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Current Meets
August 17-22, 2010: Powerlifting/Weightlifting weekend + THE SECOND GATHERING, TOFFE'S GYM, VAASA, FINLAND (sign-up open until August 13th, 10pm GMT)
Upcoming meets
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
June 22-27th, 2010: Bench press
April 23-25th, 2010: Powerlifting
April 2-4th, 2010: Weightlifting
March 19-21st, 2010: Military bench
February 12-14th, 2010: Deadlift
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
30 held meets, 238 lifter sign-ups.
125 unique lifters (34 women, 91 men) representing 17 countries.
1435 submitted attempts (58% 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 (40.3% failed)
[failed] 50.1%
no depth 33.2%
bad attire 7.3%
contact 3.1%
no upright lock 2.1%
double bouncing 2.1%
stepping 1.6%
bar too low 0.3%
bar roll 0.3%
Bench press (53.7% failed)
[failed] 45.1%
insufficient pause 22.7%
bad attire 9.9%
failure to lockout 8.5%
position changed 5.9%
downward movement 3.4%
contact 1.5%
uneven lockout 1.5%
heaving 1.1%
cannot judge 0.4%
feet touch bench 0.1%
Military bench press (39.1% failed)
[failed] 48.2%
insufficient pause 37.5%
bad attire 7.1%
downward movement 5.4%
failure to lockout 1.8%
Deadlift (30% failed)
[failed] 65.9%
no pause 10.8%
thigh support 7.8%
bad attire 5.3%
downward movement 4%
bad equipment 2.3%
bar dropped 2.3%
stepping 1%
attempt weight lowered 0.8%
Clean and jerk (37.9% failed)
[failed] 54.8%
pressing 29.8%
bad attire 8.7%
uneven lockout 3.8%
pausing 1.9%
no pause 1%
Snatch (42.2% failed)
[failed] 63.5%
pressing 15.7%
bad attire 7.8%
pausing 7%
uneven lockout 5.2%
platform contact 0.9%
