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Originally Posted by Fighting Sprite
Do you know what group of lifters are going to start at 11?
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From the entry form:
"Saturday will feature the bench only competition at 9:30am, men’s middleweight classes (181, 198, 220) at 11:30am and the men’s heavyweight classes (242, 275, SHW) at 3pm.
Sunday will feature the women’s classes at 10am and the men’s lightweight (up to 165) classes at 1pm.
For the women full power, lightweights are up to 148 and heavyweights are 148+."
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Originally Posted by LegioTitan
Can you please elaborate on this? Sorry, I have no frame of reference for PLing politics.
Even with your biased opinion do you like Iowa as a school? Do they take care of their people?? What's the "best" department?
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RUM is a big unsanctioned meet that brings powerlifters from different federations together, and some federations don't like that. In particular, the USAPL doesn't like its members competing in other federations, and they have threatened to ban anyone who competes in RUM from USAPL events. I don't know much more than that--it's all stupid, petty fed politics.
I like Iowa, and I suppose they take care of their own, though I can only speak for graduate students and not for faculty. We get taken care of primarily because we have a strong union, not because the university cares about us. And this university's recognized for its creative writing program; their graduate program is the best in the country, and their undergrad program is one of the best. It's a designated "city of literature" with 25 Pulitzer-Prize winners among graduates and faculty since 1955.
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Originally Posted by Disco
MMA / boxing weight cut 24 hours before to allow people's skull to regain it's fluid and protect the brain better after a weight cut.
Is there a reason why certain PL fed's do a 24 hour weigh in?
Also +1 on Legio's politics question
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I imagine it's just to give lifters an advantage. Additionally, I suppose the assumption is that lifters might want to cut weight if they're close to a weight class, so the full day gives them time to recover and not bomb out. But you're right--there's not nearly as pressing a need for 24-hour weigh-ins as a safety protocol in powerlifting.
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Originally Posted by PolishHeadlock
Are you training the wrestlers?
Do you know how much McD is cutting?
He is a huge 125er. He looks bigger than Ramos
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No, I have nothing to do with athletics here beyond the powerlifting team; I'm in the Film Studies department. I don't know how much he's cutting, only that it's a lot, and that he's meticulous with his weight cut and does it properly, but it's still been hard on him.
