Differences in Powerlifting and Weightlifting Training | JTSstrength.com 

As a powerlifter (amateur), I have nothing but admiration for those who can do the weightlifting movements well.

I always found it ironic that "weightlifting" is a "power" critical sport, and "power lifting" is a "strength" critical sport. They should switch the names, lol.

Chad looks like a big fluffy teddy bear with the most beautiful anime looking eyes.

Always had a respect for weightlifting. Really Classy sport tbh

i actually just started doing clean/jerk and snatch about a month ago. coming from 3.5 yrs power lifting. this episode couldnt have come at a better time!! thanks guys!

can't believe you guys are giving us this information for free :) thank you so much!

Chad, can you please do these videos with shades on? I keep getting lost in those baby blues.

I love this channel, two geniuses just bouncing off each other.

In France Powerlifting is called "force athlétique" (athletic force). They got this one right.

One of the best content you can find on the web! So clear and honest, the mix of those points of view are just precious. Truth is in the middle and you always show it.

olympic weightlifters have amazing flexibility and mobility, while it seems a lot of powerlifters can't even touch their toes.

I've learned quite a bit from all the vids in this series. very in depth and informative. much appreciated

Great production and editing. Extremely informative. Thank you and keep 'em coming!

Excellent video, very informative and intelligent content. Rare to come across non-generic and uniquely beneficial information on the internet, well done guys.

I'm doing the championship method now and I absolutely love it. Running it all the way into USAPL Raw Nationals.

two of the best in the game(s) with such a wealth of knowledge. thank you both so much

This video was an in depth difference between the two training modalities of both respective weight lifting goals. Thank you.

Seriously the best channel about strength training, always love the content.

This channel deserves more subs !!!

I don't participate in either of these sports but I do some light barbell training and I really enjoyed this discussion. I love to learn about strength training from people that know their subject. Thank you, gentlemen.

Best content! Cant believe its free. Thankyou!

Great job guys. I remember when I was weight lifting many people confused it with power lifting.

I'm going to be doing so much studying on weightlifting once I get the mobility and bumper plates.

Yo you need to teach seminars to college powerlifting teams they do literally the opposite of what you suggest. No hypertrophy, 1-3rep max squats 3x a week or more and they wonder why everyone gets injured so often

This video is pure gold. Thank you so much!

7:02 omg that traps

Very good and informative video. Keep up the awesome work.

So so interesting and detailed ! Thank you very much

Absolutely excellent video excellent content clear and concise explanations on the differences between weight lifting and power lifting extremely informative!!!👍👌👏👊😎💯

Great video. Much respect for both sports

Outstanding Vid...Great topics....Thx

really well explained lads, thanks

awesome video guys thank you so much for this content !!! myself and probably others here are curious about weightlifting and know little about it and come from powrelifting background... was fascinating and easy to understand; I do want to train oly training sometime. cheers

Awesome topic and video!!!

This was really good guys. Thanks.

Sooooooo much knowledge. Thaanks so much

I could listen to you guys talk about training all day

best video about powerlifting and weightlifting on yt

love the content

Seriously, great video! I started off with Olympic style lifting. I actually prefer it, but there surely is a big difference between the two that you both discussed. They are both respectable in their own right. Although some of the weight this weightlifters put over their head is mind boggling at times.

This was an amazing video!

Great stuff, as always.

Thank you guys for the information, great stuff keep it up guys, question, how to deal with let's say back injury, while training for powerlifting? either training for a meet, or just training to improve the weak points, any tips or certain patterns of training to follow? again thank you guys great stuff...

No homo but I could look into Chad's eyes all day long.

Great stuff thanks a lot

Amazing content guys

Awesome vid guys!

refreshing to see a video that doesnt knock oly lifting and crossfit. I gave you a thumbs up and sub'ed

What weight percentages do you recommend for high frequency training? Thanks.

So my clean and jerk is only 7.5kg under my max front squat. So based on that you would recommend I focus a lot more on my strength from now on until that increases?

whats your guys opinion on being professionals at both of these sports for a 22 year old? im still trying to decide which one i should go for. On one side i love the olympic lifts because of how amazing they look but i started off really late in the game so im not so sure if being pro is going to be an option for either of them tbh. Any advice?

very interesting video! I wanted to get into powerlifting for a while and only just recently got into training specifically for powerlifting. the difference being that I now train the bench, squats, and deadlift 3 times a week. great video!

Very informative. Thank you!

biggest difference is weightlifting requires major technique! Hands down the biggest difference. the more flaming discussion is when "bodybuilding" is involved. Then let the bro-science fly!

Hi, I'm looking for a pair of cuffs to perform push jobs like bench press, military press etc. I'm looking for a pair of cuffs that can fit both intermediate and advanced, in short, a product that can accompany me in my path of growth of strength for a long time, you have in mind a good product to advise me with these features that you used or you use? Thanks Michele.

You have such beautiful eyes, so icy blue. And THANK YOU!!!! For this in-depth breakdown... I don't know how many times I have to correct people when they tell others that I'm a powerlifter when I'm a weightlifter... I'm just going to post this to mah book of face.

superb video!

