Lifting Analysis

I have read people saying that you can't critique someone's workout without knowing their goals. While this is true, I find that the groups of people who seek merely to be fit, strong, and aesthetic are still left with a myriad of options. Some muscles my be prioritized, or some movements for functional display. Through researching lifting, I have gravitated to Powerlifting as it focuses on Bench Press, Squats, and the Deadlift.

I remember when I first started training, I had the idea that opposed to Bench Pressing, I'd do Push-Ups, and opposed to Deadlifting, I'd do Pull-Ups, expecting to be able to achieve the same results. This didn't work though, because those body movements were too hard to weight unlike their Powerlifting counterparts, and they also used less muscles to complete. In the Powerlifting world, only those three lifts matter, and to raise your numbers in those lifts is the goal. I've chased this for a bit, but there is the realization that while lifting for fitness and aesthetics, the poundage doesn't matter. When we walk about the city, we don't have our 'big 3' numbers floating above our head. People who don't lift can't comprehend or appreciate the difference in poundage.

Unfortunately, there's gaps in every system. No matter the exercise, there's something being left out. This can also vary depending on the person's limb lengths and leverage. I'm going to plan out a new Bodybuilding routine.