Strongman Federations From Around the World

Real Dutch Power: www.realdutchpower.nl
Sport-O-Med: www.sport-o-med.nl
World’s Strongestman Broadcast info: www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsmbroadcast.html
IFSA Strongman: www.ifsastrongman.com
World Strongmancup: www.world-strongmancup.atenglischstart.htm
WSM Super-series: www.super-series.com

Aussie Power Australia: www.aussiepower.biz
SK Loosdorf Strongman Austria: www.skloosdorf-kraftsport.at.tt
Styrian Strongman Austria: www.styrian-strongman.com
CWA Strongman Austria: www.cwa.at
Team-Forza Belgium: www.team-forza.com
ACSA Canada: www.ac-strongman.com
BCEAA Canada: www.bceaa.org
Dubreuilville Strongman Canada: www.strongmanchallenge.com
Strongman Manitoba Canada: www.strongmanitoba.com
Ontario Strongman Canada: www.ontariostrongman.ca
Quebec Strongman Canada: www.hommesfortsduquebec.com
Strongman Cyprus: www.cystrongman.com
Czech Strongman: www.strongman.cz
UKPSMA England: www.ukpsma.com
DevonStrongman England: dsm.devonstrongman.co.uk
Fitlike Strongman England: www.fitlike.netstrongman.html
SouthwestStrongman England: www.southweststrongman.co.uk
Strength Athletics England: www.btinternet.com~siggyllama
Superior Strongman England: www.superiorstrongman.com
UK Strongman England: www.btinternet.com~philip.j.wright
IFSA Strongman Estonia: www.powerman.eeifsaindex.php?go=esttulemused
Strongman-Project Germany: www.strongman-project.de
GFSA Germany: www.gfsa-online.de
Kraftshow Germany: www.kraftshow.de
DDADK Germany: www.ddadk.com
Steinheben-LVB Germany: www.steinheben-lvb.de
Steinheber Club Germany: home.vr-web.desteinheber.club
TSC Mering Germany: www.tsc-mering.de
STHV Germany: www.sthv.de
Strongman Hungary: www.magyarerosembersport.hu
Strongman Neteyes Hungary: www.strongman.neteyes.hu
Strongestman Builder Hungary: body.builder.hustrongestman.htm4
Strongman Ireland: strength.bravehost.com
ISA Strongman Ireland: www.irishstrongman.com
ISA & ASF Strongman Iran (Asia): www.asiastrongmen.com
Voimamiehet Strongman Finalnd: www.voimamiehet.fi
Keski Suomen Voimailijat Strongman Finalnd: www.keskisuomenvoimailijat.com
Suomen Vahvin Mies Strongman Finland: www.suomenvahvinmies.net
Kraftamenn Strongman Iceland: www.sterkastimadurislands.is
Kraftsport Strongman Iceland: www.kraftsport.is
Kraft Strongman Iceland: www.kraft.is
Strongman Lithuania: www.galiunai.lt
Strongman Norway Odd Haugen: www.oddhaugen.comhome.htm
Strongman Norway Svend Karlsen: www.power-viking.com
Strongman Poland: www.strongman.net.pl
Strongman Polska Poland: www.strongmanpolska.pl
Strongman Russia: www.russia-strongman.ru
RSF Strongman Russia: www.russtrong.rustrongmanrules
ChelStrong Strongman Russia: chelstrong.ru
Strongman Scotland: www.scottishstrongman.com
Strongman Slovakia: www.strongman.sk
Martin Krpan Strongman Slovenia: www.martinkrpan.si
Strongman Spain: www.strongmanspain.com
Strongest-magazine Strongman Spain: www.strongest-magazine.com
Strongman Spain Powerporruo (Juan Carlos): www.powerporruo.com
Strongman Sweden: www.strongpromotion.com
Bole Strongteam Sweden: hem.passagen.sebole_strongteam
Strongman Switzerland: www.strongman.ch
Strongman Ukraine Vasyl Virastyuk: www.bogatyr.com.uanews.php
NAS Strongman USA: www.nastrongmaninc.com
MS Strongman USA: mustseestrongman.com
USSF Strongman USA: ussfstrong.com
ASC Strongman USA: www.americanstrongman.org
ProWristStrap Strongman Schedule USA: www.prowriststraps.com
Power and Strength Strongman USA: www.powerandstrength.com
KC Strongman USA: www.kcstrongman.com
NM Strongman USA: www.nmstrongman.com
NW Strongman USA: www.juliehavelka.comnorthweststrongman.html
RC Strongman USA: www.rivercitystrongman.com
SC Strength Strongman USA: www.scstrength.org
StrengthPro USA: www.strengthpro.com
Team XL Strongman USA: www.gregstott.comgeneric8.html
Powerlifting Wales: www.welshpowerlifting.com

