Dork query: single-lift competitions?

Stripeness
Stripeness Posts: 511 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
This year I set my PR for bench press: 230 lbs. Since then, I've been on ~6wk cycle, backing down to 160, then back up again.

There were enough sincere compliments that I considered competing. It looked as if competitive levels were ~350 lbs. The other big discouraging factor was that powerlifting requires 3 lifts - and my knees/back are not going to be doing squats and deadlifts at anything approaching competitive levels. Not even with perfect form.

Do any of y'all know if there are competitive avenues for a single-lift specialist?

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Of course there are
  • Stripeness
    Stripeness Posts: 511 Member
    What are they called? Or is there a central organization to look under or something? I did a bit of googling, but obviously didn't do a good job of it :-/

    Apologies, but I'm from the world of swimming/tris originally, and am not really familiar with weightlifting sports.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    http://www.purepowerlifting.com/New/

    Google is your friend. Put in your state/region and ask for single lift events or, more pointedly, BP only comps
  • Stripeness
    Stripeness Posts: 511 Member
    Thank you very much! Apparently I didn't dig deep enough.

    Greatly appreciated :-)
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    No worries. Find an event and go kick some *kitten*

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