Weight / Fat loss

I find it frustrating that weightlifting has this image, not least because weightlifting is not really one thing. The kind of training and results associated with powerlifting will differ from olympic lifting, bodybuilding, or just using cables for rehab, or kettlebells or whatever. I used to powerlift, and it really got my goat when people used to conflate it with bodybuilding.

I think you make a very valid point. Before I joined my boxing club I used to train at Club Med. I never once saw anyone power lifting in there. I would have to say that I didn't much enjoy the atmosphere there. It was a bit of a pick up joint and there was an awful lot of posing. So probably that has left me with a prejudice.