{"id":200,"date":"2015-04-26T22:19:23","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T06:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomcstrength.com\/lift\/?p=200"},"modified":"2015-04-27T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T22:23:38","slug":"details-for-2015-oakland-strengthlifting-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomcstrength.com\/lift\/competitions\/details-for-2015-oakland-strengthlifting-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Details for 2015 Oakland Strengthlifting Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TRex<\/a><\/p>\n

The 2015 Oakland Strengthlifting Meet will take place on Sunday, May 3rd at CrossFit Oakland’s Emeryville location<\/a> and some details would be of use. Firstly, the anticipated schedule is shown below:<\/p>\n

07:30\u00a0\u2013 Doors Open
\n08:00\u00a0\u2013 Weigh In Commences by Lot Number<\/a>
\n09:15\u00a0\u2013 Rules Briefing
\n09:30 \u2013 Warm ups begin, Judges and Spotters Meeting
\n10:00 \u2013 Lifting commences
\n12:00 \u2013 Yep, still lifting
\n15:00 \u2013 Probably getting closer to done
\n16:00 \u2013 Probable awards ceremony<\/p>\n

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As linked above, weigh-in order will be determined by lot number, which was assigned based upon when you registered for the meet. Lot numbers can be found here:<\/p>\n

2015 Oakland Strengthlifting Meet Lot Numbers<\/a><\/p>\n

When you register at the door, you will get an attempt card and your t-shirt. Upon weigh-in, you will provide the official with your attempt card along with the opening attempts for the squat, press, and deadlift. Assuming that weigh-ins will take about a minute or a little more per person, you can roughly guess when you will be called. If you miss your weigh-in slot, you will need to go to the back of the line.\u00a0 If you need to potentially get naked to make weight, we will have a sex-appropriate official on hand to allow for that. While waiting to be weighed in, you can determine your rack heights for the squat and press.<\/p>\n

Please read the rules in their entirety<\/a>. I know that no one likes to read the rules, but these rules are actually fun and exciting. Trust me.<\/p>\n

This meet requires that you wear a singlet. I do this to make you suffer.<\/em> An unintended benefit is that the judges can easily see whether you are squatting to depth and whether your joints are in extension at appropriate times in the lifts.<\/p>\n

You need to have a t-shirt on for both the squat and the press. T-shirts need to worn underneath your singlet. Fortunately, if you don’t own any t-shirts, we will be providing you one at the meet. It even has a dinosaur on it.<\/em> For the deadlift, you do not need a tshirt.<\/p>\n

Long socks are required for the deadlift. They must fully cover the calf to immediately below the knee. Soccer, baseball, rugby, etc… socks all fit the bill.\u00a0 We will not let you deadlift if your shins are not covered. This is for the protection of the other lifters as well as for your shins.<\/p>\n

Shoes of some sort are required for all of the lifts. Deadlift slippers qualify as shoes, but you cannot just lift in your socks. All deadlifts will need to be pulled from a conventional stance with the legs inside the arms.<\/p>\n

We have some cool prizes for the winners. As with last meet, the best male and female winner walk away with a stuffed Tyrannosaurus Rex.<\/p>\n

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Hi there. I might not look like it, but about 65 million years ago, I was THE apex predator on land.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Heavyweight, lightweight, and masters winners get smaller stuffed Triceratops.\u00a0 They are pretty cool, too.<\/p>\n

Best female and male lifters will be determined via the Wilks equation. Same for best heavy, light, and masters lifters. Weight class winners will be determined via total within the weight class and will be announced at the meet. Unfortunately, the only prize for winning your weight class is pride. You won’t necessarily get to take home any dinos, unless you also win your division. Hey, if everyone gets a dino, then no one may as well get a dino.<\/p>\n

The competition will take place using a men’s York B&R bar<\/a>. This is a 29mm bare steel bar that has a center knurl in addition to the knurl on the sides. No special squat or deadlift bars will be used.<\/p>\n

Spectators are welcome and admittance for them is free of charge.<\/p>\n

Lastly, bring food and a bottle for water. The meet will not be catered, nor will there be food for sale. There are some restaurants\u00a0 and the Berkeley Bowl grocery store within about two or three blocks north of the gym, so you have plenty of options for food. None of them, unfortunately, are in the building. CrossFit Oakland has water for you, but will likely not have any cups, so bring something in which to hold and drink water. The map below shows the gym along with places to obtain sustenance.<\/p>\n