TECHNICAL COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER NO 1 2006

Bench Press

It appears that many lifters are unable to lower the bar to the chest because of the tightness of the shirts they are wearing.  Some referees are unsure which failure card should be raised. RED " Bar is not motionless on the chest" 

Video Evidence

At the Men's Open Championships in Miami November last, a misloaded bar was brought to the attention of the Jury by an observant coach who happened to be taping his lifter.  Although generally not accepted in deciding subjective decisions such as depth of squat, there are occasions when this assistance is to be welcomed.

Motto: „Vorsprung durch Technik“ (“Wining margin through Engineering”; a AUDI car advert)

New Supportive Shirts

"Bench Presser " and  "Viking Presser" from Metal Sport and Wear have been added to the IPF Approved list.

Regional Member

Bill Clayton T.C. Member for North America can be contacted on clayton@blast.net

GENERAL RULES OF POWERLIFTING

1 (f) has been deleted from  page 3 of the rule book and added to item 13.

Age Group Wording

Apparently some still find difficulty with the wording defining age groups as written in the Technical Rules.

To be more precise:

    Sub Junior:  from the day of his 14th birthday up until and inclusive of the 31st day of December in the year of his

                      18th birthday.

    Master 1:     from the 1st of January in the year of his 40th birthday up until and inclusive of the 31st day of December

                       in the year of his 49th birthday.

Similarly the rest.

O/70 Men - 0/60 Women Records

Thanks to Robert Wilks for formulating the list of records that need to be achieved.  Single lift bench press will be the same as that of the three lift.

Over 70 Men

             52  kg    140/95/140              355

             56  kg    152.5/100/152.5       385

             60  kg    165/107.5/165          410

          67.5  kg    180/120/180             455

             75  kg    190/132.5/190          490

          82.5  kg    200/142.5/197.5        525

             90  kg    210/152.5/205           550

           100  kg    220/160/212.5           575

           110  kg    230/167.5/220           595

           125  kg    240/175/225              615

         125+  kg    250/180/230              630

Over 60 Women

            44  kg     105/70/105               265

            48  kg     112.5/75/112.5          285

            52  kg     120/80/120               305

            56  kg     127.5/85/127.5         320

            60  kg     135/90/135               335

         67.5  kg     145/100/145              365

            75  kg     155/107.5/152.5        395

         82.5  kg     165/115/160              415

            90  kg     172.5/122.5/165         435

           90+ kg     180/130/170              460

Constitution and By-Laws

14.9

Apart from a lifter being banned from lifting in IPF Internationals for twelve months under this rule, he/she is suspended from setting World, International and Regional Records during this period.

John Stephenson

Chairman IPF Technical Committee