But they are sticking to AAS.
Any way, GPC is he biggest Aussie fed now in terms of membership.
You can't state this as fact Spartacus given that you (and anyone else outside of PA) has no idea of the membership numbers. I've been told its around 1000, as there are many members who do not compete.
You can't state this as fact Spartacus given that you (and anyone else outside of PA) has no idea of the membership numbers. I've been told its around 1000, as there are many members who do not compete.
Don't know, but I do know a lot of IPF lifters still like taking gear given the high number of lifters being caught.
What I like about GPC is that they make it easy for people to just give it a go. The most popular sports in Australia all do this. You have social soccer teams and so on. When you're just starting in a sport, you don't know if you want to dedicate years of your life to it. PA requires you be a member, wear the official gear which you have to buy from the USA, make yourself available for drug testing, and so on. That's a big investment just to do your first ever competition squat of 100kg. The people who organise GPC also organise novice meets, just show up in shirt and shorts and lift.
Imagine if you had to join the IAAF just to run in a high school meet, or sign up with the VFL just to play kick-to-kick.
This is the reason GPC has grown a lot. It also has a lot of churn, a lot of people join for a year, lift once or twice and then are never seen again. But that's okay - they were able to give it a go.
Similar issues apply with weightlifting, which is why last year we had 462 people compete even though there are 842 accredited coaches.
What I like about GPC is that they make it easy for people to just give it a go. The most popular sports in Australia all do this. You have social soccer teams and so on. When you're just starting in a sport, you don't know if you want to dedicate years of your life to it. PA requires you be a member, wear the official gear which you have to buy from the USA, make yourself available for drug testing, and so on. That's a big investment just to do your first ever competition squat of 100kg. The people who organise GPC also organise novice meets, just show up in shirt and shorts and lift.
Imagine if you had to join the IAAF just to run in a high school meet, or sign up with the VFL just to play kick-to-kick.
This is the reason GPC has grown a lot. It also has a lot of churn, a lot of people join for a year, lift once or twice and then are never seen again. But that's okay - they were able to give it a go.
Similar issues apply with weightlifting, which is why last year we had 462 people compete even though there are 842 accredited coaches.
Curried egg just splattered al over my phone
How does it compare to soccer or football? Don't they have to buy gear to compete?
Not only that, but the drug-testing. Those who have never taken nor would ever contemplate taking drugs, and who are newbies to the sport, will think it's all a bullshit waste of their time. I have to let some guy from ASADA interrupt my Sunday night dinner, go to the toilet with me and watch my penis while I urinate so I can prove my 100kg bench was not tainted by drugs? Seriously? That's how the newbie thinks.I do agree with this statement - I'd still rather lift in a drug tested fed (and the 'official' one), but it is painful to have to get the right gear, become a member of PA etc to compete even once
WoodyAllen said:How does it compare to soccer or football? Don't they have to buy gear to compete? Same with other sports, from water volleyball to basketball. Pretty sure you would have to join any team in order to compete. Not just rock up in your grungies and hope for the best.
WoodyAllen said:I'm pretty sure that if a few gyms got together for an informal comp, that would not prevent the same people from competing in an "official" PA comp.
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