Subject: Re: KevinAlvy's Training Log Sun Apr 07, 2013 6:53 pm
Tng Bench Warmups 330x4 missed 5th 300x8
Narow Incline Warmups 235 2x6
Pec Flyes 6x10
Single Arm Pressdown 4x10
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Subject: Re: KevinAlvy's Training Log Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:35 am
Going for a pre-meet missed-rep-streak PR, I see.
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Subject: Re: KevinAlvy's Training Log Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:37 am
KevinAlvy wrote:
Box Jump National Championships
Also, I hate to tell you this, but your USAPL membership has been revoked for competing in a non-sanctioned national-level competition. See Article 19.4, 3rd Byline, Amendment XVII.
Also, I hate to tell you this, but your USAPL membership has been revoked for competing in a non-sanctioned national-level competition. See Article 19.4, 3rd Byline, Amendment XVII.
My honest, candid thoughts on them: I like the USAPL, as I like the IPF, for the fact that they're a purported drug-free fed that actually tests their lifters, and they keep a high standard. Sometimes, I think the standard is suspiciously high; I watched Alexander Kang get redlighted from the head ref for all three deadlifts at his last meet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys4K_rqwc6o), and though I can sort of see the first call, the tape is a non-issue, and "accidentally pressing the red light" is NEVER a good reason for redlighting someone. If you do that, fix it and make a clarification to the lifter.
Then, you've also got meets like this, sanctioned by the USAPL:
And you've got the whole Becky Rich fiasco (www.usapltransparency.com)
Overall though, USAPL has some really big and really well-run meets. You just have to make sure you choose the right meets. Meet directors matter just as much--if not more so--than the federations. There are some good USAPL meet directors and meets, and there are some really shitty ones. Don't buy completely into any fed's reputation--good or bad--before looking at the meet director and the prior judging.
I am well aware of Rice's, Rich's, and APT's experiences of the the USAPL and heard plenty of others. I've never competed in the USAPL, but that's definitely where I see myself. High lift standards, better drug testing, and their affiliation to the IPF all appeal to me.
Their exclusivity requirements are pretty goofy, but it might help with cutting down the 9000 world records we have in powerlifting
The USAPL is a good choice, particularly if you have plans on sticking to their larger meets, which seem to always be very well run and quite competitive. The exclusivity requirements are admittedly not entirely their doing (that requirement is given from the IPF to all its affiliates) but are, frankly, the biggest deterrent for me ever competing there. If I were to compete in USAPL, it would be a short stay, simply because they bar their members from doing so any other "international" competition (which is interpreted however the IPF wishes to interpret it at the moment).
The IPF gets away with this because they're so big, and because their world championship is the most prestigious in the world. I do not care who wins a single "world championship" beyond IPF Worlds and IPF Raw Worlds; to me, it's the only "world title" that really matters.
The good thing about an exclusivity clause is that you get all your lifters to continue to compete in-house, but the bad news is that powerlifting stays a fragmented sport. The IPF and, to a lesser extent, the USAPL are both big fragments, so their big meets are still very competitive. But you've got other feds (like NASA, though NASA isn't as draconian) who try to do the same and just end up ostracizing the entire sport in the process. NASA has been good to me, but I also would like to have the chance to do other meets outside of NASA in my lifetime, even if it upsets them.
Powerlifting really just needs its billionaire to host a yearly invitational with free travel and lodging and sizeable cash payouts. If you had the financing, the lifters would all be willing to travel to compete. Unfortunately, that's never happening.
The USAPL is a good choice, particularly if you have plans on sticking to their larger meets, which seem to always be very well run and quite competitive. The exclusivity requirements are admittedly not entirely their doing (that requirement is given from the IPF to all its affiliates) but are, frankly, the biggest deterrent for me ever competing there. If I were to compete in USAPL, it would be a short stay, simply because they bar their members from doing so any other "international" competition (which is interpreted however the IPF wishes to interpret it at the moment).
