r/powerlifting • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

No Q's too Dumb Weekly Dumb/Newb Question Thread

Do you have a question and are:

  • A novice and basically clueless by default?
  • Completely incapable of using google?
  • Just feeling plain stupid today and need shit explained like you're 5?

Then this is the thread FOR YOU! Don't take up valuable space on the front page and annoy the mods, ASK IT HERE and one of our resident "experts" will try and answer it. As long as it's somehow related to powerlifting then nothing is too generic, too stupid, too awful, too obvious or too repetitive. And don't be shy, we don't bite (unless we're hungry), and no one will judge you because everyone had to start somewhere and we're more than happy to help newbie lifters out.

SO FIRE AWAY WITH YOUR DUMBNESS!!!

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u/Pandatabase Beginner - Please be gentle 5d ago

Is it true that you can drop height from squatting heavy? Or is it just a myth? Everyone seems split on this topic

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u/keborb Enthusiast 4d ago

It's a myth. I don't think anyone is split on it.

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u/Pandatabase Beginner - Please be gentle 4d ago

I do have a friend that is 50+ who says he shrunk like 2 cm because of it

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u/keborb Enthusiast 3d ago

Don't believe everything you hear. After 40, you shrink just over 1cm each decade on average. Squatting with weight improves bone and muscle density which is protective against this process.

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u/fullmetalvag Girl Strong 8d ago

Dumb question - can you compete in equipped and not wear a suit/shirt?

And why do meet directors tell me I can’t wear grip socks (like soccer players do to prevent slippage INSIDE the shoes)?

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u/No_Faithlessness7411 Impending Powerlifter 6d ago

I’ve competed without a shirt back in the day. Briefs and knee wraps. Try a shirt though if you want to try equipped

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u/Arteam90 Eleiko Fetishist 8d ago

You can. Occasionally equipped lifters might hit a raw bench 1st attempt to prevent bombing out if they hit a record squat, say.

I don't know if all federations will have that rule (or care) but it's an IPF one. Why? Difficult to say.

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u/jakeisalwaysright M | 793kg | 89kg | 515 DOTS | SPF | Multi-ply 7d ago

it's an IPF one. Why? Difficult to say.

Trying to apply logic to anything IPF does is an exercise in futility.

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