The Maryland Powerlifting Report 2/4/08
A New Federation?
Powerlifting Watch has brought the news of yet another federation that has been started in 2008.
The West Virginia/Virginia Bench Press organization's mission statement is as follows:
WELCOME TO WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIAS NEW BENCH PRESS ORGANIZATION. THIS ORGANIZATION IS FOR ALL THE LOCAL LIFTERS OF THE TWO VIRGINIAS TO COMPETE, AND WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INVOLVE EVERY ATHLETE IN EVERY SPORT TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS IN THAT SPORT. IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY IN THAT SPORT YOU CAN ENHANCE IT WITH WEIGHT LIFTING. WE WILL BE KEEPING RECORDS, MEET RESULTS, UPCOMING MEETS AND PHOTOS ON THIS WEB SITE. WE WILL ALSO HAVE SANCTIONED, RAW, MENS, WOMENS, TEENAGE, MASTERS, AND TOUCH AND GO MEETS.
There is no membership fee. The federation's first meet is scheduled to be held in Beckley, WV on February 23.
Raw Unity Meet: Post Meet Write-up From Eric Talmant
January 31, 2008
Hello fellow lifters.
First of all, I want to say that the Raw Unity Meet was an overwhelming success and because of that I will personally see that it now becomes an annual event. I will remain the main person in charge just like I was this year in order to ensure that future Raw Unity Meets are conducted to the same standards that we have now all been exposed to.
It would be impossible for me to thank everyone that helped make this huge undertaking a success, so rather than acknowledge everyone publicly I will correspond with those individuals privately.
To read more and review official results, click here.
Stiff-Leg Deadlifts: by Marty Gallagher
Keith jogged my brain this past week by asking about tips the other day. I thought back and what percolated to the surface of my memory was the stiff-leg deadlift. Done as an assistance exercise for regular deadlifts, I was first introduced to them by the great Hugh Cassidy, the carefree Nietzsche of powerlifting. Hugh didnt cotton to too many exercises past squat, bench and deadlift, but the stiff-leg deadlift was one he insisted on. Religiously hed have us do two sets of stiffs after completing regular deadlifts. The technique was important. The bar stayed in contact with the leg the entire time, over the total length of the rep stroke. The hips were the hinge, the fulcrum, and this is where the real action took place. We all used a narrow-stance conventional deadlift style as per Hugh, with maybe six inches between the heelswe learned how to do the bow and arrow technique using a conventional pull stance.
To read more, click here.
Discipline and Regret: Article by Matt Gary, CSCS
In 1983, my sixth grade geography teacher was Spero Tshontikidis. In addition to teaching, Mr. Tshontikidis was a competitive powerlifter in the ADFPA. He brought powerlifting to our school and convinced the principal to allow him to start a powerlifting team. The first day he mentioned it to the class I thought powerlifting sounded cool and decided to give it a try. After all, what eleven-year-old boy doesn't want to grow up to be big and strong? Spero taught us how to squat on the first day of powerlifting practice. I had never touched a weight let alone squat. I remember my hips and hamstrings were so tight that I had to put my heels on a 2" x 4" in order to hit proper depth. I did three sets of ten reps with 95 pounds. On the way home I noticed my legs getting a little sore but I thought nothing of it. The next morning I woke up and tried to get out of bed. I took one step and fell flat on my face. My legs were so unbelievably sore that I thought I seriously injured myself. I had never experienced such excruciating muscle soreness. I convinced my mother to let me stay home that day. The following day I crawled back to school and told Mr. Tshontikidis that I didn't want to be on the powerlifting team and I would never squat again. He tried to change my mind. I didn't budge. Spero would later coach me on the junior varsity football team where I blossomed into the team MVP as a freshman. Meanwhile, he continued to encourage me to lift weights.
To read more, click here.
BMF To End Support of 100% RAW:
To: All
From: Shawn "Bud" Lyte
Re: Changes in support of powerlifting
After several months of debate and looking for other options, it's been decided that, as of March 31, 2008, BMF Sports will no longer provide direct support to 100% RAW Powerlifting Federation. This has not been an easy or hasty decision to make, but, in assessing almost three years of applied effort, it has become the most logical, practical and unavoidable solution. This is strictly a business move and not influenced by anything personal on either side. There was no single occurrence or situation that brought us to this decision and it has nothing to do with my personal relationship with Paul Bossi.
