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sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 9 hours agoYeah, that is what I was thinking of. Are those not what we call power lifters?
Powerlifting is a sport where participants compete to lift the most weight across the bench press, barbell back squat, and deadlift. The typical training regimen includes those exercises and similar secondary movement patterns. Machines have a place in isolating weak spots.
The type of gymgoer you’re referring to doesn’t really fit into a “category,” but “gym bro” is close enough.
I mean, the category you’re thinking of is bodybuilders - specifically bodybuilders from the 80s when machines became popular.
Yeah, but the heavy compounds and dumbbell exercises have made their way back into today’s standard bodybuilding training.
Hence why I specified 80s bodybuilders
blarghly@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Bodybuilders