Thread: New here. Hoping for some advice from you guys.

Hey guys, been on BoP for alittle now. Anyways I've been leaning towards trying powerlifting. Ive been lifting weights for 10 years and have just done bodybuilding, but ever time I pull a big number it gets me off.. so I'm looking into this.

Anyways I was hoping to hear from you guys about basics like diet, training, gear and all that good stuff. I joined a new gym and they gave me a coach but I'd like to hear from my brothers here as well.

I can post my totals if needed.

Thanks guys.

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Powerlifting bottom line is you gotta eat like a starving dog

Originally Posted by Blades22

Powerlifting bottom line is you gotta eat like a starving dog

All day everyday? Usually watch macros so thats out now?

And I'm pretty lean so I'm really gonna have to up the food

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Originally Posted by Primemuscle

The biggest difference between powerlifting and bodybuilding in my opinion is powerlifting is all about performance, being able to perfect the big 3 lifts and dialing that in. Diet isn’t necessarily clean because it’s more about how much food can you eat to fuel the body for heavy lifting sessions. However I do think eating cleaner will help performance and how you feel when powerlifting. Whereas bodybuilding is more about sculpting the muscles and trying to make the body symmetrical and proportionate.

So basically powerlifting is about getting from point a to point b as effectively as possible. Whereas bodybuilding is more about how you use your muscles to work the weight via contractions. Both have to have proper form but bodybuilding involves way more sculpting and isolation then powerlifting. And for the diet aspect: powerlifting doesn’t have to eat clean, a lot of guys eat dirty because it’s about loading up the body with fuel to lift as heavy as possible to enhance performance. And you want to have some body fat so you have some cushion to absorb and endure the heavy weight loads being lifted. Whereas bodybuilding the diet has to be pristine in order to show a shredded and conditioning physique which takes months to achieve. So you want your body fat to be as low as possible (hell I’d get to 1% if I could). And the food intake is not based off of performance in the weight room but rather how your body is dialing in to be show ready.

Again that’s just my perspective on the differences between the two. But based off of what my powerlifting friends and I have discussed those seem to be the main differences.


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Thanks Prime! You always come through for me man. This was just out of curiosity. So is there a way I can do powerlifting and bodybuilding? Like powerbuiding?

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[QUOTE=MADDXXHATTER;680691 So is there a way I can do powerlifting and bodybuilding? Like powerbuiding?

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Absolutely can do both and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Had a buddy who was a straight up fully Jacked Bodybuilder. He took the big 3 seriously! Ate Big, Trained big (hard n heavy) and took Big Juice. Our gym was a hybrid of serious national Powerlifters and bodybuilders, and back in the day we often cross trained with each other. Every year they threw a SoCal Powerlifting meet down at the beach and people came from all over to compete in it.

My bodybuilder buddy on a whim decided to enter the Powerlifting contest.... and you should have seen the look on the judges faces when he showed up to lift in his singlet! They were cracking up, cause he was the farthest thing from a powerlifter physique. He was 5'9 260 at about 7% body fat with 20" arms, big chest & lats, the whole package. It was a National Qualifier show and he didn't win or place cause he was competing in a gnarly division with some serious Powerlifters but he did it for himself and he definitely did not embarrass himself.

Google some of Ronnie Coleman's lifts on the bench, and squat and see if he could have competed in Powerlifting. The guy was a beast!

I compete in uspa powerlifting. I was the same as you, had been lifting for a long time and liked hitting big numbers more then constantly sculpting this or that. I absolutely love it!! Contrary to why some will tell you diet does not go out the window when you powerlift. Also contrary to what some will say I’ve still bean able to gain size and stay in great shape while doing so. Like prime said the biggest difference is training performance for the big three lifts rather then concentrating on building muscle.


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Originally Posted by kaneman

I compete in uspa powerlifting. I was the same as you, had been lifting for a long time and liked hitting big numbers more then constantly sculpting this or that. I absolutely love it!! Contrary to why some will tell you diet does not go out the window when you powerlift. Also contrary to what some will say I’ve still bean able to gain size and stay in great shape while doing so. Like prime said the biggest difference is training performance for the big three lifts rather then concentrating on building muscle.


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Hey brother thanks for hoping in here. I was hoping you would I've seen your posts about powerlifting. Yeah I'm just burned out on sculpting and would rather just pack on mass but still look good. Im naturally lean and I think this is a good way to get some beef.

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Originally Posted by MADDXXHATTER

Hey brother thanks for hoping in here. I was hoping you would I've seen your posts about powerlifting. Yeah I'm just burned out on sculpting and would rather just pack on mass but still look good. Im naturally lean and I think this is a good way to get some beef.

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It’s definitely good for putting on size. I’ve put on about 25lbs over the past year and a half and bf has only gone up 2% last checked. Like everything though diet and training are the key to any goal. If you ever need any training ideas or diet info feel free to pm me


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