I understand that USAWL bans damn near everything- AAS, ephedrine, food (well maybe not, but damn near). Are there any options for those who are interested in competing in WLing in the US outside of this organization? Kind of like how there are tested and non-tested feds in powerlifting and bodybuilding.
i doubt it…
for OL? No. There is the USAW and thats it. Its standarized unlike PL and bodybuilding.
And its not totally drug free. Its an even playing field, everyone is on stuff, its just who is dumb enough to get caught.
Well that sucks. I respect others’ decisions to remain drug-free and their right to maintain a theoretically drug-free competetive league and I would not feel comfortable cheating. What a pity that while powerlifting organizations are fractious to a fault, that weightlifting lacks the same kind of variety.
I think the ideal weightlifting org would be non-tested and would still have the press event. Between all the gripes folks have with powerlifting today and the olympian stodgeyness of weightlifting, I guess it’s little wonder why strongman is becoming so popular.
Geez, that sucks. At least you have the option of going to non-tested orgs in PLing.
Kudos on opting out of competing in a tested league if you’re using or planning on using, though.
A lot of other lifters don’t have that integrity.
yeah for real…i’m really glad to see that someone out there has the morals to not use steroids and compete in a “natural” competition…so many people out there would still compete…i’ve got no problem with the juice…only people who use it to compete in non-juiced stuff…
and IMO the reason they don’t have untested weight lifting is b/c its an olympic event…theoretically its all people who would one day like to get to the olympics…which is obviously a tested organization…
While I personally think that the Olympics is the biggest nothing ever- I understand why you would want to compete in the Games and would therefore want a federation that mimics the circumstances of the Olympics. But the cold truth is that there are a lot of guys out there that are not Olympic material and never will be. In fact, almost nobody is Olympic material.
[quote]agr117 wrote:
yeah for real…i’m really glad to see that someone out there has the morals to not use steroids and compete in a “natural” competition…so many people out there would still compete…i’ve got no problem with the juice…only people who use it to compete in non-juiced stuff…
and IMO the reason they don’t have untested weight lifting is b/c its an olympic event…theoretically its all people who would one day like to get to the olympics…which is obviously a tested organization…[/quote]
yeah i definately agree with you
[quote]Pinto wrote:
While I personally think that the Olympics is the biggest nothing ever- I understand why you would want to compete in the Games and would therefore want a federation that mimics the circumstances of the Olympics. But the cold truth is that there are a lot of guys out there that are not Olympic material and never will be. In fact, almost nobody is Olympic material.
agr117 wrote:
yeah for real…i’m really glad to see that someone out there has the morals to not use steroids and compete in a “natural” competition…so many people out there would still compete…i’ve got no problem with the juice…only people who use it to compete in non-juiced stuff…
and IMO the reason they don’t have untested weight lifting is b/c its an olympic event…theoretically its all people who would one day like to get to the olympics…which is obviously a tested organization…
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Indeed.
In England a while ago say some 30-40yrs ago there was an other competiting federation against the official (BWLA) one and the other federation fell apart.
If your any good you get tested and they are busting people.
Did you guys no 10 of the 11 Iranian National squad lifters were busted 2 or 3yrs ago? And theit team banned from the Worlds that year? Sure Iran was slacking in their testing bu WADA busted them for that.
Koing