High Country Vigour

Banner Meeting Jack Shanks Clean & Push Press Pullover & Press Straddle Deadlift One Arm Clean & Jerk Clean & Push Press 2" Vertical Bar Zercher Fun in the Stones "Garden" Very Impressive Team Lift (Dolores and June) I had the opportunity to travel to Belfast for the 2025 IAWA World Championship.  It was well attended: Ruby Meakin - NI - Junior Leo Moss - ENG - Junior Emily Haydock - ENG - Junior George Dutton - ENG - Junior Beata Banas - ENG (attended last year) Paul Barette - ENG (attended last year) Chloe Brennan - ENG (attended last year) Steve Sherwood - ENG (attended last year) Brandon Hazell-Hyland - ENG (attended last year) Denny Habecker - USA (attended last year) Natalie Voce - ENG (attended last year) David Angove - ENG (attended last year) Dolores McGuckin - NI - Incredibly strong powerlifter Sam Bonar - ENG (attended last year) Stanley Hamilton - NI - Grip sport athlete Joshua Davidson - ENG (attended last year) Sanjiv Gupta - USA (attended l...

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Congratulations to Kim for winning the women’s field and the overall title!  Jarrod won the men’s field but could not overcome the age-weight-gender adjustments.  Nisha won the junior field. This was the inaugural installation of an OTSM event held in Colorado.  Given the popularity of Old Time Strongman, I wanted to make sure Colorado athletes had a chance to give it a try.  For over half the local field it was the first time lifting with Dinnie Rings.  In Colorado, we had (4) official lifters and (2) athletes unofficially giving All-Round weightlifting a try.  Jeff and Tony joined in from Missouri to round out the field. Top Dinnie Lift – Jarrod Fobes – 506 pounds Top Saxon Deadlift – Jeff Wenzel – 135 pounds Colorado OTSM Classic High Country Vigour September 13, 2025 Meet Director: Sanjiv Gupta Score Keeper: Sanjiv Gupta The one official system was used for all lifts. Officials: Jarrod Fobes, Sanjiv Gupta, Nisha Gupta, Tony Lupo, Allison Lupo, Bill Clar...

July 31, 2025 Diya and Nisha were convinced to step up for Clark's Gym Record Day. They got situated and set Team Records in: Team Bench Press, Alternate Grip - 70 pounds - First ever recorded Team Bench Press, Feet in Air - 80 pounds - First ever recorded Team Bench Press, Hands Together - 70 pounds - Age Class and ALL Team Bench Press, One Arm, Left - 30 pounds - First ever recorded Team Bench Press, One Arm, Right - 30 pounds - First ever recorded Team Bench Press, Reverse Grip - 70 pounds - First ever recorded

Me and my daughters left Colorado on Wednesday to spend a few days with Grandma in Memphis before making the drive to Albany, KY for Nationals Weekend.  It was a long drive from Memphis, through Nashville to Kentucky.  We arrived just after 5 PM and were able to squeeze in a bite to eat before the Annual General Meeting was brought to order. Angie’s Restaurant is family cooking and they had a back room that we completely filled with (32) USAWA members plus additional family members.  The meeting started normally enough with typical officer reports but became contentious when new business was taken from the floor.  There was a lot of shouting and belittling, but very little actual discussion.  The elections were conducted and we have a new board with very little all-round and even less international all-round experience. Old Board – Denny (36), Chad (21), Eric (23), Beth (6), Sanjiv (2) – 88 years New Board – Clint (4), Tony (4), Kyle (2), Eric (23), Sanjiv (2) –...

Diya recently participated in a jump camp through Denver Athletics.  Her coach, Sofia, took four athletes through a week of half day camps. Day 1 - Plyometrics Day 2 - High Jump Day 3 - Long Jump Day 4 - Triple Jump Day 5 - Twilight Meet I was pretty excited to go out on Friday and see what she had been doing. High Jump 3'-6" cleared 3'-8" cleared 3'-10" missed Triple Jump 26'-11.5" 26'-6.75" 26'-1" 25'-10.25" Long Jump 12'-1.5" 12'-8" scratch 11'-7" In and of themselves the results are not earth shattering, but for literally a couple hours of coaching it is amazing.  I am glad she tried it and wished she had more time to pursue these in high school.  Maybe in college.  Videos on Instagram.

The Stark Center has been on my list of attractions for quite some time.  The family was teasing me as it was my Disneyland.  I was recognizing pictures, people and pointing things out wherever I could. It is housed at the University of Texas at Austin in the football stadium.  Entering the stadium and taking an elevator to the 5th floor, visitors are greeted by the Warren Lincoln Travis dumbbell and a large main room with a stein display and large paintings.  To the right is the library and research archives.  To the right are the exhibits. As I cannot do justice or organize my thoughts, I will just do a photo dump with my pictures and why they jumped out to me. I did talk to Patty at the research center and she is familiar with the USAWA and has several of Bill's Strength Journals as Terry Todd was a subscriber. Frank Zane in a vacuum, Lou Ferrigno in a front double bicep and myself in overhead hands out double biceps.  These paintings were just cool. Ter...