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[Tom]

Announcing the 2009 Octogen Novice Strongman / Strongwoman competition.

Strongman is taking off in Australia and this competition is an opportunity for first time strength athletes and athletes from other sports to have a crack at the challenges of strongman competition without the monster weights ot the higher level shows.

So if you are a powerlifter, policeman, crossfitter, olympic lifter, thrower, rugby player, fireman or gym junkie then this comp is for you!

Also, not forgetting the women we'll be holding a strongwoman comp on the same day

Each event in the competition will be demonstrated by experienced competitors from the Sydney Strongman Society and coaching tips will be given to get first timers up and running.

Comp details

Date - Saturday 5th of September - 10am
Location - Sydney University - meet at the Arena Gym
Entry fee - $50
Prizes - prizes for 1st to 3rd in the mens and womens comp
Events - see below
To enter - email fitness@octogen.com.au
Entry restricted to competitors who have completed only 0-2 comps and who have not placed top 5 in any event in 2009

Men - open weight division

Farmers walk 90kg 75m
Log for max weight 70kg opener then 10kg jumps to 100kg and 5kg jumps thereafter, 3 attempts per competitor
Tyre flip and sled drag medley 25m
axle clean and press reps with 80kg
Stone for reps over 1200mm bar 110kg

Women - open weight division

Kettlebell clean and press medley - 16, 20, 24, 28, 32kg
Farmers walk 60kg 50m
log for reps - 45kg
Tyre flip and sled drag 25m
Stone for reps 60kg or 80kg
Any reps at 80kg trump reps with the 60 (so a single on 80kg will beat any number of reps with the 60kg and everyone will be ranked accordingly)

*Copied from a facebook post*

[adrian]

Are you entering this Tom? I'm obviously going to be a spectator at something like this...

You didnt go check out the most recent strongman comp did you? I saw someone post about it on the Catalyst Athletics site - Don Stevenson I think..

[Tom]

I'd love to have a bit of a crack at some of the implements but I'm not sure I'll compete because tbh most of that stuff looks _way_ too heavy.

I did go out and watch the comp last weekend, yeah Don was competing in it. What's catalyst?

[adrian]

What's catalyst?

Its an Oly lifting offshoot of Crossfit - I think Mike Burgener is involved

http://www.performancemenu.com/ good article on there at the moment called "Staying Erect"

I'd encourage you just to go for it with the strongman! Gotta start sometime

[Rob]

for the farmers walk what are you actually holding that makes up the 75kg? Have you an ida of the diameter of the hold? Just thinking it could be really difficult if the bar was fat!

[Tom]

Rob have you seen the movie "Strong" about Joe DeFranco's gym?

In that you see his athletes doing a farmers walk holding implements he calls "torpedoes". That's what they will be using in the competition.

[Rob]

Tom is going in a power lifting comp not this weekend but next weekend I'm to dumb to work out the date but I will be heading out to watch. Who wants to come watch

[Tom]

Haha thanks Robbie, I'll be lifting on the 22nd at about midday.

[adrian]

At the anzac club in cammeray?

[Tom]

North Sydney PCYC