The IPF gets away with this because they're so big, and because their world championship is the most prestigious in the world. I do not care who wins a single "world championship" beyond IPF Worlds and IPF Raw Worlds; to me, it's the only "world title" that really matters.
The good thing about an exclusivity clause is that you get all your lifters to continue to compete in-house, but the bad news is that powerlifting stays a fragmented sport. The IPF and, to a lesser extent, the USAPL are both big fragments, so their big meets are still very competitive. But you've got other feds (like NASA, though NASA isn't as draconian) who try to do the same and just end up ostracizing the entire sport in the process. NASA has been good to me, but I also would like to have the chance to do other meets outside of NASA in my lifetime, even if it upsets them.
Powerlifting really just needs its billionaire to host a yearly invitational with free travel and lodging and sizeable cash payouts. If you had the financing, the lifters would all be willing to travel to compete. Unfortunately, that's never happening.
I guess I don't know yet for sure if I'd be a lifer in the usapl, but someday I want to start making a run at their raw worlds. Seems like it would be a fun experience, could make a vacation out of it too
I guess I don't know yet for sure if I'd be a lifer in the usapl, but someday I want to start making a run at their raw worlds. Seems like it would be a fun experience, could make a vacation out of it too
Yeah, the Raw Worlds is pretty cool; the competition there is pretty good, and the weight classes are sometimes very deep. USAPL's national championships are pretty good. For big raw meets, RUM has had some great rosters; the American Cup at the LA Fit Expo is another good one. I know the APF Europa always draws some good competition too. The 100% RAW meet that Dan Green broke the 220 world record in last year was also stocked with good lifters. Usually, the big meets with cash payouts attract the most talent; USAPL always gives out a nice chunk of change at the Arnold. Plus, if you compete in USAPL, then you have a chance of competing at the Arnold, which is cool.
Front Squat Warmups 285x4 300x4 315x4 330x4 - losing rack position 300x4
GHR 17,17,18,18
Chest Supported Row Warmups 3x20 2pps
Superset Facepulls 2x Cable Abs 2x
Cont Superset Cable Shrugs 2x Cable Biceps 2x
Notes: boring
KKeough wrote:
Yeah, the Raw Worlds is pretty cool; the competition there is pretty good, and the weight classes are sometimes very deep. USAPL's national championships are pretty good. For big raw meets, RUM has had some great rosters; the American Cup at the LA Fit Expo is another good one. I know the APF Europa always draws some good competition too. The 100% RAW meet that Dan Green broke the 220 world record in last year was also stocked with good lifters. Usually, the big meets with cash payouts attract the most talent; USAPL always gives out a nice chunk of change at the Arnold. Plus, if you compete in USAPL, then you have a chance of competing at the Arnold, which is cool.
I just checked out the Arnold http://arnold.usapowerlifting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Arnold-Criteria.pdf
Looks like you just need to compete at nationals and get a pretty low wilks. Interested
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Subject: Re: KevinAlvy's Training Log Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:34 am
KevinAlvy wrote:
KKeough wrote:
Yeah, the Raw Worlds is pretty cool; the competition there is pretty good, and the weight classes are sometimes very deep. USAPL's national championships are pretty good. For big raw meets, RUM has had some great rosters; the American Cup at the LA Fit Expo is another good one. I know the APF Europa always draws some good competition too. The 100% RAW meet that Dan Green broke the 220 world record in last year was also stocked with good lifters. Usually, the big meets with cash payouts attract the most talent; USAPL always gives out a nice chunk of change at the Arnold. Plus, if you compete in USAPL, then you have a chance of competing at the Arnold, which is cool.
I just checked out the Arnold http://arnold.usapowerlifting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Arnold-Criteria.pdf
Looks like you just need to compete at nationals and get a pretty low wilks. Interested
IN.
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Subject: Re: KevinAlvy's Training Log Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:47 am
Broceidon wrote:
Dats a lot of dem der GHRs
trying to up the volume on dem
Nathan Poage wrote:
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Need to do usapl meet to qualify for raw nationals, fuuuuuuu
Subject: Re: KevinAlvy's Training Log 
Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:52 pm
