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Coach approved :D
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This might have something to do with the fact that the event was held in Texas.
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This might have something to do with the fact that the event was held in Texas.
It was a "world championships" :D
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It was a "world championships" :D
To a texan, sure is a word championship as long as it's held in Texas. Anyway, I doubt they flew in the spotters.
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its what happens when people try and lift things that are too heavy for them.
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Most of them spotters don't even look like they have ever been in the gym.
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Uncle Sam went to local disabled people house and hired spotters by promising them potatoes as compensation.
Painful to look at those twinks. Gay as can be.
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Most of them spotters don't even look like they have ever been in the gym.
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This
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Most of them spotters don't even look like they have ever been in the gym.
what the fuck happen to the fat Canadian? Why did he start shaking? ???
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so they see these shitty spotters being appointed, what do the coaches and competitors do on the day?
...Fuck all except whine on the internet, they get what they fucking deserve.
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I think having weak spotters is a good idea, it's more motivation for the lifter ffs
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IPF care only about money, the kids they had spotting were probably just happy to be off school for the day.
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so they see these shitty spotters being appointed, what do the coaches and competitors do on the day?
...Fuck all except whine on the internet, they get what they fucking deserve.
I bet they just ask who would do it for free.
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its what happens when people try and lift things that are too heavy for them.
Not everyone wants to be complacent like you. :)
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Can someone please explain what was wrong with the permabulking Canadian? Why did it look like he started seizing?
Can't believe some people look up to those obese pigs,,,let alone call them 'athletes'
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Can someone please explain what was wrong with the permabulking Canadian? Why did it look like he started seizing?
Can't believe some people look up to those obese pigs,,,let alone call them 'athletes'
Lol, they compete in Olympics, have professional trainers and training teams+facilities... heads of governments meet and greet them if they earn medals, governments give them cars, houses, land etc. when they win....
But yea, I rather be a bodybuilder ::)
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Lol, they compete in Olympics,
They don't.
Spotting: Didn't the other competitors or their trainers watch the event. I mean it takes a while to go they all the weight classes and all...
Awful, just awful.
[edit.] Re-read your post Mass243. Sorry, never mind 😀
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Coach approved :D
so a spotters supposed to catch 900 lbs? lol, how about if you cant lift 900, dont try it. didnt seem like the spotters fault.
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its what happens when people try and lift things that are too heavy for them.
An idiotic comment from someone who clearly doesn't understand the sport of powerlifting.
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so a spotters supposed to catch 900 lbs? lol, how about if you cant lift 900, dont try it. didnt seem like the spotters fault.
Spotting really isn't that hard. Even 900 is fine if the team knows what it is doing. Caught a wayward 400-Lb bar with only 2 skinny side spotters two weeks ago. Spotters just need to know where to be, and who to listen to.
At these IPF worlds it was so horrible, I watched a live stream of one weight class (men's 84 I believe) and switched it off before the squatting had even ended because the spotting was a disaster waiting to happen.
So yes, the IPF sucks. It should be disbanded for being the inept and corrupt organisation that it is. It's so bad I actually competed in a foreign country, just to not have to go to the IPF.
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BDB is 10x undefeated champion of the raw championships.
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This was the IPF Worlds, a major event too. But that's what happens when you just accept any old body that's willing to volunteer. Spotting should be a paid or comped position at these meets. Also, the IPF should do away with the walk out from those type of racks, and let folks walk out from a Monolift or similar, where chain or strap safeties can be affixed.
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why not use a power rack and if they fail it just hits the rack?
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I hate british comentators or narrators.
And lol at vagina chicks powerlifting,what a useless concept.
Overall,that competition seems pretty shitty and uninteresting.
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why not use a power rack and if they fail it just hits the rack?
Generally, the argument against that over the years was/is -
1) The rack interferes with judging, by blocking certain things.
2) The time it takes to adjust the racks for each lifter is prohibitive. Many of the larger meets can last the better part of a full day.
3) The smaller meet directors don't want to pay for new equipment. All new equipment has to be federation certified, and can add hundreds, perhaps reaching into the low thousands in new equipment costs so they don't want to pay it.
4) There is a faction of lifters that want the danger of lifting, so they argue that anything but spotters and those racks devalues the sport.
Even catch racks like Blaine Sumner uses would be a step in the right direction -
http://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_kY5ejr_3/?taken-by=thevanillagorilla92&hl=en .
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I hate british comentators or narrators.
And lol at vagina chicks powerlifting,what a useless concept.
Overall,that competition seems pretty shitty and uninteresting.
Haha, like any other female sport.
But women demand to have their own series in every sport. Even though they don't follow it even themselves.
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Texas eh. The spotters were likely Trump supporters and figured the Canuck voted for Trudeau.
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Generally, the argument against that over the years was/is -
1) The rack interferes with judging, by blocking certain things.
