2025 USA Powerlifting Ohio Summer Showdown

Date: August 23, 2025

Venue: Barbell Culture

Address: 3950 Prospect Ave E, Cleveland, OH 44115

Sanction: OH-2025-05

Final Schedule: This meet has been consolidated to one day and one session

6:30 AM: Registration and equipment check open
7:00-8:30 AM: Weigh-ins
8:15 AM: Rules meeting
9:00 AM: Lifting begins
~1:00 PM: Awards & drug testing

Equipment Divisions:
1. Raw: singlet, t-shirt, shoes, shin-length deadlift socks required. Neoprene knee sleeves, wrist wraps, and belt permitted.
2. Raw with Wraps: singlet, t-shirt, shoes, shin-length deadlift socks required. Knee wraps, wrist wraps, and belt permitted. Must contact meet director to be placed in this division.
3. Equipped: singlet or supportive suit, t-shirt, shoes, shin-length deadlift socks required. Squat suit, bench shirt, deadlift suit, neoprene knee sleeves or knee wraps, wrist wraps, and belt permitted. Must contact meet director to be placed in this division.

USA Powerlifting Membership: Membership is not required during registration, but all participants must be current USA Powerlifting members on the day of the meet. Register online here. Minimum 10% of participants will be drug tested by urinalysis.

Awards: Medals will be given to the top three in each weight class and division.

Registration Fee: $100. No refunds will be given. Late entry may be offered at $120 at the meet director’s discretion if spots are still available.

Registration Deadline: July 24, 2024, or when the meet capacity of 60 lifters per day is reached

Coach & Spectator Fee: $10.  Please bring your own lawn/folding chairs for seating.

Weigh-Ins: Weigh-ins will be conducted in lot number order. Lot numbers will be available on the roster linked above at least one week before the meet. If you are not present when your lot number is called you will be moved to the end of the list. All lifters must have their openers in kilograms and identification at weigh-ins. Lifters in the youth division must weigh in wearing a singlet and have a coach, parent, or guardian present.

Meet Shirts: T-shirts are available for purchase on the registration page for $25

Parking: Free parking is available across from Barbell Culture on E 40th St.