APF Women’s Intro to Powerlifting Meet
February 18, 2023 @ 2XL Powerlifting in Lombard, IL
Description: This event is part seminar, and part sanctioned powerlifting meet. It is designed for a new female lifter to powerlifting whom has not competed in a meet, or has only competed in 1-2 meets prior. 2XL Owners Eric Stone (CSCS) and Jackie Stone will cover everything an aspiring or beginning powerlifter needs to know to compete in a sanctioned powerlifting competition. Eric and Jackie have a combined 30+ years of competitive powerlifting experience, and both are WPC International Referees. Eric is the APF Illinois State Chairman, and has directed over 50 powerlifting meets over 15 years. Jackie had co-directed many of those powerlifting meets with Eric, has directed the women’s-only Women’s EmPOWERment Meet for the past 3 years, and has competed in over 20 meets over the past 15 years. They will cover both the technique and strategy of a competing in a powerlifting meet as well as the logisitics and rules of a sanctioned contest.
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They will start by explaining day-of logsitics of a powerlifting meet, including weigh-ins, scheduling of flights, warm-ups, attempt selection and the flow of a typical meet. The rules, commands, and technique of the squat, bench and deadlift will be explained in a straight forward fashion.
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From there, each participant will warm-up and go through how to work some of the competition equipment like a monolift. Then, being a sanctioned event, each lifter will take (3) official attempts on each lift, but in a more informal environment than a larger, faster-paced competition. APF/WPC-certified referees will give feedback to the lifters on the both on following the rules through the lifts as well as technique/form of each lift.
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The lifting will take place on 2XL’s competition quality equipment used in many area APF meets (monolift squat racks, competition benches, competition bars, calibrated kilogram plates). Thus, lifters will have a chance to practice on some of the equipment they may not usually have access.
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This event will be fully sanctioned by the American Powerlifting Federation (APF). All lifters must become APF members and must have a one-peice lifting suit for all lifts.
- Friday 2/17 @ 10:00 a.m.
- Friday 2/17 @ 5:00 p.m.
- Saturday 2/18 @ 7:00 a.m.
Cap: The event is capped at 35 lifters. Due to the nature of the event, we cannot allow any lifters beyond that cap.
***SPECIAL NOTE*** Individuals can sign up for both the APF Women’s Intro to Powerlifting Meet as well as the Women’s Powerlifting Training Camp at the same time and receive a FREE APF t-shirt with your registration.
Instructions for Online Registration:
- Go to the link below, and click “SIGN UP” below one of the APF Women’s Intro to Powerlifting event
- If you have not used our system before, you will need to create an account.
- MAKE SURE to check to “Join our mailing list” when you create your account as otherwise you will not receive the confirmation email described below (Don’t worry, we will not send you lots of spam emails–you can opt out of our Constant Contact list later if you choose).
- After creating an account, select the package that best represents what you would like to enter at the following link:
- After submitting payment, you should receive an email confirmation–that email will include a link to submit additional registration information.
- If you do not recieve that email, first try checking your junk mail–if you still do not receive it, email Eric Stone and he can resend the link.
- NO REFUNDS