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- When it comes to strength sports, which is best? And what's the difference anyway?
We're big fans of strength at BarBend, but it's time to clear up some misconceptions. First and foremost, not every strength sport is the same!
Weightlifting is different than powerlifting.
CrossFit is different than strongman.
And weightlifting, powerlifting, CrossFit, and strongman are ALL different than bodybuilding. In fact, of these four strength sports, aesthetics and appearance are NOT the main goals!
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Each of these sports has its own benefits and potential drawbacks. We're not saying one is necessarily better than the other. We like to respect the differences, celebrate the similarities, and educate people about both.
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No, these aren't ALL strength sports available to competitors and fans. But they ARE some of the most popular, and we cover each and every one quite a bit at BarBend.com!
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In this video, we break down the common misconceptions and outline the differences (and some similarities!) between these four sports. What makes a weightlifting different than a powerlifter? Why don't you see athletes bench pressing in the Olympics?
We cover these questions and more in the video above!
Have another strength training or strength sport myth or misconception you'd like us to tackle? Let us know in the comments below!
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Weightlifting and powerlifting: Obessed with rules and equipment and standards
Strongman: Here's a rock move it other there
Crossfit: sport for the weird guy
@@francesfarmer3874 Sport for the guy who's 150 lb and wants to pretend he's lifting
@@mustang8206 I know a 110 pound male powerlifter MFer wins every meet he goes to bc hes the only lifter in his weight class
@@5.7hemi79 lmao
@@5.7hemi79 I'm in Italy and my friend is national champion because no one of his weight want to lift competitively except him
These four be like a real brotherhood:
Powerlifting and weightlifting are bros with a huge rivalry. Strongman is just the oldest bro. Crossfit is the youngest, but is also the odd man out.
Nup.
Strongman is the dad.
Crossfit is not in the family, it's just a shame.
CrossFit is not a strength sport, it's an endurance sport like triathlons and such, it should not be compared to strength sports.
CrossFit is the aborted fetus that managed to cling on to life somehow
Every Strongmen can be a powelifter but not all powerlifters can be a Strongmen.
Both are strong man/woman
Yeah usually the strongmen are the best powerlifters in the world. A lot of the powerlifting records are held by strongmen.
Bench press, and squat are records held by powerlifters. Only deadlift is under strongman control dude.
@@viniciusmartins2426 Strongmen don’t bench in competition and I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure strongman squatting is for reps rather than max.
@@ArtemisBumwhistle yes but the amount of weight strongmen lift for reps are pretty heavy too even by powerlifting standards
@@shoaibhaq8680 yup. 705 for reps is common. With the leaders of the pack hitting 12-15 reps if I recall correctly. That's a beefy set lol
Whoever gets the worst injury wins the crossfit games
@@ciandunphy7888 yeah, athletes.
Regular crossfitters on the other hand die in a month
Yeah watching them snatch then falling from their knee is all good lmao
@@evagenesiz7802 damn lmao
@@ciandunphy7888 i wouldnt consider crossfit people "athletes" lmao
@@tonymontana6086 professional exercisers. CrossFit is a joke.
Strongman is *The Sports of Giant*
Indeed.
All of them cm probably crush your skull and kill you lol
But they’re all awesome dudes, especially maruiz thy dude is like 50 and still jacked to the gills
Most of them are less than 180cm tall xD
Being a giant is not only height tho
so strongman is like a cultivation of each 3 then bumped into 200%, lift the heaviest, the fastest, and who lifted more, it has everything and it makes sense for the strongest man, strong not only in one lift but in every aspect
Essentially yeah. It’s also the most taxing of the four especially on diet. They have to force feed themselves 6-12k calories a day just to maintain size. They obviously juice as well but 99% of people wouldn’t have the discipline to spend 4 hours a day chewing and go hit the gym 2-3 times a day while busting their ass at work to support their passion even if they also used gear.
Weightlifting: Considerable strength, tons of technique, good athleticism
Powerlifting: Tons of strength, considerable technique, some athleticism
Strongman: Tons of strength, considerable technique, good athleticism
Crossfit: Some strength, zero technique, tons of athleticism
This comment is perfect. You've really condensed these sports clear images of what each sport is and how it compares to their brothers. Thank you. Well done.
I would argue high strength and high athleticism for weightlifting.
Not as strong as powerlifting, not as athletic as crossfit.. but more than just considerable.
Therefore weightlifting training is superior in all around functionality.
Have you seen the stupid 1 inch bench press powerlifting reps ?? Powerlifting form is just as bad as crossfit
"zero technique" made me laugh this morning. Thank you Liam!
