Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 2017 Lifting Competition #1, The Amorous Assessment of Anatomic Artillery! 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 February 11th through February 26th. During this time, test your 1RM in the powerlifting lifts (squat/bench/deadlift) and/or in the Olympic lifts (snatch/clean and jerk) and post them in the SCORING SPREADSHEET. The highest individual and total powerlifting Wilks scores and the highest individual and total Olympic Sinclair scores will receive championship titles to be defended during the next virtual competition . The powerlifting and weightlifting lifts may be done on different days so that people who want to participate in both can put their best foot forward each time, but all powerlifting lifts need to be done in a single session and all weightlifting lifts in a single session according to the rules below. Before you do your attempts, you may enter your name, gender, and an estimate of your body weight in order to sign up and declare your intent to compete. Do not enter any poundages for any lifts until you do them! This sheet is for results, not planning purposes. Just enter the 3 attempts in the attempts columns, not the "best" columns, placing an "x" next to any lifts you fail. The sheet will do the rest of the work. 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 for the powerlifting section, so we can judge across sex as well as weight. The intent of the Sinclair score the way we are using it is the same, but for weightlifting.Everyone is welcome here, of all classes, 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: Each individual with the highest individual lift scores for their gender will receive a forum title declaring them as the champion of that lift, which must be defended at the next virtual meet in order to be kept. The individuals with the best weightlifting (PTE, explained here) and best powerlifting (highest Wilks) across genders totals a t-shirt from the NF store, once it reopens, in addition to titles. The Defending Champions are: NF Powerlifting Champions: NF Women's Power Lifting Champion- Tankweazel [451.81] NF Women's Squat Champion- Tankweazel [163.86] NF Women's Bench Press Champion- Tankweazel [112.81] NF Women's Deadlift Champion- Spezzy [182.71] NF Men's Power Lifting Champion- Juni0r83 [329.28] NF Men's Squat Champion- Juni0r83 [121.16] NF Men's Bench Press Champion- wildross [93.64] NF Men's Deadlift Champion- Gainsdalf [146.01] NF Weightlifting Champions: NF Women's Weightlifting Champion- Miss_Marissa [73.70] NF Women's Snatch Champion- Miss_Marissa [36.87] NF Women's Clean & Jerk Champion- Miss_Marissa [36.87] NF Men's Weightlifting Champion- Rurik Harrgath [228.70] NF Men's Snatch Champion- Rurik Harrgath [96.44] NF Men's Clean & Jerk Champion- Rurik Harrgath [132.22] Powerlifting 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. You can also take a video of the attempts and post them here for us to judge (I usually do). 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. Weight on the bar can not go down for a given lift, only up. I can not attempt 280, fail, then attempt 240. So pick a weight you know you can do for the first attempt on each lift. You may compete in any of the individual lifts and not do others if desired, but you're BIG 3 total will be 0. There must be at least one successful lift in each of the Big 3 in order to have a qualifying 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.Weightlifting Rules Weightlifting competition runs in the same fashion as a powerlifting competition. You get three attempts to establish a max snatch then three attempts to establish a max clean & jerk. Again similar to powerlifting, the weight on the bar can not decrease but you can repeat a weight after a missed first or second attempt.All lifts must be performed from the ground - no hang or blocks - and the lifter must demonstrate control with the barbell fixed motionless overhead before safely dropping the barbell. Some of the other rules directly correlate to executing the lifts safely so here's a few automatic "red lights". No part of the lifter, other than their feet, can come into contact with the platform at any time. The bar can not make any contact with the head or neck (other than the front rack during the clean). See also: no egregious press outs. During the clean the elbows may not contact the lifters knees or legs. Costume rules should follow the raw powerlifting guidelines. Complete weightlifting rules can be found HERE.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 for powerlifting 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 3 Lift order for weightlifting is snatch 1, snatch 2, snatch 3, clean & jerk 1, clean & jerk 2, clean & jerk 3. Take 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. If you participate in an organized competition within 2 weeks of either end of the competition dates, we will generally let you count those weights for this competition. Future comps will be at the end of challenges 5 and 8. 5 Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to post
