Topic: Modern Weightlifting Classification Chart?

[Matt Erdman]

Does anyone know of anything like this? The old one (10 weight classes) is in the Weightlifting Encyclopedia, but I can't find anything current.

[Shaun Le Conte]

What I would do is look at the old standards, covert them to golden standard, sinclair or comparative units (Soviet standard) and then determine what the new standards would be in the new weight classes with your chosen method of evaluation.

I have done something similar with height and weight charts, except that I used linear interpolation.

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

That is a great way to do it, but remember that the Sinclair formula is only valid for 4 year periods so make sure you use the right one if you go that route.

[Matt Erdman]

My issue is that the chart was set up in 1988 for the Soviet Union, when some incredible totals were being made. I was just thinking about something more universal and relevant to modern day. I think I will look into how the IPF set up their chart. Maybe try to base it off of recent totals or something.

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

In my eyes, the percentage of golden standard is everything you need. But if you really want to set up category groups then I would just use golden standard ranges, say 80% to 85% is Level I, 85 to 90 is Level II, etc.

[Matt Erdman]

Long story short: I decided to base it off the best results from last quad (2005-2008). The classes from the Soviet chart had some big gaps and were very high for elite, and the ones from the IPF chart were more even, with the elite qualifications being rather low. Again by "high" and "low" I am comparing them to the best previous totals. Both charts had requirements starting lower, by percentage, for the lighters class and raising up as the weight classes increased. So I kept that trend in there, I used elite requirements that were more than the IPF and less than the Soviet, and tried to make fairly smooth and even transitions from the weight classes.

So anyway, it is all somewhat arbitrary, but it's mostly just for fun. Besides, weightlifters love looking at numbers. 

[Shaun Le Conte]

If you are interested, BC Weightlifting has posted the standards for the Canadian Weightlifting Federation Haltérophilie Canadienne

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http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArI7olRwSGKXdDQya2s5NFItcFpUeVYwbUpVUVFzX1E&hl=en

[John Way]

CWFHC Classification.xls, malicious code name: GenericMacro