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Gene Moze response *LINK*

Posted By: Steve Denison (76.29.161.65)
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2007, @ 11:27 p.m.

In Response To: Whoa! I don't know that either..., (Paul Kelso)

Here's a copy of the email i received from Gene Mozee on this issue.

----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Mozee
To: pwrlftrs@msn.com
Cc: Ironleader@aol.com--John Balik
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:40 AM
Subject: Powerlifting

STEVE:

At the AAU convention held at the Olympia Hotel in Los Angeles at a meeting of the National Weightlifting Committee, I did give a speech in which I called for Powerlifting to have its own federation separate from weighlifting. I also suggested that all AAU powerlifting events be referred to as "Powerlifting," and not "Odd Lifts" as they were currently called. I also recommended that strict rules in the bench press (2-second pause at the chest,etc) and squat always be used. I suggested that the bench press, squat and curl be the lifts contested. Bob Hoffman then said that the third lift should be the deadlift because it would build power for Olympic lifting. So that is how it started. I don't think they actually formed the AAU Powerliofting Federation until 1964.

I probably was the first writer to called them power lifts in print publications.

Best wishes...
Gene

USPF California

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