Battle in the Barn

Jesse and I went to ET's House of Iron and Stone to compete in a USAWA competition yesterday. The events were Appollon's Axle (max axle), Goerner Stroll (like a farmers walk but carrying two barbells), Crucifix, and 18" max deadlift.

Appollon's Axle
300 good
325 good
355 good and a PR

The weight that made this a famous old time strongman event was 365, and I am not far from getting that. I also think this is supposed to have a little bit higher pick than a normal axle like we were using so that would help too.

Goerner Stroll

This is a 16.5' course.

I had only tried this once, and it was with two bars that weren't the same, so I wasn't sure how this would go.

410 (205 per hand) good
520 (260 per hand) I touched one bar about 2 feet short on the first run, so I had to do this again within the minute limit, but I got it.
570 (285 per hand) This would have been the most ever done on this event. I picked it up easy, and ended up having one bar tilt forward right at the end of the walk so I missed it. I think I could get 600 on this event if I work on it a little.

Crucifix

60 good
80 good
90 fail

This event is very humbling. It is also not suited for people with long arms at all.

18" Deadlift

I hadn't done anything heavy on these without straps, so I wasn't sure how it would go.

605 good, very easy
655 good
705 good and a PR
I tried 725 just for the hell of it and was out of gas.

I really enjoy doing the USAWA competitions. There are a lot of people who have been in the sport for a lot of years that come to these and it's always a pleasure to get to meet them and see them compete.

I ended up winning the heavyweights by quite a bit I think, and overall too. Jesse was close on the overall, but had I got the 570 Goerner I don't think he could have been able to catch me.