low bar squat, sumo deadlift and super-back-arch bench. It's very hard to reduce the ROM of an OHP unless your arms go out super wide.

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That's why Strongman was invented.

Didn't the scotts have traditional competitions comparable to strongman?
You can still cheat it heavily by involving your upper pectorals a fuckton

If they put OHP in powerlifting then these retards will bend the rules until they're basically doing a fucking limbo bending backward causing hundreds of people to break their backs to get that extra kilo on their lift.

Yeah, I just felt like saying soemthing about strongman because PL is gayer than AIDS.

True but it's still a movement where you're lifting the bar over your body. Range of motion is still the same.

Olympic lifting tried it for a while. It winds up being more of a standing bench press competition and it's really difficult to judge the no leg drive requirement. GOAT lift, but just doesn't work well in a competitive format.

first time did 3x5x50kg ohp today
3 days earlier first time 47kg
thanks white powder!

timmy thick really look like that?

You don't have to be a 7 foot 400lbs monster to compete locally, or in the 100kg class. Not everyone needs to compete internationally to enjoy the sport.

are you intentionally trying to embarrass yourself?

You can't outright lift same weight with sumo as can with conventional. But if you train from start of your career lifting sumo, sumo will be stronger than conv 9 times out of 10.
Sumo will overtake all powerlifting DL records in 5-10 years top. Cailer woolam has beaten KK with 950. Is he stronger than him? Fuck no IMO. Soon Magnussons DL of 1016 lb will be beaten by some taller american with hook grip or short russian, weighting barely above 220, lifting sumo. Only record (maybe) safe is Lamar Gants.

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back to /beginner/ with you.. come on, sweetie

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A wide grip OHP turns your force transfer into complete dogshit though, it's not worth it over a regular shoulder-width grip. Only way to cheat OHP is to use hip drive or lean backwards, but I believe a proper, heavy press is allowed to include some degree of leaning back.

This is the reason why overhead press isn't used in competitions anymore.

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>Not doing OHP and Military Press in addition to Powerlifting exercises.
Not gonna make it, bro.

noob question but how do you keep your elbow from popping during OHP

closer grip probably

that form is a disgrace

not as much as those 'shorts', jesus christ

Serious question

Do powerlifters become fat and gay because of powerlifting?

Or

Do fat and gay people become powerlifters because they are fat and gay?

Plz Respond, thnx in advance

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manifest destiny

The second one.

I am happy about you user, keep going, you will make it!

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well.. i think that less aesthetic people prefer pl because they cant lift for aesthetics because no one would give a fuck. so instead they overcompensate by lifting really heavy with shit form.

aesthetic people on the other hand prefer bb style workouts because it only helps them look even better.

just my two cents

overcompensate? if it's all they're good for, why not commit to it. everyone has their own place in this world.

Yeah the highland games are still around although I'd say that they're more of just a subcategory of strongman or general spectacular/performative strength sports

Effective body building training (eg what actual bodybuilders do rather than what 150 pound pseudo anorexic gym twinks do) tends to be fucking heavy and to failure (and with questionable form when the exercise permits)
You sound small, post body

it's against the rules in strongman to lift sumo

Good, sumo takes 2nd place for gay pussy shit, 1st place is obviously arching your back to decrease ROM