2009 America’s Strongest Man Competition - July 4 Weekend, 2009 

Come join us!

America’s strongest athletes will be coming to Charleston during July 4th weekend to compete for the title of America’s Strongest Man and a berth in the prestigious World’s Strongest Man event. The new event will be televised on ESPN, the world’s leader in sports television.

The event will consist of three days of competition. A qualifying event will occur on Friday, July 3rd, narrowing the field to ten competitors for Saturday and Sunday’s finals. The finals will consist of six tests of strength over the two days.

The America’s Strongest Man competition will run concurrently with the city’s popular 4th of July Festival, which will include an outdoor concert by the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and fireworks.

The Charleston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau website can help you plan your trip to Charleston for America’s Strongest Man.

What is a strongman event?

A strongman event consists of 6-8 tests of strength. Instead of lifting weights, competitors pick up, pull, move or lift objects used every day. These objects can include: vehicles, safes, stone balls and kegs. Each competitor receives points based on his placement in each event.

The strongman with the most points at the end of the competition is declared the winner.

Events Information

Qualifying Events:

• Farmer’s Walk
• Log Clean & Press (for reps)
• Medley

Final’s Events:

• Keg Throw
• Conan’s Wheel
• Pressing Medley
• Truck Pull
• Deadlift(reps)
• Atlas Stones

Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available

Chesapeake Energy is the title sponsor for the 2009 America’s Strongest Man competition. Other sponsors include: BrickStreet Insurance, the City of Charleston, Tyler Mountain Water Company and Balzout. Sponsorship opportunities still exist for the event.

Entry Information
Deadline for entry is May 1, 2009

ASM Entry Form Appendix

ASM Entry Form

Contestants are also asked to include the following:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Current photo

Once completed, please mail all the above to:

Americas Strongest Productions LLC
PO Box 11431
Charleston, WV 25339

For more information - http://www.americasstrongest.com

Charleston will soon be in the national spotlight. The city announced today it will be the home of America’s First Strongest Man contest. Here’s how the announcement breaks down.

The event will be over the July 4th holiday at Haddad Riverfront Park and it will be televised on national television. Powerhouses from across the country will be in town - meaning this event could be a big boost for our local economy.

The strongest man events are always a favorite, lifting cars, pulling busses. And now you’ll get to catch those events in person.

It’s an event that will just be open to American athletes and it’s the first of it’s kind to be televised. ESPN 2 is going to air the event.

City officials hope it won’t just attract athletes, but also fans from not just West Virginia but all over the country. Thursday Phil Pfister, the 2006 World’s Strongest Man joined Governor Joe Manchin, Charleston Mayor Danny Jones and Kanawha County Commissioners.

They say it’s an opportunity to showcase the state and the city and Pfister says it’s an opportunity for him to give back. ”People over the last decade have wanted a strongman competition here in Charleston and say when are we going to see it. So it’s a dream come true to bring it back to all the people that have supported me over the years and bring it back to the community that’s given me the strength to compete as an athlete over the years.”

Governor Joe Manchin actually went out to California earlier this year to watch the World’s Strongest Man competition. And he says he was able to see first hand the amount of excitement that comes with this type of event. In fact, state and local officials are hoping in 2009 to actually bring the world’s strongest man competition to Charleston, but that’s still in the works.

Source - http://www.wsaz.com

Bakersfield’s Edward Giles Dudley-Robey, M.D. bench pressed 425 pounds March 1 to win the 165-pound division of the United Powerlifting Association Super Qualifier at Team Super Training in Sacramento.

With his lift, Robey, nicknamed “Doctor Bench,” set a UPA National submaster record and a California state record in the open and submaster divisions.

