Raffle prizes for lifters and opportunities to increase your chances of winning based on your performance. We did this to put an emphasis on seeing continued improvement in you as lifters. We want you to do well and continue to progress throughout the training season, and we want to reward you for that hard work!
Below is a summary of important competition details.
EVENTS:
All your standard kettlebell sport events will be included:
- Biathlon (singles)
- Biathlon (dubb's)
- Longcycle (singles)
- Longcycle (dubb's)
- No Switch Snatch (all reps performed on one arm)
- Life-line Snatch (formerly Absolute) multiswitch
- a second hand switch bumps you out of the single hand-switch lifter pool and thus pushes you to the bottom of the leader board where you are measured against all double hand-switch lifters
PRIZE RAFFLE:
All athletes are entered into a raffle for special prizes:
- 1 ticket per Early Bird registrant
- 1 ticket per registered event (up to 2) for lifters registering after Aug.6, 11:59pm PST
- Earn 1 bonus ticket for any of the following:
- RETURNING LIFTERS: lifting one bell category heavier than your last Grip Strength performance (2017) in that specific event, for any event (must complete previous volume plus 10%)
- E.g. previous TALC: 12's x 81 reps = 1,944 kg total volume; must lift: 1,944kg + 10% (2,138.4kg) = 16's x 67 reps
- RETURNING LIFTERS: beating your previous Grip Strength performance (2017) in reps by at least 10% in that specific event, for any event
- E.g. previous best was 60 reps TALC; you must complete 66 reps
- NEW LIFTERS: completing CKA Rank numbers, PLUS 10%, for your specific weight category in each event
- E.g. Rank for TALC is 60 reps, you must complete 66 reps
- RETURNING LIFTERS: lifting one bell category heavier than your last Grip Strength performance (2017) in that specific event, for any event (must complete previous volume plus 10%)
Note: rep requirements are rounded up from any fraction above the previous whole integer
i.e. 1,992kg + 10% = 2,191.2kg / 2x16kg bells = 68.475 = 69 reps
As an extra way of helping our Canadian lifters gain access to the tools required to see continued progress, we will be selling off sets of kettlebells at a reduced price. So if you are in the market for new bells, bring along a few extra dollars!