All I can say is to thank you both for such an indepth analysis. I was looking exactly the same. Been power lifting since 7 years and now trying to incorporate weight lifting along. But finding it hard to find a workout structure where I could incorporate both and that too as a natural vegan lifter.

great videos!!

Great points!

Love the transparency and honesty in this video. It would have been easier to be bias and say powerlifting is better that's why weightlifters do it and not the other way around. Deserve so much more views and subscriber, keep up the good work!!! #subscribed

wow Chad has nice eyes

I have done both Olympic and Powerlifting and they are right ! Good video.

which of the two is most used in everyday movements ? day to day

Fantastic video.

Hey JTS, thanks for the awesome content. Quick questions, you concluded some things weightlifting could take away from powerlifting but what can you take away from weightlifting as a powerlifter? Did I maybe miss that in the video. I see more and more powerlifters doing "speed work", so maybe that is something to take away from weightlifting?

what if, as a wonna be ipf champion (i'm 16) i trained my squat as a weightlifter after the meniscus surgery?

I think the reason these guys can squat so much... is that the squat is the grandaddy fundamental that any and all of these lifters began with. The the deadlift, the front squat, and not necessarily the back squat but it is the one we all began with, we want these lifts to be easy in comparison to the weight that you are going to clean or snatch. I have seen a weightlifter pause rep front squat 550lbs, insane. He was often cleaning over 400.

is that 46 & 2 playing in the background ?

oh my God....i think im a weightlifter....

I watched this video three times now! It's awesome. Do you think going above the MRV is more problematic for weightlifting than powerlifting? Considering the technical demands of weightlifting, is there a risk that overreaching causes one to start using and ingraining bad habits, technique wise? If a powerlifter overreaches a bit, it's still not that hard to do the lift, we just need a few deload sessions and we come back stronger. These are just my speculations and I have no experience with weightlifting myself.

Great video

Amazing content. I've bought several of their books as well as online programs. Juggernaut are the cream of the crop.

great info, guys. loved it! have +1 sub

ok so which is best to build your legs ? Anyone ? can someone explain this to me in beginner friendly words. Sorry and thank you

Can you train both of your not looking to compete and just want to me strong and look good? How would you program the 2 together

That info about front squat and clean, in America, was absolutely shocking to me.

Great channel

Yes, yes, that's all fine, but the question remains. Whose dad is stronger?

I'm neither a Weightlifter nor Powerlifter but was wondering about whether Fred Hatfield's compensatory acceleration training is related to this discussion as it strikes me as essentially doing powerlifting movements in an Olympic Weightlifting manner (although I suppose there is the eccentric phase of the movement) with the purpose of improving powerlifting performance. I don't know how influential Dr Squat was in the powerlifting world so maybe it isn't worth mentioning but was just curious and thought it offers are counterpoint to weightlifters using some powerlifting methods. Similarly, it seems some famous bodybuilders have done high reps with relatively heavy weight emphasizing explosiveness, learning to try and preserve form, such as Tom Platz for squats, Lee Haney for some exercises like barbell rows and bench press, Sergio Oliva with bench press, dips, and squats, such that they could increase the stimulation of the lifts without having to go as heavy as they might otherwise have needed to and so avoided injury.

really informative video but the audio had a bit of distracting background noise, sounded like you guys were on an airplane

I thought that what the guy in the blue is referring to as weightlifting is the same as Olympic Powerlifting. Those to power clean based movements... I'm confused

Chad is a damn truckload of charisma.

which training would you advise for a rugby player ? .i 'm doing powerlifting training now should i switch ?

so how often would one train the weight lifting exercises a week?

Is there a basic plan to combine OLY Lifting with Powerlifting?

JTS, I got the paradigm shift for ya.... Jedilifting, cause you "use the force"... and... NASCARlifting, or F1lifting, cause "I wanna go fast!"

Intro song ?

I'd love to see more videos like this comparing Throwing (whether highland games or track and field), Strongman, Weightlifting, and Powerlifting in any combination of the four.

Could you please put crosshit in the comparison?

weightlifting is more form where as power lifting is more strength basically?

If i ever tried the Snatch movement - even with just the bar - I'd go flying backwards !!

Brilliant!

Can you guys take about programming for field athletes? Those you need strength and endurance ... And how the training differs off season and in season.

In the video, you talked what weighlifters may learn from powerlifters. What about vice versa? Is there something that powerlifters may learn from Olympic weightlifters? Or more specifically, are their any aspects of weightlifting training that could be successfully applied or utilised also in powerlifting?

i like the forcelifting term, seems more appropriate in a physics standpoint

I think starting from today I will be considering myself weightlifting

4:30 Mattie

On the topic of intensity, it was mentioned that because powerlifters lift heavier weight they are more taxed from a neural standpoint. I understand this, naturally because of the heavy weights used. But can the same argument be made for weightlifting? Even though the weight is not as heavy or intense, they are still trying to move the bar as fast as humanly possible, resulting in neural fatigue as well, because of the speed component? I suppose a better way of putting it, besides the heaviness of the weight, can lighter speed work (a dynamic powerlift day, or o lift) cause neural fatigue as well?

I remember doing oly lifts in high school, we did high rep squats and low rep, it depended on the weight, heavier weight was low reps until you got stronger than it became higher reps.