[quote]Nominal Prospect wrote:
Steel Nation wrote:
That is good shit though. There are a lot of guys that could benefit by simply learning how to perform the 3 lifts in a more efficient manner.
Yes, I suppose there are. The absolute, most efficient way to lift an 600 lb. loaded barbell is with a forklift, you know.
Why bother getting under the bar at all?
Seriously.
At what point do you draw the line?
I’m extremely well aware of the fact that the sport of powerlifting is all about lifting as much weight as possible.
And I use that as direct proof to back up my assertion that most powerlifters are cheaters.
See, you’re not telling me anything I don’t already know. I have read all of your excuses many times before. Any time this issue is raised, the ensuing discussion always plays out the same way.
I “expect” to be told to “shutup until you can bench 600”. I won’t.
I “expect” someone to rehash Louie Simmon’s quote about a bench shirt sitting in a locker never having benched any weight on it’s own. That’s laughable. It’s 3rd-grade stuff. A crane also requires a human operator in order to function. I assume then, that you wouldn’t consider it cheating if I were to use one to compete in your sport?
You assume that I’m one of “the ignorant masses” who needs to be indoctrinated in the ways of your sport, but in reality, I know much about powerlifting…it’s just that, unlike you, I haven’t swallowed the kool aid. I tasted it and spit it out.
The fact that “your federation sanctions it” doesn’t mean jack squat to me. Why would I care about your federation when I’m arguing that powerlifting, as a whole, is a sport based upon “cheating”, which is defined as doing as little work as possible in order to accomplish a given feat? This mentality is antithetical to nearly every other sport.
I know it’s “all about the total”. You needn’t inform me. I’m using that very fact to prove my point.
I’m not an ignorant outsider, I’m a conscious, fully-informed dissident, a traitor-from-within.
Should this discussion continue on its present course, I would expect to see lots of whining and not one coherent challenge to my assertion that lifting raw, Henderson-style, is more difficult and therefore more impressive than the alternative.[/quote]
how about you tell us how you really feel:)
i’m definitely not going to argue with you becuase I agree that lifting the way he does is more difficult.
you get the internet trophy.