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of course I would agree with someone named Jimmy

Posted By: jray
Date: Thursday, 18 May 2006, at 6:44 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Gary, Look at the DVD of... (Regina Hackney)

"No, I don't have to. When I see the bar dip, I redlight it. Period, no ifs, buts or ands. When the bar goes down even a small amount when the bar is ascending, I redlight the lift."

Regina, are you saying that the bar must stay parallel to the floor all the way from the chest to lockout? Are you saying that, at no time may the bar be raised unevenly, prior to lockout?

(From the IPF rulebook: "The lifter must then return the bar to arms length with no excessive / immoderate uneven extension of the arms, both arms locking out simultaneously / together.")

So, halfway up, 'moderately' uneven extension is allowed. Now, back to Jimmy's pencil:

1/3 the way up, the bar is parallel; through the sticking point, his right arm is a bit stronger, so moderately unextension starts. At some point, the bar was parallel. At the next moment, the right end of the bar went higher than the left. Because the bar is rigid, the left END went DOWN.

If you're focusing on the END of the bar, you redlight in error. You should focus on (as Jimmy stated) where the left hand holds the bar - during moderately uneven extension, that should not dip.

When the left arm catches up, just before lockout, the right END will appear to dip - but not where the right hand holds the bar. Then, with 1 final even push, a lockout and white light glory, IPF-style.

How'd I do, Jimmy?
Regina, now do you understand what Jimmy was trying to tell ya?

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