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LifeFitness®
& Ohana Hotels
present
The
24 Hour Fitness®
'Beauty &
the Beast' 2001
World Strongman Challenge tm
&
Women's Strength & Fitness Challenge
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Samulson
1st!
Pill
Pfister and Karl Gillingham qualify for the worlds!
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The Beauty and The Beast
Strongman Challenge has turned into probably the most note worthy
contests of
the western hemisphere...attracting the highest caliber competitors from
all over the globe. The top athletes in the game seem to show up, making
this a preview for the World's Strongest man. The list of past and
present top strongmen keep growing each year. Names such as Jouko Ahola,
Jani Virtanen, Magnus Samulson, Magnus Ver Magnuson, Mark Philippe, Phil
Pfister, Brian Neese, Brian Schoonveld, Gary Mitchell, Hugo Gerard, &
Ken Brown, just to name a few of the men that have made it to "The
Big Show" (The World's).
Odd Haugen has done an
incredible job of organizing one of the great contest on the strongman
circuit.
Now Let The Game Begin!
Mike Kromer with a great Tattoo!!! ;-)
MEN’S
Event One:
24 Hour Fitness® Log
Lift (for reps)
Athletes
will attempt to lift a 125 kg /275 lb steel log from the ground to
overhead for maximum repetitions within the 75 seconds time limit.
Each repetition must be locked out (elbows and knees), feet parallel
and under control (head under bar) before it is counted (referee
signal down/count), and returned/lowered back down under control to the
pedestals for each repetition to be good.
NO DROPPING OR THROWING OF THE LOG WILL BE TOLERATED. NO
TOWEL OR BUILT-UP BELT.
The
contest started off with three Mastiff logs, each loaded to 272 lbs,
using rubber bumper plates. The Judges were Jamie Reeves (WSM
'89), Dr Douglas Edmonds (Commander-in-Chief of
IFSA), and "PJ" (sorry I couldn't remember
the name). The judging was strict, at least for me, I had Dr
Edmonds as my referee. It took three reps before he gave me one...I
didn't have my head "under the weight". Pfister and Schoonie
cruzed through with 9 reps each with Philippi and Samuelsson following
with 8 each.
| Competitors |
# |
Repetitions |
Place |
Score(*) |
| Phil
Pfister |
11 |
9 |
1 |
1.5 |
| Brian
Schoonveld |
13 |
9 |
2 |
1.5 |
| Mark
Philippi |
10 |
8 |
3 |
3.5 |
| Magnus
Samuelsson |
15 |
8 |
4 |
3.5 |
| Svend
Karlsen |
9 |
7 |
5 |
7.5 |
| Zydrunas
Savickas |
14 |
7 |
6 |
7.5 |
| Karl
Gillingham |
19 |
7 |
7 |
7.5 |
| Ken
Brown |
20 |
7 |
8 |
7.5 |
| Bryan
Neese |
25 |
7 |
9 |
7.5 |
| Chad
Smith |
27 |
7 |
10 |
7.5 |
| Grant
McReynolds |
7 |
6 |
11 |
11 |
| Jan
Bartl |
5 |
5 |
12 |
14 |
| Odd
Haugen |
12 |
5 |
13 |
14 |
| Rastislav
Sevcech |
16 |
5 |
14 |
14 |
| Magnus
ver Magnusson |
23 |
5 |
15 |
14 |
| Chad
Coy |
28 |
5 |
16 |
14 |
| Michael
Kromer |
6 |
4 |
17 |
19.5 |
| Doug
Ahr |
8 |
4 |
18 |
19.5 |
| Janne
Virtanen |
17 |
4 |
19 |
19.5 |
| James
Barientos |
18 |
4 |
20 |
19.5 |
| Bruce
Tessier |
21 |
4 |
21 |
19.5 |
| Grant
Higa |
26 |
4 |
22 |
19.5 |
| Jaroslav
Kopecky |
1 |
3 |
23 |
24.5 |
| Wade
Gillingham |
22 |
3 |
24 |
24.5 |
| Thomas
Ingalsbe |
24 |
3 |
25 |
24.5 |
| Jared
Spybrook |
29 |
3 |
26 |
24.5 |
| Mark
Keshishian |
2 |
2 |
27 |
27 |
| Brian
Rehberg |
4 |
1 |
28 |
28 |
| James
V. Fountain III |
3 |
0 |
29 |
30 |
| William
Amos Jr. |
30 |
0 |
30 |
30 |
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MEN’S
Event Two: Bridgestone-Firestone
Tire Flip Race
Athletes will
attempt to flip an 980 pound off-road truck tire 66 feet in the
shortest amount of time.
Number of flips will be scored if athlete fails to complete
the 66 feet within the 90 seconds time limit.
