Let me first start out by saying that for whatever reason you lift, exercise or do whatever you do in life, i respect that it is your thing and you do it for your own reasons.
Yesterday i was in the....you guessed it, the gym and was doing my thing. it was chest day and i was on the hammer-strength incline press. between sets i was watching these powerlifters scream and grunt pushing 3 reps, granted it was heavy weight. i wasn't staring just glancing from time to time between them and the tv. powerlifting has always interested me cause i don't get it and wonder what the deal is so i'm trying to understand. after my last set one of the guys walks by, grins and in a condesending voice says "why don't you put some weight on there?". now i'm not the strongest guys there, i'll give the guy that, but pushing 190 on the incline is not light weight, it's not heavy but not light either. as he walks back by again, as i'm pulling the plates off, i ask "i'm missed what you said before, i have the volume up, what was it?" he proceeded to tell me again and then i asked him if he'd like to go for a jog downstrairs on the treadmill for about 20 minutes, which pissed him off. he said "i don't run or jog that for p****'s", i replied "theres a difference between don't and can't" and contuined to ask him "maybe you can explaine to me why lifting something 3 times is better than 10", he could not and got really red in the face (just like after a set of 3 reps) and walked away. now it was a bit stupid of me to feed into his comments the way i did, this i'll admit and don't get me wrong, he could crush me like a grape it he ever got a hold of me, but my question to the powerlifters here is, why is powerlifting so much better or is it just different and this guy was just a run of the mill d***? again, and i can't stress this enough, for whatever reason you're in the gym, i respect it and am not better than you, unless you're just there to hang out and stand by the squat rack, if that is you, then yes, i am better than you :veryhappy:.........
Yesterday i was in the....you guessed it, the gym and was doing my thing. it was chest day and i was on the hammer-strength incline press. between sets i was watching these powerlifters scream and grunt pushing 3 reps, granted it was heavy weight. i wasn't staring just glancing from time to time between them and the tv. powerlifting has always interested me cause i don't get it and wonder what the deal is so i'm trying to understand. after my last set one of the guys walks by, grins and in a condesending voice says "why don't you put some weight on there?". now i'm not the strongest guys there, i'll give the guy that, but pushing 190 on the incline is not light weight, it's not heavy but not light either. as he walks back by again, as i'm pulling the plates off, i ask "i'm missed what you said before, i have the volume up, what was it?" he proceeded to tell me again and then i asked him if he'd like to go for a jog downstrairs on the treadmill for about 20 minutes, which pissed him off. he said "i don't run or jog that for p****'s", i replied "theres a difference between don't and can't" and contuined to ask him "maybe you can explaine to me why lifting something 3 times is better than 10", he could not and got really red in the face (just like after a set of 3 reps) and walked away. now it was a bit stupid of me to feed into his comments the way i did, this i'll admit and don't get me wrong, he could crush me like a grape it he ever got a hold of me, but my question to the powerlifters here is, why is powerlifting so much better or is it just different and this guy was just a run of the mill d***? again, and i can't stress this enough, for whatever reason you're in the gym, i respect it and am not better than you, unless you're just there to hang out and stand by the squat rack, if that is you, then yes, i am better than you :veryhappy:.........