Dino Gym Challenge
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT – THE DINO GYM CHALLENGE
English lifter Steve Andrews set a WORLD RECORD in the Dumbbell Clean and Jerk with a fine lift of 52.5 KG at the 2011 IAWA Gold Cup. Steve is the reigning British Single Arm Champion.
This is a meet that the Dino Gym has promoted for several years now (since 2004). Unlike a lot of other meets in the USAWA where the same meet (with the same lifts) is done year after year, our meet is different every year with a different theme and different lifts. Last year we promoted the VERY FIRST Old Time Strongman meet in the USAWA with great success. We had 18 lifters take part which is the largest attended meet in the USAWA this year to date (tied with the National Championships which also drew 18 lifters). Hopefully, this year will be just as big. I have picked a different “theme” for this year – the SINGLE ARM CHALLENGE. Several of our all round lifts are performed using only one arm, but never have we had just a meet made up with single arm lifts. This will be a first in the USAWA. Single Arm lifting is very popular in the IAWA(UK), and every year they promote the British Single Arm Championships. This past year this meet was promoted by Frank Allen in his home town of Leicester, England (which also happens to be the site of the very first IAWA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS). The lifts contested in this meet were the one arm snatch, the one arm clean & jerk, and the one arm deadlift. Veteran English lifter Steve Andrews won this years competition.
I have always thought this was an interesting concept for a meet. I have decided to add a little more to the English version, and add a couple of other all round one arm lifts. On top of this, I thought it would make for a REALLY interesting competition if the lifter would be required to do a lift with EACH ARM. This way the most balanced one armed lifter would win, as a lifter couldn’t just rely on their strong arm for all the lifts. So, all together 5 lifts, but 10 events. It will be interesting to see the poundage differences lifted between each arm for each lifter.
THE DINO GYM PRESENTS – “the single arm challenge”
Meet Director: Al Myers and the Dino Gym, 785-479-2264
Meet Date: Saturday, January 14th, 2012, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Dino Gym, 1126 Eden Road, Abilene, KS 67410
Sanction: U.S.A.W.A Memberships may be purchased on meet day.
Weigh-ins: 9:00-10:00 AM the day of the meet
Divisions: Juniors, Women, Masters, and Open
Awards: None
Entry: None & no entry deadline
Lifts:
Side Press – One Arm
Bench Press – One Arm
Snatch – One Arm
Clean and Jerk – One Arm
Deadlift – One Arm
(BOTH ARMS WILL BE CONTESTED IN EACH LIFT)
Registration: Send entry to Al Myers, 1126 Eden Road, Abilene, Kansas 67410
For pdf entry form click here – DinoChallenge12