This marks the third meet in a row where he has set a national level or higher — open or submaster — record in three different federations (Amateur American Frantz Powerlifting Federation, Global Powerlifting Committee, and UPA), including a bronze medal at the 2008 GPC world championships. Robey, 35 is 5-foot-7 and 174 pounds. He earned his first major win at the 2007 American Powerlifting Federation California State Championship at the Fit Expo and his career has taken off since then. He’s a three-time member of Team USA, a 16-time record holder in two weight classes with current state, national and international records in five federations, along with being the reigning world bronze medalist in the bench press. Check out his Web page at: http://www.myspace.com/sfmedic1

Source - http://www.bakersfield.com

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ANTRIM powerlifter Brian Coombes competed in the biggest event in the International Powerlifting Federation calendar last weekend.
In only his second year competing in the sport, Brian headed to Birmingham for the British Bench Press Championships, an invitation-only event.

Competitors from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, took part in the event having achieved the qualifying standard in regional championships and were there to compete against one another for the British title.

With over 70 competitors at the event, and 12 within Brian’s weight class, the local man’s game plan did quite go his way.

“The rules are that you have three attempts and can increase the weight as you see fit each time you have a successful lift. My game plan was to start at 210kg then 220 then 230,” Brian told the Antrim Times.

He added: “But with the spotlights and the big stage, nerves must have got to me. I failed my first two attempts failing on silly technicalities - lifting my head off the end of the bench, moving a foot.

“This is a lot more complicated than just bench pressing at the local gym.”

Finally, in his third attempt and sticking at the 210kg opening weight, Brian got the three white lights from the three judges.

“I got the third place bronze but it is bitter sweet as 230kg won the contest, but third in Britain isn’t too bad,” Brian said.

No one from Northern Ireland has ever won a British Championship witht the IPF and still only a relative novice, Brian believes any experience competing at his level is “good experience”.

“I will be more prepared for next year,” he added.

Although weightlifting is an Olympic sport, powerlifting isn’t despite have around 25 powerlifters to every weightlifter.

Brian added: “There is massive pressure to get it included as an Olympic sport. We have missed the 2012 event but fingers crossed that in 2016 powerlifting will be a recognised Olympic event.”

Brian’s next big competition will be the World Single Lifts championships in September.

Source - http://www.antrimtimes.co.uk

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Big weights lifted at competition in WaukeganBig weights lifted at competition in Waukegan

Clearly, weight-lifting/fitness competitions aren’t just for men anymore.

The Waukegan-based Lake County YMCA hosted its second annual Fitness/Strong Man Competition recently, and added two events for women that were not contested at the inaugural competition in 2008.

Sure enough, women showed up to participate in both the bench-press event and the elliptical event.

Organizers of the event were YMCA employeees “Sonny” Luna and Todd Smith.

STRONG-MAN/FITNESS COMPETITION AT WAUKEGAN YMCA
Top Finishers

• Bench press (body weight 215 pounds or more) — 1) James McClinton (Waukegan 385; 2) Greg Booth (Waukegan) 365; 3) Frank Nelson (Waukegan) 315.

• Bench press (body weight 199-214) — 1) Todd Smith (Waukegan) 425; 2) Santiago Luna (Lindenhurst) 390; 3) Shawn Parker (Chicago) 355.

• Bench press (body weight 167-182) — 1) Jeremiah Johnson (Waukegan) 295; 2) Ildefonso Lorenzo (Waukegan) 275.

• Bench press (body weight less than 167) — 1) Taurleo Burton (Waukegan) 285; 2) Clayton Iverson (Genoa City, Wis.) 255; 3) Kris Solarte (Palatine) 225.

• Squat-lifting (body weight 201 or more) — 1) Bruce Lloyd (Zion) 455; 2) Walter Aguilar (Waukegan) 405; 3) Shawn Parker (Chicago) 385.

• Squat-lifting (body weight 200 or less) — 1) Ildenfoso Lorenzo (Waukegan) 425; 2) Luis Membreno (Waukegan) 405; 3) Jeremiah Johnson (Waukegan) 365.

