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    CAPO 2014 aussie champs clips

    you wouldn't have got any red lights for that deadlift in PA. I'm amazed you got banned. No idea what the CAPO rulebook says, but all you need in IPF is for your hands to stay on the bar all the way down. It's a comp, why waste energy lowering the bar slowly. The only exception would be for...
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    Robert Wilkes Capo

    Why are you being such a wanker about this spartacus. if you don't like PA join GPC PA is growing GPC is growing both are well managed and cater for different populations. There's room for both to continue growing without slagging off the other or trying to stir political crap
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    Adipowers or Romaleos 2?

    I have the Red Adidas weightlifting shoes, plus the cheap Adidas Powerlift shoes There is a huge difference between them. The red ones are very well built, super stable and durable, the powerlift ones are made for crossfitters with short attention spans, made for a price point, spongy sole...
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    Muscle Motion Commercial Flat Bench vs Force USA Commercial Flat Bench

    I've used both and own the Force USA commercial bench. After a mixup when someone else packed my car after a comp while I was writing certificates I ended up with the muscle motion bench for a couple of weeks till I was able to swap it back. I found it too low, and more squishy pad than the...
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    10-15mm rubber gym flooring cut to size in Perth?

    I got all mine from Bunnings. 1mx1m. $30 each Depending on the store they are either in the playground section or the flooring section, some bunnings don't carry them. Morley and Midland had plenty. If you want to be able to move it easily one piece would be very heavy ( and expensive ) I...
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    Advice on Oly lifting set-up / storing equip. outdoors - rust?

    I had all my gear stored under a pergola for a couple of years Bar was a Texas power bar with the black coating on the bar, collars and sleeves on the bar rusted pretty quickly, but it's not damaging rust. Wipe down with WD40 occasionally is all you need. Most squat stands will get a slight...
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    Force USA Power rack 'narrower' upgrade kits

    Thanks for the measurements My current ones are all 113cm wide, 3cm difference isn't quite enough for me
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    Pro-Power equipment.

    Sticky, your website states only open to PTC members. I have a WA guy wanting to lift in an IPF comp I'm running in October, do you have Inzer belts and Wrist wraps in stock? If so what are your contact details and I'll pass them on. thanks Paul
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    Show us your Home Gym

    another vote for the Iron edge jack. MUCH easier than putting a small plate under, speeds up deadlift day to allow more time lifting and less time loading
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    Force USA Power rack 'narrower' upgrade kits

    I wouldn't mind the 3 month wait, but there's no way I'm ordering without exact dimensions, I already had Force-usa replace 3 of the parts with narrower versions when I get the rack, but it's still too wide and the annoyance factor on squats is enough for me to consider selling the thing for...
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    Force USA Power rack 'narrower' upgrade kits

    Littlebloke,, Have these arrived yet? Do you have the measurments for the commercial kits? I'm looking to replace my ForceUSA rack with an Ironedge or maybe Rogue rack if the new parts don't reduce the width.
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    Rumble Roller

    The black one is worth the dollars, I don't even use my blue one any more. I only use it on back and rarely legs
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    Burley Hawk

    As long as judging is consistent within your chosen fed from country to country it's fine. IPF has some countries slighlty harder than others ( I'd consider Australia in the middle, NZ is tougher ) but no easy countries GPC from what little I've seen seems roughly consistent with what's...
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    BENT AFTER 2 MONTHS! Force USA Commercial Grade Olympic Power Bar (1500lb)

    The Texas is a good bar, Pendlay is no good for powerlifting as no centre knurling, and the rings are at olympic spacing. Plus the knurling is pretty fine. Troy is an American distributor, the bars are all made by capps. The Texas bar I bought from Gymandfitness was sent from the Australian...
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    Buying new Bumper Plates

    The ABC plates are pretty bouncy. I haven't really done any oly lifts with the Ironedge ones If you can afford them I consider the ABC's better than the Ironedge, and they are certainly the most durable, and the weight is very accurate
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    Buying new Bumper Plates

    I have both the IE premium and the ABC plates at home. I bought the ABC plates when the only options in Australia were Eleiko, ABC, and Buffalo. While the ABC plates are excellent, and will take an absolute hammering, the price is pretty hard to justify for home use. ( as an example of the...
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    Burley Hawk

    sorry it's impossible to tell depth from that video, too far away and too dark. Even full screen I can't see the points needed
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    Burley Hawk

    Show me an example on video of a Australian IPF squat that was denied because it was red-lighted for depth and I'll show you exactly where the depth is for the rules The IPF rule is not crease of the hip, it's top surface of the leg at the hip below the top of the kneecap.
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    Buying a quality barbell

    hard to tell as the picture is small but the bar doesn't look like it has centre knurling. You'd want to actually pickup and feel that bar before spending the money Very little of the black oxide coating on my texas bar has worn off, except for a mark ont he non knurled area that i scratched.
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    Buying a quality barbell

    This is the endplate of my Troy texas bar The master distributor is Fitness warehouse who run Force USA, mine ordered from Gymandfitness was sent from the brisbane warehouse of FW
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