A 4th lift.

[kayne695]

Just some food for thought or interesting discussion. Not suggesting this will ever happen, and not suggesting I want it to happen, but if you could add one extra lift to a powerlifting competition, what would it be and why? Or why not.

Personally I think a weighted pull up or chinup would be interesting, or the obvious overhead press. Weighted pullups would be easy to judge, and weigh. Let them use any grip they want and any width, they start from arms length fully extended pause for a set amount of time, say one second, initiate the pullup until raised chin is over the bar then lower. It would be easy to weigh aswell. Obviously this brings up the issue of jaw length. The longer the jaw the better suited one would be to powerlifting haha.

[Entkommen115]

You know what would also be awesome? If they didn't add a fourth lift and didn't do any pansy ass weighted pull ups.

[Big Sexy J]

None.

[dtaps24]

You know what would also be awesome? If they didn't add a fourth lift and didn't do any pansy ass weighted pull ups.

I wanna do a pullup with 208 lbs. of Scharfenwaffle on my back. Whatchu think about that?

[kayne695]

I'm not petitioning for anyway to add a fourth lift? I said I didn't expect of even want it to happen, it was just something to discuss. Poor attitude to new ideas.

[slothguy]

Clean & Jerk and Snatch. Just get rid of the other 3 lifts.

[Entkommen115]

I'm not petitioning for anyway to add a fourth lift? I said I didn't expect of even want it to happen, it was just something to discuss. Poor attitude to new ideas.

Maybe we can add a new lift where we pick up rocks in the wild while wearing a hat that says "I don't know which gender to dress as"

[koyongi]

I feel like maybe you should look into Crossfit.

[brudman]

Calf Raise. Oh wait, they already do that in THE SPF!!! HI-OOOOOO.

[kayne695]

I feel like maybe you should look into Crossfit.

I didn't know that all powerlifters felt that even discussing their 4th favourite lift turned them into someone checking out the WOD

[ChecksandGiggles]

Overhead Press, but then look at what happened to it in the Olympics.

[koyongi]

I didn't know that all powerlifters felt that even discussing their 4th favourite lift turned them into someone checking out the WOD

Well, it sounds suspiciously like when USAW and Crossfit put on a meet with C&J, snatch, and a triplet. Just sayin.

[IzzyT]

Bench rows.

[likkuid]

The meets I've competed in have all lasted roughly nine hours...I think that's enough.

Calf Raise. Oh wait, they already do that in THE SPF!!! HI-OOOOOO.

LOL!

[bmontgomery87]

it wouldn't happen.
it wouldn't be interesting if it happened.


/thread

[GuinnessStrong]

Came in expecting a thread about a 4th attempt (which they actually had at a local meet recently and I thought was an interesting idea for people who hit all 3 prior). Left sad.

[austin.j.taylor]

came in expecting op to be red
saw he was green
fixed it
leaving satisfied and dumber

[beardofstars]

curls literally do not get the respect that they deserve.

[MoshCamp]

curls literally do not get the respect that they deserve.

Doesn't NASA include curls?

[liftingson]

I feel like maybe you should look into Crossfit.

this what you looking for OP

[arian11]

Take out bench press. Put in push press, because I like it more. But then we'd still be at 3 lifts lol.

[samsont]

Didn't they remove the 4th lift (OHP) because of judging?

[koyongi]

Doesn't NASA include curls?

Lots of federations do, just not most of the legitimate ones. I think 100% raw has curls, and I've seen it at an SPF meet. Once. The deadlifts were over, and then Jesse Rodgers was like "Oh, and we have a lifter in the curl division!" And then the guy took three attempts at curls.

Curls.

[bigkarl]

clean and press. except a lot of total records would be broken, that is the biggest problem with adding a 4th lift.

[Sean Katterle]

We've already added a 4th lift to our Ronnie Coleman Classic Absolute Tournament.



Raw Squat + Raw Bench + Raw Deadlift + Overhead Push Press = Total



Old Skool Liftin' Returns to Dallas this March !

[john-t-b]

Overhead Press, but then look at what happened to it in the Olympics.

Can't rmember where i saw it but, i recently saw a competition stating that. Squat, bench, deadlift and overhead press.

[Greco-Roman]

Don't worry OP, I get that this is just for discussion, and not to be serious. :P

I think weighted pull ups would be hard to incorporate though. Could be easy to kip up, and use body sway and momentum, and would make it difficult to judge. Also, what counts, amount of weight attached at belt, or bw + extra? Stretching neck/chin to just peak over bar? Something like that would be hard, because concentric is before eccentric.

I would like to see military press, but it would probably suffer the same fate as it did in the Olympics, unfortunately.

Maybe dips? I would think it's harder to cheat with dips than a pull/chin up.

[beardofstars]

Doesn't NASA include curls?

yeah, but curls should be mandatory in all feds because nothing is cooler than 20 inch biceps and curling 100s and this idea should be strongly reinforced

[kayne695]

Thanks for making me red guys. An OHP probably would have the same fate as the clean and press, and turn into a standing bench press.

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

Log Press, plus allow hitching in the deadlift