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It's that time of year again, time for the Fall Brawl for it All! Awhile back, forum member Andy Gates came up with the idea that we do a virtual power lifting meet where everyone tests their 1 rep maxes in the big 3 and we compete for bragging rights. It was such fun that we decided to make in an official Nerd Fitness forum activity that we do every 4 months or so. The competition will be held from September 7th to September 22nd. During this time, test your 1RM in the Big 3, which consists of squat, bench press, and dead lift. Historically, there has also been interest to test the Super Total (Big 3 + snatch + clean & jerk) as well as to test the Big 4 (Big 3 + OHP). The sheet has columns for adding those in as well for those who want to do them, but the contest is for the Big 3. Here's the spreadsheet for this meet: 2013 - Fall Brawl For It All We're using kg, so just multiply by .454 if pounds are your arbitrary mass measurement unit of choice. The sheet includes calculations using the Wilks Formula so we can judge across sex as well as weight. The person with the highest Wilks Score totalled from the Big 3 lifts will be the Nerd Fitness Powerlifting Champion. Everyone is welcome here, of all abilities and levels of fitness. This is all for fun and the major reason we track it is so we have a record that you can come back and check your progress against later (ok, and bragging rights). Reporting is all on the honor system, but videos are encouraged! The Prizes: The person with the highest Wilks Total will receiveThe forum title "NF Power Lifting Champion". This title will have to be defended at the next virtual meet in order to be kept.A t-shirt or tank top from the NF store.The defending champion is GainsdalfThe person with the highest Wilks Squat will receiveThe forum title "NF Squat Champion". This title will have to be defended at the next virtual meet in order to be kept.The defending champion is Ancalagon The BlackThe person with the highest Wilks Deadlift will receiveThe forum title "NF Deadlift Champion". This title will have to be defended at the next virtual meet in order to be kept.The defending champion is bigm141414The person with the highest Wilks Bench Press will receiveThe forum title "NF Bench Press Champion". This title will have to be defended at the next virtual meet in order to be kept.The defending champion is Wildross The Rules: You get three attempts in squat, three attempts in bench press, and three attempts in dead lift, in that order. Standards are page 17-20 of this, but minus the judge participation. You must do all 9 attempts within the same workout. You're doing this on your own, so you're expected to judge yourself. Add the press and the olympic lifts onto the end should you so choose, but the official contest is for the Big 3, so do them first. The best result from each of the 3 lifts is added to your total. If someone squats 240, 260, and 280, only the 280 is added to their powerlifting total. Weigh in on the morning of your lifts. This is the weight you use for the competition. Generally the rules details would be IPF RAW, which means no squat or bench suits, no knee wraps; belts and wrist wraps are fine. Tips & FAQ: This will be updated as questions are asked USE A SPOTTER AND OTHER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS- We don't want anyone getting hurt. Use a spotter, preferably 2 (one on the each end of the bar) and safety bars on squats and a spotter on bench.Take long breaks between attempts of the same lift so that you take each lift fresh.Lift order is squat attempt 1, squat attempt 2, squat attempt 3, bench attempt 1, bench attempt 2, bench attempt 3, DL attempt 1, DL attempt 2, DL attempt 3Take a weight on the 1st attempt on each lift as something you know you can get, such as what you can typically do for 3. and go from there to ensure you post a total.Especially if this is your first time, chose weights you are confident in and try to complete all 9 attempts. This will help build confidence for future lifts and competitions.