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Old 05-06-2008, 10:25 AM   #8 (permalink)
Simon C
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Well the community is so small, I know this as I compiled the Powerlifting Australia Rankings this year(I pretty much can recognise the name of any lifter), I didn't count the competitors, but theres definitely under 200, probably around 100-150.

So everybody knows everybody, especially all the top guys know who everyone is. There is a doping violation maybe once every couple years only. There is one guy that we think might be using now though, he's added an insane amount to his total in less than a year.

So all the top guys(not many of them again) know eachother, and the shitty weak lifters probably aren't using(it would be funny), and even if they are well it doesn't seem to matter haha

And with the drug testing, well random out of competition testing is good actually, because even though doped lifters can pass drug tests and win world championships, these lifters wouldn't pass the test every single day of the year, only on select says when they know they could/will b tested. So random out of competition testing does end up doing some good.
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Best Lifts in IPF competition:
@ 81.10kg BW
Squat: 205kg
Bench: 120kg
Deadlift: 215kg

Goal: 213.5kg/143.5kg/241kg total 598kg @ 82.5kg in a 2008 PL meet!
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