@@GotFaculty personally too me weightlifting is boring
I've never seen an explanation so good in my entire life, if this dude made a video explaining the functionality of a coffee machine I would watch the whole thing paying the closest attention
Facts
Everytime I hear Crossfit I think about the Crossfit gym basically across the street from me that has an ambulance in front of it at least once or twice a month. 🚑☠️
There is also a boulder hall right across from it in that complex and they rarely have those issues oh and neither does the normal gym just a few minutes away.
Damn you explain so nicely and clearly
I really understood the difference between these sports
Thank you so much, it was a good explanation👍
Thank you dear, that was a very clear and well explained topic 👍
the crossfit games is an orthopedist wet dream
Have to break the body to confuse the body, right babe.
Why did I think powerlifting was snatching and cleaning and weight lifting was benching and squatting.
That's what it should be
cause snatch and clean-jerk are power lift... yet who in the right mind invented weightlifter name for them, since they are the one doing the POWER move.
Their names are literally the inverse of what their sport is actually about. WL is about power, force times distance over time. PL is about absolute force production to overcome the resistance of the weight, aka strength.
That was the easiest and clearest explanation possible. Thanks!
The narrator doesn't look like he lifts. Hes definitely a weightlifter
I don't know man he looks more like a wife lifter
@@fixafix69 LOL
@@fixafix69 You, sir, won the internetz for the day. Here, have some cookies.
I know this a joke, but u gotta see the Chinese weightlifting team
Nope, weightlifters usually look better than any of the other strength athletes.
This was a really great and informative video. Thank you!
Thank you for the great explanation.
Wow thanks for explaining all these complexities so simply. (I subscribed!)
Thanks for the sub and welcome to the channel! 💪
that was super well explained! thanks
Video is exactly what I was looking for. Well done
Awesome video and great explanations!!
Do you have a program that combines powerlifting,Olympic weightlifting, strongman, crossfit into one
Thank you for the clarification! All these sports look cool
1:18 The man in the grey t-shirt is The Great Pyrros Dimas. The most decorated Olympic weightlifter (3 Gold & 1 Bronze).
Amitava Kundu Watch Zack Telander’s newest video....
These comparisons are fun and motivating ^^.
Thanks for the info!
It would be beautiful for some company to create the world of power games. Bringing together the main athletes and categories of these sports and calisthenics. Mainly, without the control and excesses of the federations.
Crissfitters have few weaknesses
Except the increased likelihood of serious injury.
Kacey Kace look at the injury rate. It’s actually less then strongman and in lots of cases powerlifting or weightlifting
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What reports will I be looking at? The official athletes? Or the unreported injuries by ones who heard CrossFit is the newest thing on the block?
@@malachi3438 don't bite more than you can chew. I know that you need to get out of your comfort zone to get stronger but if you're careful enough, you won't get injured.
@@manmeetsingh4719 Pointless argument. CrossFit competition rules make athletes prone to injuries. They take exercises from other disciplines which should be done with strict form and controlled technique and add a timer. Come on, just watch some CrossFit compilation.
Crossfit pussies
Excellent explanation !!
I see you everywhere
So weightlifting is legit sport
And Strongmen are legitimately strongest humans
omi 1 yes. 2 no.
You deserve more subscribers man👍
I realise that resistance-/weight-training is overall good for increasing bone strength and density, but even out of the three, i.e. conventional bodybuilding, weightlifting, and powertraining, which one creates the highest bone strength and density (especially in legs, hips, and spine)? I'm around mid-30s in age and have not done resistance training until now with regularity, unfortunately. So I've missed the ship of creating most bone strength. But now i want to engage in the style of resistance training that makes me strong now, and keeps me strong in my old age too with minimal orthopedic problems.
Please advise.
@8:25 Do you have any examples where a crossfit athlete is close to a world class olympic lifter or powerlifter in the weight category?
Do you have a program that combines powerlifting,Olympic weightlifting, strongman, crossfit into one?
Well explained 💙
This is what I was looking for, I'm working out lately and I really enjoy it but I don't know what style of lifting I want to get into, I really enjoy deadlifting and it's my best lift at 165 I struggle with squat and bench a ton I can't bench or squat more than like 55 lol. Anyways I was looking and most videos are just the 4 or 5 groups seeing whose tge strongest not explaining the difference
I'm biased so I'll say PowerLifting lol
But actually, I do recommend starting off with a powerlifting routine (I personally do the "nsuns 5 day program") because it'll give you the base for other lifting sports. With Powerlifting not only is it helping you build strength on 3 very popular lifts, but the accessories you do like front squats will directly translate to weightlifting and strongman. Weightlifting is a combo of squats and deadlifts, and if you deadlift is far better than your squat, then you won't be very successful for a while. So again, I recommend AT LEAST starting off with powerlifting before you branch into other areas like weightlifting or strongman. Heck, you may even like powerlifting so much that you decide to stick with it.
