WPF Congress Meeting Agenda

why ban Under-Armor clothing ? am i missing something here?

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leave the five year increments alone some people age faster then others and it would not be a level playing feld for them. I do understand why you would want to do that and i happen to be one of the few that it would not effect. But thats one of the neat things about the USPF we try t keep it on a level playing feild for all.Thats just one of many things that makes our fed so great. I do like the idea of the start command at the press and then the rack command. Wish i could be their but i can't so i am hopeing that my little imput here will be herd at the meeting thanks. God luck to everyone at worlds be thinking of every one.

Under Armour shirts are no big deal, even the compression fit will not aid your lifts. It does make it easier to get your straps up, and would even be easier to see shoulders locked in the DL - so why ban what has no real effect on the lift lol. their Underwear however, should not be allowed, compression shorts being another layer of support when you look at that situation.

In a federation claiming to be single ply, groove briefs should be removed, and the compression underwear not allowed either.

As for allowing baby powder in the deadlift, that's overdue. Most feds do permit it, and it's helpful particularly when the meet venue gets a bit overheated and bars stick to the lifters. As long as lifters cooperate with keeping it under control and in designated areas, it's a good thing to have.

I own several UA shirts, they're no help to me in my lifting, just look nice and sleek under suits and singlets. Ok they're a bit of an ego boost too, make us seem more buff and like other normal athletes? unless they were looking to get a sponsorship fee out of UA, they should allow the shirts, but not permit the underwear.

I think the USPF is lucky to have a legit world affiliation again and better watch its stepp..not try to throw its weight around or risk being kicked out again...More likely that the USPF will be forced to comply with the current WPF rules.

I have already heard rumors that the USPF"s days in the WPF are short if they continue to rufuse to follow WPF rules. By the time many of us lift at worlds hopefully we are still in the WPF.

Is it not obvious to the USPF that the reason that have like 80% of the agenda proposals is because the rest of the affiliating countries are HAPPY.

Is it not obvious to the USPF that they can't have their own way all the time??

I like the WPF rules better than ares. Lets can ares and use theirs.

compression shorts perhaps could be argued to provide some modicum of support.

but what about underarmor underwear? I wear underarmor boxer-jocks. 75% polyester, 25% spandex. No more compression than wearing a pair of briefs or boxer briefs. They even make a pair that doesn't have legs, to conform to USPF rules.

Would those be banned as well? If they move to ban it based on materials then you're going to see a LOT of regular clothing banned as well, spandex is present in a LOT of materials, and a straight ban on "elasticized" material in underwear will eliminate a great deal of women's underclothes as a lot of women's panties have some elasticized material in them for stretch and comfort.

I have never did a USPF meet because it seems to me that they can't deside on one structure and stick with it!

I like WPF rules also

I wish all federations would go with 10 year age brackets.

Todd Robinson

I second the 10 year age brackets for competition but I like keeping 5 year age brackets for records. Maybe they can compromise and do that.

I think there should be no changes what so ever to the WPF rule book.

If I want rule changeing I will go back to IPF.

10 year splits.

I dont care,I just wan't to go on with the Worlds and have some fun. How ever the meeting turns out it will all be good in the end. WPF-WBC and it dose'nt get any better then that.

England did put in proposales, where are they ?is the uspf being funny,,

"One such proposal would bar the use of briefs with legs and only allow legless briefs. They argue that the federation is single ply and legged briefs make it double ply.

Another proposal to bring the rules in-line is to institute the start command on the bench press. That would give the WPF a start, press and rack command."

Both of these are good ideas. The start, press and rack command helps to do away with soft handoffs, bounce n' goes and partial lockouts.

And someone should never be allowed to wear the bottom half of a squat suit underneath a full squat suit in a single ply fed. That's one of the differences that gives the lifters some level of strength credibility over the multi ply only competitors.

Stay Strong,
Sean
HardcorePowerlifting.com

i think the main difference that gives the usapl/uspf some credibility is the strict judging

drug testing is for the birds though since there is no such thing as drug free, which is why uspf is better.

Why is it any less double ply to wear briefs with no legs? it is still patrial double.

And if there is a soft handoff, it should be red lighted, simple.

What is a soft hand off?