Weigh-in
This is a plain-English guide. The official IPF Technical Rules are the final word.
Weigh-in is where you are officially weighed before you compete. It confirms you are in your weight category.
When it happens
Weigh-in starts no earlier than two hours before your category competes, and lasts an hour and a half. Everyone in the category must attend.
What happens
- Two or three referees run it, in a private room.
- Only you, one coach of your own sex, and the referees are present.
- Where both sexes compete, you are weighed by officials of your own sex.
- You show valid photo ID.
You can be weighed in underwear or your singlet. You are weighed once. If you are over or under your category, you can return to the scales, but only inside the weigh-in time.
Lots
You draw a lot number, which sets your lifting order when lifters pick the same weight. Your weight is not made public until everyone in the category has weighed in.
Rack heights
During or after weigh-in, you check your squat and bench rack heights. You or your coach sign the rack-height sheet, which is an official record.
Amputee lifters
For bench press, amputee lifters are weighed without their prosthetic, and a set amount is added to their bodyweight.
| Amputation | Weight added (each) |
|---|---|
| Below the ankle | 1/54 of bodyweight |
| Below the knee | 1/36 of bodyweight |
| Above the knee | 1/18 of bodyweight |
| Hip | 1/9 of bodyweight |