Category Archives: USAWA Events

TRUE NORTH TRUE STRENGTH RECORDS SESSION

By Chris Frappier

TRUE NORTH TRUE STRENGTH RECORDS SESSION A

Passports are required for all international travellers to enter Canada.

When: Sunday, August 25, 2024

Where: Anytime Fitness
735 Tower Street South, Fergus, Ontario

Weigh-ins: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Lifting starts at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time

Record Sessions: The TRUE NORTH TRUE STRENGTH RECORDS SESSION A will immediately follow the TRUE NORTH, TRUE STRENGTH 2024 OPEN competition. Each lifter will be permitted up to three record attempts – includes USAWA National Records and IAWA World Records.


Note: Let me know which record lifts you will be attempting so we can try to ensure we have the necessary equipment. USAWA national records can be set at this meet. If we have three referees present, IAWA World Records can also be set.

Event Entry Fee: None, but you must complete both event registration steps to compete, then have fun lifting and breaking records!

Deadline to register: August 18, 2024—NO EXCEPTIONS

Event registration: Read carefully. Both steps must be completed in order to compete.

Step 1: Email Chris Frappier at stonedreams53@gmail.com with the following information.

Your first and last name

Women or Men division

Your age on August 25, 2024

Your bodyweight now or what you think you will weigh on August 25, 2024

Your T-shirt size

Your contact information (email and/or phone number) This will only be used to provide competitors with event details as the event approaches.

Step 2: USAWA membership required to compete.

Visit  http://usawa.com/forms-and-applications 

Follow the instructions to complete the USAWA membership application and pay the $25 USD membership fee. Paypal accepted.

Questions: Contact Chris Frappier at stonedreams53@gmail.com or call or text 226-821-1740. 

T-shirts: All competitors will receive a free t-shirt. I must know your t-shirt size two weeks prior to the event.

Awards: Awards will be added based on the number of competitors and the type of records set (USAWA National or IAWA World record).

Two Fisted Challenge

By Bill Clark

TWO-FISTED CHALLENGE AND RECORD DAY

DATE:  Weekend of August 10-11.

LOCATION:  Clark’s Gym and hybrid.

ELGIBILITY – All entrants must be USAWA members. Membership will be available at  Clalrk’s Gym on meet day.

ENTRY FEE – None.

AWARDS: – Certificates.

ENTRY DEADLINE: August 7.

THE LIFTS: Individual lifts for four fingers and the thumb on each hand – and the two-hand deadlift using the fingers of each hand, but not the thumbs,

RECORD DAY – Is open to the world.

As always – Clark’s Gym meets are open to the IAWA world. Entries are eligible for awards, but records maybe set only with certified officials. All remote entries, including record day, must be e-mailed to

yeoldclark@gmail.com not later than the Tuesday following the meet.

Stars of Tomorrow on Parade

By Bill Clark

DATE: The weekend of June 8-9.

LOCATION: Clark’s Gym, Columbia, Mo. and hybrid.

MEMBERSHIP – All entrants must be USAWA members.

ELIGIBILITY:  Entrants must not have reached their 20th birthday anniversary on the day they compete.

AWARDS: Certificates to all.

ENTRY FEE: None.

ENTRY DEADLINE: June 3. Contact Bill Clark at 573-474-4510 or via e-mail at yeoldclark@gmail.com.

PARENTAL PERMISSION: USAWA membership is parental permission. Liability is the responsibility of each venue.  

THE LIFTS: Bench press, feet in air. Two hand-clean and press with heels together; two-hand deadlift with heels together; Anderson squat; jerk from rack.

RECORD DAY; The date is also a record day for lifters of all ages who are USAWA members and may be done remote with proper officials.

A REMINDER: All entrants are eligible for awards, regardless of venue. They are eligible for records only if they are certified by approved officials. Remote entries must be transmitted by e-mail to yeoldclark@gmail.com and received by Tuesday, June 11. The filing deadline also applies to those doing only record lifts.

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