Want to compete in powerlifting without the hassle of wearing a mask or giving up your entire Saturday? This Spring, you can compete in the comfort of your garage, basement, backyard, front porch or barn— wherever your home gym is located! A-Team Athletics & Garage Gym Life Media are coming together to present the 2nd Virtual Powerlifting Raw Open on April 3rd! This event is the ONLY ONE in powerlifting that allows lifters from around the world to compete at the same time, ON THE SAME DAY, with results being released the DAY OF THE COMPETITION! Join your fellow lifters for an awesome day of lifting for bragging rights and the chance to win some incredible awards from our generous sponsors including:
Strength Merch
Home Gym Built
Bare Steel Equipment
The Vise
To read more about the competition rules and regulations, or to purchase your tickets, make sure to visit our website and snag some before they sell out! We will have early bird registration prices ($35) until February 14th (limited to 30 registrants), regular registration ($50) until March 14th, and late registration ($65) until March 21st.
Compete on Zoom, Get On YouTube
The meet will be done on the Zoom platform and it will be streamed to the Garage Gym Life Media YouTube channel so your family and friends around the world, can watch you compete from the comfort of THEIR HOMES! Get that live stream link right here!
Why Choose the Virtual Powerlifting Raw Open?
Nervous about competing online for the first time? Don’t worry, the Virtual Powerlifting Raw Open is THE BEST OPPORTUNITY to get your feet wet with a small competition in the comfort of your home gym. Keep reading for a breakdown of what you can expect with this event.
Everything That Happens Leading Up to the Competition
- Register to get your tickets and Zoom information for the meet. You can get cross-over tickets as well, which increase your chance at winning more awards! Remember to purchase a meet shirt either in men’s or women’s.
- One week before the competition: Look out for an e-mail from me so you can set up a convenient time for you to weigh-in from the comfort of your home! Watch this video for a full breakdown of how easy the weigh in process will be from your home.
- The day before competition: Weigh in with one of our USPA or USAPL qualified judges! Now is the time to ask questions about your equipment, about the competition, or about how to set up your cameras for the competition.
Meet Day!
- 9AM: Flight roster will be available for all competitors! Look out for the roster e-mail! If you are in Flight A, you will be first to squat, so make sure you are warmed up for an 11AM start time!
- 10:30AM: Hop in using the zoom link that is e-mailed to you for the rules briefing with your judges.
- 11AM: First lifters squat!
- Once all of our lifters complete all three lifts, there will be a short break and we will come back to announce award placings! If you win an award, be on the lookout for a call, text, or e-mail In the week after the meet so that our sponsors can get your prizes sent to you!
Want to See How It Works?
Watch the livestream replay of our first Virtual Meet exclusively on the Garage Gym Life Media YouTube channel to see how it all works.
If you need coaching for this event, please contact Melissa@ateamathleticsonline.com or visit www.ateamathleticsonline.com.