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PLU Records
Record Rules, Regulations and Reporting
- All Records will be registered by the Official Records Chair of Powerlifting United Questions concerning records can be directed to the records chair at admin@powerliftingunited.com
- PLU recognizes the following records:
- National:
- National records can only be set at national competitions or higher.
- State:
- Breaking or setting State records can take place at any level of contest sanctioned by PLU and in full compliance with the rules of the Federation.
- Records may only be set for the state that the lifter resides in regardless of the state of which the competition is held. A lifter may not attempt records for another state that is not their primary residence.
- The records that can be set during PLU Competitions are:
- Full Power Total
- Squat, Bench Press
- Deadlift in Full Power
- Bench Press Only & Deadlift Only
- Push-pull Total
- Push-pull Bench Press
- Push-pull Deadlift
- National:
- New PLURecords are only valid if they exceed the previous record by at least 0.5 kg (500g).
- In the case of an absence of a record; a number is set by the Records Chair of the PLU. Only an athlete who exceeds the preset becomes the record holder.
- All records are registered by division, age, weight class and sex.
- Record attempts can be made during any attempt. The lifter must announce to the head table at the time the attempt is given that it is a record attempt. The attempt with the heaviest successful weight will be recognized as the new record.
- Records are approved even if there is only one participant competing in said category.
- if the athlete wants to set the record in single movement, he or she must pay another entry fee to enter into that division before the start of the competition.
- Athletes can only set records in the division (or divisions) in which they are entered. This includes non tested and drug tested divisions.
- In order for records to be valid, completion of the lifters chosen event is required. Ex: If you set a state record in the squat (full power), and then do not successfully complete a deadlift or bench (“bomb out”) that record is no longer applicable.
- IMMEDIATELY upon successful completion of a new record the Lifter is required to be “gear checked” in terms of clothing and equipment by the Chief Referee ON THE PLATFORM. The “gear check” should be performed immediately after the attempt and before the athlete leaves the platform. Once the “gear check” is completed the Referee will turn and raise the hand of the Lifter.
- In the case where two athletes exceeded the existing record in separate lifts or in the full power total by lifting the same weight, the record will be awarded to the athlete with the lower body weight. If both athletes during weighing in procedure were recorded with the same bodyweight, the athlete who was the first to beat the existing record will be the new record holder.
- Records may also be allowed by age category crossovers. Junior can set a record as Junior and in the Open age class, athletes from Open class can only set a record in Open age class, Masters can break/set records in Masters as well as in Open provided the athlete signed up for and is confirmed as a cross over.
- Officials are responsible to provide a strict 7-day-deadline of meet results to the appropriate office of PLU. The results will be posted into the records database. Once the record has been recorded, a Certificate of Exceptional Performance will be issued to the lifter and/or meet director within 14 days of the records chair receiving the data.
- If a meet director fails to provide the record results in a timely manner, the lifter may petition to have the record entered and recorded with a formal records request, barring gear check at weigh in and on platform have been performed. See appendix A for petition form.