Andrew P Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Backyard Bastards Bash 2015 Date: Saturday – July 11th, 2014 Location: Andrew’s Gym 19820 Merriman Rd Romulus, MI 48174 Grip Contest All NAGS Rules will apply. Wight Classes LW: 83kg and under MW: 93kg and 105kg classes HW: 120kg and up Weigh In will begin at 7:30 AM Rules at 9:00 Contest Start Time – 9:30 AM Prizes: FBBC Gifts Cards $50 1st, $25 2nd, 10 3rd. Each weight class. Grip Contest: Starts at 9:30 AM Events: · 2” Vertical Bar. 1 handed 4 attempts rising bar. · High Handle Trap-bar Deadlift: 18 Handles. Last man standing format. 20 pound jumps. · 2” Crusher. 1 handed 4 attempts rising bar. 10” lift to crossbar. · Bock weight toss: Block weight toss hand to hand for most reps in 5 minutes. Athlete picks the block they want 25 to 50 pounds and the most weight tossed in the time limit wins. Basically the Kettlebell Sport rules for blob tossing. I’ll do a video demo. Steel Bending Contest after Grip Contest, not before 2pm: Short Bending Prizes: FBBC Gifts Cards $50 1st, $25 2nd, 10 3rd. Open Class · 4 attempts. · Single leather wraps will be provided. Personal wraps allowed as well (Leather, Suede, IM, BB, Towel, Clean Socks) as long as they are thinner or equal to the provided wraps, judge will inspect wraps and make call if they are ok to use. No double wraps no matter what the combination is. · 2 minute time limits per bend. · Ends must be crushed to less than 2”. All un-braced styles allowed, Double Overhand, Double Underhand, and Reverse. · All provided bars will be round cold rolled steel ranging from 3/16” thick to 7/16” thick. Bar length will be 7” to 5” in 0.5” increments. · Scoring: Your best bar bent successfully will be your score. Thicker bar beats all thinner bars and a shorter bar will beat a longer bar of the same thickness. In the event of a tie your second bar will be scored, then 3rd then 4th. Entry Fee’s Grip Contest: $20 Steel Bending: $20 Entry Fees is to be paid to Andrew Pantke by paypal or mail. There will be an additional liability and release form to be signed at the contest. I’ll be grilling bratwursts and hotdogs after the main events. Along with having FBBC toys, Inch dumbbells, blobs and other toys available to play with. Full entry form can be found at FBBC Site. http://www.fatbastardbarbellco.com/BBB2015.html 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Cool to see the BBB revived, in name and spirit! The ones that John Beatty hosted were among my favorite contests of any kind. Probably remains the only contest where three different guys closed a #4. Josh Dale, Big Steve McGranahan, and Dave Morton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Cool to see the BBB revived, in name and spirit! The ones that John Beatty hosted were among my favorite contests of any kind. Probably remains the only contest where three different guys closed a #4. Josh Dale, Big Steve McGranahan, and Dave Morton. That would have been impressive to see. Heck my 3.5's are just paperweights to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pizzo Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I'm looking forward to this comp!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 If you host this next year then maybe I'd be able to attend. By then my toddler might be more self-sufficient and allow me to start training effectively for a goal again. I still like the idea of weight classes in competition and it appears to be here to stay. This will definitely encourage more competitor participation over time than the old way of just lumping everyone together. Eventually, I think having a Masters category would be a good path to pursue also. If my daughter inherits any of my interest in hand strength, she will be formidable in women's grip comps by the time she's a teenager. She will be 2 years old next month and has already expressed interest in the few grippers I still own. Even at a year old she was trying to close the Ironmind Handgripper Helper. My loose timeline goals for her on grippers are: Guide closed both hands with 20mm Block Set......by her 10th birthday. Sport closed both hands with 20mm Block Set.......by her 11th birthday. Trainer closed both hands with 20mm Block Set....by her 12th birthday. .5 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set..............by her 13th birthday. #1 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set.............by her 14th birthday. #1.5 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set..........by her 15th birthday. #2 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set.............by her 16th birthday. #2.5 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set..........by her 17th birthday. #3 closed (right or left) with 20mm Block Set..........by her 18th birthday. