The final day of the 2012 National Junior Championships ended with a backflip from Kollin Cockrell incelebration of a successful 180 kg clean and jerk and a 1st place finish in the 105kg weight class with a 316kg total. The National Juniors was contested in Itasca , Illinois from January 27th-January 29th,2012. In one of USA Weightlifting’s premier showcase events the 20 and under age group put on a show for the crowd.
Every year, Dr Terry Todd and his staff at the Arnold Sports Festival try to find new ways to challenge the athletes they invite to what is easily the most challenging strength contest on the planet. Here at the Arnold Strongman Challenge, things arent just heavy, they are actually impossible for some of the athletes every year. Last years 240lb dumbbell press overhead saw the entire first half of the field unable to lock out even one rep. Hummer Tire Deadlift? Only 2 guys saw all 4 wheels on each side of the bar. This year looks to be about the same. The dumbbell event? Ya, they upped it to 255lbs....
Breaking News: Dave Palumbo is reporting from Los Angeles that Michael Burke of Aurora, Colorado, the 2011 Olympia Strongman Champion has just won the L.A. Fit, Met-Rx All American Strongman Challenge. Mike went into the final event, the Atlas Stones with a 1/2 point lead over Icelands Stefan Solve Petersen and emerged victorious. Michael was one of only two athletes to finish all 5 stones.
January 21st at the RUM 5 Championships in Corpus Christi, Texas, Joe Morrow (148) took first place in the 148 Men's Open Class by way of a 446.4 squat, 319.6 bench press, and 584.2 deadlift, making good on his word to go 10x bodyweight without wraps with a 1,350.2 total at a bodyweight of 134.2 pounds. His deadlift was a new RUM meet record, and the total gave him a coefficient of 10.061x giving him the Lightewight Division Champion of Champions title by Schwartz formula. Here is footage of his deadlift:
What could be arguably billed as the largest collection of male athletes in the world, the 2012 Arnold Strongman Challenge has released it's list of invitees. With a few new comers, a few veterans, a standalone world record holder, 3 Arnold champions and 2 of the biggest men ever to compete in the sport, it is gonna be one hell of a ride in Columbus, March 2nd and 3rd.
This list is of the 8 invitees named thus far. The final two will be named after the LA Fit Expo All American Strongman Challenge this coming weekend in Los Angeles, Ca. We are awaiting an email form Odd Haugen, LA Fit Strongman organizer so we can begin to determine who the final two might be. More as this develops.
Superhuman is a video series found on Nat Geo that covers everything form superhuman abilities to the science behind them. Here are the first 3 parts with some very recognizable strongmen, powerlifters, nail benders and the alike.
THE 2012 ALL AMERICAN STRONGMAN CHALLENGE, LOS ANGELES, CA. Saturday, January 28, 2012
UPDATE: Below is the list of athletes registered for this weekends event.
Next weekend in Los Angeles, California, the Met Rx All American Strongman Challenge will take place with the winner receiving an automatic invite to this years Arnold Strongman Challenge. Last January, the giant Brit Terry Hollands held off veterans Nick Best, Mark Felix and the big Canadian, Louis Philippe Jean to earn his spot at the Arnold. The athletes list will be updated this week and posted as soon as I have it.
Once again, more ramblings from the articulate and intellegent, albeit slightly bent, mind of Lou Costa. In this installment Lou talks about the dangers of leather office chairs, Zelda life choices, burritos and a conversation with Quantum Leaps Scott Bakula! Though I am not certain the latter happened in real life. I think the cake batter liquor and his partners in crime the Lu Tang Clan got the best of him.
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