American Drug Free Powerlifting Federation, National Office, 27 Elmo Drive, Macomb, IL 61455:  Phone 309 837-2111

Promoting Drug Free Powerlifting in Affiliation with the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation

    The ADFPF has been formed to provide all amateur athletes with legitimate drug-tested powerlifting, Strongman/women and Highland Games competitions through local, state, regional and national championships, while encouraging the growth of international amateur drug-free competition. To insure that the ADFPF as well as all ADFPF competitions are governed with integrity and by the highest standards of meet structure, officiating and organizational administration.

 

Historical Overview

    From the 1988 formation of the World drug-Free Powerlifting Federation through to early 1997, the ADFPA had been the sole U.S. Affiliate to the WDFPF. By joining the International Powerlifting Federation, the ADFPA could no longer be the WDFPF's U.S. affiliate. A replacement U.S. affiliate was needed. The American Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation was formed becoming the necessary vehicle through which U.S. drug-free lifters might participate in international competition against drug-free lifters of WDFPF member nations. (For your information, in the past, two other powerlifting federations applied to become the WDFPF U.S. affiliate but were unqualified due to being unable/unwilling to meet the WDFPF's stringent drug-testing rules, regulations and policies. The ADFPF was accepted as the sole U.S. Affiliate to the WDFPF from 1999 through to 2003. As of 2005, once again the ADFPF has successfully become the WDFPF's U.S. affiliate.

    A Board of Directors has been established to run the business affairs of the ADFPF. The first ADFPF organizational meeting was held on June 11, 2005. Minutes of that organizational meeting are available on this website; please review these minutes at your convenience.

 

The ADFPF Advantage: Benefits and Perks-No Pork

Check our offerings, share the news and review our mission statement verifying that we are a family friendly organization committed to serving athletes who train and compete without the use of strength enhancing banned substances. We are drug-free and drug-tested via in-and-out of competition testing programs. You will learn that we are serious about this; lifters who test positive for anabolic steroids or who refuse a drug test receive a lifetime ban.

The ADFPF provides drug-free lifters with credible volunteer leadership focused on maintaining integrity, a reasonable annual membership fee of $20.00, competition in both unequipped and equipped divisions, and competition in both powerlifting and single events. We hold competitions in 12 weight classes for men and 11 weight classes for women.

As the sole United States affiliate to the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation we provide even more benefits. The ADFPF and WDFPF rules are identical. The annual international WDFPF Powerlifting World Championships held in either October or November while the annual international WDFPF Single Events World Championships are held in May or June. International competition is against like-minded drug-free lifters competing unequipped and equipped.

Our United States teams have traveled to Australia, Belgium, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia and Scotland. This year our teams will travel to Bedford, England for the single event world championships (Sept. 11-13) and to Milton Keynes (near London) for the powerlifting world championships (Nov. 14-15). You can apply now for the US team by getting an application form from our website at www.adfpf.org. In 2010 the single event world championships will be near Moscow, Russia with the powerlifting worlds taking place in Ireland.

Another international opportunity is that the Canadian Drug-Free Powerlifting Association-Ontario has invited the ADFPF to compete in Leamington, Ontario on October 3. Open to all CDFPA-O and ADFPF members, there are no qualification totals or scores necessary.  Can/Am Records will be maintained.  Remember, you will need a passport to enter Canada. Meet info with entry forms will soon be on the website. This Can/Am Championships will provide ADFPF members with more international experience.

Our website provides valuable information, including equipped and unequipped American, national and state records (men and women) in powerlifting and single events. The website also includes WDFPF world and European records in powerlifting and single events (men and women) in both unequipped and equipped Divisions. You will also find an upcoming calendar of national and international events,  meet results with articles, the 2009 ADFPF Condensed Rulebook, a US Team Application Form, and the 2009 WDFPF Rulebook.

All ADFPF members receive a minimum of two issues of Powerlifting Today per year and monthly E-news keeping our membership updated.  If you have not received your June E-news issue, then please send your e-mail address to the National Office so that you will not miss out on this valuable piece of information.

The ADFPF is looking for meet directors who are interested in directing a meet or helping with one. You can also contact the National Office if you are interested in becoming a certified ADFPF or WDPF referee.

 

2009 ADFPF Rules

    The ADFPF. rules are identical to the WDFPF rules. All ADFPF Technical Rules, Drug-Testing rules, Personal Equipment rules, Platform Equipment rules and competition rules can be found in the WDFPF Rulebook which is also available for downloading on this website (See menu to the right).

 

Click Here for a Copy of the ADFPF Condensed Rule Book