Amateur American Powerlifting Federation
AAPF
Purpose: To bring Amateur (drug tested) lifting to a venue that is already established with the Powerlifting community so that all lifters may compete on the same platform.
The AAPF is a branch of the APF. It will be governed by the rules and by-laws of the APF. Judges and Officials of both branches will be the same. It is hoped that as this new branch grows, an executive board member or two will be added.
Dues: Same as the APF, to be paid to the APF home office.
Rules & by-laws: Governed by the rules of the APF on a National level and by the Amateur World Powerlifting Congress a branch of the World Powerlifting Congress on an International level.
Equipment: Same rules apply as far as the amount of layers, fabric and length of wraps, etc.
Testing Procedures: The lifters in this division will be strictly drug tested. The lifter will have the opportunity to change their classification up until weigh-ins. After that point they will lift in the division that they originally marked on their application. Divisions for National and World Competitions may not be changed after application is received. All testing will be done on a random basis. The amount of lifters that will be tested will be on sliding scale basis depending on the amount of entries in the Amateur division.
Example: 0 -10 1 lifter
11-20 2 lifters
21-30 3 lifters
31-40 4 lifters
41-50 5 lifters
Anything above 51 lifters will be 10%
Samples could be taken from the lifters and then randomly selected as to who will be actually tested. Or the normal method of securing tests could be used where the lifters are just randomly tested. The one thing that must be strictly adhered to is that we do the testing in a correct chain of order and that all specimens be handled as such. We feel that the issue of a drug tested division, especially with an established association such as the APF is a step in the right direction. Amateur lifters who are tested and are found to be using Anabolic Steroids will be banned from competing in the AAPF ever again. At that point the lifter will have to compete in the APF Division. Any AAPF Sanctioned events where testing is not done, the contest will be considered APF Sanctioned only and the meet promoter will not be allowed to sanction AAPF. All testing is done through the APF/AAPF Headquarters and proper procedure must be followed. Contact APF Office for testing kits and procedure.
1. Follow the directions on the back of the Forensic Drug Testing Custody And Control Form as they are specified.
2. Send copy 2, 3 and 4 to the APF Office, 505 Westgate Drive, Aurora, IL 60506
3. Give copy 5 to Donor, copy 1 will be sent with the specimen.
4. Mail specimen to Quest Diagnostics use the FedEx overnite delivery label that is provided.
5. Include a check payable to Quest Diagnostics for $78.00 per test and mail separately in the envelope that is enclosed.
6. Make sure every AAPF lifter signs the AAPF Anabolic Drug Test Waiver form.
Should you have any questions please feel free to contact the APF/AAPF Headquarters at
1-866-389-4744.