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).
Colorado Springs Mini Meet
World Championships
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.