On Oct 3, 2:05 pm, Andrzej Rosa <bakt...@yahoo.com> wrote: Go then, and compete. You can do token lifts in squat and deadlift if all you care about is your bench. _Then_ I'll call you a weightlifter, but until you have an official result to post, you are another talker, who likes to play with weights on his free time, just like me. I'm a weightlifter because I lift weights ...

... the official rules -- no lifting of butt or foot, etc. -- so my gyms lifts are what I'd be lifting if I competed officially. Go then, and compete. You can do token lifts in squat and deadlift if all you care about is your bench. _Then_ I'll call you a weightlifter, but until you have an official result to post, you are another talker, who likes to play with weights on his free time, ...