Powerlifting typically involves minimizing range of motion to reduce work and maximize force production.

“since the goal of powerlifting is to achieve a one r at Max you're actually not trying to achieve optimal range of motion in fact you go the opposite so physics wise work is force multiplied by distance so if you're trying to maximize Force you minimize distance because you minimize the amount of work you have to do and so they are intentionally limiting range motion so they're actually doing this like pseudo technique which is not to maximize actual human strength it's to maximize the score on the barbell which is not necessarily the same thing”