Powerlifting, a strength sport where you compete in the squat, bench press and deadlift to lift as much as your body will let you. Powerlifting, like other forms of heavy resistance training, strengthens your skeleton and reduces your risk of injury in other sports and activities as well as building a huge amount of muscle mass and reducing body fat.. While the rules for the powerlifts remain specific, the general benefits of powerlifting go far beyond conventional lifting.

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Similar to ballistic training, powerlifting incorporates weight training in such a way that the acceleration phase of the movement is maximized and the deceleration phase minimized; thereby increasing the power of the movement overall

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The few muscles that are not worked directly on these three exercises are trained using assistance exercises with the main purpose to improve the three competitive lifts.