The Official Powerlifting and Strongman Family Appreciation Thread: Part XIX

[FunkymonkAW]

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/31334

USPA beginning their drug tested division next year. They will apparently be stand alone meets, no therapeutic use exemptions, and first fail gives a life time ban from the tested division

Wow, only a class 2 total needed for drug free raw nationals.

Interesting that TRT / HRT recipients (such as myself) are off the table no questions asked. Probably the most practical way to do it. Steve runs a great federation, especially out here in California, so I'm sure this will do well.

[CooCooCaChoo]

Wow, only a class 2 total needed for drug free raw nationals.

Interesting that TRT / HRT recipients (such as myself) are off the table no questions asked. Probably the most practical way to do it. Steve runs a great federation, especially out here in California, so I'm sure this will do well.

Better to cast a wider net for something newer IMO. I was planning on going back to USPA after my upcoming meet either way. Looking at the meet in Elk Grove in April.

[TheIronAsylum]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=168697403

This it?

Thank you - that was the one I was thinking of.

So it wasn't the DMS it turns out, but happened to be hosted at Duffin's gym which is why I mixed it up.

I'll be doing the DMS in like a week though and can report back on it then.

damn well let me know i was trying to make the decision while he has 10% off

dont you lift at his gym ?do you think itl be worth the 5bills you ever pick up any stuff when hes in the gym

i was thinking about going to that one but flights at this time would be through the roof

[dang111]

she will definitely have a healthy relationship with men now. haha


in a fb group i'm in someone just brought up when a guy said he wanted to "lift run bang" his daughter on IG and he flipped out. Reminded me when i got blocked from his fb for drunk trolling him so hard that he got so pissed after he blocked me he posted like 3 statuses talking ****

Yeah I remember the lift run bang freak out. Random PC followers commenting about how they'll go shoot the guy. I'd bet your troll posts were pretty good.

[dang111]

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/31334

USPA beginning their drug tested division next year. They will apparently be stand alone meets, no therapeutic use exemptions, and first fail gives a life time ban from the tested division

Could cut into USAPL membership a decent bit. Drug tested and still good judging but now you can compete DL bar and raw w wraps. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

[CooCooCaChoo]

Could cut into USAPL membership a decent bit. Drug tested and still good judging but now you can compete DL bar and raw w wraps. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Plus USPA has the rep of being a good judging fed while also not having the stigma of being depth nazis which might be appealing to some. They're not going to come near the USAPL any time soon I don't think in terms of turnout for tested nationals or anything but they might grow pretty quickly.

[BYOBB]

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/31334

USPA beginning their drug tested division next year. They will apparently be stand alone meets, no therapeutic use exemptions, and first fail gives a life time ban from the tested division

Just what the doctor ordered! More divisions to further dilute down the competition. Finally we can take the most successful meets of all time, USPA Nationals and IPL "There was a guy from Canada" WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, and cut the number of lifters in half for each one. Now anyone can be a national or world champion!

[Hamzzza]

tfw ordered 2.5m inzer true blacks from a partner site in germany 10 weeks ago


what did I get? ****ing 2m wraps, fuk

[Kaarliitis]

Fam, had the best meet of my life. After 8 months without squatting because of groin tear, started to prep for raw nationals 4 months ago. Managed 512,5kg / 1129lbs @ 73,3kg / 161lbs. That's a 52,5kg total PR.
Managed to squat - 185kg / 407lbs (15kg PR), bench - 117,5kg / 259lbs (7,5kg PR), deadlift - 210kg / 462lbs.
So that won me first place in IPF, junior -74kg class, so second year in a row i'm a national champion. (this was first meet as a Junior and in new weight class).

Video:

[CooCooCaChoo]

Just what the doctor ordered! More divisions to further dilute down the competition. Finally we can take the most successful meets of all time, USPA Nationals and IPL "There was a guy from Canada" WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, and cut the number of lifters in half for each one. Now anyone can be a national or world champion!

Eh, what does it matter anyway? People are going to lift in whatever federation. In the end the videos and numbers will speak for themselves, but if people want to feel like they're in a more level competition with equipment they'd prefer (deadlift bar) then what's the big deal?

