Many weightlifters often come across phrases such as “APWC and WPC guidelines.” Due to the insufficient amount of information, the meanings of the abbreviations, as well as the standards themselves, remain a mystery to them. After reading this article, you will learn:
- What are AWPC and WPC regulations?
- what is their fundamental difference;
- Get AWPC data.
What is AWPC and WPC
In connection with the popularity of powerlifting, which in our time is becoming more and more, new federations of this sport appear. Hundreds of athletes flock to such associations, because such organizations, on the one hand, hold powerlifting competitions, and on the other hand, they allow to receive a rank. What are AWPC and WPC?
WPC (World Powerlifting Congress) is a powerlifters organization founded in 1986 by Ernie Franz. This is an international non-profit congress that unites more than 30 countries under its auspices. Largely thanks to this organization, powerlifting is becoming increasingly popular as a sport around the world. WPC performs the following functions:
- establishes the rules for conducting powerlifting competitions;
- establishes standards through which athletes can receive a discharge;
- creates conditions for the development of powerlifting;
- organizes and conducts events for the sport in question.
AWPC (Amateur World Powerlifting Congress) is an offshoot from the WPC professional league, which is characterized by softer regulations and strict doping control when conducting powerlifting competitions. Another unofficial name for AWPC is The Straight League. This organization is called so because competitors achieve their sporting results without using chemicals to build muscle and enhance the physiological characteristics of the body.
Powerlifters are considered honorary affiliation with one or the other organization.
The difference between AWPC and WPC
As you already understood from the text above, the main differences between AWPC and WPC are the presence in one of the organizations of doping control and different “rigidity” of standards. That is, a novice weightlifting athlete can hardly achieve any significant results if he gets to the WPC competitions, because only professional powerlifters participate in them, who have been involved in this sport for many years, and often do not deny themselves various kinds of chemistry.
With AWPC competitions, things are different. AWPC Standards are available to reach the athlete who has been engaged in powerlifting for 2-3 years and has the ability to this sport. As a rule, it is at AWPC competitions that powerlifters-lovers get their first categories, such as a candidate for master of sports, master of sports, and so on.
To summarize the block that describes the differences between WPC and AWPC, here are a few key points:
1. AWPC is a league that is an offshoot of the WPC, or, in other words, is part of it.
2. If we talk about competitive levels, the WPC is designed for professionals in powerlifting, and AWPC - for masters in this sport.
3. AWPC is the “League of Straights", which does not allow people who use doping to participate in the competitive process, which cannot be said about WPC, where it is possible to play under the influence of chemicals.
4. AWPC regulations are softer than in WPC. This makes the amateur league more successful in terms of getting ranks.
AWPC Standards
We proceed directly to the numbers. The APWC discharge guidelines can be classified in three ways:
1. By type of exercise that the athlete performs:
- Deadlift.
- Bench press.
- Squats.
2. By the way the athlete is equipped:
- In equipment (single-layer equipment, multi-layer equipment).
- Without equipment.
3. The difference in discharge standards for men and women.
Below are three sub-items, under each of which are detailed tables with standards for each type of exercise performed. The weight category of the athlete is indicated on the left side of each table.
Squats
So what are the AWPC guidelines? Squats are one of the three basic powerlifting exercises. Under the equipment in this case refers to bandages for the hands and knees, as well as the belt.
Standards for sportsmen without equipment are as follows:
If multilayer equipment is used, then you need to navigate these values:
If the sportsman competes in single-layer equipment, then the standards are as follows:
AWPC Standards: Deadlift
Equipment for this basic exercise: belt, special suit, knee bandages.
So, without equipment, you should focus on the following standards:
When competing in equipment, the numbers increase slightly:
Bench press
We continue to review AWPC guidelines. The bench press provides such equipment: wrist bandages and a shirt (shirt).
Here are the guidelines for this exercise if you don’t use equipment:
Multilayer equipment implies an increase in parameters:
When competing in single-layer equipment, the numbers are also slightly different:
The information in the tables periodically changes. The article provides the latest data that was approved in 2012.