• Bench-press reps at 135 pounds (body weight 185 or less) — 1) Jeremiah Johnson (Waukegan) 47; 2) Taurleo Burton (Waukegan) 37; 3) Ildefonso Lorenzo (Waukegan) 35.

• Bench-press reps at 225 pounds (no weight limit) — 1) Todd Smith (Waukegan) 28; 2) Santiago Luna (Lindenhurst) 24; 3) Shawn Parker (Chicago) 21.

• Bench-press reps at 315 pounds (body weight 186 and over) — 1) Todd Smith (Waukegan) 9; 2) Santiago Luna (Lindenhurst) 7; 3) Shawn Parker (Chicago) 5.

• Push-ups — 1) Clayton Iverson (Genoa City, Wis.) 88; 2) Todd Smith (Waukegan) 87; 3) Ildenfosho Lorenzo (Waukegan) & Jeremiah Johnson (Waukegan) 73.

• Women’s bench press –1) Valerie Johnson (Kenosha) 115; 2) Laurel Caccanio (Waukegan) & Jasmine Rivera (Lindenhurst) 95.

• Women’s elliptical (strides in 10 minutes) — 1) Jasmine Rivera (Lindenhurst) 2,114; 2) Laurel Caccanio (Waukegan) 2,106; 3) Kelly Brown (Park City) 1,714).

Source - http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com

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Q: How has weightlifting changed over the past 20 years?

A: Exercise science has progressed at a remarkable pace since its conception back in the late 19th century. Likewise, what we have learned about weightlifting has improved vastly. To say all weightlifting is the same is like stating all drugs are the same. Penicillin and aspirin may both be drugs, but they are completely different medications for completely different conditions. There are four basic forms of weightlifting which include Olympic weightlifting, bodybuilding, powerlifting and general weightlifting. Even within these different forms of weightlifting, there are further subdivisions. The effects of each style and subdivision are very different from one another. Training for size (bodybuilding) is very different than training for pure strength (powerlifting).

Olympic weightlifting is very good for power and explosive strength needed by most sports such as football, baseball and basketball. Even cardiac rehabilitation now uses weightlifting (general) to help patients recover to safely go back to a normal life. Being able to lift a laundry basket or pick up your children or groceries is simply a part of everyday life for most people.

Whether you are male or female, younger or older, active or sedentary, some form of weightlifting can definitely benefit your everyday life. It is a common mistake to think weightlifting is only necessary and beneficial for athletes and the young. Perhaps our ever-aging population can best benefit from the value of weightlifting as it can help improve quality and quantity of life. Being able to have the strength to take care of yourself is vital for independence, especially in later years.

Be proactive and take care of yourself now. Don’t wait until your health fails you. You are never too old, however, to reap the benefits from weightlifting.

Scot E. Long, MSS, CSCS, is an exercise physiologist. He also is a doctoral candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi and a professor at Mississippi College.

Source -  www.clarionledger.com

Breaking a sweat
Unbreakable Fitness offers unconventional workout

An old-time strongman who has honed his strength and skill bending steel and iron is bringing some of that toughness to a new fitness center that offers people a workout unlike any other they’ve probably experienced before.

Adam Glass, a staff sergeant at Minot Air Force Base who is trained in the art of bending metal items such as large nails and horseshoes, opened Unbreakable Fitness this past September. The gym is located at 101 S. Main St. in the back of Moore’s Shou Shu Karate.

With no treadmills or stationary bikes in sight, the backbone of the fitness regimen Glass offers are kettle bells, which consist of a round weight attached to a handle.

“Actually, it’s a very old system. The Europeans have been doing it for 300 years, and it used to be quite popular in the United States up until the 1930s,” Glass said. “There was a time when you could find these in many of the fitness clubs around the country.”

Glass said that as some of the strength sports took off and bodybuilding became more of the norm, kettle bell training started to dissolve, only coming back into favor the past eight years. The reason kettle bell training is so effective is that the muscle groups it targets are typically difficult to develop with more traditional exercises, according to Glass.

“The shape of the weight allows you to work some qualities of strength and endurance that are typically hard to get. The weight is off-center, which means all your stabilizing muscles have to work harder to hold your balance,” he said. “The average man can pick up a 40 pound dumbbell and press it fairly easily, but they would find a 40 pound kettle bell significantly harder. So pound for pound, it’s always harder to lift.”

