Dino Gym Challenge
by Al Myers
MEET ANNOUNCEMENT – 2013 DINO GYM CHALLENGE
Chad Ullom performed a 800 pound Anderson Squat enroute to winning BEST LIFTER at the 2012 OTSM Championships.
Every year for the Dino Challenge I like to change the theme. There are just so many different lifts that can be “tested” in the USAWA that I just like to do something different every year. I know that there are those meets that keep the same lifts in the same meet “year after year”, and I respect that as well. I even go to those meets and like to be able to compare my performance in the same lifts from prior years, but for the Dino Gym Challenge I like to SHAKE THINGS UP! The day of the meet will be third Saturday of January – January 19th at the Dino Gym.
The Dino Gym Challenge was host to the VERY FIRST USAWA Old Time Strongman competition in 2011. Since then there have been several hosted in the USAWA, including 2 Championships (2011 & 2012) at Kirksville, Missouri directed by Thom Van Vleck. Thom has been given the role of OTSM Chairman within the USAWA (ok…it’s an unofficial title, but it makes him feel important which is the most important thing here). Thom has “given me his word” that he will be present at the Dino Gym’s OTSM in January, and Thom’s a guy who when he says he’s going to do something – he does it.
The theme for this years competition will be an “Old Time Strongman Powerlifting Meet” . These three lifts have been chosen: Anderson Squat, Hackenschmidt Floor Press, and the Peoples Deadlift. All three of these lifts are similiar to the three powerlifts (squat, bench press, and deadlift), only in slightly different formats. The Anderson Squat and the Peoples Deadlift are limited range movements comparable to the squat and deadlift, while the Floor Press is essentially a bench press minus the bench. Anyone should be able to perform these lifts – so I’m expecting a BIG TURNOUT!!
ENTRY FORM AND MEET DETAILS – 2013DinoChallenge