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[Catch]

Dumb question here... You guys keep saying "raw" and "equipped" when referring to powerlifting. Does that mean "natural" and otherwise? Or like, with no belts/straps/whatever?

[buffgator]

Dumb question here... You guys keep saying "raw" and "equipped" when referring to powerlifting. Does that mean "natural" and otherwise? Or like, with no belts/straps/whatever?

raw is just you and your body.....equipped is when you use knee wraps, bench shirts, deadlift suites, that all help you put up more weight than just being raw

[awms]

Its human nature, we are men and every man wants to be the alpha male of the pack...what better way to assert dominance over your peer then being able to say you can out bench them, out squat them, or tell them your arms are 19 inches. We are men and we will always enjoy things that make us more "manly" or alpha...why? who knows its in our genes, its the way we are built, its kinda like looking at a set of nice boobs or a nice ass....we dont know why we like it we just do lol its who we are by nature.

Look at animals in the wild...the largest and strongest animals in the pack get the pick of the females, they get to eat first, and they get to have off spring...The few dictate the many and we all want to be the few.