Meet Report, plus today

Took it easy all last week, just walking and qigong on the front porch, this in advance of the USAWA meet

Meet Report – USAWA meet on October 12 in Ambridge, PA, near Pittsburgh.  The meet director was Art Montini, age 87 and still lifting.  He hosts this meet as “Art’s Birthday Bash” every year – this was my first one.

Format was informal – you called Art or one of the other judges over when you wanted a lift refereed.  You picked your own lifts since the USAWA has hundreds of them – basically, you picked lifts in which you thought your could break or set a US or World Record.  You kept your own paperwork, writing down your attempts and success/fail.  My wife was nice enough to come with me and she kept mine in order.

My category: M55+, 70 kg.

1.  Steinborn Lift – existed WR was 75 kg, which I broke.  I went 60, 70, 80 kg, all good.

2.  Inman Mile – no one has ever completed, partial attempts are kept in the record books for distance.  You walk with 150% BW on a bar on your back.  I covered 113 meters, which will be the first American entry in the books, and set a record for my age/weight where none had existed.

3.  Hip Lift – 1st attempt – 810 lbs., good.  2nd attempt: 1020 lbs., fail.  3rd attempt, 1020 lbs, good.  This set a record for my age/weight where none had existed.

4.  Jefferson Lift (a straddle-the-bar deadlift): 1st attempt: 275 lbs, good.  2nd attempt: 315 lbs, also good.  WR was/is 175 kg – did not break that but set an American record where none had existed.

5.  Jefferson Lift, 2″ bar: 1st attempt: 230 lbs, good.  2nd attempt: 280 lbs., also good.  Set a WR were none had exists.

6.  Kennedy Lift – a new lift in the USAWA (not sure if it’s IAWA) – it’s a straddle Health Lift, a deadlift done from in the rack with pins set at 18″ (or lower).  I did several attempts at this, alternating with John McKean, a man who holds hundres of IAWA records.  We both did the same and got them all: 225, 275, 315, 405.  Since the lift is new, these were all World records.

A very good day, very nice people, and something I hope to make an annual event.  Broke 1 WR, set 4 more and set 1 American record.

Today, had more driving to do, so just some short walks, stretching, and light windmills and bent presses with various implements including a 10 kg kettlebell and an empty, 30 lb., 5 foot bar