Why aren't weightlifters particularly thickly built?

1. Wrong premise "Weightlifters should be the strongest group at the same weight". This premise is false, weightlifters are among the most explosive in the lower extremities at the same height and weight, so they only have very well developed fast muscle fibers, while slow muscle fibers are relatively common. Powerlifters/fitness athletes are the ones who have the greatest push-pull force in the squat for the same height and weight.

2. Powerlifting is technically heavy and fast, and is a highly technically demanding sport. Many people can't get it right with an empty bar, but the truth is, they can't even use half the explosive force. Bodybuilding, on the other hand, apart from posing, telling the truth is a relatively simple action, the threshold is relatively low, is everyone can learn. Bodybuilding technique and weightlifting technique are two different things, two different things, two different things. Three. Sports selection of our weightlifters are selected. Those who can become weightlifters have considerable talent in weightlifting. Bodybuilders must be selected according to bodybuilding methods. As for the so-called muscle hegemony of sports, the talent is actually worse. A 50 kilogram weightlifter can lift a barbell of 150 kilograms or more, while a 100 kilogram weightlifter has more muscle than a powerlifter, but can't even lift half that weight. In this case, a 50 kg weightlifter is usually only 140 cm tall and a 100 kg weightlifter is usually 190 cm tall, and then calculate the length of the upper arm. Taller people will not be able to utilize weightlifting.

4. Blindness is not personal. Most people look at them to see if they are strong. They look to see if their arms are thick and have an inverted triangle. They don't notice the lower extremities or the abdomen. The truth is that weightlifting is more about working the lower body and core. Bodybuilding is muscle hypertrophy training, weightlifting is strength speed/explosive training (and some degree of weight control), and the results are naturally different for different training purposes, and people who play both sports may excel at their own programs (genetics and the athletes themselves choose to do so). A weightlifter's strength depends on talent and training. The average person lacks both talent

and specialized scientific training. If the average person chose someone with talent to do a few months of basic weightlifting exercises, or someone with talent to do the same year of weightlifting exercises in a professional and scientific way, the gap between them and a weightlifter wouldn't be so wide