2011 Arnold

[slowman41]

livecast

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/arnoldweightlifting2011

cal strength boys tonight 8:30pm EST (Rob, Jared, Jon)

some notable wimminz lifting Sat 2:30pm EST

Mendes scheduled to lift Sat 4:30pm EST

full start list: http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/doc...rnold_2011.pdf

[USAWBrad]

The one at 430 Saturday looks real good. Interesting to see if Mendes can put up a nice total. The other supers qualifying total was 403!

[jcameron28]

in which ways is the arnold associated with usa weightlifting? is it a drug tested meet?

[olyw8lifter]

in which ways is the arnold associated with usa weightlifting? is it a drug tested meet?

If not being held in conjunction with a National level meet, it is just a local, sanctioned meet.

They have had Nationals held there once, and of course Nationals is drug-tested, but otherwise it is not drug-tested.

[Torrtrefireto]

If not being held in conjunction with a National level meet, it is just a local, sanctioned meet.

They have had Nationals held there once, and of course Nationals is drug-tested, but otherwise it is not drug-tested.

can crossfitters do it or do you have to be a real usaw member?

Aka, does everyone in this meet agree to random drug testing?

I have a sad suspicion that by tomorow someone will have hurt something

[King922]

can crossfitters do it or do you have to be a real usaw member?

You know that a huge chunk of the USAW memberships are from crossfitters right?

Aka, does everyone in this meet agree to random drug testing?

If its a drug tested meet then normally everyone has to agree to random testing.

I have a sad suspicion that by tomorow someone will have hurt something

Usually happens!

[crackyflipside]

You guys gotta learn the rules on testing. There is no random testing unless the competition specifically says there will be drug tests and charges the athletes extra to cover the costs. As for being tested by the USADA (random out of competition testing), these criteria have to be met:


Category 1 - Top 3 men and women per weight class from all registered members in USA Weightlifting sanctioned events and international events in the 12-month period prior to the submission date for the testing pool for any given quarter. The submission date for any calendar quarter is approximately 7 weeks prior to the beginning of the quarter.

Category 2 – Up to the top 3 men and women, aged 20 & under and not captured in Category 1, in each weight class from all registered members in all USA Weightlifting sanctioned events and international events in the 12-month period prior to the submission date for the testing pool for any given quarter. The submission date for any calendar quarter is approximately 7 weeks prior to the beginning of the quarter.

Category 3 – Athletes that have officially retired but have declared their intention to return to competition, in accordance with USADA policy.

Athletes can also request to be added to the testing pool in case they might qualify for an international meet that year or Olympics one year in advance.

Category 4 –Athletes that have tested positive for a banned substance in the 2 years prior to any given calendar quarter, in accordance with USADA policy.

Category 5 – In accordance with USOC policy, any athlete receiving USOC Direct Athlete Support (Elite Athlete Health Insurance, DAS Payments, USOTC Resident, USOEC Resident or Facility Use athlete) or any athlete qualifying for a program funded directly by the USOC. Athletes that received DAS of any kind must stay in the RTP for 2 Quarters following receipt of DAS.

Category 6 – Athletes on any team representing USAW in any international or pan am event.

[lwild]

Anyone else see the guy in the previous session feint after doing his clean? pretty crazy

[MJAffliction]

In for CalStrength and Average Broz coverage. I loved Jared and Glenn giving us an inside glimpse of how they train through those streams. Obviously, Pat & Rob are impressive in their own right. Should be fun.

[Torrtrefireto]

You know that a huge chunk of the USAW memberships are from crossfitters right?

Yes but I meant can one enter as a crossfitter. I know that in past meets the testing rules for crossfitters has been different.

I'm sorry if I offended you in some way

[raffiki]

Yes but I meant can one enter as a crossfitter. I know that in past meets the testing rules for crossfitters has been different.

I'm sorry if I offended you in some way

No. You have to be a USAW member.

[King922]

Yes but I meant can one enter as a crossfitter. I know that in past meets the testing rules for crossfitters has been different.

I'm sorry if I offended you in some way

Oops Sorry! Got defensive, I just assumed you meant it in a negative way since thats normally what happens here. Also OP answered the question.