While the kettle bell is more difficult to lift, Glass said it’s actually safer to use for quick lifts where you’re lifting it over and over in a short amount of time because it can be moved in a way that allows you to deload it using your hips, which are the strongest muscles in the body.

The exercises kettle bells are used for can be quite different than those dumbbells are typically used in. Glass noted a client at the gym who was doing a clean and press exercise that involves swinging a kettle bell between the legs as something that would not be easy or safe to do with a dumbbell.

“If he was using a dumbbell he could not comfortable swing it between his legs. So he gets the benefit of working his hamstrings and his butt every time he throws it back,” Glass said. “You couldn’t deload with a dumbbell that way. It’d tear your arm off.”

The versatility of kettle bells is another advantage they have over more traditional dumbbells, Glass said.

“It really does give you an advantage in that it allows you to do things that would be either completely unsafe or even impossible with maybe a dumbbell,” Glass said. “There’s nothing you cannot do with a kettle bell that you can with a dumbbell, but it doesn’t work the other way around.”

Another thing that keeps kettle bell exercises fresh is the fact that they are continuously being modified to make them slightly more difficult from week to week as a person gets stronger and more proficient.

“Over time that skill becomes more and more complex, and that means the body is continuously performing at higher levels, but it’s the same weight,” Glass said.

Besides the kettle bells, Glass offers more unconventional training equipment such as sledgehammers and weighted clubs, while also having standard stuff like dumbbells and barbells.

Something new that Glass will be offering is a combination program that involves Moore’s Shou Shu Karate. The program will be held four days a week and combine kettle bell and barbell training with martial arts and body weight-type exercises. Glass calls it a kind of fitness boot camp, and said it should be a lot of fun.

He’s also excited about moving to a new location just down the street next month that will offer much more space.

Glass screens each client before accepting them into the gym. He said this isn’t meant to be exclusionary by any means, but he has a limited amount of time and wants to make sure all of his clients are serious about getting fit and won’t drop out after a month or two.

The screening process also allows Glass to get to know clients and tailor a specific training program for their individual needs. Glass also offers a free class for anyone who wants to try it out.

“Another big advantage is that I work with every person who’s here on a one-on-one basis, both for their exercise technique and for their program design,” he said. “I won’t have anyone in this room exercising using dangerous technique or poor form or anything that’s going to get them hurt.”

The gym is open Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. until 9:30 or 10 p.m. On Saturday and Sunday the hours are flexible, so just give him a call. Glass can be reached at 340-8790, or by e-mail at adamtglass@yahoo.com. He also has a Web site at (unbreakablefitnessinc.blogspot.com).

Glass said it’s a great feeling helping his clients achieve their goals, especially goals they think are impossible when they first start out. That’s the real reason he loves coming to the gym every night, even after a full day of work at Minot AFB.

“At the point I’m at now, I get more satisfaction when I see someone who I’m training get the next jump in the weight or hit the next goal they had than it does my own training,” Glass said. “Even when I do things that I’ve been dreaming about for years now.”

 Source - minotdailynews.com

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Strong message

Stand Strength Team presents feats of strength, positive message

Ripping phone books into pieces, lifting a 300-pound log, breaking wooden baseball bats, bending a steel bar — the burly Stand Strength Team clearly had Holly Academy students’ attention. Oh, yeah, and one of them blew into a hot water bottle until it broke apart.

Members of the team drew applause from students as they talked about making the right choices, respecting others, showing responsibility and avoiding drugs and alcohol. The team began 19 years ago, when the founder noticed a young audience talking and passing notes during a speaker’s presentation. The founder came up with feats of strength as a way to get young people to pay attention, said Scott “Bulldog” Miller, a member of the team.

Students eagerly accepted pieces of the phone books and hot water bottle, and the three broken baseball bats, from Stand. Seventh-grader Stephanie Lyskawa, who received a broken bat, said, “Some of the things they did were outstanding.” The message, which included anti-drug statements, was very good as well, Stephanie said. “That was cool.”

Austin Clear, also in seventh grade, got his ripped phone book signed by members of Stand after the assembly. “I thought it was awesome how he broke the bat in half with his back,” Austin said.

Source - Tri-County Times

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