Editing Powerlifting (section)

==== Causes for disqualification ====
*Failure to observe the head referee's signals at the commencement or completion of a squat.<ref name=":8" />
*Double bouncing at the bottom of the squat.<ref name=":10" />
*Failure to assume an erect position with knees locked at the end of the squat.<ref name=":10" />
*Any downward movement during the squat ascent.<ref name=":10" />
*Movement of the feet laterally, backward or forward that would constitute a step or stumble after given the 'squat' command and before the 'rack' command.<ref name=":8" />
*Failure to squat to depth.{{Explanatory footnote|Depth rules are dependent on the federation. The IPF requires that lifters bend the knees and lower the body until the surface of the legs at the hip joint is lower than the tops of the knees.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=January 23, 2024 |title=IPF Technical Rules Book 2024 |url=https://www.powerlifting.sport/fileadmin/ipf/data/rules/technical-rules/english/IPF_Technical_Rules_Book_2024_24_Jan.pdf |journal=International Powerlifting Federation |pages=10}}</ref> Other federations allow the hip joint to be parallel with the knee joint.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 13, 2024 |title=USPA Rulebook March 13th, 2024 |url=https://uspa.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/USPA-Rulebook-March-13th-2024.pdf |journal=United States Powerlifting Association |pages=26 & 27}}</ref>}}
*Contact with the bar by the spotters between the referee's signals.<ref name=":8" />
*Contact of elbows or upper arms with the legs.<ref name=":8" />
*Any dropping or dumping of the bar.<ref name=":8" />