Frequently Asked Question's

No.  There are no qualifying totals required for this meet.  

Check the Meet Schedule in Event Information section.  Lifters should arrive for check-in 2.5 hours prior to start of lifting. 

Only one coach per lifter allowed in lifter warmup area.  Coach's pass is $20 at the door. Purchase here

• General Admission $15 - Purchase online tickets here or CASH at the door.

• Once you are checked in you will receive a bracelet.  If you leave and want to re-enter, your bracelet is your ticket.  

• Tickets are good for the entire event.

Doors open for Spectators at TBD

If you enter this event, you may be selected to be drug tested.  Lifters are notified by the Drug Testing Officer (DCO) at completion of lifting.  If you have completed all your attempts and want to leave prior to the awards ceremony, you must check in with the meet director to make sure you have not been selected for drug testing.  This includes if you have weighed in and decided not to lift, injured yourself during the competition and withdraw or bomb, you are still in the drug testing pool.

Failure to be available when called for drug testing will be considered a doping failure.

Medications prescribed by your doctor may be considered a prohibited substance.  You must check all your medications.  If the medication is prohibited, it may be allowed by receiving a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE).

• Check your medications here: GlobalDRO

• TUE Application

• Anti-Doping Information

Please check out the USA Powerlifting's Anti-Doping page to find more resources.

Please review the USA Powerlifting Rulebook to be informed.

New Rules as of 6/20/22

1. Only belt requirement is it must be no wider than 10cm

2. The head is no longer required to stay in contact with the bench. 

A good place to start is with the Lifter's Handbook.  

All competitors must wear 

• one piece lifting suit or a wrestling singlet

• shoes 

• T-Shirt

• knee high socks for deadlifting 

Please review the USA Powerlifting Rulebook for appropriate lifting attire.  Your equipment must meet the rulebook specifications.  

Weigh-ins are conducted in a private room with a USA Powerlifting State Referee.  The most you can wear on the scale is your underwear. 

Weigh-ins are conducted by 'Lot Numbers.'  A lot number is a randomly assigned number to each athlete, within each session.

When it is time for your weigh-ins, be there when it starts.  The Referee will call you in order of your assigned Lot Number, NOT by when you show up.  If you are not present when you are called, you will go to the back of the weigh-in order.

For more information, please refer to the Rulebook.

YES - American records can only be set at State level meets or higher.

You CAN set STATE records.   These will will automatically be credited once results are uploaded into the results database.

Per page 22 of the USA Powerlifting Rulebook

• **Commodity sportswear brand examples include Nike, Adidas, Reebok, Asics, Champion

• *All club and affiliate gym logos are subject to approval including variations of such logos

• 1.3 The logos or emblems of commodity sportswear brands** not on the “Approved List of IPF Equipment Manufacturers” nor on the addendum of approved logos or emblems established by this rule “Sponsor’s Logos,” may be worn only on t-shirts, shoes, or socks, where the logo or emblem is printed or embroidered and is no more than 5 cm x 2 cm in size (note: manufacturer logos/emblems on shoes are exempted from the 5 cm x 2 cm requirement and may be any size). A lifter may use masking tape generally consistent in color with the item of personal equipment/apparel it is applied to in order to obscure a non-approved logo or emblem so as to render the item in conformity with the rules.

• 1.2 Apparel may bear the logo or emblem of: 

  • Lifter or coach’s nation

  • Lifter or coach’s name

  • Current event or any previous USA Powerlifting

  • USA Powerlifting

  • USA Powerlifting Corporate Sponsors

  • IPF Approved equipment manufacturers

  • Lifter or coach’s registered USA Powerlifting club name or logo*

  • Lifter or coach’s registered USA Powerlifting affiliate gym*

  • Official High School and Collegiate logos

  • United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves branch logos

• 1.1 Apparel may be plain, i.e. of a single/multi-color fabric with no logos or emblems.

• Policy is effective October 6, 2019 by Executive Committee decision.

• If you have an unapproved logo, you can cover it with similar colored tape. You will not be allowed to display the logo on the platform.

  • Approved Clubs & Training Center Logos

  • USA Powerlifting Sponsors 

Please see our Lifter Briefing videos in "Lifter's Corner" section of this website.

We have three referees judging your lift.  Two side referees and the Chief referee.  Each referee will judge your lift according to the rules.  A white light is good lift, red light is failed lift.  You must get at least two white lights for the lift to pass.

Yes.  However, we ask that if you don't think you will make your weight class please let us know as soon as possible.  Changing your weight class may put you in a different flight, or even a different session. 

Please use the Athlete Change Form to register a new weight class or to withdraw.

YES!  - This is a State level meet and we have enough National referees, so American records can set.  Please let us know if you intend to attempt a new American Record

You CAN set STATE records.   These will will automatically be credited once results are uploaded into the results database.

You need your rack heights before you weigh-in.  

We are using an ER Rack for competition.  These are standard so measuring on any ER Rack will be the same. 

Raw/Unequipped lifting is defined in USA Powerlifting competition as using only the following gear and accessories as previously described above:

• Non-supportive singlet (REQUIRED)

• T-shirt (REQUIRED for squat and bench, not deadlift) - ONLY CREW NECK - no V-neck or Scoop neck

• Underwear (REQUIRED) - NO Compression types

• Socks - Knee High REQUIRED for deadlift 

• Shoes (REQUIRED) - Close toe athletic shoes, NO "toe" shoes

• Belt

• Wrist wraps

• Single-ply neoprene knee sleeves without attaching and/or tightening mechanisms like Velcro, clips, or straps

Equipped Lifters wear single-ply squat suits, bench shirts, and deadlift suits.  Wondering if you are equipped or raw, then you are NOT equipped lifter lol.