A very good point in this thread, BTW, made by IronAddict:
I've done both BB and powerlifting over the years and as a whole powerlifters train so much smarter than BB's. Why? progress is simple to measure if your a powerlifter, you care about one thing and one thing only, more weight on the bar. BB's are mostly confused and worry about getting a good pump and hitting the muscle from all angles to assure complete development. They overtrain so badly most rarely increase their poundages and look the same year after year. Puff, WTF do you care if you only do 2 sets for your chest as long as every week your getting stronger. Yeah, I get it, it's better to do 16 sets and never improve because you can't recover from your workouts. Again, Think about this for a minute. If ALL you did was do squats, stiff legged deadlifts, bench (or dips) weighted pullups, and military or dumbell presses, BUT, since you ALWAYS recovered on this simple schedule and were able to add weight or reps every workout until you squatted 400 for 20, stiff legged 350 for 15, benched 315 for 12, did pullups with 100 lbs around your waist, and did dumbell presses with 3/4 bodyweight for 8 reps, how big would you be compared to where you are now? That is EXACTLY how many people with less then average genetics need to train to get big. It's also something they usually will never attempt because they are clueless about what a HUGE role recovery plays and how little training is actually needed to stimulate growth while still allowing recover to occur.
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