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The 2007 USC ‘Lift Strong’ Fundraiser
Benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
I planned on having 20 – 30 participants and 10 made it! But man were those 10 kids
going for broke on this day! I couldn’t have been happier!
Surrounding high schools were contacted via phone, fax and even home phone (yes, I
found a way to call Football coaches at home).
In the end, 10 members of USC showed up to battle it out in a strongman contest which
benefited ‘LIFT Strong’!
Together, we raised $ 605 and generated a lot of buzz at the same time with local
newspaper recognition two weeks in a row! Hopefully this brings more people to support
this event which will be held annually to benefit ‘LIFT Strong’!
This event was inspired by Alwyn Cosgrove, who created the ‘LIFT Strong’ CD rom to
benefit others who have experienced what he has experienced.
The inspiration to hold this event and open my gym came from the endless hours and
countless e mails Alwyn has exchanged with me. The first ever USC gym only came to
fruition because of everything I have learned from Cosgrove.
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Our athletes were beyond fired up to compete and the crowd that emerged blew me
away! Parents, family members, girlfriends and gym members next door pulled out lawn
chairs, cameras, video cameras and more to see the competition. It was giving me goose
bumps I tell you!
The event was organized so that the athletes can be separated via two weight categories,
above 200 lbs and below 200 lbs.
The events were as follows:
Under 200 lbs Over 200 lbs
Sled drag x 4 plates
x 150 ft
Sled drag x 6 plates
x 150 ft
Farmer walk x 105
lbs x 150 ft
Farmer walk x 155
lbs x 150 ft
155 lb bench press x
max reps
185 lb bench press x
max reps
100 lb Keg carry x
150 ft
400 lb tire flip x 3
reps
The tire flip and keg carry were actually surprise events that none of these athletes ever
performed. I wanted to have one “surprise” for the athletes. I also made sure to have an
extra event in the case of a tie breaker, which we needed, and this was the Tug of War.
Unfortunately, the two guys who tied had a BIG difference in weight. One athlete
weighed 210 lbs and the other weighed slightly over 300 lbs!
The heavier guy won the tug of war, but, during the tire flip the lighter guys flipped it 3
times extremely fast and the heavier guy only got 2 flips. So, if relative body strength was
measured things would be different, but, this is the case in strongman sometimes!
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Next year I will have one category for high school and another category for college
athletes. This will push our high school guys to get stronger because I want them ALL to
bench 185 lbs for reps.
Personally, I feel that a high school athlete should be able to bench his own bodyweight
at least 5 times. We can say the bench press carries no merit towards athleticism but
strength through pushing movements is critical, and being strong is critical. And, as Dave
Tate said, “I don’t care what people say about the bench. Increase a kid’s bench press and
you increase his confidence BIG time which in turn improves athletics.”
I agree!
Below is a series of photos taken by USC member Don Shea who cruised all the way up
from Delaware to help out! Don and his partner, Ron Shoop, were awesome. They helped
set up and put equipment away and this was great because I didn’t have ANYONE there
to help me!
These guys are the REAL deal, and they have an Underground method to their madness
as well!
Their training company is called Integrated Strength and Fitness and they currently
operate out of Body Visions Fitness Centre in Bear, DE
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Brian Pascal preparing to fly during the farmer walks.
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Brian hauling a** during the farmer walks, and although he took 1st overall, he did NOT
get first with the farmer walks!
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The turn around really gave our guys the most difficult time during farmer walks! The
skill of strongman training certainly comes into play here!
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Johnny Zapata practically goes running with the 155 lb farmer “walk”!
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Johnny coming home with the farmer walk.
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Big Dan Lungo making the turn on the farmer walk. At barely over 200 lbs, Dan placed
3rd overall with his incredible toughness, work ethic and work capacity!
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Ryan Szucs getting ready to tear up the farmer walk!
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Szucs coming home on the farmer walk!
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Ryan Amberger, in the under 200 lb class takes off with the sled drag.
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Ryan finishing the sled drag. Going down was forwards, coming back was backwards.
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Keith Pierce NEVER trained with us before, so here I am showing him how to hold the
straps during the sled run. With no experience, brute strength and tons of heart, Keith
took home the overall victory in the under 200 lb class!
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Keith takes off with the sled drag!
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Travis woods takes off on the start of the sled drag.
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Travis Woods battling the back drag and you also get a nice shot of my a**, in case
anyone cares!
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USC member Ron from Delaware helps me set up the farmer walk bars while the crowd
congregates and gets ready to see the first event get under way!
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Dan Tirado gets set to start the sled drag event in the 200 +lb weight class.
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Tirado blasting through the back drag.
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Jimmy Cooper, who makes everything look easy, awaits my “GO” signal on the sled
drag.
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Coop finishes up the back drag!
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Brian Pascal in serious mode as he awaits the start of the sled drag!
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Brian begins with an explosive start to get the 6 plate sled moving!
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The dreaded backward sled drag!
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Johnny Zapata awaits as I pull the sled back to ensure all athletes start from the same
exact point.
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Dan Lungo ready to attack the sled. This kid only knows one thing, and that’s HARD
WORK!
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Dan finishes up the sled drag event.
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Szucs awaits my “GO” signal.
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The painful finish of the sled drag event.
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Bobby Amberger ready to run with the keg, which was the surprise event for the under
200 lb category. Notice my functional one legged training movement in the background
taught to me by none other than Jason C Brown!
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Bobby running back as he finishes the keg run.
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Keith Pierce was flying with the keg, tripped, yet still recovered to get the best keg run
time!
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Travis Woods, the only freshman competing was right behind the upper classmen in the
under 200 lb category!
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Right before we began the tire flip I gave some pointers to an effective tire flip since this
was the surprise event for the 200 + category and none of these guys ever flipped a tire!.
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Leaning into the tire showing the boys how it’s done!
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Dan Tirado was the first guy to flip the tire which is always a tough position to be in. Dan
managed 2 flips with the big tire.
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Jimmy Cooper cranked out 3 tire flips in 17 seconds. At 210 lbs this kid deadlifts over
600 lbs and dumbbell benches 130’s for sets of 10! Yes, he is STRONG!
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Brian Pascal flipped the 400 lb tire like a beast, getting 3 reps in 10 seconds! Brian is
going to major in business and play Football at Johns Hopkins University. Strong AND
smart, the ultimate combination!
In the end….
This was one heck of a fundraiser! I know that the next time we’ll have more participants
and we’ll raise more money!
The local newspaper covered our story and you can see it here:
http://ems.gmnews.com/news/2007/0620/Front_Page/026.html
If you would like to be a contributor while getting your hands on over 800 pages of
ass kicking strength and conditioning information, go to http://LIFTStrong.com
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