Some basic info before my question.
I am a teenage female, and I am interested in POWERLIFTING.
My parents think I am into BODYBUILDING which is a total opposite... but I really can't find the words to explain to them that they are two different things.
They think that I am a girl it means I will lose my female figure because of the idea of lifting weights. I want to pursue this sport/ interest to the fullest, but there's the problem. They, like many of my friends, think I will become some kind of female version of the "hulk" and I am really getting sick of telling them that I am not a bodybuilder. Although, yeah, I do expect some (and do see) some mass gains, but it's not as serious as a bodybuilder.
How can I describe the difference btwn the two lifting styles?
And how do I convince my parents to support the choice of sport I have chosen without a vicious argument?
Thank you, fellow Answerers!!