Mr_Willes Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm in, gonna do the administration tomorrow, will alert the Rangers of the existence of this thread. 5 Quote ... a little odd in the head ... Assgined to the following Adventuring-Parties: DryJanuary WeightLossPvP Link to post
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 8 minutes ago, mr_willes said: I'm in, gonna do the administration tomorrow, will alert the Rangers of the existence of this thread. I'm already ahead of you. edit: or, you know, you beat me. Whatevs. 6 Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to post
Jord Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 following 1 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to post
Volki Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 Sweet I just tested mine last week so I will run with those numbers and test again next week Quote Link to post
Niccolo Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 I'm in! I had a meet back on the 28th, which should still be good. Male 103 kg Snatch: 80, 85, 89(PR) Clean and Jerk: 110, 115x, 116x Total: 199 kg Here's a link to the meet info:https://webpoint.usaweightlifting.org/wp15/Events2/ViewEvt.wp?EventID=59167&isPopup=true&Tab=Results Edit: Probably would help to point out that my name is Dan Carmody and I lifted in the 105 class. Hehe.... 2 Quote "Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it." -Neil DeGrasse Tyson "I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine." - Neil Armostrong Current Challenge | CrossFit Open Profile Link to post
nightlight Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 hmmm.... 2 Quote "Come with me if you want to lift" -The Brominator "Later, I would learn that coincidences are the most planned things in the world. Later, I would learn that every single moment is a coincidence." - Douglas Coupland "Anyone who doesn't want french fries every day is a commie." - AngelaTheGeek Current Challenge INSTAGRAM!! find me on twitter Link to post
RedStone Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 Last comp was Jan 22. Guessing that is invalid? Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to post
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 20 minutes ago, Niccolo said: I'm in! I had a meet back on the 28th, which should still be good. Barely 8 minutes ago, RedStone said: Last comp was Jan 22. Guessing that is invalid? That's a bit far out and I'd like to avoid using it if at all possible, yes. If it means you not participating at all for some reason, then we can discuss. 3 Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to post
RedStone Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 6 minutes ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said: That's a bit far out and I'd like to avoid using it if at all possible, yes. If it means you not participating at all for some reason, then we can discuss. I've passed before for bad timing, NBD, happy to cheerlead. Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to post
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 8 minutes ago, RedStone said: I've passed before for bad timing, NBD, happy to cheerlead. If they're not competitive weights for winning titles, it's fine. The place I'm worried about is if you're going to win titles, there could be issues for the lifts being part of this competition or not. Next virtual comps are the end of challenge 5 in June and end of challenge 8 in October BTW. 2 Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to post
RedStone Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 21 minutes ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said: If they're not competitive weights for winning titles, it's fine. The place I'm worried about is if you're going to win titles, there could be issues for the lifts being part of this competition or not. Next virtual comps are the end of challenge 5 in June and end of challenge 8 in October BTW. I'll keep that in mind, thanks! Should probably just go update on the leaderboard. Been awhile. (And of course my next comp is May just out of scope probs I'm just NF cursed!) Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to post
navis Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 46 minutes ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said: Next virtual comps are the end of challenge 5 in June and end of challenge 8 in October BTW. Trainer says no maxing out till March and part of my 4-week challenge is to listen to him I'll be there in June though Quote Level 5 Warrior Current Challenge | Battle Log | Instagram | Symmetric Strength "Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony" - Lou Reed Link to post
