Building muscle and enhancing aesthetics in addition to performance is a perpetual battle for many powerlifters. One consideration is how your bodyweight will impact your rankings. This article will not discuss what your optimal weight class should be, that is an individual decision. Rather, we’ll be discussing how to improve your aesthetics, build muscle and still manage to stay as close as possible to optimal performance in powerlifting during this process. One of the easiest ways to make additional strength gains is to increase your muscle mass. When looking at large groups CSA (cross sectional area of muscle) is not a good proxy for strength. However when measuring strength within the sa