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Current Meets
February 12-14th, 2010: Deadlift (sign-up open until Monday, February 8th at 10:00 GMT)
Upcoming meets
March 19-21st, 2010: Military bench
April 2-4th, 2010: Weightlifting (the first team meet!)
April 23-25th, 2010: Powerlifting
May 21-23rd, 2010: Kettlebell challenge (more detail to follow)
June 25-27th, 2010: Bench press
August 20-22, 2010: Powerlifting/Weightlifting weekend + THE SECOND GATHERING, TOFFE'S GYM, VAASA, FINLAND
September 17-19th, 2010: Military bench for reps
October 15-17th, 2010: Challenge meet 2010 (more detail to follow)
November 5-7th, 2010: Powerlifting
November 26-28th, 2010: Weightlifting
December 10-12th, 2010: Bench press
Held Meets
December 4-6th, 2009: Bench press
November 13-15th, 2009: Powerlifting
October 23-25th, 2009: Weightlifting
September 18-20th, 2009: Challenge meet
August, 14-16th, 2009: Military Bench for Reps
July 10-12th, 2009: Powerlifting (2009 Gathering)
June 26-28th, 2009: Weightlifting
May 15-17th, 2009: Deadlift
April 24-26th, 2009: Bench press
April 10-12th, 2009: Weightlifting
March 13-15nd, 2009: Powerlifting
February 20-22nd, 2009: Military bench
February 6-8th, 2009: Weightlifting
January 23-25th, 2009: Push-pull
December 5-7th, 2008: Powerlifting
November 7-9th, 2008: Military Bench Press
October 3-5th, 2008: Weightlifting
September 5-7th, 2008: Deadlift
July 25-27th, 2008: Powerlifting
May 16-18th, 2008: Bench Press
May 16-18th, 2008: Military Bench Press
March 7-9th, 2008: Powerlifting
November 23-25th, 2007: Military Bench Press
September 7-9th, 2007: Powerlifting
February 9-11th, 2007: International Bloggers' Powerlifting Meet
General meet statistics
25 held meets, 212 lifter sign-ups.
112 unique lifters (32 women, 80 men) representing 16 countries.
1343 submitted attempts (57.6% passed).
Faults given for failed lifts
Shows the total percentage of failed lifts and how the calls were distributed for those lifts.
[failed] are lifts for which no technical fault was given (i.e. obvious failures to lift the bar).
Squat (40.5% failed)
[failed] 49.3%
no depth 33.7%
bad attire 7.4%
contact 3.2%
no upright lock 2.1%
double bouncing 2.1%
stepping 1.6%
bar too low 0.3%
bar roll 0.3%
Bench press (55.4% failed)
[failed] 44.3%
insufficient pause 22.8%
bad attire 10.2%
failure to lockout 8.7%
position changed 6%
downward movement 3.5%
contact 1.5%
uneven lockout 1.5%
heaving 0.9%
cannot judge 0.4%
feet touch bench 0.1%
Military bench press (33.3% failed)
[failed] 44.7%
insufficient pause 34.2%
bad attire 10.5%
downward movement 7.9%
failure to lockout 2.6%
Deadlift (30.3% failed)
[failed] 65.6%
no pause 11.7%
thigh support 8.4%
bad attire 5.7%
downward movement 4.3%
bar dropped 2.4%
stepping 1.1%
attempt weight lowered 0.8%
Clean and jerk (35.8% failed)
[failed] 48.9%
pressing 33.7%
bad attire 9.8%
uneven lockout 4.3%
pausing 2.2%
no pause 1.1%
Snatch (41.7% failed)
[failed] 62.3%
pressing 15.1%
bad attire 8.5%
pausing 7.5%
uneven lockout 5.7%
platform contact 0.9%
