2025 USA Powerlifting Hidden Strength Showdown (CA-2025-22)

 Registration LINK: Opens March 1
Meet date: 10/25/2025

10/26/2025

 Roster Meet T-shirt  Meet Cap: 110 Lifters
Cancellation Policy USAPL Rulebook (v.2025) New Lifter Tips USAPL Membership

 

I. Description:

- Location: Hidden Strength Gym (1442 Arrow Hwy Ste. K, Irwindale, CA 91706)

- The 2025 USAPL Hidden Strength Showdown is open to all USAPL members at all level.

- This will be a two-day, one-platform meet.

- General meet info email will be sending out around 1.5-month out to lifters who signed up.

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II. Requirements:
- Must have a non-expired USAPL membership on meet date (2025). 
- All lifters must have been drug-free for the past thirty-six (36) months.
- No qualifying total needed for this meet.
- Lifting Attire: All competitors must wear a one-piece lifting suit or a wrestling singlet, shoes and a T-Shirt, deadlift socks for deadlift. All equipment must conform to USA Powerlifting rules. See www.USAPowerlifting.com for details.
- "TEAM": Any group of lifters competing as a team at any level of competition must be a team/club officially registered with USA Powerlifting. This mean if you're not in a USAPL registered Team/Club, please do not put anything under "TEAM". Only exceptions are School's name & University/College Powerlifting Teams. Please visit USAPL website to register your Team/Club.
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Note: Raw-with-wraps division is for those who wear KNEE WRAPS to Squat.
Raw division includes wearing knee sleeves, wrist wraps, non-compressed singlet.
Please see USAPL Rulebook for details.
Personal Equipment Checklist: [Click Here]
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III. Tentative Schedule:

Optional Early Equipment Check (not weigh-in): TBA. 

Meet day:

Session 1 Saturday morning & Session 3 Sunday morning (if needed depending on the number of lifters sign up):

- Regular Check-in with Equipment Check: 7AM. (USAPL ID & Photo ID are required. Show referees everything you're wearing on the platform)

- Weigh-in: 7:00, to no later than 8:30AM (no exception). (openers & rack height are required before you go weigh-in)

- Lifting starts at 9:00AM, ends around 1:00PM. Awards to follow.

Session 2 Saturday afternoon:

- Regular Check-in with Equipment Check: 12:30AM. (USAPL ID & Photo ID are required. Show referees everything you're wearing on the platform)

- Weigh-in: 1PM, to no later than 2:30PM (no exception). (openers & rack height are required before you go weigh-in)

- Lifting starts at 3PM, ends around 7:00PM. Awards to follow.

 

.IV. Registration Timeline (meet shirt not included):

       Early Bird Registration: $130 (March 1 - June 1)

       Regular Registration: $155 (June 2 - September 1)

       Late Registration: $180 (September 2 - October 19)

Registration closes after October 19.      

 

 V. Changes after signing up:

  • Submit changes to weight class & division: [HERE]; same link for adding division(s).
  • For cancellations, please review our Cancellation Policies [HERE] and submit the cancellation form on the same website.

 

Any questions please email meets@texasstrengthsystems.com. If you're an Adaptive Athlete, please send us an email with your USAPL Membership card.

 

 

Additional tips:

  - Why did I receive a red light? → Click Here
  - Submit attempts: USAPL Scoring table rules.