2) The time it takes to adjust the racks for each lifter is prohibitive. Many of the larger meets can last the better part of a full day.
3) The smaller meet directors don't want to pay for new equipment. All new equipment has to be federation certified, and can add hundreds, perhaps reaching into the low thousands in new equipment costs so they don't want to pay it.
4) There is a faction of lifters that want the danger of lifting, so they argue that anything but spotters and those racks devalues the sport.
Even catch racks like Blaine Sumner uses would be a step in the right direction -
http://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_kY5ejr_3/?taken-by=thevanillagorilla92&hl=en .
1. what "certain things"?
2. adjustable racks take seconds to adjust between classes, most weight class competitors are round the same height
3. don't want to pay for equipment so they place a hundred pound twink on the end of a bar with 250lb on one side? Law suit anyone?
4. want the dangers of lifting? don't talk daft, can you show me where these people are arguing to be placed in danger?
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1. what "certain things"?
2. adjustable racks take seconds to adjust between classes, most weight class competitors are round the same height
3. don't want to pay for equipment so they place a hundred pound twink on the end of a bar with 250lb on one side? Law suit anyone?
4. want the dangers of lifting? don't talk daft, can you show me where these people are arguing to be placed in danger?
1) Side Judging is the main thing. The side judging is one of the most important positions in powerlifting. Whenever there is a close call on a lift, every lifter wants to know what the side judge saw. With a Power rack, the uprights, plus the safety bars can be right in the way of what the side judge is look for. Things like hip crease, etc.... It might not be a huge thing with the really deep guys, but with the larger lifters, and the guys that do just enough to win, it's important to get the best side judging you can. With human spotters, you can adjust them to get the best view.
2) See above. It's about the working with what's best with the judging, and the lifter. With certain lifters, it's not just a height thing, but how they set up the lift. For instance, with big lifters, their grip for the squat maybe all the way out to the bar ends/inside collars. So the safety bars are directly in the lifter's way. Also, sometimes guys use the bottom of Monoracks, and these narrower racks as gauge and some times a brace for the lift. Can't do that with a power rack.
3) The rack used during that meet is about $3000 new, I'm guessing if a rack was designed to fed standards, it would be $5000 or so. Plus extra transport cost, etc.... Most meets are lower budget affairs, most meet directors just aren't going to put out the extra cash, and the IPF, etc.... won't force them because it would cost them money too.
The blame lies with this meet director for not getting the best human spotters he could. While mechanical safety are nice, there are literally 100's of big competition squats that work perfectly fine with the standard 3-5 man spotter teams. The difference is that the meet directors call in favors, offer comps, or just pay to get the best guys there.
4) It's usually not explicitly stated, but read any thread on a real powerlifting board comparing similar lifts done both with a traditional walkout, and without. You'll inevitably, see comments like "Yeah, but that lift had a walk out" or guys will discuss the majesty and toughness of having to walk out a big lift, and how that's missing with these new lifters/feds/monoracks, etc....
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1) Side Judging is the main thing. The side judging is one of the most important positions in powerlifting. Whenever there is a close call on a lift, every lifter wants to know what the side judge saw. With a Power rack, the uprights, plus the safety bars can be right in the way of what the side judge is look for. Things like hip crease, etc.... It might not be a huge thing with the really deep guys, but with the larger lifters, and the guys that do just enough to win, it's important to get the best side judging you can. With human spotters, you can adjust them to get the best view.
2) See above. It's about the working with what's best with the judging, and the lifter. With certain lifters, it's not just a height thing, but how they set up the lift. For instance, with big lifters, their grip for the squat maybe all the way out to the bar ends/inside collars. So the safety bars are directly in the lifter's way. Also, sometimes guys use the bottom of Monoracks, and these narrower racks as gauge and some times a brace for the lift. Can't do that with a power rack.
3) The rack used during that meet is about $3000 new, I'm guessing if a rack was designed to fed standards, it would be $5000 or so. Plus extra transport cost, etc.... Most meets are lower budget affairs, most meet directors just aren't going to put out the extra cash, and the IPF, etc.... won't force them because it would cost them money too.
The blame lies with this meet director for not getting the best human spotters he could. While mechanical safety are nice, there are literally 100's of big competition squats that work perfectly fine with the standard 3-5 man spotter teams. The difference is that the meet directors call in favors, offer comps, or just pay to get the best guys there.
4) It's usually not explicitly stated, but read any thread on a real powerlifting board comparing similar lifts done both with a traditional walkout, and without. You'll inevitably, see comments like "Yeah, but that lift had a walk out" or guys will discuss the majesty and toughness of having to walk out a big lift, and how that's missing with these new lifters/feds/monoracks, etc....
and yet only brave enough to have 5 spotters to catch the bar. ::)
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This might have something to do with the fact that the event was held in Texas.
They're calling it "Clinton Country" lately.
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Modern lifting.........bunch of know nothings. :'(