Saturday, May 14 in Bowling Green, Ohio is again the location of the Atomic Athletic Great Black Swamp Olde Time Strongman Picnic. This is the 5th year for the picnic and it stands to be the best one yet.
Old time strongmen and martial artists will perform amazing feats of strength and dexterity at the new Atomic Athletic building in Bowling Green, OH from 1PM to 6PM. No where else have you seen performances like this! Not since the Bob Hoffman Birthday Picnics at the old York Barbell has anyone seen a classic picnic like at Atomic Athletic.
There will be a Kettlebell Sport mini-clinic, performers bending steel and rolling up frying pans with there bare hands. Martial Arts demonstrations and booths, Indian clubs, circus performers, barbell and kettlebell juggling. The feats of strength will continue all day.
This year, Roger LaPointe, owner of Atomic Athletic has added a sanctioned USAWA record breakers meet. Two lifts will be contested; One Hand Barbell Deadlift and the Clean and Push Press.
I will be going after the One Hand Barbell Deadlift Record of 475 lbs. Training has been good, so if you have the day free, come to Bowling Green, Ohio and cheer everyone to big lifts. I feel 500+ lbs. will be lifted.
Location:
Progress Industrial Park
500 Lehman Ave.
Bowling Green, OH 43402
Spring and warmer days are upon us. It is time to motivate and get your body moving. Many people who follow me know that training at Durniat Strength is different than anywhere else in the world. We incorporate kettlebells, sandbags, ropes, bodyweight exercises, agility drills, along with dumbbells and barbells. These can be intimidating to most at first, but once you experience the training and feel the sweat of accomplishment, you are changed. Suddenly anything is possible, fear is replaced with thoughts of what else can I do.
This Saturday, May 7, between 10am and 5pm, I encourage you and anyone you know to come to Durniat Strength to experience movement and exercise like never before. Meet trainers Josh McDonald and Andrew Durniat. Learn to strengthen weak areas, work on flexibility and train with battling ropes and kettlebells like you’ve seen on the TV show ‘The Biggest Loser’.
Come anytime this Saturday for a one-day special of $5 per half hour of training. Bring your friends and train together. Now is the time to break out of the winter time funk.
Mark your calenders as Saturday, June 4, 2011 will be yet another Durniat Strength Grip Challenge competition. Grip training and grip sport competitions are growing in popularity, and the first event here was a huge success with 10 competitors and over 40 spectators. You do not want to mess out on this next one.
This competition will again be geared towards the novice lifter. However, it will be an open competition, allowing veterans to compete who still need to qualify for the US National Grip Championships on July 16, 2011.
Weight Classes will be in effect: Heavy Weight: >94kg (above 206.8 lbs.), Light Weight: <94kg (under 206.8 lbs.) and a Women’s Class.
Events will be:
1) Maximum Parallel Set Grippers
2) Maximum 2 Hands Pinch Deadlift– euro device
3) Maximum Double Overhand Axle Deadlift
4) Medley, a random selection of 25 objects to be deadlifted in 4 minutes time.
5) Wrist Roller from a tower
4 attempts will be allowed for the Grippers, 2 Hands Pinch and Axle Deadlift.
Prize packages will be awarded to the top 3 competitors of each class.
Sign up now. Here is the GripEntry
