So I decided to finally do my first meet in September i’m about to register online with RPS it’s a full power meet and i’m entering in the raw classic. Since I have never been to a meet the weighing in is making me nervous. I use to wrestle so it’s not that I can’t cut weight or anything like that it’s just that I know how scales can be so different.
I’m wondering is there a universal scale or if I get on a scale for lets say 198 and i’m 199.5 do I get a chance to come back and weight in again? Do you do it fully clothed? Or are we in our underwear like in wrestling sometimes naked if you really are close. I mean should I come in a lot under? I just am curious how the weighing in process works in a powerlifting meet.
I’m currently around 205-210 so I could go 198 but i’m so unsure that maybe 220 is safe? If I register as 198 and I am too heavy do I just go up to 220 or do I not get to compete?
anyway please if some experience people could help me answer some of these questions
The key questions
If you’re too heavy do you get to come back in a certain amount time and weigh in again
how are the scales?
do we have to be fully clothed when weighing in?
if you’re too heavy can you just complete a weight class up or are you disqualified?
Id recommend just lifting where the weight cut wont be an issue for the first one. For instance if you walk around at 215, just go 220 for this one. If you are closer and still wanna cut, you might want to give yourself a little room. I remember from wrestling scales that were certified regularly still ran a good half pound variance from my schools to the next. Depending on your federation the scales may not be regulated at all.
Can’t say, Ive never lifted in that fed. My guess is you have until the weigh-in period is over, but I don’t know.
See above.
If you are that close, I don’t see any reason they wont let you strip down, or even just take your word for it. However, Ive done one meet where the scale was 10 feet inside the entrance for everyone to see. I had no problem goin down to underwear anyways, I look really good for a chubby powerlifter.
Again, not sure with that fed, but it seems really unreasonable to be DQ’d for weigh ins. Id bet you just get bumped up a class.
To your questions, i’ll answer from my experience with IPF and some unsanctioned meets I’ve done
You can re-weight within the weight-ins time frame (1-2 hours).
IPF uses regulated scales with very low margin of error, the kind which number never fully stop moving, they just stabilize around a number. In the unsanctioned meets i’ve attended they used a regular scale like the one you could have in your bathroom at home.
IPF: you strip down to your undies (i guess they check they’re IPF-legal in that moment hehe). Unsanctioned: it was outdoors so people mostly took their shoes off and that’s it (we are talking summer so not much clothes anyway)
You just compete in whatever class you fall and that’s all. The only exception i know of is in some invitationals (like arnold classic europe) where you get an invite for a particular weight class and not making weight can get you DQ’ed
Anyway my (beginner) advice is to not worry about that in your first meet(s) , just train hard and lift to the best of your ability that day no matter what you do it will be a PR, and a base to work from. There are a ton of things that will get you out of your confort zone that day, i wouldn’t add being energy depleted due to a weight cut.
Just my 2 cents…
I can only speak for IPF affiliates. If you don’t make weight, you have up to 30 minutes before lifting starts to re-try. There aren’t any limits for how many times you can reweigh but it typically works around other people weighing in. Most IPF affiliate meets use scales that are well calibrated and accurate. I’ve weighed in down to my underwear but have weighed in women completely naked. Weigh in rooms should be private and allow for buck naked weigh ins. Most of the men I know, take it all off.
Unless it’s a world championship, you should be able to compete in the higher weight class if you don’t make your proposed weight. In our open meets and provincial/national championships choosing a weight class is just to assist the meet director in planning.
1)The RPS meet I went to had two weigh-ins. 24 hour weigh-in and 2 hour weigh in. You are allowed to re-weigh if you are over your weight class limit, but if you do the 2 hour weigh-in you are limited on time to do so.
2)You will be weighed with a special scale that you will most likely not have. It’s a metal plate with a cord that lines up to a digital display.
You may weigh-in with as many clothes as you want or none at all.
If you miss the 198 weight limit, you may lift in the 220 weight class. Only way to get disqualified from a meet is either you get drug tested positive, bomb out, disrespect or distract other lifters/judges/audience.
Gene Rychlak or whoever is your meet director will probably email you the location of the 24 hour weigh-in if it isn’t at the meet place itself.
Since it’s your first meet, I would advise you to just go in and lift. Being in a meet is stressful enough, added that this is your first. If you do decide to cut, then do the 24 hour weigh-in. It’ll allow you to eat and rehydrate back up without any worry of throwing up or feeling nauseous. Have fun
Thanks I appreciate the help guys now I decided to just enter as 198 I still haven’t gotten any emails or anything about where and when to weigh in. I haven’t gotten responses to my emails so I might just call in soon. Anyway I’m also curious how you guys have cut weight. I have wrestled before, but I assume dehydration isn’t the best method? I weighed myself yesterday and I’m around 210 I could cut water, but I’m not sure how that will effect me if I have 24hours I could rehydrate well
I think you are not fully clothed when you are using scale for measurement. Because you may see variation in measurement when you are wearing different Cloths. And it will also help to get accurate measurement.
I think you are not fully clothed when you are using scale for measurement. Because you may see variation in measurement when you are wearing different scale. And it will also help to get the accurate measurement.
[quote]jdoisjohnny wrote:
Thanks I appreciate the help guys now I decided to just enter as 198 I still haven’t gotten any emails or anything about where and when to weigh in. I haven’t gotten responses to my emails so I might just call in soon. Anyway I’m also curious how you guys have cut weight. I have wrestled before, but I assume dehydration isn’t the best method? I weighed myself yesterday and I’m around 210 I could cut water, but I’m not sure how that will effect me if I have 24hours I could rehydrate well[/quote]
IF its your first meet, and it is 7 months from now like you say, just try to lift and get stronger. Sure, ideally you want to be in the upper part of the category rather than the lower, but if you are at 210, build up and go in around 217 or so. That would be easy to do between now and then.
Also, if its your first meet, just enjoy the experience, unless you are planning to set some records or something. Trying to “make weight” can make you weaker and then give you a frustrating experience.
Personally I have cut between 1-3 lbs for the last 5 meets. That is an easy number. But after a meet March 1st, I am actually going to bulk for the USAPL Bench Nationals because rather than having to cut to 67.5kg, I would have to make 66kg, an international weight class, and I figure with that much time (comparable to you) I would rather add 5-7 lbs than cut 5-7 lbs.
[quote]cparker wrote:
Just from my personal experience weighing in at USAPL and 100% raw meets I would weigh 242 exactly on my scale and about 241 on theirs every time. [/quote]
That may be true, but my scales weigh me about a half pound under whatever USAPL and NASA weighs me.