Weightlifting vs. Powerlifting

Bodybuilding is not powerlifting.

Powerlifting consists of 3 moves: Bench Press, Squat, Deadlift

Bodybuilding and powerlifting are not Olympic sports. Weightlifting is an Olympic sport.

Sometimes people say "weightlifting" when they are thinking, "lifting weights" or "weight training."

Weightlifting consists of 2 moves:

Snatch
(wiki)
(official rules)

Clean and Jerk
(wiki)

The moves are complex and difficult to perform correctly; an instructor is usually a requirement for learning them.



This article argues that weightlifting is the best workout there is because of the resulting strength gains and the rapid contraction of fast twitch muscle fibers. It includes a workout with exercises that work the muscles following those principles, but which are not as technically difficult as the snatch or clean and jerk.