Powerlifting became for many, if not all of life, its significant part.It is a world filled with triumph and tragedy, happiness and alienation, overwork and luck.This is the world that gives a person the chance to test their physical, test their moral and spiritual strength, to know yourself as a person.
Glance sport
Powerlifting (power lifting) is a relatively young sport, known since he was only a little more than 30 years.It owes its name the English word «power» - "strength, power" and «lift» - "lift".The pioneers of this sport are the Americans, and in the former USSR on powerlifting learned only in 1989, when for the first time in Moscow were the athletes from the United States and the United Kingdom with the exponential program.Official World Cup have started in 1972 and the European championships - since 1980. Every year the sport is gaining popularity, what can testify to the growth of the number of countries participating in the international competitions.It is worth noting that not only men are actively involved in powerlifting, but women do well in it.
Today, the sport is completely independent.Below is a table of specifications Powerlifting about assigning titles and categories, both for men and for women.Powerlifting includes such exercises: squats on his shoulders, bench press, deadlift.All the efforts of the athletes selected to activate the major muscle groups.These exercises are quite universal and, therefore, are used in other sports.During training, we significantly strengthen our health, immunity, increases vitality.
Powerlifting: standards for men
In 2014, introduced new classification standards for the approval of sports titles.Below is a table of men's powerlifting standards approved by the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation on September 6 2013.
Elite = & gt;MSIC;Master = & gt;MS;Class I = & gt;CCM.
As you can see, for each weight category there is a great differentiation in the regulations in order to achieve the title of International Master of Sports, MS and CCM Powerlifting.Standards are performed by athletes in various competitions, and for each subsequent discharge of competition must be of the highest level.Assigning titles MSIC maybe 17 years, MS - 16 years, other sports categories - from 10 years.
Powerlifting: standards for women
Conclusion
too high and rigid standards of classification may deter athletes cause outflows in other sports, or even cause complete cessation of employment.However, the relatively low specifications devalue the title that leads to the "overproduction" of masters in this sport like powerlifting.
Standards always take into account a number of factors.A feature of powerlifting is that athletes compete in different weight categories, so the calculation occurs in two planes.Firstly, it should adhere to the requirements concerning the logical-proportional increase of the classes (categories), and secondly, the same pattern must occur for weight categories.
Note that, the analysis shows that to date the separation of athletes to the existing weight categories has no scientific basis.They themselves have been automatically transferred from weightlifting more than 40 years ago.To determine the methods for calculating standards always take the following indicators:
- Protocols last World Cup competition.
- Table of World Records.
- Wilks coefficients.
- USC (Unified Sports Classification), Russia and other countries.
- Classification International Powerlifting Federation (IPF).
Every few years in this sport as weightlifting, standards constantly vary slightly, which is justified by the different achievements of athletes in certain periods.