BMF Sports is not leaving powerlifting altogether, but channeling "powerlifting-centric" resources toward (1) directly supporting more lifters and (2) progression of Eric Talmant's Raw Unity Powerlifting Championships. Manny and I will continue to send sponsored lifters to 100% RAW meets and be present with them at National and World championships, but not provide support services at those events.
This doesn't not come down to merely profit and loss, but how effective BMF Sports can be in the sport of powerlifting as a whole. Getting behind any federation or sanction is not only limiting, but stifling, counterproductive and the antithesis of what we seek to accomplish for our company as well as the sport. There simply isn't sufficient support when dealing with or being dedicated to a single federation or sanction.
I personally see arrival at this decision to be beneficial for everyone involved with and affected by it. More lifters will receive more support, which will enable them to compete more, and in more federations, which helps the respective federations as well as the sport overall. It also negates any prospective or potential conflict of interests in sponsoring specific lifters and/or events, giving BMF Sports a freer hand to develop more opportunities within the sport.
With the resources we are able to liberate by making the aforementioned moves, we will look to sponsor several more lifters starting in the second quarter of this year.
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Stay with it,
Shawn "Bud" Lyte
BMF Sports
"Where's the BMF in you?"
www.bmfsports.com
www.bmfnutrition.com
www.bmfenergy.com
312-498-4043
From APT:
Alan from APT Pro Gear,.... Updates for Jan 2008Lifting Gear and soooooo MUCH more.
Check out the Newsletter
1-FREE GEAR OFFER,.....AGAIN & 15% off
2-New Products added,....Nice!!!
3-STRANGULATOR Knee Wraps now in stock
4-STRANGULATOR Wrist/Knee Wraps IPF/USAPL approved
5-Updated list of Powerlifting Sanctions for APT Gear
6-APT moved to a new LARGER location
7-New E-Mail adddress to contact APT
8-NEW APT LOGO
9-WABDL 2008 Official Sponsor
APT Inc. Pro Weigyht Lifting Gear
Alan P. Thoms, CEO
USMC, CPL, 91-95
www.prowriststraps.com
note; opinions expressed in articles written by others and posted here on Maryland Powerlifting does not necessarily reflect those of Maryland Powerlifting.
Powerlifting Watch has brought the news of yet another federation that has been started in 2008.
The West Virginia/Virginia Bench Press organization's mission statement is as follows:
WELCOME TO WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIAS NEW BENCH PRESS ORGANIZATION. THIS ORGANIZATION IS FOR ALL THE LOCAL LIFTERS OF THE TWO VIRGINIAS TO COMPETE, AND WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INVOLVE EVERY ATHLETE IN EVERY SPORT TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS IN THAT SPORT. IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY IN THAT SPORT YOU CAN ENHANCE IT WITH WEIGHT LIFTING. WE WILL BE KEEPING RECORDS, MEET RESULTS, UPCOMING MEETS AND PHOTOS ON THIS WEB SITE. WE WILL ALSO HAVE SANCTIONED, RAW, MENS, WOMENS, TEENAGE, MASTERS, AND TOUCH AND GO MEETS.
There is no membership fee. The federation's first meet is scheduled to be held in Beckley, WV on February 23.
Raw Unity Meet: Post Meet Write-up From Eric Talmant
January 31, 2008
Hello fellow lifters.
First of all, I want to say that the Raw Unity Meet was an overwhelming success and because of that I will personally see that it now becomes an annual event. I will remain the main person in charge just like I was this year in order to ensure that future Raw Unity Meets are conducted to the same standards that we have now all been exposed to.
It would be impossible for me to thank everyone that helped make this huge undertaking a success, so rather than acknowledge everyone publicly I will correspond with those individuals privately.
To read more and review official results, click here.
Stiff-Leg Deadlifts: by Marty Gallagher
Keith jogged my brain this past week by asking about tips the other day. I thought back and what percolated to the surface of my memory was the stiff-leg deadlift. Done as an assistance exercise for regular deadlifts, I was first introduced to them by the great Hugh Cassidy, the carefree Nietzsche of powerlifting. Hugh didnt cotton to too many exercises past squat, bench and deadlift, but the stiff-leg deadlift was one he insisted on. Religiously hed have us do two sets of stiffs after completing regular deadlifts. The technique was important. The bar stayed in contact with the leg the entire time, over the total length of the rep stroke. The hips were the hinge, the fulcrum, and this is where the real action took place. We all used a narrow-stance conventional deadlift style as per Hugh, with maybe six inches between the heelswe learned how to do the bow and arrow technique using a conventional pull stance.
