A Girlfriend's Guide To Powerlifting

About Powerlifting
A Quick history
Powerlifting stems from Weightlifting which as a sport, appeared in the
Olympics in 1896. Powerlifting was then recognised as a sport in 1950’s and
developed simultaneously in Britain and USA in the 1960’s. The standard lifts
are deadlifts, bench press and squat which started in USA and then Britain
followed by cultivating that idea by changing one of their standard lift
which was curl to deadlift.
Weightlifting, bodybuilding, powerlifting: difference?
Bodybuilding
Think biceps, tans and bikinis. Bodybuilding is
perhaps the most well-known strength-training
sport. You might think of the likes of Arnold
Schwarzenegger or Phil Heath when it comes to
bodybuilding, however there is natural/drug
free and assisted bodybuilding. Assisted
bodybuilders in the female category tends to
be women’s perception of what they will look
like if they start lifting heavy, but it takes years of
lifting, dieting, and sport specific drug-use.
Weightlifting
This is what we see on TV during the
Olympics. Olympic Weightlifting (or
“Weightlifting”) isn’t what we all do when
we go to the gym (commonly mistaken for
“lifting weights”). Weightlifting is a sport of its
own. It consists of two competitive lifts, the
snatch and the clean and jerk. It is probably
the most technical sport which demands
skill, strength, power, agility and control.
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