Veeky Forums seems to be a powerlifting board, but let's discuss the pros and cons of each.
Weightlifting v. Powerlifting
Jacob Turner
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Angel Sanders
one is for weight
the other is for power
Henry Reed
And it's not the way you'd think.
Dominic Collins
fuck this made me kek
Adrian Carter
One is for athletes who take steroids responsibly
One is for obese people who can't even eat responsibly
Gavin Wilson
power is force over time so oly is more "power" lifting than Powerlifting^^TM
Liam Stewart
For me, Olympic weightlifting seems more like an actual sport, with real athleticism involved. But I do think powerlifting is impressive.
Gavin Sanders
I sincerely do not know the difference.
Jaxon Torres
The main difference is that (Olympic) weightlifting involves quick motions and the bar being lifted over one's head, whereas powerlifting is slower and involves less bar movement. Ask the internet for more details.
Aiden Murphy
Powerlifting is squat/bench/deadlift
Weightlifting is snatch/clean&jerk
Robert Ross
Lol is that even a question? powerlifting is for fat fucks. OWL is for actual athletes.
Carter Wilson
One is an Olympic sport, the other is a Paralympic sport
Leo Cox
The bench press actually is in the Paralympics
Jason Cox
Neither are sports. Oly and PL is for people who couldn't handle real sports so they settled for lifting.
Only difference is that powerlifters prefer to over eat every meal while Oly lifters have some self control.
Andrew Powell
>Pic related is you
Weightlifting is basically gymnastics with heavy weights. How wouldn't you call that a sport? Powerlifting is a sport for unathletic people, Weightlifting still involves a lot of athleticism. You're shitting yourself if you think weightlifters don't eat whenever they want. A lot of them eat just as much as the powerlifting chubs
Leo Rivera
Powerlifting = strengthlifting
Weightlifting = powerlifting
Jeremiah Foster
olympic weightlifters have the highest vertical jumps and fastest 10m sprints out of all olympians
Anthony Campbell
I'll never forget that picture I saw like 15 years ago of that one dude lifting some heavy ass weights and I think he was shitting out his asshole and intestines. That image will always stick with me, especially every time I see someone in that squatting pose lifting something.
Logan Peterson
Jackson Peterson
>citation needed
Joseph Cook
That video of the military guy lifting the tire and puking on every rep disgusts me. I will never understand why people push themselves to the point of illness.
Kino
Mason Morris
Trips
Austin Parker
I think the difference is you can reasonably do powerlifting learning the lifts and proper technique yourself from internet sources.
Oly on the other hand is fucking hard, and if you try to figure it out without a real coach you either make zero progress or you hurt yourself.
Henry Phillips
>regular weightlifting
>weightlifting for lazy people
Christopher Young
Is OWL a ticket to Snap City?
Jaxon Taylor
>only shows equipped squats
Ok buddy, I guess John Haack and Johnnie Candito have no squat depth.
Grayson Turner
I feel like high jumpers have a pretty decent vertical jump
Aaron Adams
It's honestly pretty much equivalent and you're a moron if you think otherwise, it's like claiming discus and shot put are somehow vastly different events.
Landon Cook
Yes, but not necessarily a standing vertical.
Jaxson Jones
If you're too dumb to get a good coach, yes.