Riot Training

[maca]

so whos doing what this year?
and with scotland no longer part of the ipf does the records still stand?
the single lift comp coming up is there an unequipped cat? and can you go for an unequipped record?

basically thats all i wana know, i did get an email from scottish powerlifting prob telling me all this but it got deleted b4 i could read it.

comps im doing this year:
unit 20 novice strongman
single lift (bench unequipped)
scottish unequipped.

im sure they'll be a few more, those are the definates for now.

oh aye happy newyear everyone better late than never

[Basil Rathbone]

Hi Maca,

I will try and do all the domestics but training is sporadic to say the least!

Work commitments and family have overtaken me a bit.

[GEO]

Will try and get as many as possible in as well. Going to start with the Districts as training going ok......oh and I think I qualify for the Masters this year.....

[dick dastardly]

fuck surely powerlifting (or what was left of it ) is dead .unless you live in russia

[maca]

awrite lads, basil geo mr dastardly always a pleasure

i havent squated in a couple of months due to severe pains in the shins so districts might be to close for me.
my bench is coming along a treat getting some regular numbers, my deads are not too bad although havent done any floor deads in a while ive been doing 15inch at the unit.

[andyclegg2001]

Sorry I've not been posting much - just a very hectic period for me the last few months. Hopefully should start to getting things out on a more regular basis from now - though still got lots going on.

I wasn't training much from Nov to Jan, but been back in the gym a bit in Feb, but certainly won't be ready to do anything for the districts. But hopefully I'll do something soon.

If anybody has any questions about current set-up re GBPF I'll do my best to answer. Firstly, there's maca's question:

[GEO]

Andy, regarding the Single lift comp, are we going to start single lift records?

[andyclegg2001]

Stuart - we can do, probably have as championship records.
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[Woolfie]

Here's me thinking the scottish powerlifting had just broken away from the gbpf and it was as simple as just getting gbpf membership if you wanted to compete in a national comp but now I see the gbpf is running seperate comps in scotland.

Maybe I haven't been paying attention lately but this is getting pretty confusing

Does this mean you have to lift in a scottish gbpf comp to qualify for a national comp?

Do both feds have (or are trying to get) IPF affiliation?

[andyclegg2001]

Not the best situation I know - but done purely with the best interest of our lifters in mind.

Scottish Powerlifting is not part of GBPF. GBPF set up their Scottish division to be the only way to qualify for GBPF comps. Though it seems they only have one competition scheduled, so it is an expensive comp at £60.

We have lots of comps and have the freedom to set our own fees, so we can do things like give people the option of a low-cost one-comp membership - just to try powerlifting out.

Were you planning on doing a comp this year ? And a British ?

We are seeking IPF affiliation, which will not be easy. But there is a precedent set with the Weightlifters who have both British and a separate Scottish affiliation to IWF. So it can be done.
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[Woolfie]

Thanks Andy, that's clarified things a lot.

I'm hoping to do the unequipped in July.
I know there's the single lifts coming up which is good for novices like myself but I've only just got my training back on track again and have to shed a good bit of excess weight too (as you'll see from my facebook status ).

I don't have any intention of entering a british comp obviously but thought I'd mention it in the thread for the benefit of others.

I see the gbpf comp is on the same day as the single lifts too eh? Hmm...

I would imagine the IPF would have a hard time denying affiliation to Scottish Powerlifting when they are abiding by IPF rules with IPF qualified refs.

[andyclegg2001]

[andyclegg2001]

Doh - I'm not going to be able to make the Open this year due to being away with work over that weekend. Events seem to be conspiring against me lifting.

Though given that I have had one session since the early March that isn't such a bad thing at the moment - I can still bearly walk after doing a some light squats on Monday!!
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[maca]

hard luck andy im sure once you get you schedule sorted you'll be back better than ever.
unfortunately im out of the scottish unequipped i am totally gutted about this as it was my main comp of the year! i previously thought the comp was on for june so my missus booked us a holiday for the end of july, and now its back on for july ive been working really hard on my unequipped and was hoping to destroy my previous scores..
theres only one thing for it pick a fight with my missus the week before and hope she takes the kids and her mum instead

[BALDT]

anyone know what the qualifying totals are for the seniors? I fancy doing the unequipped in July at 110kg and wonder if I can qualify for the seniors?