stepping_out Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 I feel like the luckiest girl in the world, once again the virtual challenge coincides with a real life one. Competing February 25th. I've added myself to the spreadsheet, but it looks like some cells are still populated from a previous challenge maybe? Like, my age just happened to be there already. Some ranks are in there, and a few best attempts? 2 Quote Link to post
Juni0r83 Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 So, it's kind of surreal to see my name in the list of title holders... Anyway, I'm back for this one again. Maxing out next week. Should be good! 1 Quote Dwarf Warrior I am today what I made myself yesterday, I will be tomorrow what I make of myself today. Current challenge: Juni0r83 works on his Schedule-Fu Previous challenge: Juni0r83 re-evaluates and refocuses Link to post
wildross Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 I'll max out and check my progress on the road to regionals... Quote Warriors don't count reps and sets. They count tons. My psychologist weighs 45 pounds, has an iron soul and sits on the end of a bar Tally Sheet for 2019 Encouragement for older members: Chronologically Blessed Group; Encouragement for newbie lifters: When we were weaker Link to post
Rurik Harrgath Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Here to defend my title. Not sure when that'll be exactly, but I'll make sure it gets done! 2 Quote [ Level ?? ] Rurik the Windblade, the Blade Who Dances, Warhawk of the Steppes. BRUTALITY 13 | FINESSE 12 | GRIT 13 | INSIGHT 15 | MOXIE 13 Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Current: Cry Havoc™: Bladesong of the Warhawk "Rangers have to at least give up on pants. It's a special rule we enacted after Rurik Harrgath became a Guild Leader.” – DarK_RaideR. "Did I just get my ass kicked by a member of Metallica meets History Channel's Vikings?" - Wolfpool. "By the Well-Oiled-and-Meticulously-Groomed Beard of Rurik!" - Tanktimus the Encourager. Link to post
AugustaAdaByron Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Here for cheering purposes! Quote Level "I have no clue" Warrior Current challenge Battle log Link to post
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted February 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 16 hours ago, evabo said: I've added myself to the spreadsheet, but it looks like some cells are still populated from a previous challenge maybe? Like, my age just happened to be there already. Some ranks are in there, and a few best attempts? If you see stuff like that, delete it. I copy the old sheet then delete everything, I probably just missed some. 1 Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to post
CourtnieMarie Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 hmmmm... I mayhap should do this. been meaning to see what my back squat looks like. the numbers will be low but it'll be a good benchmark! Quote Instagram | pinterest read harder challenge | Battle Log | NROLFW Challenges: 13-1 | 13-2 | 13-3 | 13-3.5 | 14-1 | 14-2 | 15-1 | 15-2 | 15-3 | 15-4 | 15-5 | 16-1 | 16-2 | 16-3 | 16-4 | 16-5 | 16-6 | 16-7 | 16-8 | 17-1 | 17-2 | 17-3 | 17-4 | 17-5 | 17-6 | 17-7 | 17-8 | 17-9 | 17-10 | 18-1 | 18-2 | 18-3 | 18-4 | 18-5 | 18-6 | 18-7 | 18-8 | 18-9 | 18-10 | 19-1 | 19-2 | 19-3 | 19-4 | 19-5 | 19-6 | 19-7 | current Link to post
miss_marissa Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Also input my scores from my meet on January 28. They still haven't posted results on the usapl site yet, grrrrrr Squat: 85/92.5/97.5 Bench Press: 45/47.5/50X <dat forever pause Deadlift: 97.5/105/112.5 Hopefully I can make some attempts at weightlifting to keep my (totally legit, but undeserved) title. 8 Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to post
mgage Posted February 8, 2017 Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hey I actually got close to max around the time of one of these! On Monday I worked up to what were about 97-98% singles, so I entered those numbers because they are close enough to a real max. Weight that morning was 196. Squat = 425; Poverty Bench = 245; DL = 455. All in stupid American lbs. 2 Quote The iron never lies. Link to post
The Borg Queen Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 Okay, here I am! Not sure what any of this means yet, but I'm just going to jump in. For the scouts! 1 Quote Class and Profession: Level 23 Borg Queen Link to post
stepping_out Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 17 hours ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said: If you see stuff like that, delete it. I copy the old sheet then delete everything, I probably just missed some. Cheers, will do next time, I didn't want to mess with it! Quote Link to post
SpecialSundae Posted February 9, 2017 Report Share Posted February 9, 2017 I've got a comp next Sunday so will get my numbers in from that. Quote Link to post
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