Talk:Powerlifting

Why shorter?

Why do people keep making this article shorter?173.34.39.95 (talk) 02:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Gerrit Badenhorst

Was Gerrit Badenhorst not a world champion from 1988 to 1990? Perhaps in a different federation?Kwib (talk) 09:31, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

I have now found it was the WPC version.Kwib (talk) 21:01, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Doug Hepburn missing

SFAIK Doug was one of the founders of the sport....curious as to why he's not here.Skookum1 (talk) 01:23, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Requested move: Powerlifting

The following is a closed discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was moved. --RegentsPark (talk) 16:17, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Power lifting → Powerlifting — Nominator's rationale: Partly from noting the recent category change from two words to one word, and knowing that - in North America at least - this is normally one word - intending to move this to most common usage. But also noting the recent change of all the -ise spellings to -ize, i.e. from UK English to the US/Canadian spelling of those words, I'm wondering if the two-word name is what's used in the UK etc. Most powerlifting organizations etc on this side of the Atlantic anyway, use the one-word version.Skookum1 (talk) 17:12, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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Suggested split

The tables of champions is pretty bulky, wondering what title it should be split away under - List of IPF world powerlifting champions or should "IPF" be spelled out/named in full; List of International Powerlifting Federation world champions seems a bit long but maybe necessary per WP:TITLE.Skookum1 (talk) 19:22, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

Would support moving the content off this article and into a separate article. With a few citations and a little clean up, it could probably be made into a featured list as it already has the content list wise. The long title might be worked around by doing something like List of IPF world champions. --LauraHale (talk) 05:05, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

I recommend removing this table from this article because it is available in IPF article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.203.196.117 (talk) 10:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Defication during powerlifting

Hey guys. I came here to get some info on rectal prolapse and defecation during power lifting. A search and brief perusal of the article don't give the info I am looking for. I can find these subjects elsewhere but it would have been really convenient to have a link or very short statement mentioning anything about injuries. I don't know anything about this so I am unable to add the material myself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.162.88.143 (talk) 07:22, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Highest Governing Body title violates NPOV

I removed the label because there is no way to verify what federation is the highest governing body of powerlifting. I don't think we're missing anything without the label, as it only detracts from the topic. For example, there is no such label under the picture for Olympic Weightlifting.

The melodramatic fool (talk) 16:09, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Squat

Why was my edit on the squat reverted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.192.119.145 (talk) 20:39, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Condense rules of performance

I propose condensing the rules of performance for each of the lifts to give a brief description of the discipline and a link to one or more rulebooks (perhaps noting major differences across federations). The current text is sometimes inaccurate and at other times only applicable to some federations and not others. Specifically:

The squat rules describe descending "slightly below parallel." To my knowledge the word "parallel" is not used in any powerlifting rulebook to describe the standard for depth. The rules state that the top surface of the leg at the hip joint (crease of the hip) must be below the top of the knee. In any case this is enforced with variable strictness across federations. Further, not every federation has a "squat" command (e.g., SPF). Consequently, other rules pertaining to this command (e.g., lifter gets one "squat" command per attempt) may not apply.

The bench rules describe that "the position of the head is optional" and that the lifter may bench on their toes. Neither is permitted in IPF competition--the whole foot must be on the floor and the head must be on the bench throughout the lift. At high-level meets (e.g. USAPL Bench Press Nationals), the lifter may not enlist a personal hand-off spotter, but must use the same spotter for hand-offs as the other lifters. Reverse grip is not permitted in IPF. Some federations may allow thumbless grip, but not reverse grip, while others allow any grip style. It is not clear what "commencement signal" refers to--some federations (IPF) have a "start" command before descent, others do not.

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