Whatever you do, just don't do CrossFit
@@ShawnNHL ok good to know ty for the advise, I promise I won't do crossfit lol that's too much movement for me 😜
Oh you're like me i got weak presses and good pulls lmao
@@muheed1 yea I'm still struggling with my bench, since I wrote my last comment my bench went up to 95 with assistance
@@SweatCookienese I'll recommend starting strength program by mark rippetoe I'm in like 5 months into it you can check my channel for workout videos hehe ✌
Weightlifting is a strength competition where the strongest people do not participate.
Powerlifting is super cool if you are the type of person who think that you should bench press with a ROM of max 4".
Crossfit is for people who don't know the difference between going on a swing set and a pullup.
Strongman is for the actual strongest people.
Why are you sayng shit about crossfit when you don’t even know what is it?
@@leoarmari1478 I think you dropped the barbell on your head too many times.
@@sorkeror funny. You’re just pulling weights thats so hard hm?
@@leoarmari1478 You should get a brain scan, brain injuries are no laughing matter
@@sorkeror everytime I hear someone I just think in myself that I will be so much stronger.
We all can agree on hating CrossFit
Look up streetlifting! It's another strength sport, just fairly new, in which the athletes compete into pullups, dips and squats (although many federations still use the muscle up, since the sport comes from calisthenics, which is not a strenght lift). Streetlifting might have both a max strength 1RM test and an endurance test, where the athletes perform the highest number of reps with a given added weight.
Thank you coach
Just trying to get Strong AF
Strongman is the head of all 📌
i heard a lot of usa and america in just the first 4mins......
Strong man is the end all be all, the cream of the crop, the strongest men to have ever lived. I'd like to throw in the highland games aswell
Hi, I am a rock climber. I just started getting into working out more other then climbing. What I was wondering. Which of the sport in this video I should join? I want to forces on getting a better physic, more speed power, and strength? My body muscle mass goal is 200 lbs. I am 5'11in height. I now that it's not normal for rock climber to go for 200 lbs. Because of the type of climbing I'm doing it's okay (bouldering). I steal what to compete in bouldering competitions, but want to also compete in one of the 4 different sports in the video. I just don't know which one to start training in and which one is best suited for climber to join?
Better Physique - Bodybuilding
Speed Power - HIIT Workout
Strength - Bodybuilding / Powerlifting exercises + good nutrition.
Make up a routine that’ll include all of these and you should cover all that you want out of the workout.
Just do basic powerlifting.
And nothing beats rock climbing for grip strength so make sure you keep climbing ;)
Good looking - bodybuilding. But if you wanna improve your power and strength, do weightlifting training combined with some powerlifting training (squats and deadlift are actually a part of weightlifting training), like power snatch, power clean, or power jerk. Try to find the right techniques with low weights first! And do regular jumping (like playing basketball and jumping as high as you can to grab the rim or dunk) and sprinting workout! This will help you become more athletic! CrossFit helps you become more endurance but a lot of CF athletes don’t have the right techniques when doing strength training so their bodies are damaged a lot! So I suggest you to play soccer or do long distance running instead of doing CF (but don’t run too much since it’s bad for your knees and will reduce your muscles). Don’t try Strongman because this sport ain’t for normal people. You have to be an elite powerlifter first. Those athletes who won Strongman competition were considered the strongest men on Earth for a reason!
This is not in the video, but I think if you wanna level up your rock climbing skills, I think you're gonna benefit most from calisthenics.
Pretty sure the world record deadlift is by Eddie Hall at 500 kg
eddie's deadlifted the most weight but there are other world records for different weight classes within powerlifting, there's a lot else to consider like the type of bar eddie used being different from powerlifting comps
Not the powerlifting record
Eddie has an equipped strongman deadlift record from 9”. The real deadlift record is held by Benni Magnusson in powerlifting.
@@oilbeefhookedd6185 bennis not raw a lot powerlifitng guy despise others of using straps n suits as equipped but they forgot they wear wraps n belts too n call it raw bruh
The difference is that strongman is the best.