[Hamzzza]

Fam, had the best meet of my life. After 8 months without squatting because of groin tear, started to prep for raw nationals 4 months ago. Managed 512,5kg / 1129lbs @ 73,3kg / 161lbs. That's a 52,5kg total PR.
Managed to squat - 185kg / 407lbs (15kg PR), bench - 117,5kg / 259lbs (7,5kg PR), deadlift - 210kg / 462lbs.
So that won me first place in IPF, junior -74kg class, so second year in a row i'm a national champion. (this was first meet as a Junior and in new weight class).

Video:
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stoppped watching when I saw that the first plate isn't turned inwards

[jsullivan93]

https://youtu.be/Q_zmGVoq5AQ

The whole 220 thing is going awesome. Skip to way later in the video if you don't want to hear me talk. I'm going to the strong box pro am on February 20th, and going to be lifting among Pete Rubish, Brandon Franklin, and Tim Paynter so I'm real pumped for it.

Gonna put up a sick total hopefully

[zmcdole]

Just what the doctor ordered! More divisions to further dilute down the competition. Finally we can take the most successful meets of all time, USPA Nationals and IPL "There was a guy from Canada" WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, and cut the number of lifters in half for each one. Now anyone can be a national or world champion!

I see what you're saying, but I'm not sold that this is going to water down the USPA. Steve is a pretty smart guy and I think he thought about what you're saying here. However, like someone already stated lifters are gonna lift where they wanna lift. Speaking from experience from lifting in and attending large USPA meets like nationals or IPL, the majority of the male lifters sure look to be in the right place if you know what I mean. I think offering drug tested meets will pull in a lot of lifters who'd otherwise stay away from the USPA.

[Daemonium]

https://youtu.be/Q_zmGVoq5AQ

The whole 220 thing is going awesome. Skip to way later in the video if you don't want to hear me talk. I'm going to the strong box pro am on February 20th, and going to be lifting among Pete Rubish, Brandon Franklin, and Tim Paynter so I'm real pumped for it.

Gonna put up a sick total hopefully

Sick lifts. That sucks about your hands being torn up but PRs so w/e.

[TheIronAsylum]

so measured up the knees for strong sleeves one knee is like 41 the other is 38

[arian11]

Just unveiled new wrist wraps if anyone interested.

https://www.instagram.com/p/-shkQSi5...uatsandscience

Can now match your American belt, singlet, thong, whatever.

[TheIronAsylum]

wellp signed up for the DMS hope its good


will start online coaching afterward

[MF83]

Fit into my friend's SBD Smalls with a bit of effort. Ordered me a pair along with a Hip Circle. Sold my XLs. All will be well.

[Hamzzza]

@arian, smk etc. please help

so I wrote a letter of complain and they told me that these are in fact the 2.5m version, and that upon stretching the wraps should be around 2.5m long

is this correct, 2.5m wraps are exactly 2m long when buying, and apparently 2m wraps are 1.65m long? I can only compare them to my lilliebridge wraps which are now 2.55m long but I'm not sure how long those were when I first bought them

tfw ordered 2.5m inzer true blacks from a partner site in germany 10 weeks ago


what did I get? ****ing 2m wraps, fuk

[SPFjudge]

Wow, only a class 2 total needed for drug free raw nationals.

Interesting that TRT / HRT recipients (such as myself) are off the table no questions asked. Probably the most practical way to do it. Steve runs a great federation, especially out here in California, so I'm sure this will do well.

Why are you on trt at 26??

Just what the doctor ordered! More divisions to further dilute down the competition. Finally we can take the most successful meets of all time, USPA Nationals and IPL "There was a guy from Canada" WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, and cut the number of lifters in half for each one. Now anyone can be a national or world champion!

Gold medals for everyone!

[Larfleeze]

@arian, smk etc. please help

so I wrote a letter of complain and they told me that these are in fact the 2.5m version, and that upon stretching the wraps should be around 2.5m long

is this correct, 2.5m wraps are exactly 2m long when buying, and apparently 2m wraps are 1.65m long? I can only compare them to my lilliebridge wraps which are now 2.55m long but I'm not sure how long those were when I first bought them

Sounds like horsechit, SBD claims their new wraps stretch to 5 metres but still market them as 2m. Also just measured my brand new strangs at bang on 2.5

[NorthStrong]

lol shots fired



has some interesting things to say.