[James_Byrne]

The one at 430 Saturday looks real good. Interesting to see if Mendes can put up a nice total. The other supers qualifying total was 403!

yeh Itte! he's from Nauru I think. Silver medalist in the commonwealth games, beaten by the aussie

[slowman41]

lol @ Jon North proposing to his gf on the platform after his final attempt.

[raffiki]

Friday results.

http://weightliftingexchange.com/smf...p?topic=6417.0

[King922]

They just introduced the main group, Im looking forward to watching Kendrick Farris and Pat Mendes. Anyone else watching? Lifts start in just under 15min.

[Cstreck]

Tuned just in time to see Kendrick . has mendes lifted yet ?

[King922]

Hes up right now jsut snatched 175kg. Kendrick snatched 155kg. Also just missed 182kg backwards and 183kg forwards. No 200+ which sucks but he is coming off of an injury so its hard to expect a PR from him!

[Squinky]

Hes up right now jsut snatched 175kg. Kendrick snatched 155kg. Also just missed 182kg backwards and 183kg forwards. No 200+ which sucks but he is coming off of an injury so its hard to expect a PR from him!

32 kg off from his "unofficial junior world record". Excuses in 3, 2, 1...

[lwild]

32 kg off from his "unofficial junior world record". Excuses in 3, 2, 1...

Anyone who expected him to go in a competition and snatch 200+ were being ridiculous tbh (I did expect like 190 ish though). The reason he's so hyped is because there's so many training vids of him doing big weights. Dudes in russia and china and stuff are most likely snatching those weights in training, at lighter bodyweights too, they just aren't posting them straight on youtube for the world to see and talk about. Actually doing it in competition is completely different, especially when you haven't been in one for ages. Who knows how many times he's attempted that 207 in that workout, or in however many previous workouts until he finally got it.

Also did you guys see what happened to kendrick farris? hory shet

[King922]

Ya its weird. But he is coming off a shoulder injury and still managed to put up a top 105+ total. So give him so credit.

[crackyflipside]

Also did you guys see what happened to kendrick farris? hory shet

I heard he dropped the bar, wtf happened?

[someonefat]

32 kg off from his "unofficial junior world record". Excuses in 3, 2, 1...

Didn't he want to eventually hit like a 500lb snatch and600lb clean and jerk?

[slowman41]

I heard he dropped the bar, wtf happened?

jerked his 3rd attempt, looked like he was gonna lose it behind again, battled it a bit, then finally balanced it and squatted it up. Got to the top, and sort of dropped the bar while falling backwards, and was layed out (apparently) out cold for about 30sec

[pfffft]

i hope someone has vids of that, and hope he's ok

[crackyflipside]

i hope someone has vids of that, and hope he's ok

Damn...
Here he was with 200kg warm up:



Mendes 207 Clean and Jerk



170 snatch warm-up

[lwild]

Yeah he was laying there for a few minutes, nobody even went onto the platform for a few seconds everyone on the webstream was like somebody get up there! He was obviously battling so hard because he ended up not making any total. He lost the first two by falling backwards at the bottom of his squat jerk.

The Mendes 170 snatch shows it's probably just lack of lifting on stage because that warmup looked piss easy. I think the reason Mendes missed the 215 clean and jerks was him trying to power jerk them, the clean was easy but he just wasnt getting the bar high enough to power jerk it. Saying that, he must've done successfully with that weight or more in training otherwise he wouldn't be trying it out there.

edit: someone just reminded me he actually missed the 3rd clean and stepped forward to recover with the 2nd. I'd forgotten.

[USAWBrad]

Yea looked like Kendrick passed out.. funny how it took them about 30 seconds for someone to go up to him on the floor...

When Pat power jerked his 1st attempt I though he was just f'in with the competition cause he made it look easy as hell.. dont know why he kept trying it.

[lwild]

Here he was with 190kg warm up:

Isn't that more than 190? I see 2 small red plates as well so atleast 195?

[ZachOly]

PM choked?

Although the apologists with scream injuries and lack of experience, the bottom line is going 2/6 with lowball openers is a pretty poor performance.