From March 2nd - March 4th the strongest athletes in the country will be competing to be named the 2012 National Weightlifting Champion. For the first time since 2008, USA Weightlifting’s National Championships will be held in conjunction with the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. In the halls of the Greater Columbus Convention Center eight male weight classes and seven female weight classes will be contested for the top prize and the right to claim the title of “Strongest Athlete in America” in their bodyweight.
USAW 2012 NATIONAL WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS & WOMEN’S OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS
TENTATIVE DATE and TIME SCHEDULE OF COMPETITION
Daily weigh-in and lifting schedule are subject to change. Changes, if needed, will be announced at the TECHNICAL Conference. No weight class changes between days will occur. The only changes that may occur will be the actual weigh-in and lifting times. If a lifter fails to make weight, they will not be allowed to participate in the event. THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA LIFTERS. This will be a one-platform competition.
FRIDAY March 2, 2012
SESSION GENDER CATEGORY Q-TOTAL WEIGH IN LIFT
1 MEN 56 150 7:00 AM 9:00 AM
1 MEN 62 181 7:00 AM 9:00 AM
2 MEN 69 219 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
3 MEN 77 250 12:30 PM 2:30 PM
4 MEN 85 261 3:00 PM 5:00 PM
5 MEN 94 283 5:30 PM 7:30 PM
SATURDAY March 3, 2012
SESSION GENDER CATEGORY Q-TOTAL WEIGH IN LIFT
6 MEN 105 292 8:00 AM 10:00 AM
7 MEN 105+ 295 10:30 AM 12:30 PM
8 WOMEN 48 100 1:00 PM 3:00 PM
8 WOMEN 53 121 1:00 PM 3:00 PM
9 WOMEN 58 131 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
9 WOMEN 63 142 3:30 PM 5:30 PM
SUNDAY March 4, 2012
SESSION GENDER CATEGORY Q-TOTAL WEIGH IN LIFT
10 WOMEN 69 148 8:00 AM 10:00 AM
11 WOMEN 75 153 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
11 WOMEN 75+ 164 12:00 PM 2:00 PM
12 Olympic Trials All Women’s Categories 2:00 PM 4:00 PM
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RESULTS AND AWARDS FOR WOMEN’S SESSIONS: The Olympic Games Ranking list as updated following the conclusion of the National Junior Championships, will determine the 15 women selected to compete in the Women’s Olympic Trials, scheduled to begin on Sunday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m. Qualification for the Olympic Trials shall be contingent on all eligibility requirements, as specified in the approved Olympic Games Selection Procedures, being met. The women selected for the Olympic Trials will only lift in the Trials session on Sunday and each athlete’s results will be dually recognized as National Championships results.
The results from women’s weight classes contested in the Trials portion of the competition will be combined with the results from the National Championships portion of the competition to determine final results for those particular body weight categories. For women’s weight classes contested in both the Nationals and Trials portions of the competition, medals will be presented at the conclusion of the Trials portion of the competition on Sunday evening. Medals for women’s body weight categories NOT being contested in the Trials portion of the competition will be presented after the appropriate session during the Nationals portion of the competition.
The 2012 National Weightlifting Championships and Women’s Olympic Trials will be the final qualifying event for the Women’s Olympic Team. Similarly, the women not selected for the Olympic Trials will only lift in the Nationals sessions on Saturday and Sunday, and each athlete's results will be dually recognized as National Championships results and Trials results, so that the totals made by those athletes will count toward Olympic Qualification as well as placement in the Nationals.
ABU DHABI // Kevin Nee is the type of chap who likes to keep a close check on his daily intake of calories - up to 10,000 of them.
Kevin also likes to pull fire engines, but he has his reasons. He wants one day to be recognised as the world's strongest man.
In Abu Dhabi yesterday at least he made the top nine, in the WSF World Strongman Championship.
Arnold Amateur World Strongman Championships |
The Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships, which proved to be one of the Arnold Sports Festival's most popular events when it debuted in 2010, will once again feature more than 50 of the world’s top amateur strongman athletes from about 20 countries, including at least 20 athletes from the United States.
The third-annual Amateur World Strongman Championships will be held March 2 & 4, 2012 at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.
All competitors earned their way into the competition through various qualifying competitions.
Arnold Weightlifting Championships to host U.S. Olympic Team Trials, National Championships
The Arnold Sports Festival, the largest multi-sport event in the nation, will host the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Weightlifting and the 2012 National Weightlifting Championships in Columbus, Ohio the weekend of March 2-4, 2012.
The U.S. Olympic Team Trials and the National Championships will highlight the Arnold Weightlifting Championships, an event that debuted in 2003 and has grown to be one of the Arnold Sports Festival’s most popular competitions. The Arnold Weightlifting Championships are run by the Columbus Weightlifting Club, which also will manage logistics for the Olympic Trials and National Championships.
50 year old Debbie Schwartz Damminga (148) competed at the SPF Big Iron Meet on February 11th. She entered the deadlift only division at the meet and was able to break the 500lb barrier with a 227.5kg (501.5lb) deadlift! Here is the footage of her lift.
Thanks to Powerliftingwatch.com for the contribution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5HZsUVzNaw
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MHP's HERCULES 2012
The Ronnie Coleman Classic Expo
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
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This couldn't express with any greater clarity how I view the cult like fanatacism called CrossFit. This article originally appeared in Mens Health Magazine and was reposted in Yahoo Health. Thanks and credit to Grant Stoddard.
"CrossFit is going to transform your body. It's going to transform your life in ways you can't imagine."
This wasn't a late-night infomercial. It was the ardent opinion of my former girlfriend. I had mentioned that I was thinking of trying CrossFit, and Becky, to my surprise, told me she was already a year into it, and that it had given her a "new lease on life" and a "whole new family." On every other subject she sounded like the same levelheaded girl I used to live with. But when she talked about CrossFit, she sounded like a lunatic.
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