USAWA

By Al Myers

The entire 2017 Postal Series Meets have been announced.  The USAWA has had a long history of promoting postal meets, and for the last several years have hosted a Postal Series, consisting of 4 quarterly Postal Meets with the last one being the Postal Championships.

The promotion of these meets are done by the USAWA, under the direction of the Postal Meet Director Denny Habecker.  All scoresheets are to be sent to Denny as he does the formula calculations for the final meet standings. There is no entry fee to enter the USAWA Postal Meets. The Postal series is sponsored by the USAWA.  However, you must be a current member of the USAWA to participate.

Postal Meets are a great way to get introduced to All Round Weightlifting. Denny picks a variety of different lifts for each meet.  Rules for the lifts are found in the USAWA Rule Book, which is available for free download from the website.

Now for the lifts of this years Postal Series!

1st Quarter Postal Meet – January 1st to March 31st
Clean and Push Press – 2 Dumbbells
Cheat Curl – 2 Dumbbells
Swing – 2 Dumbbells

2nd Quarter Postal Meet – April 1st to June 30th
Snatch – From Hang
Hack Lift – One Arm
Pullover and Press

3rd Quarter Postal Meet – July 1st to September 30th
Half Gardner
Press – From Racks
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip, One Arm

Postal Championships – October 1st to December 31st
Vertical Bar Deadlift – 1 Bar, 2″, One Hand
Swing – Dumbbell, One Arm
Deadlift – Trap Bar

All entry forms for the USAWA Postal Meets are found in upcoming events in the right column of the website homepage.