Different Lifting Disciplines

Jonny303

Just curious really, i read (mainly in hanleys and others posts) about differnt lifting disciplines (power lifting ect). What are the main ones, and whats the difference between them?

podge57

powerlifting: goal is to get a bigger squat, bench and deadlift, usually train with low reps for main exercises, dont do much isolation work. tend to train more for the lifts (eg squat day,bench day etc, although there are loads of variations)

bodybuilding: training purely to get bigger, leaner etc - usually medium-high reps, more isolation work, train specific muscle groups (eg arms day)

olympic lifting: train for clean & jerk and snatch. Cant say im too familiar with training style, but its usually high volume, lots of squatting, explosive training

crossfit: not familiar with this either, but i suppose it qualifies as a discipline

edit: a lot of people also train with a hybrid of some / all of these styles

Hanley

podge57 wrote: »

powerlifting: goal is to get a bigger squat, bench and deadlift, usually train with low reps for main exercises, dont do much isolation work. tend to train more for the lifts (eg squat day,bench day etc, although there are loads of variations)

bodybuilding: training purely to get bigger, leaner etc - usually medium-high reps, more isolation work, train specific muscle groups (eg arms day)

olympic lifting: train for clean & jerk and snatch. Cant say im too familiar with training style, but its usually high volume, lots of squatting, explosive training

crossfit: not familiar with this either, but i suppose it qualifies as a discipline

edit: a lot of people also train with a hybrid of some / all of these styles

That's pretty much all the bases covered. Wouldn't call Crossfit a lifting discipline tho. It's a general fitness style of training which employs the use of weights amongst other things.



Strongman: In a nut shell, being able to pick heavy odd shaped **** up, and depending on the event, being able to move with or move it too.

spiral

i suppose you could add in Kettlebell lifting as well