USAWA

This year the heavy lift championship will be at Frank’s Barbell Club.  This has been a multivenue event in 2025 and 2026, but with declining entries west of the Mississippi, USAWA is returning to a single venue format for 2027.

Meet name: Heavy Lift Championship

Date: May 15, 2027

Location: 204 East Street, East Walpole, MA 02032 (Frank’s Barbell Club)

Promoter: Jessica Hopps, Frank’s Barbell Club

Sanctioned by: USAWA-membership is required of all lifters

Lifts: Neck Lift, Hand and Thigh, Hip Lift

Cost: $35 (payment (check, PayPal or Venmo to Jessica Hopps – please email for payment details – jessicahopps1@gmail.com)

Entry Deadline: April 17, 2027

Awards: There will be awards for the lifters

This is a drug tested event. Please only enter if you know you can pass a drug test!

OCTOBER 30 – 31, 2027

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE.

ENTRY FEE – None.

WEIGH-INS – 8 a.m, both days.

AWARDS – Certificates for male and female.

LIFTS – All deadlifts to include

• two-bars,
• Reeves, 
• Jefferson,
• heels together,
• hack,
• all four fingers,
• one-hand with each hand,
• one-hand thumbless with each hand.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remote, you must enter by 10 p.m. on Tuesday 26 October 2027 or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on Tuesday 2 November 2027.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

Denny Habecker has sanctioned the Memorial Record Day. This meet was originally started to replace Art’s Birthday Bash. The 2017 installment was sanctioned as the John Vernacchio Record Day. Since 2019 it has been sanctioned as the Memorial Record Day. The meet honors our former USAWA members who have passed over the years including Dennis Mitchell, Dean Ross, John McKean, Wilbur Miller and many others.

Date: November 21, 2026
Weigh In: 9 AM
Lifting Begins: 10 AM
Location: Habecker’s Gym, Lebanon, PA

Remote entries will NOT be accepted.

Please contact Denny in advance if you plan on attending to remember those great people and set or break some USAWA records. You can email him at liftingliar@comcast.net

SEPTEMBER 25 – 26, 2027

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE

ENTRY FEE – None.

WEIGH-INS – 8 A.M. both days.

AWARDS –   Certificates for male and female.

LIFTS –

• All four fingers and thumb, on each hand; 
• deadlifts by pairs of fingers, Index, middle, ring, and little.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remotely, you must enter by 10 p.m. on 21 September 2027 or your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. 28 September 2027.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.

APRIL 10-11, 2027

CLARK’S GYM AND REMOTE

ENTRY FEE: None.

WEIGH-INS – 8 A.M. EACH DAY.

AWARDS – Certificates (Male and female divisions)

LIFTS:

• Bench press – Feet on floor (non USAWA lift)
• Bench press – feet in air
• Bench press – reverse grip
• Bench press – alternate grip
• Bench press – hands together
• Bench press – right hand
• Bench press – left hand

SPECIAL EVENTS: Certificates also for Rampage, Reg Park, and for Roman Chair Bench.

OPEN TO THE WORLD – All competition in Clark’s Gym is hybrid. You may compete in your local gym or in the friendly confines of Clark’s Gym in Columbia, Mo. To compete remotely, you must enter by 10 p.m. on Tuesday 6 April 2027 your results will not be accepted. You must send all results to Bill Clark via e-mail only at yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than 10 p.m. on the Tuesday 13 April 2027.

Included on the reporting form must be the name of the official(s) involved. DO NOT send your remote results to the USAWA. They must be approved by the meet director first. If you have no officials, your results will be included in the final tabulation of the competition and be eligible for meet awards – but not records. Your honesty is the key to all competitions.

OFFICIALS – Must accompany remote results to be eligible for records.