Why are weightlifters generally shorter, but powerlifters tend to be taller?

It's because weightlifting is ultimately about lifting a barbell over your head, and being smaller requires a lot less functioning against gravity. And weightlifting is graded, so a smaller head naturally weighs less. Powerlifting, on the other hand, is a folk sport, and there are actually tall or short athletes out there, based entirely on the athletic ability market rather than artificial screening, so it creates the illusion that powerlifting is all about big guys.

Advanced powerlifters have large bones and joints, especially in the legs and torso. Looking back at the history of powerlifting, few Herculeses have retired because of serious lumbar spine and knee injuries, which commonly plague the average powerlifter. Advanced powerlifters have high-quality muscles.

Muscle mass is much more important than volume. Most ancient Hercules weighed under 300 pounds, yet their performance, especially in core events, was much better than today's Hercules.

Advanced powerlifters were physically distinctive. Their quadriceps, month hamstrings, glutes, calves, pecs, obliques, and triceps are very well developed, while the shoulders, upper back, biceps, abs, and other less powerful parts of the body are generally underdeveloped. Athletes who specialize in hard pulling have significantly longer arms, while those who specialize in bench pressing have shorter arms.

The Value of Weightlifting

Weightlifting is a highly technical competition, and each of the lifting techniques of the high snatch, the high flip, the squat flip, the clean and jerk, and the snatch is much more difficult than the training movements of the average bodybuilding system or powerlifting system.

In a sport like weightlifting, the force starts from the ground, the lower limbs develop the force, and the trunk conducts it, while the rhythm of the movement has to be consistent and precise, which is a perfect combination of technique and strength. It is a perfect combination of technique and strength. Moreover, it requires a high degree of trunk stability, and in Europe and the United States, the practice of weightlifting in adolescence increases the stability of the trunk and prevents various spine-related physical problems.

Additionally, it also requires a high degree of coordination of the body, with different muscle groups at different stages of the action to be coordinated successively, and the primary muscles, synergistic muscles, antagonistic muscles and stabilizing muscles to be coordinated, as well as the rhythm of the different stages of the action to be coordinated. Reasonable weightlifting training, is able to greatly improve physical fitness, and is far less prone to injury than many people think.