Powerlifting > Bodybuilding

Thanks pro for your arguments and initiating this debate. Body Building Is SaferPower lifting has what's called the big 3 lifts. This is the bench press, squat and dead lift. Other important exercises include things like the clean snatch. These are very complex movements that have a high risk of causing injury if done improperly. If you YouTube people doing clean snatches, you'll be hard pressed to find somebody doing it with good form, especially when going to drop the bar down at the end.The dead lift and squat are incredibly dangerous for your spine. There is a ton of weight compressing your spine down and something any doctor will warn you away from. The biggest problem with the dead lift is that if you round your back while doing them, you can cause irreversible spine and/or back damage. My opponent is going to come back and say these things can be avoided with proper form. However, proper form is a very rare thing. Most people don't use it and even the ones that do use it make mistakes. Also if your back is bad, it's recommended you stay away from dead lifts. Body building I still appropriate for people with back issues.Now if you body build and do a bicep curl with bad form no big deal. You get a mild injury and you'll heal, but dead lifting several hundred pounds and putting all that pressure on your spine like power lifters is going to cause serious permanent injury. Squats are another exercise notorious for giving a person permanent knee problems. My opponent again is going to say that with proper form this isn't a big issue, but it will be missing the point. Most people don't use good form. Most people don't hire a personal trainer to show them, and even if they did it's very easy to get certified as a personal trainer. If that weren't true, cross fit wouldn't even exist. Body building is better for most people, because the risk of serious injury is greatly lessened. For some other accidents that can happen powerlifting check out this playlist. It's mildly entertaining. http://m.youtube.com... Better Living Let's face it your probably not going to get rich doing either, but at least you stand a reasonable chance at making a living body building. It's no mystery that body building has a bigger fan base and more media solely dedicated to it. Prize money in the Mr. Olympia contest reached a total of 1 million dollars, with the winner receiving a cool $250,000. http://www.muscleandfitness.com... In power lifting's biggest events, you can expect to see prize pools of $20,000 dollars. You can be the best power lifter in the world and still have to flip burgers for a living. http://muscle-insider.com... If you look at the richest bodybuilders, they're millionaires. You won't see that type of money in powerlifting. http://www.therichest.com... Power Lifter's are fat Power lifters are fat. Those at the top of their game anyway. Here is the body of a power lifter. http://sgfitnessblog.files.wordpress.com... That's pretty much the norm. Bring up any big name such as Mark Henry and chances are they are fat. Body builders on the other hand pretty much half to stay lean. It's part of the job description. Watch the most elite power lifters. They're all fat, and yes I'll say that to their face. I can just speed walk away from them. I've heard it said that power lifters are just fat bodybuilders. Khaos Powerlifting is really disorganized. There's probably 10 guys calling themselves the world champ right now. The same can't be said about bodybuilding. There is only 1 world champion and it's none other than Mr. Olympia.