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I agree that strength is specific, but my point is that ‘bodybuilder muscle’ is not strictly ornamental. Powerlifters have incredible muscle mass, they just ar
by lukas099 2y ago
I agree that strength is specific, but my point is that ‘bodybuilder muscle’ is not strictly ornamental.
Powerlifters have incredible muscle mass, they just aren’t picky about covering it with body fat because it doesn’t make sense for the sport. The main reason bodybuilders are weaker is that their caloric intake is much lesser (especially at meet prep when they sometimes are practically starving themselves to death).
- sn9 2y agoThat's true around competitions, but the main reason they aren't strong relative to powerlifters is because they don't train to express maximal strength. They could easily add a few top sets of higher intensity work with low reps and get much stronger.
- lukas099 2y agoIf you define strength as one-rep max, sure.