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Another long lost treasure...
I thought this book would never be found but here it is. A great foundational book about powerlifting. Everything you need to know about getting strong before the shirts and suits appeared on the scene. Great pics of a young Ed Coan as well.
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Chapters: Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Paralympic powerlifting has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since 1984. Weightlifting had been on the Paralympic program since 1964, however after the 1992 Games the IPC decided to drop weightlifting and hold powerlifting events only. Women first competed in the sport at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 67.5 75 kg 82.5 90 kg +90 kg 100 kg +100 kg 40 kg 44 kg 48 kg 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg 67.5 75 kg 82.5 kg +82.5 ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19926215 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Sommer-Paralympics 2008/powerlifting, Sommer-Paralympics 2004/powerlifting, Bankdrücken, Kreuzheben, Kniebeugen, International Powerlifting Federation, Österreichischer Verband Für Kraftdreikampf. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Other reasons this message may be displayed: ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 4512 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: It has been hypothesized that people would be able to improve their gross motor skills through enhanced sensitivity of their sensory perception. To test this hypothesis, volunteers were given tasks similar to those practiced by powerlifters. When visual clues were provided to participants regarding their attainment of the correct stance, their performance improved. However, when the visual stimuli are removed, their performance showed that they were dependent on the stimuli and integrated very little of the target skill.

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Title: Specificity of practice: the case of powerlifting.
Author: Luc Tremblay
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v69Issue: n3Page: p284(6)

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paralympic powerlifting is an adaptation of the sport of powerlifting for athletes with disabilities. The only discipline in Paralympic powerlifting is the bench press.The sport is governed by the International Paralympic Committee and is open to anyone with a minimum level of disability who can extend their arms within 20° of full extension during a lift. Powerlifting has been competed at the Summer Paralympics since 1984.World records in Paralympic powerlifting are ratified by the International Paralympic Committee. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 56 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 67.5 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 60 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 82.5 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 48 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 52 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 75 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 100 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's +100 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 67.5 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 90 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 48 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 52 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 82.5 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's +82.5 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 56 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 44 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 40 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 60 Kg, Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Women's 75 Kg. Excerpt:Powerlifting - Men's +100 kg at the XIII Paralympic Games item «2004: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The men's +100 kg powerlifting event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was contested on 16 September at the Beihang University Gymnasium in Beijing , China . This event was the heaviest of the men's powerlifting weight classes, allowing competitors with over 100 kilograms (220.5 lb) of body mass. As with all Paralympic powerlifting events, lifters competed in the bench press . Each athlete was allowed three attempts to bench press as much weight as possible. Athletes at... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on March 1, 2000. The length of the article is 427 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Motives of Male Athletes With Lower Limb Paralysis for Participating in the Organized Sport of Powerlifting.(Brief Article)
Publication: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: 71Issue: 1Page: A-110

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ubaldina Valoyes Cuesta (born July 6, 1982 in Quidbo, Chocó) is a female weightlifter from Colombia. She won a gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games for her native South American country. Valoyes twice represented Colombia at the Summer Olympics: in 2004 and 2008. Powerlifting is a strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. Powerlifting resembles the sport of olympic weightlifting (which is actually a test of power as opposed to powerlifting which is a test of 'limit strength'), as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. It evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same 3 attempt format but using a wide variety of events akin to Strongman events. Eventually odd lifts became standardized to the three events (squat, bench, deadlift) and became known as powerlifting. ... Read more

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In this introduction to powerlifting, there are illustrated details of the three competition lifts as well as advice about assistance exercises, safety principles and training plans for novices, advanced lifters and instructors. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 1992. The length of the article is 804 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Powerlifting. (Demonstration Sports) (The 1991 ISSOG: Special Olympics International)
Author: Michael Paciorek
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1992
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v8Issue: n2Page: p29(2)

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Chapters: Multipole Expansion. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Powerlifting is a strength sport, consisting of three events: the bench press, the squat, and the deadlift. Powerlifting resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting (which is actually a test of power as opposed to powerlifting which is a test of 'limit strength'), as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. It evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same 3 attempt format but using a wide variety of events akin to Strongman events. Eventually odd lifts became standardized to the three events (squat, bench, deadlift) and became known as powerlifting. Powerlifting meets take place across the world but mostly in the United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Powerlifting has been a Paralympic sport since 1984 and under the International Powerlifting Federation, is also a World Games sport. In powerlifting there are certain weight classes and age categories which are as follows; Weight classes: Men: 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg, 90kg, 100kg, 110kg, 125kg, 125kg + Women: 44kg, 48kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 67.5kg, 75kg, 82.5kg, 90kg, 90kg + Age categories This depends on the federation generally but averages are as follows: 15-19, 20-23, open (any age) masters 40+ The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) uses the following age categories: sub-junior (18 and under), junior (19-23), open (24-39), masters 1 (40-49), master 2 (50-59), masters 3 (60-69), and masters 4 (70+). Age category is dependent on the year of the participant's birth. For example, if the participant turns 18 years old in January, he or she is still considered a sub-junior until the end of that calendar year. A powerlifting competition takes place as follows: Each competito...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=64223 ... Read more

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The good (?) old days.
The book is well written and I enjoyed it when I bought it back in the 80's.I re-read it a few years ago and threw it away.I sort of wish I hadn't.