These tires were
heavy, weighing in around 980lbs. They also were almost a
problem...the tread design was such that when the tire was on it's
side, you couldn't get your fingers under it. After searching the
whole island, Odd came up with the idea of putting intertubes inside
each tire and blowing them up. This solution worked very well, and
allowed some great flipping!. Svend seems to be the tire flip king
of strongman, dominating the course in 33.36 seconds...probably 8 or
9 flips...you do the math, that's fast! Mark Philippe filled in the
rear of the pack due to a calf strain, from his last work out, which
turned into a "Something Popped" in the first flip. He was
even more disappointed that the window of his hotel room didn't open
far enough for him to jump out of! ;-)
| Competitors |
Distance |
Time |
Place |
Score(*) |
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FEET |
Inches |
Minutes |
Seconds |
Total
time |
| Svend
Karlsen |
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0.3336 |
1 |
1 |
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33.3600 |
33.36 |
| Magnus
Samuelsson |
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0.3562 |
2 |
2 |
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35.6200 |
35.62 |
| Zydrunas
Savickas |
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0.3741 |
3 |
3 |
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37.4100 |
37.41 |
| Phil
Pfister |
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0.4728 |
4 |
4 |
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47.2800 |
47.28 |
| Karl
Gillingham |
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0.4816 |
5 |
5 |
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48.1600 |
48.16 |
| Chad
Smith |
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0.4869 |
6 |
6 |
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48.6900 |
48.69 |
| Janne
Virtanen |
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0.48.78 |
7 |
7 |
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48.7800 |
48.78 |
| Odd
Haugen |
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0.494 |
8 |
8 |
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49.4000 |
49.4 |
| Grant
McReynolds |
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0.5019 |
9 |
9 |
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50.1900 |
50.19 |
| Wade
Gillingham |
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0.52.78 |
10 |
10 |
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52.7800 |
52.78 |
| Magnus
ver Magnusson |
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0.5325 |
11 |
11 |
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53.2500 |
53.25 |
| Ken
Brown |
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0.5496 |
12 |
12 |
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54.9600 |
54.96 |
| Rastislav
Sevcech |
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1.0252 |
13 |
13 |
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1 |
0.0252 |
60.0252 |
| Bruce
Tessier |
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1.0316 |
14 |
14 |
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1 |
0.0316 |
60.0316 |
| Brian
Schoonveld |
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1.0545 |
15 |
15 |
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1 |
0.0545 |
60.0545 |
| Jan
Bartl |
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1.0707 |
16 |
16 |
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1 |
0.0707 |
60.0707 |
| Chad
Coy |
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1.0744 |
17 |
17 |
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1 |
0.0744 |
60.0744 |
| Jared
Spybrook |
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1.1309 |
18 |
18 |
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1 |
0.1309 |
60.1309 |
| Jaroslav
Kopecky |
56-3 |
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19 |
19 |
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56 |
3.00 |
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0 |
| Mark
Keshishian |
48-7 |
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20 |
20 |
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48 |
7.00 |
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0 |
| James
Barientos |
48-2 |
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21 |
21 |
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48 |
2.00 |
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0 |
| Doug
Ahr |
47-10.5 |
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22 |
22 |
|
47 |
10.50 |
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0 |
| Bryan
Neese |
47-5 |
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23 |
23 |
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47 |
5.00 |
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0 |
| Brian
Rehberg |
40-9.5 |
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24 |
24 |
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40 |
9.50 |
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0 |
| Michael
Kromer |
32-7 |
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25 |
25 |
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32 |
7.00 |
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0 |
| Thomas
Ingalsbe |
31-10 |
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26 |
26 |
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31 |
10.00 |
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0 |
| Grant
Higa |
24-10 |
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27 |
27 |
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24 |
10.00 |
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0 |
| William
Amos Jr. |
17-9 |
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28 |
28 |
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17 |
9.00 |
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0 |
| James
V. Fountain III |
17-5 |
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29 |
29 |
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17 |
5.00 |
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0 |
| Mark
Philippi |
16-10 |
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30 |
30 |
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16 |
10.00 |
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0 |
MEN’S
Event Three: LifeFitness®
Heavy Duty (Super Yoke,
Conan Wheel and
Samson
Power Wheelbarrow)
Medley
Athletes
will compete in reverse order of finish in the first event, each athlete
carrying a 365 kg (801 pound) Super Yoke over
66 foot course, then, lift in the crux of his arms (5 inch pipe
attached to a universal joint and loaded with 600 plus pounds, the
“Conan Wheel”) and walk around a complete circle (360 degrees), before
then picking-up and pushing a 2,000 lb Samson-Power
barrow back over another 66 foot
course in the shortest amount of time.
Implements may be set down as many times as the time limit
allows, but cannot be dragged. Distance (and implement) will be measured
if athlete fails to complete course in the 2 minute time limit.
The event will start with the Super Yoke implement on the ground,
the signals Get Ready, Set, Lift (Whistle)…will be given, and end when
the rear end of the wheels of the wheelbarrow crosses the finish line.
Well
this was the event we were all dreading! "The Medley from
Hell!" I personally was most worried about the Yoke. (Odd's
Yokes always feel heavier! May be gravity is stronger in the
Islands) The Yoke started well for me, I
was the first person to take it to the finish without dropping it, then
the Wheel...well this is when I, as well as quite a few others fell
apart. The Conan Wheel was not that heavy, but after exerting one's self
on the Yoke, the Wheel was Hard! I stood up with it fine, took a few
steps, then my body started shutting down, everything started
cramping...cramping like I haven't had since I was powerlifting! Other
people where having trouble also, it seemed everyone forgot to lean
back, thus, they stumbled forward and down. Then onto the Samson-Power
Samson's Barrow: Chad Coy wowed the crowd, being the smallest guy to get
to the Barrow. The top 4 finishers were only separated by 6 seconds! A
very close finish!
| Hammer
Strength Super Heavy Duty Medley |
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in reverse order of cumulative standing |
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place 1 point, 2nd place 2 points, 3rd place 3 points etc. |
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