USSF with Jordan Stanton S17Ep4 - The Competition Series

<p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Jordan Stanton, the President of the United States Strengthlifting Federation (USSF) joins Matt & Scott to discuss the differences between USSF & other federations.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">3 things stand out with USSF: weigh-outs vs weigh-ins, press not bench press, and no judging commands. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Immediately following your third deadlift attempt, you are escorted by someone of the same-sex to a private room where they take your weight. You are not allowed to use the bathroom until after the weight is recorded. This prevents huge weight drops (Jordan discuss dropping nearly 50 pounds for one of his meets), both making the meets safer and shorter.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">USSF primarily involves the press, not the bench press. The USSF now has instituted bench press competitions with rules that do not require commands, but the press is the USSF’s bread and butter.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Lastly, and also a huge deal, is that the USSF does not have the judges give commands. Clear rules are posted and the lifters are expected to understand the rules, but the judges judge the lifts. This prevents the judges from affecting the performance of a lift with bad commands. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Some of the other details are that the attempts are in kilograms and go up in 1 kilogram increments and you get 3 attempts per lift. You can take a second attempt at the same weight, but you cannot decrease the weight once you’ve set the weight.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">The USSF, also, has many online competitions. This allows greater competition, cheaper entry, and also prevents some travel and gathering concerns with COVID.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">So, if you’re looking for a meet to organize your training, sign up for a USSF meet, whether it be in person or online.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">GET STARTED with