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Powerlifting meet slated for GlenwoodDate: 18.05.2007
Posted by: Anabolic Info Team United States
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A first-time powerlifting competition on Colorado’s Western Slope is scheduled today in Glenwood Springs.
The Exclusive Athletic Club will hold a bench press meet, sanctioned by USA Powerlifting. The club is downstairs at Ramada Inn and Suites, 118 W. 6th St. The meet starts at 9 a.m. Admission is $8 per person or $25 per family.
Distinct from weightlifting, which consists of the snatch and the clean-and-jerk lifts, powerlifting comprises three lifts — the squat, the bench press and the deadlift. One or all three lifts can be included in competitions. The Glenwood Springs meet will be a single-lift, bench press competition.
Owner Kimberly Henrie said she and her husband, Randy, bought the club in September and asked members what events they would like to see.
“Bodybuilding and powerlifting competition were the two main suggestions,” Kimberly Henrie said. “We’ll start with a small event and hopefully build on it. It’s the first time a powerlifting competition has been held on the West Slope.”
Approximately 10 men and five women are expected to participate, she said, with several world-class competitors and record-holders.
The meet will be run by Dan Gaudreau, an International Powerlifting Federation referee and certified senior national coach, and his wife, Jennifer. Both have won championships, and Dan Gaudreau holds a world record.
The meet and all others sanctioned by USA Powerlifting are free of performance-enhancing drugs, Dan Gaudreau said.
“Powerlifting is for anyone between 14 and 80 years old,” he said. “You’ll find the average age is higher in this sport. I know a 60-year old guy who can lift over 400 pounds.”
Robb Grisham is the USA Powerlifting Colorado state chairman and will help oversee the meet.
“What we offer is a drug-tested venue,” he said. “If the meet has, say, 40 entries, we’ll (randomly) test (at least) four for all performance-enhancing drugs. We test a minimum of 10 percent of all competitors.”
“We hope this will help introduce a new sport to the area,” Henrie said. “It’s interesting and fun to watch these 300-pound guys bench press 500 or 600 pounds. There’s a lot of women that do it, too.”
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