Remember the Bruce Springsteen song, “57 Channels and Nothing On”? The world of Powerlifting is very similar. There are more fed’s in Powerlifting than in any other sport I can think off. Each one has their own rules, their own way of doing weigh in’s, even their own “World Championships”. It’s more than a little silly. And it’s one of the reasons I’m an Olympic weightlifter and not a powerlifter.
Olympic weightlifting has one federation, one world championships, one set of rules, and one Olympics. Simple. I like simple.
Here’s what it was like during WWII:
That’s what turned me off about powerlifting, too — that and the compression suits. This video gave me a good laugh.
Ya, Roy sent this video to me. Very funny. And as much as I love spandex, compression suits are ridiculous.