Exciting news from PurePowerlifting LLC!
Exciting news from
PurePowerlifting LLC! We're thrilled to announce that
we'll be
hosting two
events between August and December 2024 right here in
Scranton, Pennsylvania.
August 18th
– Summer Slam – Location: ANZ
Hotel Scranton, 300 Meadow Ave, Scranton, PA 18505
Here's what you can expect:
- Conveniently located at a hotel
offering a special room rate of $85.
- No parking expenses.
- Enjoy the hotel's amenities
including a pool and hot tub.
- Start your day right with a
complimentary continental breakfast.
But that's not all! We pride
ourselves on providing top-notch equipment and referees:
- Our competition rack will
feature Eleiko equipment, including the rack, bar, weights,
and weight trees.
- Our warm-up area will also boast
Eleiko racks.
- Count on the highest standard of
Powerlifting referees, including National and
International-level officials.
No qualifying totals required, and
each event is limited to 60 lifters.
Get ready to lift to your heart's
content and join us for some thrilling competitions!
Who is PurePowerlifting
Quick bits: Who is PurePowerlifting
Owner: Steve Mann (Age 47)
- Competitive Edge
- Competing since 1991
- Lifted in over 70 events
- Best Lifts Equipped: Squat 413 KG, Bench 320 KG, Deadlift 327.KG
- Best Lifts Raw: Squat 307.5, Bench 215 KG, Deadlift 302.5 KG (Only 3 Raw Competitions Lifted)
- Finished 7th place in the SHW at the 2022 World Games
- IPF Master's Worlds Best Lifter 2022
- Running the Show
- Meet directing since 1999
- Largest Event hosted 2015 USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals
- 1071 Lifters entered
- Run 3 days, 4 platforms, 16 warm-ups
- Run 3+ events a year
- Currently running Powerlifting America events
- Safesport certified
- Let's talk about my life
- Family
- I am a divorced father of 4 children. We are a balanced
family of 2 boys and 2 girls. My younger two children we
fostered for several years before we adopted them and made
them “official” Mann’s. I have shared custody. And
guess what, the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree, 3
of my 4 children also enjoy the sport of Powerlifting
- Professional Life:
- IT EDI Business Analyst for The Azek Company
You might know Steve, but not know.
- Steve was diagnosed with keratoconus
disease in both eyes since 2004. What does that mean,
well, he wears two contacts in each eye, yes 4 contacts!
- Steve is currently dating his 6th-grade sweetheart Denise, who
is the mother of 3 children, yes you counted that right. That's
7 TEENAGERS between the two of them!
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Powerlifting America & PurePowerlifting Q&A
Who we are
Powerlifting
America is the path to the International
Powerlifting Federation, which includes the largest
International Powerlifting Organization in the World.
My
name
is Steve Mann, I have been meet directing since 1998. I am a
lifter first and a meet director second. I love the sport and
try to bring that to the events I run. I recently joined
Powerlifting America as a director, as I believe in being the
best, you need to compete against the best. I never feel
winning money makes me better than others who out total
me.
I
lifted in the IPF starting back in 1996, for me it's not a
flashy LED that makes the sport awesome, it's going against
the Russians, Ukraine's and all the top-level teams that
compete at that level. Plus with traveling the World for
Powerlifting, you make friends and connections that stay with
you for life.
Myth:
Powerlifting
America
doesn't drug test.
False:
Powerlifting
America
drug
tests to WADA/USADA
standards.
Under
WADA
testing,
they select and run all the components of testing, believe me
as a director and a judge, I am sure happy to not watch people
I know pee into a cup anymore. :0)
To
say
Powerlifting
America drug testing isn't valid, is to say all the drug
testing done by the Olympics on their athletes isn't valid
testing either.
Doping
is
a
tricky topic that involves people trying to cheat the system, so
there is always going to be the exceptions or people who claim
to beat the test, but under current standards, I feel this
approach gives us the best chance to keep the sport clean and
the integrity of the testing consistent.
Our Events
Equipment:
Our
local
events
will be high level event. We offer Eleiko rack(s) and weights
on our PurePowerlifting operated event platforms. This event
we are taking 60 lifters. We will break them up over
two sessions.
The
Why
We
find
this
to be friendlier to the lifter and the spectators, where we
normally have just two, max three flights in a session, so you
won't that the long gap between events. Standard we do 10
minutes break between last squat and first bench and then
again after last bench and first deadlift. This is to help
give the lifters the time needed to warm-up and gives our
staff a quick break for natures business.
Weigh-Ins:
One
item
that
is a bit different, is the weigh-ins occur 2 hours before your
session. So if you are lifting in first session, you will
weigh-in between 7:00-8:30, when the event starts at 9 AM.
Same goes for the afternoon session. If session is scheduled
to start at 2 PM, weigh-in will begin at 12 and conclude at
1:30.
The
Why
We
do
this to not create an unfair advantage for a lifter who can
maybe get to the venue the night before and weigh-in early,
versus a lifter who just can't make it until the day of the
event. He's got a job, got a family, he wants to lift fairly
against his competition and not have to lift against a guy who
is 5+ pounds heavier because he weighed in the night before.
Plus it's likely cost effective for a lifter to only have to
get to the venue once, plus the necessity to getting a hotel
the night before is removed, as you can literally weigh-in up
until 8:30 the day of, so you can sleep in your own bed and
not have to take two trips to a venue that might not be near
your home.
Live
Scoring
and
Livestream:
Our
events
are
shown on liftingcast in a live scoring format, so everyone in
the room or at home can track on how you are doing and when
you are up next, while it's going on. So let's say you’re at
the venue, you can step out a few minutes to grab something
quick to eat, you will know exactly where the event is
pacing.
Our
events
are
also livestreamed on YouTube, with integrated lights and
scoring, so friends and family can track and watch your
lifting performance. This is a free stream.
Coach
Perks
If
you
are a coach bringing lifters and you have five athletes
entered in this event, you get free entry to the venue as
their coach.
Music
Perks
You
will
find
we aren't afraid to get the music going, I have a few dead
speakers that were claimed by loud music in deadlifts. Upon
entry in our event you will add 3 songs you would like added
to the event playlist, we aren't going to be able to DJ the
event, but your track will be added to the playlist for the
event. We will of course not be able to play something
completely inappropriate for the public, so clean version
would help.