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Colorado OTSM Classic


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 Clark
Loaders: Jarrod, Sanjiv, Nisha, Kim, Greg, Billy
All lifts are recorded in pounds; All lifts performed to IAWA uniform standards.
Lifts: Dinnie Lift; Saxon Deadlift; Saxon Deadlift, 2×5 (exhibition lift)


Saxon Deadlift, 2×5 Exhibition

In addition to the (2) official lifts, a Saxon Deadlift, 2×5 was added as an exhibition.

Sanjiv Gupta – 115 pounds
Jarrod Fobes – 115 pounds
Kim Van Wagner – 80 pounds
Nisha Gupta – 45 pounds
The 2×5 is a completely different lift and the results show Kim and Nisha were able to lift 30-45% more with the 2×5 Saxon Bar, while Sanjiv and Jarrod did not show much difference between the 2×5 and the 3×4 Saxon Bar.

We used a Sorinex Bare Steel 3×4 Saxon Bar with an empty weight of 45 pounds. This implement was too heavy for our Junior lifter today. We used a custom fabricated Bare Steel 2×5 Saxon Bar with an empty weight of 35 pounds. This was suitable for all of our lifters. Jarrod missed his second attempt at 135 pounds, but would have likely shown an improvement with more conservative 2nd and 3rd attempts.

Record Session:

Jarrod Fobes – Hackenschmidt Floor Press – 300 pounds
Sanjiv Gupta – Deadlift, Fulton Bar – 213 pounds
Sanjiv Gupta – Deadlift, Fulton, Left – 113 pounds
Sanjiv Gupta – Deadlift, Fulton, Right – 108 pounds

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