Dino Gym Spring RD
By Al Myers
DINO GYM SPRING RECORD DAY
Group picture from the 2019 Dino Gym Spring Record Day
What an exciting weekend at the Dino Gym!!! We celebrated LaVerne’s 75th birthday with a record day and a big fish fry afterwards. The weather was perfect for a fun day.
Seven lifters made their way to the gym for the event. Each lifter set their “usawa max” of 5 records each. I want to really thank these guys for making it, as a few of them came quite a long way. Our President, Denny, made the longest drive from Pennsylvania. Dean never misses an event at the gym and made his normal drive from Oklahoma. Lance and Scottish Johnny came from Kansas City, and John Douglas made his several hour drive from western Kansas.
LaVerne putting his new cane to use!!!
Many great record day lifts were made. As I inputted the results a few really stood out to me. Regrettably, I was tied up with work and made it to the gym late so I missed out on most of lifts. Scottish Johnny put up a 425# front squat which is a huge lift for a lifter over 40. The birthday boy LaVerne put up some great finger lifts. Big John put up over 400 pounds in the Neck Lift, and Lance combined many different types of lifting to put up the most well rounded set of records. Dean exerted himself fully by back lifting and harness lifting over 1000 pounds. Denny put up big records in the one arm dumbbell deadlift with both arms. My highlight was doing the Lurich Lift for the first time and realizing I like it much better than the Hack Lift!
The evening festivities were held on my deck. We had a few other gym members join us that night – including Brandon, Casey, Hunter, Molly, K dog, Katie, and Cale. Each of us took our time giving a roast and gag gift to LaVerne for his birthday. Even though we didn’t get the 75 new records I was hoping for, we did give LaVerne a birthday he won’t forget!
Meet Results:
Dino Gym Spring RD
Dino Gym
Holland, KS
May 4th, 2019
Meet Director: Al Myers
Scorekeeper: Al Myers
Lifts: Record Day Lifts
John Strangeway – BWT 207#, Age 40 years
3 Official System – LaVerne, Denny, Lance
Front Squat: 425#
Deadlift – No Thumbs: 474#
Deadlift – Ciavattone Grip: 418#
Finger Lift – Left Index: 135#
Finger Lift – Right Index: 135#
LaVerne Myers – BWT 235#, Age 75 years
1 Official System – Denny
Finger Lift – Left Little: 65#
Finger Lift – Left Thumb: 71#
Finger Lift – Right Thumb: 71#
Finger Lift – Left Index: 90#
Finger Lift – Right Index: 111#
John Douglas – BWT 314#, Age 55 years
3 Official System – Denny, Lance, LaVerne
Front Squat: 350#
Bench Press – Feet in Air: 275#
Bent Over Row: 303#
Deadlift – Trap Bar: 501#
Neck Lift: 410#
Al Myers – BWT 233#, Age 52 Years
3 Official System – Denny, LaVerne, Lance
Back Extension: 150#
Lurich Lift: 579#
Deadlift – 2 Inch Dumbbells: 241#
Habecker Lift: 320#
Wrist Curl: 230#
Lance Foster – BWT 348#, Age 53 Years
3 Official System – LaVerne, Denny
Anderson Press: 135#
Clean & Jerk – Dumbbell, Right Arm: 50#
Deadlift – No Thumbs: 275#
Harness Lift: 1240#
Bench Press – Fulton Bar: 144#
Dean Ross – BWT 235#, Age 76 Years
1 Official System – LaVerne
Back Lift: 1050#
Harness Lift: 1010#
Bench Press – Feet in Air: 135#
Bench Press – Hands Together: 135#
Back Extension: 75#
Denny Habecker – BWT 193#, Age 76 Years
3 Official System – LaVerne, Lance
Press – From Racks: 100#
Push Press – From Racks: 100#
Deadlift – No Thumbs: 243#
Deadlift – Dumbbell, Left Arm: 147#
Deadlift – Dumbbell, Right Arm: 187#