AKJV1769 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Time: Saturday, November 12 at 11 AM - 6 PM Location: Used Gym Store 2851 Highway 73, Iron Station, North Carolina 28080 http://usedgymstore.com/ Details: This will be a great event for people to come out and test their strength on the 2.5 inch FBBC Crusher deadlift, 2-inch vertical bar deadlift, 20mm block set grippers in a great atmosphere for strength. There will be steel-bending, chain-breaking and horseshoe bending by world-class benders Robert Miller and Gary Stuart. Multiple National Championship winner James Retarides will be conducting an armwrestling clinic and there will be a strength medley featuring a farmer's walk, plate pinch, hub-lifting, blob lifting and sledgehammer lifting. Test your strength with the Thomas Inch dumbbell replica as well as the 135lb Globe Bell. If you have a speciality you would like to come share with attendees, come on down! The goal here is to have a fun time, learn and leave feeling like you've had the workout of your life. There will be no weight classes and the events will be four attempts, rising bar. Recent Posts James Retarides — Barrel Strength Systems will be sponsoring awards! Check out their website and products at...Read More James Retarides This is an awesome event to get acclimated with more unconventional lifts and to discuss strength training with armwrestlers, strongmen, steel-benders, highland games athletes. The owner, Janelle White and her husband Scott are not only very nice people they are also very accomplished jiu jitsu and judo players. Some of Carolina's strongest will be in attendance and Carolina Muscle will be on hand selling clothing! Also, UGS has the best deals around on weights and equipment. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Sounds incredible! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonotto Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 This is going to be a great day! I hope a lot of folks can come out and spend the day at the UGS. We will have a blast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKJV1769 Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 On 10/21/2016 at 3:42 AM, anwnate said: Sounds incredible! We would love to have you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKJV1769 Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Update: Events for the Iron Station Day of Strength: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKJV1769 Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 Results of the Iron Station Day of Strength at Used Gym Store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonotto Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Thanks for posting. A huge thanks to James Retarides for putting this event together and to the Used Gym Store for hosting. Perfect venue for a contest. we had a lot of very strong folks at this event. extremely organized and everyone had an enjoyable experience ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonotto Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Congrats to all the competitors! Great job, Bob - on the win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anwnate Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Super glad you guys pulled the trigger on this. No surprise that the PUA's came out on top. Charlotte is a tough grip-town. Congrats to all. I hope this becomes yearly and that one day I can attend. Looking forward to a trip report guys...hint hint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhbaker15 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 The event was very organized and I had a blast. The medley with 30+ implements was my favorite. Definitely worth the 4 hour drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonotto Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Trip report is up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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