The Maryland Powerlifting Report 12/20/07
At Powerlifting Watch:
Jon is hosting his annual survey of the "Best Of" and is accepting votes for yearly awards.
2007 Powerlifting Awards & 2007 Powerlifting Forum Awards
There are multiple categories to vote for nominees in each.
Articles: Written by Maryland Lifters
"Full ROM Movements: Embrace Them!" by Alexander Kang and posted at EliteFTS
There are a variety of great max effort movements that can be performed such as the box squat and rack squat. However, the lifter must become familiar with the full range of motion (ROM) movements!
As mentioned before, the lifter will only become comfortable with a lift if it has been performed many times. Luckily, full ROM movements can be complimented and changed through methods of accommodating resistance (chains and bands). Chained full squats, chained deadlifts (hooked around spring collars), and chained benches are fantastic max effort movements that can be cycled into a training regimen.
Read more here.
"Rage Against the Machines" by Matt Gary, CSCS
Technology is a beautiful thing. I used to work part-time as a DJ and I remember hauling around hundreds of records and thousands of CDs. Transporting all the equipment and the music felt like powerlifting. The invention of the MP3 player has changed all that. What an amazing little machine. A tiny little device, approximately the size of a wallet or a small cell phone, is now capable of storing thousands of songs. You can have your entire music collection at your fingertips in a completely portable component. Just like Coca-Cola, the Apple company seemingly has a stronghold on the market with its own MP3 version known as the iPod. They’re everywhere. I own one and wonder how I ever lived without it. I love music and having my immensely eclectic library with me at all times is pure nirvana. It’s truly changed my life proving that I too have succumbed to the pressures of our microwave society. We all want things instantaneously. The school of sloth has taught us to be impatient.
The fact that technology has permeated nearly every facet of our lives, has taught us to become discontent when things don’t go our way. This dissatisfaction with our daily existence teaches us to change things as quickly as possible. You don’t like your car? Get a new one. You don’t like your job anymore? Quit and find a new one. Your house isn’t big enough? Buy a new one. You don’t get along with your spouse? Get divorced and find a new one. You hate the way your body looks? No problem, buy a new one. This type of thinking breeds laziness. Then laziness acts like a virus and spreads into every fiber of your being. Rather than searching for a plausible resolution, we look for the next quick fix.
Read more here.
IPA News
Results- 3rd Annual Christmas Carnage which was competed December 8.
USAPL News:
Powerlines to be discontinued- in a message posted at the USAPL Forum, Larry Maile states:
All,After careful consideration, we are going to discontinue our electonic newsletter, Powerlines. It has been a great run of 6 years, but as it becomes more and more difficult to get people to write for it and we are investing energy in our hardcopy newsletter, it has become a trial for Mr. Armstrong to get submissions and for us to get it out.
Accordingly, there will be one more issue that will include the end of year rankings. We will try to keep up the data base, but will have to explore options for that over the next few weeks.
We will have the option to send you the hardcopy newsletters via pdf files and are happy to do that as it saves us printing and postage costs, but will also work out the details of that later on as well.
LJM
WPF News:
Official results have been posted from the WPF World Championships which were competed in Torreon, MX, November 22-25: Powerlifting (xls) & Bench Press (xls).
This year marked the return of the USPF as the U.S. affiliate to the WPF and the first world championships the USPF has participated in a number of years.
While the meet appears to have been a success, there were some deficiencies found as reported in the Technical Report.
note; opinions expressed in articles written by others and posted here on Maryland Powerlifting does not necessarily reflect those of Maryland Powerlifting.
Jon is hosting his annual survey of the "Best Of" and is accepting votes for yearly awards.
2007 Powerlifting Awards & 2007 Powerlifting Forum Awards
There are multiple categories to vote for nominees in each.
Articles: Written by Maryland Lifters
"Full ROM Movements: Embrace Them!" by Alexander Kang and posted at EliteFTS
There are a variety of great max effort movements that can be performed such as the box squat and rack squat. However, the lifter must become familiar with the full range of motion (ROM) movements!
As mentioned before, the lifter will only become comfortable with a lift if it has been performed many times. Luckily, full ROM movements can be complimented and changed through methods of accommodating resistance (chains and bands). Chained full squats, chained deadlifts (hooked around spring collars), and chained benches are fantastic max effort movements that can be cycled into a training regimen.
Read more here.
"Rage Against the Machines" by Matt Gary, CSCS
Technology is a beautiful thing. I used to work part-time as a DJ and I remember hauling around hundreds of records and thousands of CDs. Transporting all the equipment and the music felt like powerlifting. The invention of the MP3 player has changed all that. What an amazing little machine. A tiny little device, approximately the size of a wallet or a small cell phone, is now capable of storing thousands of songs. You can have your entire music collection at your fingertips in a completely portable component. Just like Coca-Cola, the Apple company seemingly has a stronghold on the market with its own MP3 version known as the iPod. They’re everywhere. I own one and wonder how I ever lived without it. I love music and having my immensely eclectic library with me at all times is pure nirvana. It’s truly changed my life proving that I too have succumbed to the pressures of our microwave society. We all want things instantaneously. The school of sloth has taught us to be impatient.
The fact that technology has permeated nearly every facet of our lives, has taught us to become discontent when things don’t go our way. This dissatisfaction with our daily existence teaches us to change things as quickly as possible. You don’t like your car? Get a new one. You don’t like your job anymore? Quit and find a new one. Your house isn’t big enough? Buy a new one. You don’t get along with your spouse? Get divorced and find a new one. You hate the way your body looks? No problem, buy a new one. This type of thinking breeds laziness. Then laziness acts like a virus and spreads into every fiber of your being. Rather than searching for a plausible resolution, we look for the next quick fix.
Read more here.
IPA News
Results- 3rd Annual Christmas Carnage which was competed December 8.
USAPL News:
Powerlines to be discontinued- in a message posted at the USAPL Forum, Larry Maile states:
All,After careful consideration, we are going to discontinue our electonic newsletter, Powerlines. It has been a great run of 6 years, but as it becomes more and more difficult to get people to write for it and we are investing energy in our hardcopy newsletter, it has become a trial for Mr. Armstrong to get submissions and for us to get it out.
Accordingly, there will be one more issue that will include the end of year rankings. We will try to keep up the data base, but will have to explore options for that over the next few weeks.
We will have the option to send you the hardcopy newsletters via pdf files and are happy to do that as it saves us printing and postage costs, but will also work out the details of that later on as well.
LJM
WPF News:
Official results have been posted from the WPF World Championships which were competed in Torreon, MX, November 22-25: Powerlifting (xls) & Bench Press (xls).
This year marked the return of the USPF as the U.S. affiliate to the WPF and the first world championships the USPF has participated in a number of years.
While the meet appears to have been a success, there were some deficiencies found as reported in the Technical Report.
note; opinions expressed in articles written by others and posted here on Maryland Powerlifting does not necessarily reflect those of Maryland Powerlifting.
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