2024 Arnold invites schedule

First round 12/1/2024

Second Round 12/12/2024


Friday

MASTERS OF IRON BENCH – Raw & Equipped (50 lifters)

SCORING: DOTS + Age

BEST LIFTERS: DOTS + Age; Male/Female Raw & Equipped Earns Masters Pro Bench Card

DIVISIONS: Raw and Equipped Men/Women; Masters

SELECTION:

  • Lifters that did not qualify for the Masters Pro Series Finals
  • Lifters that won their age division at the 2023 Bench Nationals
  • Top Male & Female (DOTS + Age) from each affiliated country

MASTERS PRO SERIES BENCH FINALS – Raw & Equipped (40 lifters)

SCORING: DOTS + Age

DIVISIONS: Masters Raw/Equipped – Men & Women

SELECTION: Invitation Only – any open Pro bench cardholders who are Masters get an auto-invite to the finals

  • 10 Raw Female
  • 10 Raw Male
  • 10 Equipped Female
  • 10 Equipped Male

MASTERS OF IRON – Raw & Equipped Full Power (40 lifters)

SCORING: DOTS + Age

BEST LIFTER: DOTS + Age, Male raw, female raw, male equipped & female equipped earns Masters Pro Card

SELECTION:

  • Lifters that did not qualify for the Masters Pro Series Finals
  • Lifters that won their age division at 2023 Raw or Equipped Nationals
  • Top Male & Female (DOTS + Age) from each affiliated country

MASTERS PRO SERIES FINALS

SCORING: DOTS + Age

SELECTION: Invitation ONLY, Top 12 Ranked Masters Pros (48 total)

  • 12 Raw Female
  • 12 Raw Male
  • 12 Equipped Female
  • 12 Equipped Male

Saturday

Arnold Raw Challenge (65 lifters)
SCORING: DOTS 

DIVISIONS: Open Raw – Men & Women

SELECTION:

  • First come first serve
  • QT DOTS 450 female / 475 male

Arnold Grand Prix – Raw (30 lifters )

SCORING: DOTS

DIVISIONS:  Open Raw – Men & Women

SELECTION: 

  • First come first serve to all Pro Card holders that missed the top 10 (full power only)

PRO SERIES FINALS – (20 lifters)
SCORING: DOTS

DIVISIONS: Open Raw – Men & Women

SELECTION: Invitation ONLY, Top 10 Ranked Pros for each division (40 total). Should a Pro in the Top 10 decline, the next Pro in ranking order will be invited.

  • 10 Raw Males
  • 10 Raw Female

Sunday

Pro Series Equipped Finales – Equipped (20 lifters)

SCORING: DOTS

DIVISIONS: Open Equipped – Men & Women

SELECTION: Invitation ONLY, Top 10 Ranked Equipped Pros (20 total)

  • 10 Equipped Males
  • 10 Equipped Females

Arnold Bench Bash – Raw/Equipped (50 lifters)

SCORING: DOTS

DIVISIONS: Open Raw/Equipped – Men & Women

SELECTION: 

  • First come first serve to all Bench Pro Card holders that missed the top 5

Pro Series Bench Finals – Raw/Equipped (20 lifters)

SCORING: DOTS

DIVISIONS:  Open Raw/Equipped – Men & Women

SELECTION: Invitation ONLY, Top 5 Ranked Pros for each division (20 total)

  • 5 Raw Males
  • 5 Raw Females
  • 5 Equipped Males
  • 5 Equipped Females

SELECTION:
All lifters must be current USA Powerlifting or have a USA Powerlifting International Membership

DRUG TESTING:
To USA Powerlifting and WADA standards, In-Meet, and Out-of-Meet testing for anabolic steroids, hormones, stimulants, masking agents, designer compounds, and diuretics.

RECORDS:

  • American Records may be set in all events by USA Powerlifting members.  American Records may not be chipped if there are international competitors within the competition.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES:

COMPETITION ORGANIZATION:
Production by Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) Committee, sanctioned under USA Powerlifting.
Appointment of staffing, including referees to be determined by the Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) Committee.

CRITERIA FOR ALL EVENTS:

  • Final athlete selection by the ASF Committee.
  • All athletes must abide by the rules of USA Powerlifting.
  • All members must be in good standing with USA Powerlifting.
  • Athlete Locator Form for all Pro Events: (ALFs not submitted by the deadline will remove the athlete from competition)
    • 2024 1st Quarter must be submitted by: December 15

* Event format and/or the number of athletes per event may change at the Arnold Organizers’ request.