Denny Habecker
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I have tried for years to get other people involved in Allround lifting with not too much luck. I have gotten a few lifters in the past, but most of them are no longer active. Every time I see someone at New York Fitness that looks like he could be a competitive lifter, I tell him about Allround lifting. So far that has not gotten us one new lifter. I will keep trying though.
OK Dan, I understand what you are saying. I guess I don’t take the sport seriously enough. I always want to lift well at the meets, but the social part of the meet is a big part of what makes it enjoyable. Also, the meetings are not always held the night before the meet. Sometimes they are held right after the lifting and some people don’t even stay for the meeting then.
Dan, You mean a meeting the night before you lift would be a distraction from your lifting? I don’t understand that. I go to a meet to lift my best , but also to socialize with the other lifters. I don’t think I would lift any better by just showing up on the morning of the meet without any interaction with anyone else. That is just me, although there many just like me in our organization.
It looked like a fun meet! Sure wish I could have been there.
I know in the past at some meets where the Bench Press was done, lifters were allowed to put plates down if they could not get their feet on the floor without them. I, myself, haven’t been able to get my feet down to the floor for years now. So I couldn’t do a regular bench press without plates to put my feet on.
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Barbell & Strongmen
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The banquets have been held at the Newark/Liberty Airport Marriott, Newark, New JerseyI haven’t been to their banquet since John Vernacchio died. I used to go with him and Dick Durante. Now they are both gone.
The AOBS [Association of Oldetime Barbell & Strongmen] is still going Eric. I just sent in my donation for their newsletter. Vic Boff is gone, but it is run by Artie Drechsler now. Their website is http://www.aobs.cc .
I saw that. I saw Slim perform at the Old time Barbell and Strongman banquet a couple of times and he showed up at one of John Vernacchio’s Meets in Limerick one time in the late 90’s.
I think if you would check, the majority of the ALL records were set by senior lifters.
Thanks Al, for a job well done! The USAWA would not be anywhere near what we are now without your hard work.
I was always told to put the first plate facing in and all the others facing out. That way it is easier for the officials to see that the bar is loaded correctly.
As far as awards go, My opinion is most of our lifters are masters[over 40] and have been lifting for years. During those years, I am sure they have accumulated quite a few awards. After a while, do you really need an award for every meet you lift in. Where are you going to put all those awards? If you really need more awards, come to meets that need your support anyway, like Nationals, Worlds, Gold Cups, to name a few. As for variety, I could put more lifts in the postals next year, or we could do the IAWA Postals, that they do every other month. But we do not want to do postals run by rival organizations.
If someone with more computer skills wants to take over running the postal, then he {Dan] can do the certificates and the awards for all the lifters. I do not have the computer knowledge to do that. The postal was an idea to keep people, that maybe didn’t have the time or money to travel to meets, to be able to be involved. It was rarely about awards, although Bill Clark did send out some awards in the past.
I will be there!
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