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Iron Palace Podcast & OLD TIME STRONGMAN WORLDS update
By Clint Poore
It has been a fast & furious past few weeks leading up to the 2023 OLD TIME STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!
I hope your training is going well and may the weights feel light!
We are heading into the home stretch prior to the OTSM WORLDS and things are picking up momentum!
Recently, I had the fantastic opportunity to be on the Iron Palace Podcast with Caleb Day, David Corbin II & the Holland Millsaps!
It was glorious afternoon of discussing the USAWA, Donald Dinnie and the 2023 OLD
TIME STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!
I hope you enjoy listening to our revelry as much as we did recording the podcast.
Here is the link to podcast…..
enjoy & devour!
UPDATES for the OLD TIME STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- Weigh-ins will now begin at 8 am – 9:30 am with lifting beginning at 10 am. The meet has 20 plus lifters so far and therefore the extra weigh in time.
- We now have access to 40 chairs for the meet. This should easily provide a seat for you and your guests that come with you to the competition. For an even more comfortable seat, please feel free to bring your own fold out chair with you.
In closing, I am super excited to meet and greet everyone at the 2023 OLD TIME STRONGMAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!
It will be GLORIOUS!!!!!
BE STRONG!!!
Clint Poore
Lift for Leroy
By Eric Todd
Another Lift for Leroy is now in the rearview mirror, and what a day it was! 9 lifters participated in the Fourth Quarter postal. Lifters included 7 members of the Todd Tribe, joined by KCSTRONGMAN members Greg Cook and Lance Foster. The lifting there was fantastic, but I will save the postal results for Denny’s report. We then proceeded to the “Lift for Leroy” record day portion of our day. While all of the lifting was commendable, I continue to be impressed with the growth and development of our younger lifters. They are truly the future of KCSTRONGMAN and the USAWA. Results are as follows:
Gold Cup-A Lift for Karen
By Paul Barette
Here are the full results from the 2023 Gold Cup – ‘A Lift for Karen’.
Thank you to Christopher Bass for his work in confirming all the records achieved.
Goerner Deadlift Dozen Plus One
By Bill Clark
What this optimist thought would be the turning point in the future of the IAWA/USAWA turned out to be a major disappointment.
We had exactly eight entries in a contest that was designed to handle at least 100 – in which any registered IAWA/USAWA lifter could lift – with or without certified officials. Only three of the eight came from somewhere outside Clark’s Gym.
Injuries took their toll on some – including Abe Smith, John Carter and Allison Lupo. Tony Lupo lifted while recovering from a hard bout with flu and he was so depleted that he lost a close battle with Ol’ Clark for last place.
Our compliments to the winners – 79-year-old LaVern Myers and 61-year-old RJ Jackson – and to 84-year-old Tony Cook, an IAWA member. Tony finished second behind Myers.
It is a compliment to the aged crowd – seven of the eight were at least 48 years old – and to the eighth person – a 16-year-old newcomer to Clark’s Gym who shows the potential and the interest to work his way to the top of the list – Spencer Wenzel.
| Name | Age | Bwt | DLHT | DL 2 bar | ||
| WOMEN | ||||||
| RJ | Jackson | 61 | 103.6 | 191 | 172 | |
| MEN | ||||||
| LaVern | Myers | 79 | 213 | 220 | 240 | |
| Tony | Cook | 87 | 182 | 220 | 220 | |
| Jeff | Wenzel | 48 | 229 | 355 | 370 | |
| Dave | DeForest | 63 | 192 | 325 | 330 | |
| Spencer | Wenzel | 16 | 128 | 205 | 220 | |
| Bill | Clark | 91 | 201 | 175 | 150 | |
| Tony | Lupo | 57 | 233 | 345 | 360 | |
| Lifter | DL-fingers | |||||
| Index | little | middle | ring | |||
| Jackson | 106 | 46 | 121 | 76 | ||
| Myers | 120 | 80 | 170 | 110 | ||
| Cook | 46 | 44 | 90 | 90 | ||
| J.Wenzel | 200 | 115 | 225 | 180 | ||
| DeForest | 95 | 80 | 160 | 95 | ||
| S. Wenzel | 115 | 75 | 115 | 75 | ||
| Clark | 65 | 50 | 65 | 65 | ||
| Lupo | 140 | 85 | 150 | 100 | ||
| LIFTER | DL- No | DL – NO | DL – 1 arm | DL – 1 arm | ||
| Thumb L | Thumb – R | Left | right | |||
| Jackson | 106 | 116 | 148 | 156 | ||
| Myers | 175 | 175 | 200 | 200 | ||
| Cook | 77 | 88 | 132 | 132 | ||
| J. Wenzel | 185 | 205 | 205 | 225 | ||
| DeForest | 125 | 135 | 225 | 225 | ||
| S, Wenzel | 115 | 75 | 115 | 75 | ||
| Clark | 100 | 85 | 115 | 115 | ||
| Lupo | 125 | 135 | 145 | 175 | ||
| LIFTER | DL-Reeves | Hack | Jefferson | |||
| Jackson | 76 | 156 | 176 | |||
| Myers | 210 | 200 | 220 | |||
| Cook | 113 | 199 | 226 | |||
| J. Wenzel | 235 | 315 | 345 | |||
| DeForest | 175 | 225 | 305 | |||
| S. Wenzel | 145 | 205 | 225 | |||
| Clatk | 65 | 125 | 175 | |||
| LIFTER | Total lbs. | Adjuated | ||||
| Jackson | 1644 | 2,205.60 | ||||
| Myers | 2300 | 3190.85 | ||||
| Cook | 1577.5 | 3116.35 | ||||
| J. Wenzel | 3160 | 2889.92 | ||||
| DeForest | 2500 | 2836.5 | ||||
| S. Wenzel | 1970 | 2599.33 | ||||
| Clark | 1350 | 2287.98 | ||||
| Lupo | 2310 | 2239.25 | ||||
| RECORD DAY | ||||||
| LIFTER | AGE | WEIGHT | ||||
| DAVE | DeFOREST | 63 | 192 | |||
| Record | lifts | |||||
| Rim | Lift | 250 | ||||
| Curl | wrist | 105 | ||||
| Weaver | stick | 2.5 | ||||
| Pinch grip-two-hand | 135 | |||||
| Rectangular Fix | 65 | |||||
| LIFTER | AGE | WEIGHT | ||||
| Jeff | Wenzel | 48 | 229 | |||
| Record | Lifts | |||||
| Deadlift | 3-in. bar | 300 | ||||
| Curl | Strict | 115 | ||||
| Weaver | Stick | 5 | ||||
| Bench | Alt. grip | 255 | ||||
| Bench | Fulton | 280 | ||||
| LIFTER | AGE | WEIGHT | ||||
| Spencer | Wenzel | 16 | 128 | |||
| Record | Lifts | |||||
| Bench | alt. grp | 125 | ||||
| Bench | reverse | 125 | ||||
| Bench | hands together | 120 | ||||
| Bench | Fulton | 120 | ||||
| Rectangular fix | 45 | |||||
| OFFICIALS | ||||||
| THE FOLLOWING HAD NO OFFICIALS AND ARE NOT ELIBILE FOR RECORDS | ||||||
| Jackson | ||||||
| Cook | ||||||
| Those with officials: | ||||||
| Myers – by Al Myers | ||||||
| Lifters in Clark’s Gym – Bill Clark, Tony Lupo, Dave | ||||||