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Someone who lifts three heavy things and calls it a sport, correctly.
means An athlete who competes in the squat, bench press, and deadlift, aiming to lift the heaviest possible weight for a single rep in each.
from A 20th-century American coinage, built simply from 'power' + 'lifter' — distinguishing this raw-strength pursuit from Olympic weightlifting's more technical snatch and clean-and-jerk. The sport formalized in the US around the 1960s-70s, when lifters who favored brute strength over technical flair split off and codified their own competitions and rules.
- the lifts
- squat, bench, deadlift, nothing else counts
- vs bodybuilder
- strength over symmetry, chalk over tan
- the sound
- grunting, slapping, a belt being cinched tight
- true win
- total weight lifted across all three beats everyone