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