Following are the results of Clark’s Gym Record Day No. 5 (or was it 6?).
Held the weekend of October 11-13 at six spots around the country (and Canada) – a record for a sanctioned record day since the rules allowed such activity.
On the same weekend, Beth Skwarecki’s Pittsburgh lifters also staged a record day and four teams – Clark’s, hers, Kentucky, and Canada – lifted in both record days on the same weekend – setting as many as 10 lifts each for several entrants.
So far, only Beth, Kentucky and Clark’s have welcomed lifters from other clubs to their record days.
Here are the lifts done under the Clark’s Gym sanction: (All were done with the single official system). Women are noted following their name with (F). All lifts are in pounds.
(Results are attached.)
Correction, 10/20/2024: Diana’s weight class and last name were listed incorrectly. They have been fixed.
WEIGH-INS: 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM, LIFTING BEGINS AT 10 AM
THE LIFTS: BENCH PRESS, 2 DUMBBELLS & BAVARIAN DEADLIFT
ENTRY DEADLINE – FEBRUARY 1, 2025 you can register at the meet but you must have a current USAWA membership. You can purchase a membership at USAWA.COM
ENTRY FEE: $30 dollars for athletes, $5 dollars for spectator admission.
USAWA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED: Registration will be available at the meet, but it is preferred that you purchase your USAWA membership prior to the meet day at USAWA.COM. Prior registration will help the meet begin quicker & on time.
AWARDS: Awards & T-shirts will be given to all participants. We must know t-shirt size two weeks prior to meet, We may or may not have a few extra, so make sure to let us know your t-shirt size.
RECORD SESSION – Following the competition, each lifter can perform up to 5 record attempts. Please let us know what records you will be attempting so that we can be sure to have the appropriate equipment. USAWA National Records can be set at this meet,
HOTEL – Barren River Lake State Resort Park 1149 State Park Road Lucas, KY 42156 Phone: 270-646-2151
Postal Director Denny Habecker writes: We had the most participants in this postal that we have ever had, with 30 men and 14 women lifters taking part. Thank you to everyone who lifted. R.J. Jackson was the top lifter in a very competitive field.
July 1 Thru September 30, 2024 Lifts: Deadlift- Ciavattone- One hand, Curl -Reverse, People’s Deadlift
After some research, I think the Team Records are up to date through 30 September 2024. I could not find team records performed during late 2021 – February 2024. If you are aware of any team records set, or there are any issues with past team records, please e-mail me. Since March of this year, there has been renewed interest in Team Lifts. I think I found them all through the 3rd Quarter, but if I missed any, please let me know.
What to do with team records? The individual records are the centerpiece of USAWA records, so the number of individual records will not include team records. Thus, the “Century Club” will only include the individual records. However, each quarter, I’ll publish the top team duets of all time as well as the top 10 individuals who set team records. Every year, we’ll publish the number of “combined records” for those in the Century Club, but it will appear under the Team Records information.
I’ve never hosted a meet before, but I thought I’d invite some lifters from my weightlifting gym to try out some USAWA lifts and set some records. Thus the HGGRD was born—Heavy Gym being the name my kids gave to our home gym long ago, and “Garage” in the name to be clear this would be a very informal meet. A few friends came over on 10/12/2024 to join in the fun and we had a blast setting records in some of USAWA’s silliest lifts.
On the morning of the meet, I got an email from Bill Clark inviting my lifters to do his record day as well, so that we could each do 10 lifts and send five to Bill. Some of his lifters would be doing the same and contributing to my record day. So I’ll tell the story of the day as it unfolded, but some of the lifts will be officially recorded on Bill’s scoresheet, which will post soon.
We started with the Hackenschmidt floor press, and then did a team version of that lift, finding that it worked best if the two lifters lie in opposite directions—although the lift is much harder with two people than one due to the crowding. Nicole and I made up one team for the day’s team lifts, while Diana and Pierre formed the other team.
Next was the Anderson squat, which some of us did individually, and then we also did it in teams. Pierre and Diana managed an impressive 501 pounds on the team Anderson lift.
Then we attempted the new 2 dumbbell bench press, with our lighter lifters happily setting records—but Chris needed heavier dumbbells than the rest of us were able to hand to him as spotters. He set a respectable record with 109 pounds per hand, but I told him he’d have to make a trip to someplace like Buffville to find his true limits in that lift.
We discovered that Nicole posesses the superpower of having enough hamstring flexibility to do a perfect Mansfield lift. Her record today at 71 kilos (156 pounds) is the heaviest women’s Mansfield lift of all time.
We then did some of the sillier Olympic lift variations: the Kelly snatch, Judd clean and jerk, and the Ziegler clean. My Kelly snatch of 63 pounds is another all time women’s record. We also did some team Ziegler cleans.
Finally, we finished out the day with some finger lifts, including what may be our silliest lift of all: a team left pinky finger lift of 50 pounds.
Correction, 10/14/2024, 7:23pm – Buffville’s results weren’t included in the original result sheet I posted. They have been added below.
Correction, 10/20/2024 – Diana’s weight class was listed incorrectly. She is in the 80, not the 75.
