Big Belly and powerlifting

[D Enda]

Serious question....feel free to fuck with me but follow up your nonsense answer with a serious answer! 

After my final bbing show last Nov. I decided to powerlift and started doing powerlifting exclusively.  Since then I personally feel my body has changed a little bit.  I'm much thicker in the chest/arms/back and also a lil thicker in the legs.  BUT...I also feel my belly has gotten bigger too!

Now, before you start saying I just got fat, this is the lightest I've ever been in an "offseason" from bodybuilding.  Even my fiance made the comment the other night.  She said, "you aren't nearly as fat as you used to get, this is the leanest I've seen you when you weren't dieted down, but your belly sticks out further and you look fatter than you have because of your stomach sticks out."

Is this normal?  I tried paying more attention and I know when going heavier on squats/deads I have the habit of pushing my stomach out.  Even if I'm wearing a belt.  What is everyone's thoughts?

[TheFever]

I found the same thing, it protrudes out far more. I think it's all most like a path to herniation. You can certainly get a hernia from squatting.

[D Enda]

yeah, it looks like i'm 6months pregnant.  With my luck I will get a hernia eventually.

[ToxicAvenger!]

non serious answer

its your squat spotters baby! 



serious answer
the iliacus and psoas muscles combine to form the iliopsoas...
as you can see these muscles reside under the  lower abdominal wall. Squatting for powerlifting...the wider stance..more bending over (    ) ...more use of the glutes cause these muscle to hypertrophy thus pushing the abdominal wall forward.
you have probably permanently changed the way you squat ...and i'm sorry you cant go back to before..
you cant very well make those muscles small now they they have grown.
Since you began powerlifting you use the iliopsoas  muscles more to help out your quads..which in turn(your quads) are comparatively weaker now..
however the sum of all parts..ie all muscles working together is greater..ie you lift more weight and now have to deal with a belly thats sticks out!

the end

[D Enda]

wow.  THANKS!

[ToxicAvenger!]

wow.  THANKS!

you r quite welcome! 

eons ago..i Aced bio mechanics of human movement in college.

however...remember to take what i said into consideration that i took this class in 1994ish

[TheFever]

you r quite welcome! 

eons ago..i Aced bio mechanics of human movement in college.

however...remember to take what i said into consideration that i took this class in 1994ish

That's really good info and makes sense. There's no reason why dead lifting or squatting would make someone's proportions necessarily look more appealing. Gorilla's are pretty lean and strong animals, it would be odd if they had tiny waists and small joints etc.

[ToxicAvenger!]

That's really good info and makes sense. There's no reason why dead lifting or squatting would make someone's proportions necessarily look more appealing. Gorilla's are pretty lean and strong animals, it would be odd if they had tiny waists and small joints etc.

bbing in its essence goes against nature...

small waist = less lateral stability
small joints = less lateral stability
low bodyfat storing capacity = lessening of survival of the human animal in the winter
high muscle content = lessening of survival of the human animal in the winter since muscle is metabolically expensive to keep...ie takes a lot of calories to maintain...

a powerlifter would do quite well in the wild...a bber would die quick...without any fat reserves etc 

[NZMuscleMonster]

My waist has gotten a lot smaller since I started my powerlifting quest..... That being said I have lost 12lbs to make a more competitive division. Lay of the Maccas tubby!

[TheFever]

My waist has gotten a lot smaller since I started my powerlifting quest..... That being said I have lost 12lbs to make a more competitive division. Lay of the Maccas tubby!

Obviously one would lose weight without teeth!