High Country Vigour

Blindt Coefficients (BC) were developed around 2002 by the English lifter Adrian Blindt.  The purpose is to equalize all lifts in a meet. I recently received the BC spreadsheet from Paul Barette (IAWA President).  After review, I can make some observations. Everything is normalized to the 2H Barbell Clean & Press (BC = 1.0000).  Deadlift (able to move more weight) will have a lower BC (0.3837).  Little Finger Lift (able to move less weight) will have a higher BC (1.3876). The BC utilizes Senior Men's Records and does not take into consideration Junior records, Masters records or Women's records.  The men's records are adjusted to create a smooth curve.  For example, if the 80kg record is 100 pounds, 85kg record is 80 pounds and 90kg record is 110 pounds; the 85kg record will be changed to 105 pounds.  These anomalies are handled manually and quite labor intensive. Next the records are normalized by Lynch which should create a straight line.  T...

2025 High Country Vigour Cup This is the inaugural installation of the High Country Vigour Cup.  I originally wanted to do a simple record day to close out the season, With the excitement of the President’s Cup and the Gold Cup, it seemed like a fun idea for athletes to show off a special lift for themselves.  The local athletes did not disappoint and we had a several remote lifters also. I admired Nisha’s courage on the Steinborn Lift.  After making 33 pounds and 44 pounds, she failed a 54-pound attempt. Elijah shined with a third attempt on the pull up to get his chin over the bar with 20 pounds hanging from weight belt. Kim’s Piper Lift seemed really solid at 80 pounds.  I realized just how solid when I tried to do the lift. Jarrod’s pulling power is just amazing.  He held the 60-pound chin up to make sure he was clearly over the bar without any doubt. I had the pleasure of doing a Team Deadlift with Nisha.  The last father/daughter duo was Al & Emil...

It is only October, but I am looking forward to 2026. 2024.03.17 Colorado Spring Fling 2025.03.01 Colorado Single Arm Challenge 2025.04.05 USAWA Club Championship 2025.05.03 USAWA Grip Championship 2025.09.13 Colorado OTSM Classic 2025.11.08 High Country Vigour Cup 2025.12.20 USAWA Team Championship 2026.04.18 USAWA Grip Championship 2026.06.27 USAWA National Championship TBD High Country Vigour Challenge TBD High Country Vigour Cup TBD USAWA Team Championship 2027.11.06 IAWA Gold Cup TBD High Country Vigour Challenge TBD High Country Vigour Cup At a high level, I would like to sanction the cup event and a challenge every year.  Ideally, I would sanction a USAWA Championship Event (Grip, Club, Team Lift, Heavy Lift, OTSM) or IAWA Event (Gold Cup, World Championship) annually also. I think I am done with OTSM.  The Single Arm Challenge could serve as a template for future challenges in the spirit of Dino Gym Ideas for High Country Vigour Challenges-  Rex Monahan Challenge ...

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