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Goguen Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I'm going to try and make this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Pizzo Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 If you host this next year then maybe I'd be able to attend. By then my toddler might be more self-sufficient and allow me to start training effectively for a goal again. I still like the idea of weight classes in competition and it appears to be here to stay. This will definitely encourage more competitor participation over time than the old way of just lumping everyone together. Eventually, I think having a Masters category would be a good path to pursue also. If my daughter inherits any of my interest in hand strength, she will be formidable in women's grip comps by the time she's a teenager. She will be 2 years old next month and has already expressed interest in the few grippers I still own. Even at a year old she was trying to close the Ironmind Handgripper Helper. My loose timeline goals for her on grippers are: Guide closed both hands with 20mm Block Set......by her 10th birthday. Sport closed both hands with 20mm Block Set.......by her 11th birthday. Trainer closed both hands with 20mm Block Set....by her 12th birthday. .5 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set..............by her 13th birthday. #1 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set.............by her 14th birthday. #1.5 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set..........by her 15th birthday. #2 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set.............by her 16th birthday. #2.5 closed both hands with 20mm Block Set..........by her 17th birthday. #3 closed (right or left) with 20mm Block Set..........by her 18th birthday. Very awesome set of grip goals for her! And hopefully you can make it out to one of these in the future...I'd definitely like to pick up a few tips from an extremely elite bender in person! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob McMurren Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Going to try and make this one. Is the trap bar just normal handles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) I had a few questions on the trap bar so I'll try and answer them here as well. The bar that we are going to use does not yet exist outside of sketches and drawings. It's more or less going to be my dream trap-bar that I've always wanted. When It's built I'll have pictures posted. But what I'm looking to make is going to have 18" parallel handles with what I would call a medium knurling 1.25" diameter handles. This should run a lot like the Farmers bars pick from MGC 2014. Edited March 9, 2015 by Andrew P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 I'm going to try and make this. If you host this next year then maybe I'd be able to attend. By then my toddler might be more self-sufficient and allow me to start training effectively for a goal again. Going to try and make this one. Is the trap bar just normal handles? I would love to have you guys head out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knyaz Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Would be cool if I could make it out here ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Blob Toss Demo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedd Johnson Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Blob Toss would be so cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knyaz Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 I really like the idea of the scoring system , for the blob toss event , Initially I thought , the heavier blob would win over the lighter one Even if the lighter had more tosses , but the point scoring is A great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 I got the ideas of most tonnage moved from Durniats GS sprint contest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvance Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 No one will go for the heavies.. I'd try to rep out the lightest one for a zillion reps... Might as well keep a set weight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Also good to see the 2" vbar making a contest comeback. It's in another contest and that's good to see. There are some very good 2" vbar marks that haven't been "ratified" due to not having calibrated weights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Goguen Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Since the FBBC Crush will be an event do you know when they will be in stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 No one will go for the heavies.. I'd try to rep out the lightest one for a zillion reps... Might as well keep a set weight It will be interesting to see what everyone picks. If I had to go right now I would pick the 27.5 block but with my stubby fingers that's also what I like width wise. Since the FBBC Crush will be an event do you know when they will be in stock? Material is in but after the delay with the V-bars I'm going to hold off on setting a date so I don't have to go back on my word again. That being said production has them scheduled next then loading pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Change of events. We are going to switch out the Trap bar deadlift for Farmers Bars pick for max weight. Last man standing 20 pound jumps in weight. % scoring. Same event done at MGC last year. I'm simply working too many hours at my day job to work on the trap bar and I don't want to take what time I have away from the main FBBC product line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 20, 2015 Author Share Posted May 20, 2015 Rule change: Crusher will be a 6" lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 Reminder let me know your coming so I know how much lunch to order. Paid Entries: Darrin Shallman (Grip) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeNS Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'll be there for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbe705 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 andrew, i'll be mailing my entry this friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickr104 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I think Stew and I will be coming up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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