USPF Division ll Multi-ply coming to Regionals 11/1

Submitted by Courtney Stanley on August 27, 2008 - 6:52am.

Meet director Matt McCase announces that there will be a USPF/GPC Division II Bench Press event held in conjunction with the USPF Regionals in Parkersburg, West Virginia on November 1st. This will be the first dual Multi-ply/Single-ply event held in the U.S. since the GPC Affiliation was announced.

Stay tuned to the USPF Forums and "Upcoming Meets" page for further developments.

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Submitted by Aaron Gibes on August 27, 2008 - 7:53pm. » quote

Nobody has anything to say? This sounds very interesting.

Submitted by Si Faulks on August 27, 2008 - 8:34pm. » quote

Sounds great,let's see if open back shirts are adopted by then ?

Through passion,I gain strength.

Submitted by Bo (not verified) on August 28, 2008 - 12:38am. » quote

The GPC does not allow open back shirts at this time. Why is it so important to have an open back shirt? Why not just get some stretchy material and close the back up?

If its important to you then send a proposal to the GPC rep in your area to have it changed at their next GPC World meeting which is coming up in September some time.

Submitted by Si Faulks on August 28, 2008 - 4:43am. » quote

keep up,it has been proposed.

Through passion,I gain strength.

Submitted by Matt mcCase (not verified) on August 29, 2008 - 8:18am. » quote

I am pleased to announce that at all of my upcoming event I wil be adding a double ply GPC division on the bench press then in months to come a seperate division for squats using the monolift and double ply gear. I hope people take advantage of this, I stand strong that the USPF will still uphold its integrity. The rules will stay the same paused benches below parallel squats. I truly believe this is what people want a little more gear but factual real lifting so were giving it to you.

Submitted by grissinger (not verified) on August 31, 2008 - 12:33pm. » quote

I must have missed something. Did the members vote on this or was it a unilateral decision? I can't speak for what all people want but what I want is what the USPF has offered over the decades. Good luck with this venture. I think this is going to push second tier lifters, like myself, to other meets. I think the USPF has been a good home for us; Those who are not Elite lifters but still can put up better then average numbers. I debated on shelling out the duckies for me and my son to do this meet and one other USPF meet this year. Instead I will now do the IPA Nationals in York and the AAU Worlds in Laughlin. I just realized this was posted 2 days ago so I guess I am late to the discussion but I would like to hear what othe USPF members think. Am I way off base?