The Power Lifting
The power lifting or just power is a strength sport consisting of three events: the bench press, the squat and dead weight. The first modern power lifting competitions began in the late 1960 and is for men and women. In 1972 he created the first federation governing the sport, International Federation of Strength. Unlike weightlifting, where the movements are from the floor to the head, power lifting movements are much shorter, but both sports require great force. The weightlifting is a sport that uses much more technique and speed-strength in power lifting is more widely used maximum force.
The Power lifting is recognized by the IOC but even still the paperwork for the sport to participate as a demonstration sport in the Olympic Games, so far the only participates as a sport power lifting Paralympics in the Olympic Games. There are few documents that reveal the beginning of power lifting as an organized sport, but considering it is a sport of fighting force against gravity, you can venture the hypothesis that in the stone age already performed the first dead weights, not a bar discs and balanced, as at present, but working with different objects such as logs or rocks. The power lifting began to be practiced in the late fifties of last century, the legendary bodybuilding gyms fashionable they were starting to put the United States.
June 15 2010 12:00 pm | Healthy Activities and Healthy Lifestyle and Healthy Tips
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