This is the thread to post your:

• Powerlifting accomplishments
• Training PRs
• Gym or diet related victories
• Best flexing photos
• Sweet new equipment purchases
• Gym dog or gym family photos

Or really anything you felt good or happy about from the last week (or even further back in time, no one's gonna stop you).

Text, images, videos, any format goes.

Let's get those good vibes flowing.

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

• PRs
• Formchecks
• Rudimentary discussion or questions
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A thread for selling or buying any powerlifting related goods. We're now opening this to commercial interests. Include:

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This is the Squat Thread.

• Discuss technique and training methods.
• Request form checks.
• Discuss programs.
• Post your favourite lifters squatting.
• Talk about how much you love/hate squatting.

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

• PRs
• Formchecks
• Rudimentary discussion or questions
• General conversation with other users
• Memes, funnies, and general bollocks not appropriate to the main board
• If you have suggestions for the subreddit, let us know!
• This thread now defaults to "new" sorting.

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Share your fave training tunes, PR psych-up tracks or personal playlists here so others can find something new.

Please include the artist and track name, genre and a link for single tracks and at least some sort of description for playlists. Failure to do so will see your post deleted.

For discussion of:

• Eating all the food when you want to get swole
• Eating less of the food when you're too fluffy
• Diet methods and plans
• Favourite foods and recipes
• How awful dieting is

So I created an app that tracks powerlifting related products. If the item passes a discount threshold of 10%, it will be updated on the website daily. I initially used this tool for myself and shared it with a couple of my friends. They loved it and encouraged me to make it available to the public.

Currently monitoring prices for Amazon, Alo, Rogue Fitness, Titan Fitness and plan to add more vendors/sites in the future. My ideal vision is a central hub for discounts across the fitness industry.

I'm personally funding the website and the system from my own budget. I'll strive to keep the app operational as long as my budget permits. Please let me know what other products you would want to see on this website.

Website: Doyouevensave.com

Do you like having 2-3 sweaty men shoe-horn you into polyester, canvas or denim bondage gear.

Do you like having your joints wrapped so tightly they bruise and bleed?

Do you like having your blood pressure turned up to 11 and being compressed so much that you think your head might explode?

Do you get off on enduring pain and suffering, and watching others endure it too?

Do you have a deathwish every time you get under the bar?

Yes?

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THEN WELCOME TO THE FORTNIGHTLY EQUIPPED LIFTING THREAD!!!

Jawon has been banned for 4 years. (He had totalled 915kg earlier this year, setting an ATWR in the -90 kg class and breaking Jesse Norris' ten-year old record).

Article 15.1.1. of the World Anti-Doping Code states that:

A decision of an anti-doping rule violation made by a Signatory Anti-Doping Organization, a national arbitral body (Article 13.2.2) or CAS shall, after the parties to the proceeding are notified, automatically be binding beyond the parties to the proceeding upon every Signatory in every sport with the effects described below...

Article 15.3 of The World Anti-Doping Code states that:

Implementation of Decisions by Body that is not a Signatory:

An anti-doping decision by a body that is not a Signatory to the Code shall be implemented by each Signatory if the Signatory finds that the decision purports to be within the authority of that body and the anti-doping rules of that body are otherwise consistent with the Code

From the Constitution of Powerlifting America:

 Powerlifting America fully accepts and agrees to follow the IPF Anti-Doping rules, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code. 

** Monthly Meet at the Meets thread

* Share your competition schedule or find/offer a meet handler

Discuss all aspects of training for powerlifting:

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• Periodization
• Nutrition
• Movement selection
• Routine critiques
• etc...

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

• PRs
• Formchecks
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For those who don't know, the GPC recently decided to expel a whole load of lifters (mainly from South Wales), which has sparked major backlash, with many leaving the GPC and joining the WRPF.

The reasons for this expulsion are down to two reasons, as given by the GPC:

The first being that a "known criminal" has been working to run the competitions held by Welshside Barbell.