“It’s hard to say what makes a good CrossFitter”
“PED’s”
It wasn’t that hard
It's a shame that some potentiel good athletes jeopardize their health doing crossfit.
Powerlifting is a derivative of weightlifting... Vasily alekseyev could do a 1200 lb squat... which enable him to do a 500 pound clean and jerk!
but why those very different stance in powerlift and deathlift (very vide leg spred)
I love strongman stuff!
Why strongmen don't partecipate to Olympic games? They can lift havier weight
Damiano Carosi because they can’t lift as much as them in those lifts. They may be stronger with pure strength but not the strength in those movements
Generally Olympic sports need to be very cosistent judging wise. Since Strongman varies constantly and are not as well regulated it will probably never be an Olympic sport. The environment changes too much (deadlift and axle lifts and car lifts) so very hard to be consistent over time. Weightlifting changed almost nothing over decades.
drugs
Franco Castro the real answer lol
The only strongman that has the mobility to compete is Martins Licis
Strongman is the best.
PERFECT!
Do you have a program that combines powerlifting,Olympic weightlifting, strongman, crossfit into one
Please give a climber advice! Please answer my previous comment.
Strongman competitions are incredible
I'm both a homebody and introvert. I'm into home fitness not exercising in public places at all. So which one do you think would be the best home exercise for me and my daily life needs and why?
Larry, powerlifting or weightlifting 🏋️, as you only really need a barbell, weights, rack, and a bench. I would recommend a decent lifting belt if you plan to lift heavy.
What is the difference between powerlifting and weight lifting?
I'm trying to lose weight and build up my muscles very slowly these days. I use light weights not heavy weights since I live in an one bedroom duplex apartment as a renter these days.
@@larrykuehn1972 I would personally suggest powerlifting. It requires less technique, and has a lower rate of injury. Unless you have a trained coach, it's almost impossible to perfect the clean and jerk, along with the snatch. It also makes less noise, which helps if you live next to someone
I do have a question. Why do strongman athletes hate crossfitters? I was watching Alan Thrall's strongman competition, and the narrator was saying things like this is for rea, strong men, not modern weakling aka crossfitters :P Even BODY BUILDERS hate cross-fitters. WHY?
strongmen is more like a dangerous sport invented like at the beginning of man kind its basic fundamentals for stenght while crossfit its too dangerous for no reason, doin cheated pull ups, clean n jerk shouldnt be done too many times bcs theyre bad for u as well except if u are an competitve weightlifter, corssfit events are tbh dumb thats why they get a lot of hate they are dumb modified exercises
@@bobmartin8933 Thanks for letting me know.
For no reason, they just have it
The major difference with crossfit and other strength sports is like comparing mma to boxing and wrestling. The former combines the lattter. But you can be expert in each.
I’m into aesthetics so am I technically body building?
yup, none of the sports mentioned in this vid
If you compete then you are bodybuilder if not then you are just a regular gym bro
@@mustang8206 ❤️
@@mustang8206 Technically anybody that is growing the size of their muscles through excercise is one if you go by the name. Just not professional.
360p - thx ;)
What about power building?
Superman/Juggernaut: strongman
Hulk: powerlifter
batman/wolverine: cross fit
Thor: Olympic weightlifter
Venom: body builder
Daredevil: Bodyweight specialist (calisthenics)
Spiderman: Gymnast
Pretty clever comparison list right here!
since crossfit is a trademarked term and owned by a for profit company i don't think it should count as a "sport" in of itself. The big 4 are weightlifting, powerlifting, strongman, and bodybuilding
I have explained to people for years that weightlifting and powerlifting are classified as two different sports even though they are similar, and the objective is the same. Lift as much weight as you can. Weightlifting competition consists of the snatch along with the clean and jerk. Powerlifting competition consists of the squat, bench press and the deadlift. Weightlifters do some of the powerlifting lifts in training, but it comes down to what we all do in the competition meets. I explain this to people, and it goes in one ear and out the other! It drives me up a wall! People use to ask me: Are you still weightlifting? I have given up and tell them; NO AND I NEVER DID! It bugged me! I think the best analogy would be with baseball and softball. Both sports are very similar, but yet they are DIFFERENT with two separate classifications. I want people to know the difference because I think it's important that people know our true identity on the platform.
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Do you have a program that combines powerlifting,Olympic weightlifting, strongman, crossfit into one ?
@@emmanuelawosusi2365 nah I had to watch this for homework and forgot to delete this comment, but if you want to train for all 4 of those, just alternate periodically, like switching between them weekly or so.