If you're interested in how things were done years ago you might want to read this book but remember, there are reasons things are no longer done the way this book describes.

One thing that stuck in my mind was the tremendous amounts of meats that many of the lifters ate.No need for steroids back then when you're consuming all of that steroid packed red meat.

If you look at this from an historical perspective it's a great book to have.It has lots of good pictures of the old time greats.Don't base your beginning powerlifting career on the information in this book.

OKAY FOR YESTERDAY
MOSTLY YESTERDAY'S NEWS AND OUT OF DATE. IT DOES HAVE PHOTOS OF PAST CHAMPS WHICH IS COOL. OKAY FOR A SELF APPOINTED HISTORY GOOF.

an excellent introduction to the sport of powerlifting
I first read this book in 1979, and it helped me realize that there was more to lifting weights than trying to build a buffed bod. Powerlifting was fairly new back then, but the icons Todd profiles and their trainingroutines are still as relevent as ever.

powerlifting greats and the routines that made them such
An excellent series of biographies on some of the greats of the sport by Terry Todd, a former competitor. Includes features on some of the world's greatest squaters, bench pressers, and deadlifters, ie: Mike MacDonald,Larry Pacifico, Doug Young, etc. A true classic!!! ... Read more

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Powerliftings Mr. Nice Guy!
John Kuc was without a doubt one of the greatest powerlifters of all time. This guy had the uncanny ability to train down from the 242 lb class and compete in a local bodybuilding contest then beef up to over 300 lbs and break powerlifting records. I believe Kuc was the first man to officially squat 900 lbs and he did it without the super suits, super belts and wraps of this era or the bed sheets, cut off jeans, tennis balls behind the knees and five pairs of ace bandages of the 70's.


Kuc was at his best at 242 lbs. Big, muscular with herculean power. He could pull those big deadlifts and squat world record poundages in a full squat. That's right. John went all the way down into a full squat while everybodyelse was lucky to break parallel.

Kuc started off as bodybuilder, or at least he used bodybuilding training to create the foundation for his power base.

I remember seeing John backstage at a contest once. He asked his training partner to put some liniment on his lower back. When John pulled his lifting suit straps, lifted his shirt up, and bent over, his erector muscles were so thick that it appeared as though you could put several apples between them!

At 242 lbs this guy had abs! Even at 290 lbs, the guy was impressive and muscular. He would do situps with a 100 lbs plate. He claimed it helped his deadlift. I didn't disagree. He held the world records simultaneusly in the 242 and superheavyweight classes. A

So what can you learn from JOHN KUC? Probably how to powerlift the right way and how to create a foundation that will both help you break personal records and avoid injury. As far as I know, Kuc never suffered a major injury. And all he wore was a 1/4 inch belt and no wraps at all. I wonder what records John would have set if he had the equipment that the guys have today? 1200 lb squats and 1000 lb deadlifts certaintly wouldhave been set 30 years ago. And even though the bench press was John's weakest lift, he certaintly would have made 700 with the new super shirts. But never mind because even if they were around, John never would have wore them. He was a stickler for quality and honest gains.

And as the title of this review indicates, John Kuc was powerliftings Mr. Nice Guy. Never had a bad word to say about anybody and always was encouraging everyone in the gym to reach new levels of achievement. He was quiet to the point of being shy but his passion for the sport came out whenever someone was going for even a personal record.

And John if you read this, why not come back and compete in the masters division or even the open division. With your Godgiven natural genetics, raw power and intense desire and determnination you could easily rule the powerlifting world once again. I understand that York BBC is once again running AAU/IPF National and World Powerlifting events right in York, Pa. That is not far from your neck of the woods, John.

Great book by a great man. Thanks John, we needed this! And John, I hope you are doing well.

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104 page magazine for weightlifters! This issue features Rob Luyando and Ryan Kennelly on the cover, tips to squat 1000 lbs., rack work, rage & violence, a profile of Bob Benedix, tricep work, medical advice, nutrition, starter tips, powerlifting rankings, and much more! ... Read more