[Rags85]

Anyone know any good gyms in the Dublin area? I'll be there for a week at the beginning of the year.

[adamsz]

I'm pretty excited about the USPA running a drug-tested division personally.

I was planning on doing USAPL meets starting next year since they're supposedly going to start hosting them in my state - but I absolutely hate pulling on a stiff bar.

Having a drug-tested fed with good, consistent judging plus being able to use a DL bar (and wraps if you want) seals the deal for me.

I've competed in APA drug-tested division - but if I were to look up records for that I wouldn't exactly feel confident that the user was drug-free or whatever compared to say USAPL (just my opinion).

I wonder if USPA will enact the same drug-testing procedures and policies as USAPL. Only thing I could find is that the testing is completed through Redwood Laboratories, but it doesn't specify what exactly it tests for. Personally, I think it's silly that something like marijuana is tested for and can result in a ban - especially considering a bunch of states have legalized it. Inb4 strong location to post ratio lulz.

[PlGinge]

Just unveiled new wrist wraps if anyone interested.

https://www.instagram.com/p/-shkQSi5...uatsandscience

Can now match your American belt, singlet, thong, whatever.

Just quoting this post cause cant be asked scrolling back. I took your logic of a bigger jump on my deadlift attempts and smashed 300kg. 280kg / 300kg / skipped.

Been chassing 300kg / 661lbs since July and finally got it aha. Cheers for that idea.

[308smk]

@arian, smk etc. please help

so I wrote a letter of complain and they told me that these are in fact the 2.5m version, and that upon stretching the wraps should be around 2.5m long

is this correct, 2.5m wraps are exactly 2m long when buying, and apparently 2m wraps are 1.65m long? I can only compare them to my lilliebridge wraps which are now 2.55m long but I'm not sure how long those were when I first bought them

No that's bull****. The wrap should be 2.5m when its brand new, not when its worn out. Even when totally worn out, it shouldn't have stretched that much over time. A few cm maybe. Not a half metre.

[dang111]

lol shots fired



has some interesting things to say.

I've been looking forward to this for awhile. Definitely watching ASAP when I get home tonight.

[Hamzzza]

No that's bull****. The wrap should be 2.5m when its brand new, not when its worn out. Even when totally worn out, it shouldn't have stretched that much over time. A few cm maybe. Not a half metre.

..and they don't even have the decency to just say thank you


a woman wrote the email, it's the standard ''it's not our fault it's yours'' format

[BYOBB]

I wonder if USPA will enact the same drug-testing procedures and policies as USAPL. Only thing I could find is that the testing is completed through Redwood Laboratories, but it doesn't specify what exactly it tests for.

Where does the $$$ come from?

I see what you're saying, but I'm not sold that this is going to water down the USPA. Steve is a pretty smart guy and I think he thought about what you're saying here. However, like someone already stated lifters are gonna lift where they wanna lift. Speaking from experience from lifting in and attending large USPA meets like nationals or IPL, the majority of the male lifters sure look to be in the right place if you know what I mean. I think offering drug tested meets will pull in a lot of lifters who'd otherwise stay away from the USPA.

At USAPL Nationals you will see the best lifters in USAPL, in both the raw and equipped meets. That's not the case with USPA with lifters opting to lift at various expos or simply feds close to where they live. How does USPA create a big division down the middle but retain any competition? Hell, I'd argue that raw worlds in IPF isn't even close to as competitive as equipped worlds. And that's in the most popular federation in the world and even has crossover between raw and equipped with lifters doing both. AWPC (WPC) and AAPF (APF) were drug tested divisions made to compete with USAPL except with monolifts, squat bars, deadlift bars and lifter-friendly judging. They had good participation early on and are just about dead now because the competition in WPC isn't anything worth writing home about. WPC and AWPC even had the benefit of being established international feds and allowing qualification across the board in virtually in any other fed. The decision screams "Anyone, come win a gold medal become a national champion!" to me.

[Larfleeze]

..and they don't even have the decency to just say thank you


a woman wrote the email, it's the standard ''it's not our fault it's yours'' format

If you paid through paypal then open a dispute demanding either a full refund or exchange for the 2.5s. Got my money back from a few scumbag traders through that route.