The second being that Welshside Barbell allowed lifters to for-go federation rules regarding kit.

Regarding the first point, there has been pushback from many lifters over the last 2 days, highlighting that the "known criminal" has been working with the GPC for more than 10 years to run competitions, and it has never been an issue until recently. Some have pointed to how the allegations of rule-breaking have only arisen since lifters have become more openly critical of the federation.

Regarding the second point, there has been evidence put forward by parties involved to suggest that the for-going of federation rules has been in relation to allowing Muslim women to wear long-sleeve shirts when competing, which has apparently sparked outrage among the GPC leadership.

The outcome, regardless, has been a mass exodus of lifters from Wales, with some from England and Scotland following, from the GPC and to other federations, most notably the WRPF.

It's been interesting, witnessing this all happen in real-time, and just goes to show how internal politics can ruin federations, even ones that claim to be "for the lifters".

Here you can:

• Discuss all aspects of powerlifting as it pertains to being a woman.
• Socialize with other ladies.
• If you have discussion provoking bullet points, those are welcome too.

Publicly available, made for the masses, to be exact.

Most of these programs do not utilize phase potentiation well. While you can find good peaking programs, there are hardly any hypertrophy or strength block programs that are made just for that. Vast majority is just general strength programs that include pretty much all phases (Hypertrophy, strength, peaking) in a very short time, like 6-12 weeks. In that time a lifter cannot reap the benefits of each phase. Even worse, some programs does not have any "phasing" at all, which is sort of a mix of all phases at once which means if a lifter is not knowledgeable enough, he or she can run pretty much similar programs all year round and wonder why their progress is stalling. The point is that phases, blocks are important, and has its own unique properties, and "premade" programs rarely give that, with an exception of peaking programs.

What are your thoughts on this? Let's have a discussion!

I am a novice powerlifter, started at age 57, with an amazing (temporary) coach early on that helped me primarily with form. He is a two time world champion. Anyway, so I basically train myself, using 5-3-1 method. Today I am 60 yo, competing 82.5 kgs, totals 500 kgs. I also train with another former world champion once a week on squats. While it’s only been 3.5 years training, I feel like I know my body and potential extremely well. I always read about and see plenty of longtime powerlifters with coaches and struggle to understand why experienced lifters need a coach. Thoughts?

I understand that Westside and conjugate aren't the exact same thing, but there's probably zero coaches at Worlds who use this training system - why?

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

• PRs
• Formchecks
• Rudimentary discussion or questions
• General conversation with other users
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• This thread now defaults to "new" sorting.

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Do you have a question and are:

• A novice and basically clueless by default?
• Completely incapable of using google?
• Just feeling plain stupid today and need shit explained like you're 5?

Then this is the thread FOR YOU! Don't take up valuable space on the front page and annoy the mods, ASK IT HERE and one of our resident "experts" will try and answer it. As long as it's somehow related to powerlifting then nothing is too generic, too stupid, too awful, too obvious or too repetitive. And don't be shy, we don't bite (unless we're hungry), and no one will judge you because everyone had to start somewhere and we're more than happy to help newbie lifters out.

SO FIRE AWAY WITH YOUR DUMBNESS!!!

New to powerlifting and very new to gear lifting. I saw a meet this weekend with a ton of huge lifts. I like to follow anyone I can on instagram who is strong so I started doing that and this one fella I didn’t know squatted 1000. His instagram is Iron Helix, but it’s really weird. It says he is a non profit for drug rehab but his page only had him lifting in what seems to be his gym? I did some digging and have a background in working with nonprofits and you can look up all the info really easy. So I did, and found that he has a man named Richard Moore on his board. This man was convicted of and pled guilty to having sex with high school students. Like I said, I am new to powerlifting but I have seen a ton of stuff about pedophiles and abusers so I just wanted to shed light on this unless people already knew it and are ok with it? This Connor Boyle guy who is Iron Helix, went to the same college as Moore, worked at the same law firm, both worked at planet fitness, and now is on his board. There is no way he isn’t aware of this guys past. I see this seemingly all over the place in powerlifting USPA, WRPF, USPC, ETC, is it just totally rampant or what?

