Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 Chip Conrad wrote: " As an newbie to competitive powerlifting, I'm just curious about your totals. Wanna post them? I'm not one to care about placing, more about personal success. How'd ya do against yourself when all was said and done? " For anyone who´s interested, I put the results on my homepage http://www.k3k.de/Meets/masters2001/w1.HTML. Congrats to Hobman and all those who participated. PHANTOM Schaefer, is that you who won the Masters I? Congratulations! All the best, Hermann Korte korte@... Witten, Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 Thank you, Hermann -and that is indeed me listed in results with all four gold medals in the 90 kg master 1. Chip, you need to take into account that most people (keith aside) do NOT PR at world championships. Why? 1. the harshest judging in the entire sport is the IPF worlds. when you are faced with international referees whose nicknames are " red light " this should speak volumes.... depth requirements for the squat are deeper by far than local meets, and the only comparable meet is the USAPL Nationals. Figure it's at least 3 " below parallel or whatever standard is the one being enforced by those particular refs. Sink it until you feel you can't get up, then try to get up. This will take part of your regular total just from more depth alone. Pauses at our nationals and world championships in the bench can also vary - 2-3 seconds on the chest can also take around 10% off your best bench effort. 2. You are usually concerned with getting a medal or placing for TEAM points as well. You don't just compete as an individual, but as a COUNTRY. 3. You lift to the level of competition. In my division, the German lifter who would have been more of a challenge to me did not appear at the meet, despite her nomination. One of the other ladies bombed out in the squat. The other was beaten rather soundly with less than maximal lifts. Also it does not appear in the results but I did attempt the WMR on my 2nd and 3rd attempts, making over a 50 lb jump, and was performing the deadlift at 10:30 pm, at the end of a very long day. So read my results with these factors, plus a nagging knee injury in mind and making weight. The fact I went three for three in the squat despite at times suffering a knee injury that makes below parallel squatting difficult is enough to make me proud of my first IPF world championships effort. But you can be sure I will try to heal my knee up to put up better numbers for me at USAPL Nationals, in defense of my national titles. Given how nervous I was about this particular meet and all the stories I'd heard from people about judging and everything for years before, I did just fine. I have just completed my 5th year of competing powerlifting, and on the whole, I have managed things I am very happy with. Most powerlifters never have the honor of qualifying for nationals in the open division or competing there, so to have the honor of representing USA I have had the rarest privilege and honor in my sport. My warmest congratulations again to , whose PR day is even more unusual given the context! And my thanks to the wonderful people of Saskatchewan, Canada, for their warm smiles and hospitality while we were there! The Phantom aka Schaefer, CMT, CSCS, competing powerlifter Denver, Colorado, TEAM USA World Masters PL >Chip Conrad wrote: > > " As an newbie to competitive powerlifting, I'm just curious about your >totals. Wanna post them? I'm not one to care about placing, more >about personal success. How'd ya do against yourself when all was >said and done? " > >For anyone who´s interested, I put the results on my homepage >http://www.k3k.de/Meets/masters2001/w1.HTML. Congrats to Hobman and >all those who participated. PHANTOM Schaefer, is that you who won the >Masters I? Congratulations! > >All the best, > >Hermann Korte >korte@... >Witten, Germany > > > > > > > > >Modify or cancel your subscription here: > >mygroups > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 wrote, > >3. You lift to the level of competition. In my division, the German lifter >who would have been more of a challenge to me did not appear at the meet, >despite her nomination. One of the other ladies bombed out in the squat. >The other was beaten rather soundly with less than maximal lifts. Also it >does not appear in the results but I did attempt the WMR on my 2nd and 3rd >attempts, making over a 50 lb jump, and was performing the deadlift at 10:30 >pm, at the end of a very long day. Twice pulled the WR to her knees and just lost it. The platform was quite flexible and the bar had extremely sharp knurling, which made it a deadlift 'hell' for conventional pullers and especially for who uses the dive to get the bar going and needs a hard floor to maximize bar speed. It was a testimony to her determination that she pulled both as far as she did given the circumstances. Several lifters (including me) actually ripped socks from the knurling on the bar. Great for grip, but boy does it catch on the shins and socks. My third was very doable for me - I brought the bar into my shin a bit too far, ripped my sock which just grabbed the bar and left it on the floor. As far as judging goes. After the CPU Nationals IPF meets are routine. CPU judging is exceptionally strict. So Canadians often do PB at World's. There is also some confusion about 'pause'. The IPF rule reads as follows: " 8. After receiving the signal, the lifter must lower the bar to the chest, hold it motionless on the chest with a definite and visible pause. Motionless to mean : stopped. The one second rule is recommended, i.e. : held for the count of one while motionless at the chest. " Many people think this means if the bar touches their chest for a second it is a lift. The IPF judges take it to mean the bar must be completely motionless on the chest for a definite pause. You can have the bar touching for 5-6 seconds and if the chest is moving up and down the bar is not considered motionless. As I learnt while ruefully watching my brother bomb at his first nationals after parking his bench on his chest and then lifting it. On his first bench he beat the judges signal to rack the bar - no lift. On his second he forgot to pause. On his third he held it on his chest for a good three seconds, but was breathing while he did that, causing his chest to drop and then rise. Reds from two of three. Anyhow, wasn't at her sharpest, but it was a long, long day and she had no competition. Still almost made the WR and no doubt will get it soon. Hobman Saskatoon, Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Schaefer wrote: " ...the harshest judging in the entire sport is the IPF worlds... " , This is TRUE, and sometimes you can't imagine what's going on in their minds. They expect you to handle your PRs like it was an empty bar. What about an electronic water-level on a bar. If doesn't come up even, we could hear some nice BEEPs? All the best, Hermann Korte korte@... Witten, Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Too many rules = not enough fun! Shafer Converse, TX Hermann Korte wrote: > > Schaefer wrote: > > " ...the harshest judging in the entire sport is the IPF worlds... " > > , > > This is TRUE, and sometimes you can't imagine what's going on in their > minds. They expect you to handle your PRs like it was an empty bar. > > What about an electronic water-level on a bar. If doesn't come up even, > we could hear some nice BEEPs? > > All the best, > > Hermann Korte > korte@... > Witten, Germany _________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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