@@centurionpan3400 thanks
interesting
HAHAHAHA I just heard you mention wife carrying at the end, and it's actually the only sport I've taken part in of the ones listed here xDDD
Jarosław Olech!!! Best
It's nice how he is using the word "just" when he explains olympic weightlifting 😂
Originally weightlifters are 3 lifts
For day to day exercise, I enjoy CrossFit because you so rarely repeat a work out.
I love crossfit too but every gym rat sayng that it’s bad when they don’t even know what is it
All that clarification and I’m still saying sumo isn’t a real DL
Weightlifting and Powerlifting need to swap names
I love eating like a caveman and training like a giant. That's my lifestyle past 11 years.
Don't really consider crossfit a strength sport, Highland games is the fourth sport. Crossift is a fitness sport that incorporatd things from the strength sports.
Ummm so you don’t know much about CrossFit. Tia Toomey is the woman’s CrossFit champ and an Olympic gold medalist.
@@jasonholman1209 compared to the other strenght sports crossfit isnt a strenght sport
@@jasonholman1209 2 years late, but she's not an Olympic gold medalist. She finished 14th... 42 kg behind 3rd place.
@@AdStellae- you are correct gold medal in commonwealth games. Still just to make it to that level and also be competing at CrossFit I would consider her a strength athlete.
Me judging the different types while eating pizza in bed 🤔
Weightlifting and Strongman are based, the other two are cringe. There, I summed it up.
Lets be real, it’s offensive to call CrossFit s strength sport
crossfit is disgraceful .
Wsm is best.. only strongman 💪
Strongman is only reserved for big people. As a 5’9, 170 lbs guy, I can never be a strongman athlete.
Well…CrossFit isn’t a sport. Weightlifting involves the two most technical lifts and insane mobility and explosive power. Powerlifting involves three compound bread and butter movements and gorilla strength. (This can also be said about weightlifting at certain levels)
CrossFit just involves shitty form, extreme ignorance and poor training. It’s also a joke. They aren’t even close to being on the same level of Olifters and powerlifters. Also incredibly dangerous….and a cult
Strongman is lifting heavy shit and putting it down…a lot. And walking with it. They have crazy conditioning in addition to super strength along with some of the technical precision
Crossfit is a sport you dumb ass
Was this a flower power video cuz there were more clips of women lifting than men in what is a male-dominated sport.
Can a 5 feet 4 inch muscular man compete in Strong Man ?
Maybe in a different weight class but most likely not in the open weight category. In that category, the smaller guys are around 5'8 and 275 pounds are considered the smaller athletes while the bigger ones range from 6'5-6'9 and somewhere around 300-420 pounds.
Get into olympic weightlifting unless u just want to have fun.
@@nootnootpenguino8586 I am 5'4" man I have guts to face Big.
Prince बखेद Oly Lifting and powerlifting favors short people
nah at that height it’s not possible to put on the same muscle mass the bigger guys have so you won’t be able to be strong enough
first time watching crossfit, the fuck they doing over there.
To sum: “a cross fitter might not be able to _____, but they might get close…” 😂
Bodybuilding onlyfor me
Because you're weak
What category?
Unfortunately Weightlifting is not allowed at my gym.
Difference is three of is a sport. Crossfit is not
Omg another asshole that that keeps talking without knowing or understanding anything
Firstly i dont understand crossfit too but show some respect. Crossfit athletes are in my opinion the most well rounded athletes in the world. So in my opinion crossfit is weird but still a sport and crossfit athletes deserve so much respect.
Joseph not really. i would have respect for them if they are humble and actually know how to execute with proper technique. they ruin the fitness industry
@@jjj-qj8lu Dude, they are the most laughable athletes in the world.
At the end of the day bodybuilders do real pull-ups as opposed to crossfitters 😉
Crossfit is the most athletic with the lowest weight, Strongman is the least athletic with the most weight. Weightlifting has the most standards and form requirements. Meanwhile Powerlifting is just ego lifting with terrible form.
The only weakness of crossfit, is technique...injuries
Greco-Roman wrestling is as strength sport, as any of these.
Weithlifting is the king
Weightlifting and strongman are my favorite
@@calebhu6383 mi too
Bodybuilding is for looks, well once apon a time bodybuilders looked like greek gods, now they just look like bubble wrap...
Weight lifting and power lifting is basically the same.
Crossfit is just gay af.
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Strongman is for real badass giants!
Haha. Funny ending
Le differenze sono la quantità e la varietà di sostanze dopanti che prendono😂🤣😂🤣😂
0:25 that is demonic strength...