Signed up for the Oakland meet. Excited to meet some of you!
Quick question about the rules on squat- the third step reads:
The illustrating picture shows a rear-view low-bar rack position on the posterior deltoids. Is this rule supposed to be regarding the anterior delts, or posterior, as the picture implies?Code:3) The bar must not be more than 1 inch below the top of the anterior deltoids. The bar must be held horizontally across the back with both hands gripping the bar shaft. This position, once fixed, cannot change during the attempt.
Although I admittedly have not seen this in real life, I could imagine that, in a large male with highly developed anterior deltoids, and a standing start position with the back quite vertical (as with someone with a long torso), that a stable low bar position may have the bottom of the bar resting more than an inch below the top of the anterior delts. Regardless, I understand that the spirit of the rule is to summarily outlaw squats where the bar is halfway down your back, and to dissuade taking an unstable or injurious rack position.
Typo. Should say POSTERIOR deltoids.
Pulled the trigger. My first meet, too. See you in Toronto.
Don't wait until you think your lifts aren't "pathetic" to start competing. For one, this is a rare opportunity to compete in a better event than you'll often have the chance to enter. Further, you'll have a much better time if you actually lift at the meet, you might surprise yourself with what you can actually do, and you will definitely gain valuable experience for the future. The potential for regret is far higher if you don't compete than if you do.
Just go lift and have some fun. I'm training around an injured Subscapularis Muscle and old knees. I hope to be able to squat again between now and the meet, so my squat is going to be quite a bit short of spectacular. I'll probably end up being the big old guy with a 135 squat. But, I can still go overhead without pain and my deadlift has not suffered. So I will have the bases covered as far as being the epitome of pathetic.
Showing up to lift will be the best form of support. So, as they say, just do it and have a good time.