Classic and Equipped Masters Teams

Coaches:

Head Coach: Jim Brown – [email protected]
Assistant Head Coach: Tamara Lopes (NAPF Head Coach) – [email protected]
Assistant Coach: Bob Lopes – [email protected]

Selection Criteria:

Must be a current Powerlifting America member in good standing.
Athletes must pay all past and present team fees before the end of final nominations.

Primary Selection:

Athletes who secure the first-place championship/winner position in their respective age category and weight class at the Powerlifting America Masters National Championship and meet the minimum world championship qualifying total (70% of that division’s World Record Total as of 01/01/2025) will automatically qualify for the IPF World Championship. 

Secondary Selection:

All remaining Masters lifters who have met the minimum world championship qualifying total from Powerlifting America Nationals, IPF/NAPF International Championships, since the start of the prior Masters National Championship in the age and weight category will be grouped together. 

These athletes will be ranked by IPF GL formula points. 

The positions will be offered to the highest-ranked lifters, with no more than two lifters permitted in a weight class and no more than eight lifters permitted in an age category. 

*Masters-aged lifters who are US citizens living or serving in a foreign country may qualify by competing as guest lifters in that country’s IPF affiliate national level event, barring they meet the other requirements set for the secondary selection pool. These lifters must submit a request (via request form published around the time of Master’s Nationals) to be added to the secondary selection pool in order to be considered for the Master’s National Team.