The Maryland Powerlifting Report 11/15/07

Update: 2007 USAPL Maryland State Powerlifting & Open Bench Press Championships

Roster- 2007 USAPL Maryland State Powerlifting Championships (updated 11/13/07)
note; please check the information entered on the roster. If it is not correct, please contact me. Also, if I have not contacted you to confirm receipt of your entry form, let me know.

What follows is for those who haven't competed in a while or are competing in their first meet. Please keep in mind that the Maryland State Powerlifting Championships is our premier meet of the year. The effort is to conduct the meet in compliance to IPF rules.

Registration; registration will open at 7:00 AM and this is where the information you have provided on the entry form is verified for accuracy and completeness. If you do not have a current USAPL card, you may purchase one here. You will not be weighed-in if you do not have a card.

Weigh-ins; weigh-ins will be open between the hours of 7:15 and 8:45 AM. It is important that you arrive to allow enough time to register and get weighed-in. You may have your coach present when you weigh-in. what follows is taken from the IPF rule book:

4. The weigh in for each competitor will be carried out in a room with the door closed, with only the competitor, his coach or manager and the two/three referees present. For reason of hygiene the lifter should wear socks / paper towel on scales platform.

5. Lifters may be weighed nude or in underwear which complies with the specifications set out in the appropriate section of the rule book and which does not effectively change the lifter’s weight. If a question exists regarding weight of undergarments, a re-weigh in the nude may be requested. In competitions in which women are competitors, the weigh in procedure may be altered to ensure that lifters are weighed by officials of their own sex.

6. Each lifter may only be weighed once. Only those whose bodyweight is heavier or lighter than the
category limits of the category entered are allowed to return to the scales. They must return to the scales
and make weight within the limits of the hour and a half allowed for the weigh in; otherwise they will
be eliminated from the competition for that bodyweight category. A lifter can only be re-weighed as
often as time and orderly progression by lots allows.

After you have weighed-in, you will be asked to enter your first attempts. If you are participating in the powerlifting event, you will need to provide the opening attempt for the squat, bench press and the deadlift. For those participating in the Open Bench Press, they will be asked to enter their first attempt for that event. If, after submitting your opening attempt(s), you decide to change the weight to be attempted, the following applies:

(j) A lifter is permitted one change of weight on the first attempt of each lift. The change of weight may be higher or lower than that originally submitted and the order of lifting in the first round will change accordingly. If he is in the first group, this change may take place at any time up to within five minutes before the start of the first round of that lift. The following groups are accorded a similar privilege up to within five attempts from the end of the previous group’s last round of that lift. Prior notice of these deadlines shall be announced by the speaker. If proper notice of these deadlines is not given, then an announcement authorizing such changes shall be made and a lifter may make a change within one minute of such announcement.

The rules briefing will be held at 8:45 and it is required that lifters and their coaches attend. At 9:00 AM, an opening ceremony will be held. Lifting is scheduled to begin at 9:15 AM.

If you have not read his article, I urge all new lifters to read Matt Gary's, Top 10 Mistakes Novice Lifters Make. Matt has written a series of articles that both new and veteran's of the sport can get some important advice and tips on how to train and prepare for a powerlifting meet.

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