Stronglifts Olympics 2009: Final results.

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Any idea on how US will be split up?

Here are my thoughts...
1. Maybe we should gather a list of US people and divide the teams depending on the number of people.
2. Determine the top X people from US and that's what will be compared to other countries.
3. Depending on how many people from each individual country, compare the top X from every country.

**I left out how to choose the top X from US and also how to compare top X from every country, which can be different methods.

**Of course, X has to be less than or equal to the country with the least number of people participating.

We can still gather a list of everyone so we have an idea of how many people are joining.
Only after that can we split up the US (ex.East/West)

Good?

[holvoetn]

Count me in.
Belgium - Continental EU.

And Mouse, that's _NOT_ UK

Another reason/incentive to meet the 200kg deadlift challenge by end of this year

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Any idea on how US will be split up?
3. Depending on how many people from each individual country, compare the top X from every country.

Scratch this.

[Dada]

I'm in for the US.

[joesterizer]

I would like to suggest we have a monthly, or maybe just a midpoint, evaluation of everyone's numbers to see who is in the lead. This would not only give us an idea of where the teams are at relative to each other (and thus motivate everyone to work harder!), but it would also iron out any problems or disputes regarding how we would calculate the weights for the final tally. A dry run is never a bad idea.

Do I hear a second?

[mjh]

seconded.

In actual fact, I think the easiest way to keep track would be for me to take the numbers directly from training logs, sig stats or the strongest man thread, rather than wait for people to update. I might do the first scan this weekend when I have some time.

[holvoetn]

Good suggestion, mjh

That'll serve as incentive as well to keep log and/or sig updated

[Leanstrong]

In for the US if yall will take me. Not anywhere close to Dada's numbers but I've got potential

[braddles]

Too late to join the NZ team? I'd love to be a part of this

[Bluegreyhound]

Sorry, random comment here.

I was just thinking that UK and NZ would be at a statistical disadvantage i.e. less people/population to draw upon?

[guru]

Sorry, random comment here.

I was just thinking that UK and NZ would be at a statistical disadvantage i.e. less people/population to draw upon?

Oh no, there are lots of Brits on this site - many of them quite strong (you're one of them). On the other hand, Asia will probably take a back seat - even if the countries are densely populated, Asian population on SL site is quite thin IMO.

[DaveT]

Asian population on SL site is quite thin IMO.

And there I am worrying about my belly. Guru has declared, we're all thin. Yay!

I think we're going to have a tough time finding ten people for the Asia team. Much more than five might be hard...

[holvoetn]

seconded.

In actual fact, I think the easiest way to keep track would be for me to take the numbers directly from training logs, sig stats or the strongest man thread, rather than wait for people to update. I might do the first scan this weekend when I have some time.

Any update please ?
Eagerly awaiting an intermediate result

[dylanamus]

Wait for me to lose some fat and jump on the Texas Method, then I'll set some new 1RMs at a lower bw

[Bluegreyhound]

Wait for me to lose some fat and jump on the Texas Method, then I'll set some new 1RMs at a lower bw

Is BW going to matter? I thought we're just averaging the weight lifted.