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Heavy Lift Championships

By Eric Todd. USAWA Secretary/Treasurer

Dave Hahn performing a Hand and Thigh lift at the 2018 USAWA Heavy Lift Championships.

Dave Hahn performing a Hand and Thigh lift at the 2018 USAWA Heavy Lift Championships.

In an effort to not go 2 years without a heavy lift championship, we will be holding this years Heavy Lift Championship in the fall this year.  We will hopefully move back to May for next year.  So, here we go.

Date: November 13, 2021

Place: ET’s House of Iron and Stone

Events: Neck Lift, Hand and Thigh, Hip Lift

Awards: Yes

THIS WILL BE A DRUG TESTED EVENT.  For anyone who does not feel broken after doing the heavy lifts, we can do some record breaking after the event.  This is one of the longest running historic events in the USAWA.  This will be the 3rd time that KCSTRONGMAN has hosted this championship event.  The previous times were 2015 and 2018.  We were scheduled to host in 2020, but that meet had to be cancelled due to the covid pandemic.  So we will host this year instead.  I picture it moving to another territory next year, if anyone else is interested in hosting.  I always add the disclaimer to my meet announcements that we will not be lifting in a pristine facility.  Climate control is an open garage door and windows when it is hot (with an industrial fan that sounds like an airplane in extreme conditions) and wood burning stoves when it is cold.  No running water, so we will have some water available, but feel free to bring you own if you are concerned about running out.  There is an outhouse in the back.  But on the flip side of things we have 24 100 lb plates and boat loads of change to do some massive lifting in the heavy lifts.  I have a hip belt and a neck lift harness that were made for me.  You guys are welcome to use those, or to bring your own if you are more comfortable with that.  This is an opportunity for all of you to lift poundages that are heavier than you realized you had the capacity to lift.  I hope to have a good turnout of heavy hitters. Sign up now so that you can add your name to the list of heavy lift champions to go down for the ages.

Heavy Lift-Entry

Sweet 16/Elite 8

By Bill Clark

What had been planned as a new dimension in all-round competition proved to be a total failure.

Not a single call concerning the unique competition/record day was received, turning the day into a gym meet and assorted other competitions – including the record day.

The knockout meet (Sweet 16/Elite 8) became a normal meet with competition in all four lifts won by John Carter and Janet Thompson.

Final standings:

MEN

1 – JOHN CARTER

Bwt – 216 lbs.
Age – 62.
Jefferson – 350
clean and press (heels together) – 115
Bench press (feet In air) – 180
hip lift – 1810 .
Total – 2,455
Weight and age adjustments – 2,581.01

2 – DAVE DEFOREST

Bwt – 192
Age 61.
Jefferson – 300
clean and press (heels together) – 125
Bench press (feet I n air) – 180
hip lift – 1180.
Total – 1,785.
Adjusted points – 1,988.70.

3 – TONY HOSE

Bwt – 230
Age – 52.
Jefferson – 350
Clean and press heels together) – 180
bench press (feet in air) – 300
Hip lift – 1,005.
Total – 1,855
Adjusted points – 1,805.33.

4– BILL CLARK

Bwt – 207.5
Age 89.
Jefferson – 205
clean and press (heels together) – 0
Bench press (feet in air) – 75
hip lift – 565.
Total – 845
Adjusted points – 1,124.89.

WOMEN

1 – JANET THOMPSON

Bwt – 170
Age 63.
Jefferson – 125
clean press (heels together) – 22
Bench press (feet in air) – 65
Hip lift – 515.
Total – 727
Adjusted points – 922.56.

 

RECORD DAY

JOHN CARTER – Carter lift – 1,200 lbs. (squat 100; hip lift 1,100).

DAVE DEFOREST –
Neck lift – 470
dumbbells clean to shoulder – 132
LH dumbbell cheat curl – 70
LH Thomas Inch  deadlift –  77
Kennedy lift – 405.

OFFICIALS: Dave DeForest and Bill Clark.

 

Farewell

By Al Myers

This will be my last blog as webmaster for the USAWA.  Now I may write more blogs for the USAWA, but only after the new webmaster ET approves, edits and publishes them.  This also marks the end of my duties of the USAWA Secretary/Treasurer position.  Eric and I have been working together to make a smooth transition over the past couple of months but now all that is done!  The USAWA funds are now in his hands for organizational transactions and I’ve “tidied” up the website so he won’t be burdened by jobs I’ve left undone.

I’m not going to make a sappy farewell speech here, but it has caused me to reflect on the past 12 years of being the administrator of the USAWA.   That should be the official title instead of Secretary/Treasurer because that it what the job is.   It’s a weekly (and sometime daily) duty of attending to something involved with the USAWA.   It may be updating the membership roster, taking in a deposit to the bank, updating the website, attending to Executive Board matters, writing a blog for the USAWA Daily News, or just responding to an email from a lifter.  It’s way more work than anyone realizes.  I know Eric will be up for the job and I encourage all of you to keep giving him encouragement and “pats on the back” because he sure isn’t doing it for the money!

After taking over this position from Bill Clark 12 years ago I had no intentions of doing it forever (or as long as Bill had!).  Bill was the only Secretary/Treasurer the USAWA had known as he held that position for 22 years since the beginning!  Now I know most of us have had our disagreements with Bill over the years, but I give THAT GUY a big hand for holding the USAWA together for so long.  I fully understand the effort and energy he had given to the USAWA, as well as the many hours of his life.  I’m very grateful to him for that. I tried my best to not “drop the ball” after everything Bill had accomplished and I hope what I’ve done will be seen as being successful from my USAWA peers as the years move on.

Now let’s get behind ET and the new Executive Board and keep the USAWA going strong!

 

OTSM FIELD IS SET!!

By Eric Todd, USAWA Secretary/Treasurer

 

Since today was the last day I would be accepting entries, the field of competitors for the Old Time Strongman Championship is set!  9 lifters will duke it out for the title of Old Time Strongman Champion.  Competitors for this year’s championship will be the following:

Clint Poore

Dean Ross

Lance Foster

Greg Cook-

Leroy Todd

Chris Todd

Everett Todd

Phoebe Todd

Eric Todd

It looks like it has the makings of being a good one!

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