Lardass that does quarter reps? Hmm!!! Well OK I guess if this is what you call a quarter rep range?
But you are prolly one of those guys like I seen today at the mall wearing a shirt that said:
"Member of the Armed Forces" and then had arrows pointing at each of his 12 inch arms!!! What is sad is he really thought he was HUGE all 5 foot 10 and 145 pounds of him.
Powerlifting is all about finding the shortest easiest ROM to lift a given weight. Bodyweight strength takes the opposite approach. It is all about how large of a ROM through which you can move your body.
Consequently powerlifters figure out how to move huge weights through very limited ROMs (i.e. sumo DL, arch back bench press, wide stance squat) but they are unable to support their body weight on one leg, hold a handstand, or even think about doing a planche or lever.
Gymnasts on the other hand can support their bodyweight on any one limb (one arm, one leg) through almost 360 degrees of motion in three dimmensions, but because they do not train limited ROMs they cannot approach powerlifting numbers on the Big Three. All strength is specific to the movements on which it is trained to a greater or lesser extent. It's just a matter of how you orient your training.
Much respect to you for what you have achieved in your training, but have the same respect for those who have gone just as far in another direction.
-sS
