The Day Before

Before meet day you will need to weigh-in. Arrive at the meet venue/designated weigh-in location between the designated windows. Usually 9am-11am or 5pm-7pm. (Most lifters will opt for the earlier time). Bring anything you plan to wear while lifting, you will need them.

You will be given a lifter card with your name, fill it out with your details and proceed to the weigh-in area. This includes your rack heights, a volunteer will aid you in determining and properly recording the rack heights you will do your squat and bench attempts from. Make sure you suit up as if you were about to lift to ensure your heights are correct. If you don’t have time to get your rack heights, arrive early on meet day and we’ll try yo help you.

To weigh in you will stand on a scale inside of a privacy tent, you may undress as much as you like inside the tent and a meet volunteer will record your weight, you’re completed lifter card will stay with us and we will use it during the meet.

Go home, rest, recharge, relax and be ready for the next day.

Meet Day

Doors will open 90 minutes before the meet begins, in this time you can check in, check flights and prepare to warm up. Before the meet begins a judge will explain the rules in the rules meeting in the warm up area. New lifters are strongly encouraged to attend and listen closely.

At the designated start time the national anthem will play and lifting will begin immediately after.

Before the meet lifters will be informed of their flights. Flights are the group of around 10-12 lifters you will lift in line with. You will stay with this group throughout the meet, as long as you are lifting in the same events. Make a mental note of who’s in your flight, it will help you know when you should start warming up. Lifters will lift in order of lightest attempts to heaviest. All lifters in the flight will take one attempt at their opening weights, after the last lifter in the flight has attempted their opener second attempts will start, and after third attempts. After each attempt proceed to the scoring table where you will be allowed to select your next attempt weight. You may increase your next attempt by at least 2.5kg. Once an attempt is made you may NOT lower the weight whether you succeed of miss the lift.

At the conclusion of the flight, the other flights will take the platform in order until all lifters have completed their attempts.

After all lifters have finished their three attempts, there will be a brief intermission before proceeding to the next movement

4th attempts are only permitted at National and World Level Meets