I included all the links to show the information.

You can search his non profit here just search “iron helix”

https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire (https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/BusinessInquire)

https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/planet-fitness-founder-company-destroyed-knowingly-hired-convicted-pedo-as-cao/ (https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/planet-fitness-founder-company-destroyed-knowingly-hired-convicted-pedo-as-cao/)

https://greensboro.com/legislator-named-in-abuse-complaint-involving-16-year-old/article_aeba3b9a-7ae7-5d3b-80ae-7741f15f2fb2.html (https://greensboro.com/legislator-named-in-abuse-complaint-involving-16-year-old/article_aeba3b9a-7ae7-5d3b-80ae-7741f15f2fb2.html)

This one shows Boyles employment history to match Moore:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-boyle-46054627 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-boyle-46054627)

This is the thread to post your:

• Powerlifting accomplishments
• Training PRs
• Gym or diet related victories
• Best flexing photos
• Sweet new equipment purchases
• Gym dog or gym family photos

Or really anything you felt good or happy about from the last week (or even further back in time, no one's gonna stop you).

Text, images, videos, any format goes.

Let's get those good vibes flowing.

A sorta kinda daily open thread to use as an alternative to posting on the main board. You should post here for:

• PRs
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• This thread now defaults to "new" sorting.

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A thread for selling or buying any powerlifting related goods. We're now opening this to commercial interests. Include:

* Wanted / Offered / Vendor

* Location

* Condition: New/Used/Parts

* Description: Accurate description of the item and elaborate on the condition

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​

* EG: OFFERED / USA / USED / INZER LEVER BELT. BLACK / $50

​

OR

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* A link to an eBay, craigslist, etc

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Hello fellow powerlifters, When do you know if the coach you have is the right fit for you or not?

My nutrition coach is very knowledgeable. Recently, things have seemed to change between us. I noticed he’s become more .. irritable with me? I’ve been going through some health problems recently, and it seems that he either doesn’t believe me or that he thinks I’m using it as an “excuse”.

I noticed he’s always praising his other clients on social media, but when I tag him he just ignores it. Not a big deal whatsoever, just an observation with everything else going on.

Like I said, he is very good at what he does. He’s helped me achieved many goals within this industry in the past. However, I feel that the dynamic between us has changed and I just am unsure how to view or handle this.

Powerlifters of Reddit, have you ever experienced something similar? How did you handle it?

Essentials

• Lifting starts: 12pm Sat 23rd Nov local time
  • 1am GMT
  • 5pm Fri US Pacific Time
• Venue: PTC Headquarters, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• Livestream link: https://www.watchmysportlive.tv/packages/2024-big-dogs/videos/2024-big-dogs
• Concept: No weight classes, no formula, no fractionals or 4ths, biggest total wins. Raw w/wraps, mono, specialty bars.

Roster

• Colton Engelbrecht - South Africa - 1120kg
• Joseph Whittaker - Australia - 1055kg
• Vasa Samataua - Australia - 1030kg
• Sean Logan - New Zealand - 1015kg
• Tony Reinmuth - Australia - 985kg
• Jake Hawker - Australia - 982.5kg
• Mason Mills - UK - 965kg
• Danny Uini - Australia - 950kg
• Pasha Osman - Australia - 910kg
• Elijah Schuurmans - Australia - 867kg

Colton, based on his training lifts, could realistically take both Zahir's 125kg ATWR and Dan Bell's ATWR totals. Elijah's total is from nearly 7 years ago under IPF rules; he hit a 475kg squat in training that suggests significantly more could be there on the day.

One major factor will be the heat; forecast temperature is 35C (95F), which is unseasonably hot in Melbourne this time of year.

Sure to be some huge performances.