Those who do not know about the sport, judge powerlifters on cockiness and over-confidence. Also, some might consider powerlifters bullies, but that s just what they see on the outside. They figure that powerlifters think too much of themselves. If your re new the sport, this is the right place to learn about it. Powerlifting is all about raw strength.
Manly people get into powerlifting because the want to greatly improve their strength.
The same reason can be said for me and lots of others I know. You do the squat, bench press, and deadlift and whoever has lifted the most weight wins first place. But that s rarely the case in powerlifting meets. In competitions, lifters help out each other. Another thing to note is that there is lots of comraderie amongst lifters, as if they are all there to do the same purpose.