To read more, click here.
Discipline and Regret: Article by Matt Gary, CSCS
In 1983, my sixth grade geography teacher was Spero Tshontikidis. In addition to teaching, Mr. Tshontikidis was a competitive powerlifter in the ADFPA. He brought powerlifting to our school and convinced the principal to allow him to start a powerlifting team. The first day he mentioned it to the class I thought powerlifting sounded cool and decided to give it a try. After all, what eleven-year-old boy doesn't want to grow up to be big and strong? Spero taught us how to squat on the first day of powerlifting practice. I had never touched a weight let alone squat. I remember my hips and hamstrings were so tight that I had to put my heels on a 2" x 4" in order to hit proper depth. I did three sets of ten reps with 95 pounds. On the way home I noticed my legs getting a little sore but I thought nothing of it. The next morning I woke up and tried to get out of bed. I took one step and fell flat on my face. My legs were so unbelievably sore that I thought I seriously injured myself. I had never experienced such excruciating muscle soreness. I convinced my mother to let me stay home that day. The following day I crawled back to school and told Mr. Tshontikidis that I didn't want to be on the powerlifting team and I would never squat again. He tried to change my mind. I didn't budge. Spero would later coach me on the junior varsity football team where I blossomed into the team MVP as a freshman. Meanwhile, he continued to encourage me to lift weights.
To read more, click here.
BMF To End Support of 100% RAW:
To: All
From: Shawn "Bud" Lyte
Re: Changes in support of powerlifting
After several months of debate and looking for other options, it's been decided that, as of March 31, 2008, BMF Sports will no longer provide direct support to 100% RAW Powerlifting Federation. This has not been an easy or hasty decision to make, but, in assessing almost three years of applied effort, it has become the most logical, practical and unavoidable solution. This is strictly a business move and not influenced by anything personal on either side. There was no single occurrence or situation that brought us to this decision and it has nothing to do with my personal relationship with Paul Bossi.
BMF Sports is not leaving powerlifting altogether, but channeling "powerlifting-centric" resources toward (1) directly supporting more lifters and (2) progression of Eric Talmant's Raw Unity Powerlifting Championships. Manny and I will continue to send sponsored lifters to 100% RAW meets and be present with them at National and World championships, but not provide support services at those events.
This doesn't not come down to merely profit and loss, but how effective BMF Sports can be in the sport of powerlifting as a whole. Getting behind any federation or sanction is not only limiting, but stifling, counterproductive and the antithesis of what we seek to accomplish for our company as well as the sport. There simply isn't sufficient support when dealing with or being dedicated to a single federation or sanction.
I personally see arrival at this decision to be beneficial for everyone involved with and affected by it. More lifters will receive more support, which will enable them to compete more, and in more federations, which helps the respective federations as well as the sport overall. It also negates any prospective or potential conflict of interests in sponsoring specific lifters and/or events, giving BMF Sports a freer hand to develop more opportunities within the sport.
With the resources we are able to liberate by making the aforementioned moves, we will look to sponsor several more lifters starting in the second quarter of this year.
If you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Stay with it,
Shawn "Bud" Lyte
BMF Sports
"Where's the BMF in you?"
www.bmfsports.com
www.bmfnutrition.com
www.bmfenergy.com
312-498-4043
From APT:
Alan from APT Pro Gear,.... Updates for Jan 2008Lifting Gear and soooooo MUCH more.
Check out the Newsletter
1-FREE GEAR OFFER,.....AGAIN & 15% off
2-New Products added,....Nice!!!
3-STRANGULATOR Knee Wraps now in stock
4-STRANGULATOR Wrist/Knee Wraps IPF/USAPL approved
5-Updated list of Powerlifting Sanctions for APT Gear
6-APT moved to a new LARGER location
7-New E-Mail adddress to contact APT
8-NEW APT LOGO
9-WABDL 2008 Official Sponsor
APT Inc. Pro Weigyht Lifting Gear
Alan P. Thoms, CEO
USMC, CPL, 91-95
www.prowriststraps.com
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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