why are the people on the powerlifting board small and putup lot of weight

[nclifter6feet6]

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=161283

im taking a guess...but i think its gootta be in the bench shirts i mean these guys dont even look like they workout to me. some one inform me

theres a link to the pics.....i hear alot of these people claiming that they put up big numbers but they look small as hell and i even think some of them juice too????doesnt make since to me i always thought these dudes were huge that were giving all the advice on the powerlifting board

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/xdecieve...erx/lst?&.dir=/Okie+Crew+Meet&.src=ph&.view=t

it makes me wonder sometimes is it the benchsuits and the wraps and things like that doing all the work, i mean these guys just dont look big?????i look a hell of alot bigger and dont put up as much weight as these guys. oh well what do you guys think? is it the benchsuits?????someone help me understand

 

[The Shadow]

Thre is a difference between traing for size and training for strength - although they are related

 

[Pink Space Biscuit]

I hear a tulle prom dress adds 500 lbs to your squat.

 

[The Shadow]

lol@pink


She's right about it though - a bench shirt will help....a lot - so will a spring under your ass when you squat.

 

[creep]

Some people are just strong for their size. I'm 5'7 175lbs and can bench 295 (max). I know thats not a lot of weight but for my size It's way above average. Big guys at the gym used to give me shit cus I lift as much as they do. Mind you, I'm not big at all but I'm a lot stronger than I look.

 

[TheProject]

First of all, I'm gonna go on record as saying I find your question offensive.

I'm the smallest guy in those pics, and I'm 6', 195. Do I put up huge numbers? Hell no, but I've only been training 1 year. My bench went from around 45-65lbs in one year to a 232lb one rep max, no shirt, and I have video to prove it.

As far as the okie crew? Those guys are fucking BIG. I'm talking 280lbs BIG.

Yeah, we don't actually move any weight, we just put this shit on and it's magic.

Hannibal gave me a quote once, from Louie Simmons: "I keep a bottle of testosterone sitting on a triple-layer bench press shirt in the back of my gym, but I have yet to see it bench 5 pounds. To be great it takes planning, work, dedication, courage, and aggression. If you lack one of these, you will fail and you have no one to blame but yourself. Losers hate winners, so It’s better to be hated in powerlifting than to hate."

 

[The Shadow]

Project isn't usually this big of a jerk - lol

The topic was bench shirts and they do however help you move more weight than raw....

Project - PUHLEASE don't tell me that test WILL NOT help athletic performance - lol

 

[TheProject]

Project isn't usually this big of a jerk - lol

The topic was bench shirts and they do however help you move more weight than raw....

Project - PUHLEASE don't tell me that test WILL NOT help athletic performance - lol

Yeah, I'm the ass here. The topic, as I saw it, was "how come these guys are small?" And I'll take being called small by comparison, but the okies and Hannibal are not small. Spatts isn't small for a female lifter either.

Agreed, shirts help you move more than you can raw, from 50-100lbs, and some can get more out of them.

Wasn't saying that test won't help performance, or that a shirt won't help. But any of that gear won't put up the weight by itself.

 

[vinylgroover]

NC Lifter,

I don't know any of those people so won't comment on them, but for most others, when i see ridiculous weight to strength ratio's it's pretty safe to assume steroids.

 

[The Shadow]

Project - lol I'm kidding bro....don't kmake me moderate this thread....