Welcome to the 2025 BEAST BASH for Charity!

This is our 4th Annual year of the Beast Bash for Charity and our first year opening it up on Iron Podium!

We are so excited to have you all come and show off in the name of Charity right before the Thanksgiving holiday. 

All entry fees, proceeds, and donations will be split 50/50 between two causes:

• Cancer Services of Gaston County:  a local nonprofit dedicated to supporting individuals and families living with cancer by providing the necessities, free of charge, to any Gaston County resident with a current or previous cancer diagnosis. This includes providing items and services such as canned chicken noodle soup, Gatorade, liquid nutrition, rides to treatment, medication assistance, wigs, bras and prosthesis for women fighting breast cancer, support groups and much more. They rely on community donations and fundraisers to help better provide for the Gaston County community.
• Helping Professional Strongwoman, Emily Elmore: She will be representing our community overseas for the very first time as an athlete at the prestigious - Extinct Games in Singapore. Funds raised will also help her be able to afford the flight costs to compete abroad.

This is meant to be a fun show that isn't crazy, stupid heavy as it is unsanctioned and just to have a good time. 

Who is a Mini Beast? 

We will have a Mini Beast class for women. This class is for very, very beginner women athletes who have NEVER done novice or open or masters at a strongman show. These are women who either: want to test the waters of strongman for the very first time or are just your average gym girl wanting to come test her strength. Again, absolutely NO women athletes with strongman competition experience will be allowed in the Mini Beast class. Should you sign up and disregard this note, you will be REMOVED WITHOUT REFUND.

SIGN UP DEADLINE EXTENDED BUT WE CANNOT GUARANTEE A SHIRT TO THOSE SIGNING UP AFTER NOV 10TH!!!

Events  *NOTE ALL WEIGHTS AND WEIGHT JUMPS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY POINT.

Wagon Wheel Deadlift for Reps:

Mini, Open, & Masters Athletes will have 60 seconds to pull as many reps as possible on a regular deadlift bar using 13” wagon wheels.  Judges will give down commands when full lockout is reached: hips through, shoulders back. Athletes will strap in on their own time. Judge will start timer when athlete is ready. NO TOUCH & GO! NO BOUNCING THE REPS! Fully reset required every rep. Weights TBA.

    - Mini athletes will be deadlifting a trap bar deadlift for reps.

Gear Allowed: Hard belt, soft belt, straps, wrist wraps, chalk, knee sleeves, deadlift socks.

Not Allowed: Deadlift suits, deadlift briefs, tacky or sticky of any kind.

Max Weight Circus Dumbbell:

Mini, Open, & Masters Athletes will all have the opportunity to attempt 3 jumps to reach a max weight on the circus dumbbell. Athletes will get 45 seconds to complete each attempt. Lockout is elbow fully extended, legs straight. Down command will be given as soon as control of the overhead is shown. This will be Wessels Rules meaning athletes can hop in at any jump but miss an attempt and you are out. Jumps will be 10lb increments. We will start with a 50lbs CBD for all non-"Mini" athletes and switch to an 80lbs Titan CDB once we hit that weight mark.

     - Mini athletes will be pressing a regular dumbbell with a fat grip on the handle

Gear Allowed: Hard belt, soft belt, wrist wraps, grip shirts, chalk, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves

Not Allowed: tacky or sticky of any kind.

Sandbag Carry for Max Distance:

Mini, Open, & Masters Athletes will start at a cone. On judge’s command, the athlete will quickly pick up and begin to carry the sandbag around the outside square of set cones which will all be 20ft apart. Athletes will have 1 min to get as many laps around the cones as possible before time stops. Time will also stop and distance will be taken if the athlete drops the bag before the minute is up. Max distance in 1 minute wins the event. If no one carries the full 1 min, furthest distance will be taken as the winner. 

Gear Allowed: hard belt, soft belt, wrist wraps, chalk, knee sleeves, grip shirt

Not Allowed: tacky or sticky of any kind.

TRAP BAR MEDLEY: Zercher Carry to "Frame" Carry

Novice, Open, & Masters Athletes will pick an open trap bar Zercher style on the judge's "lift" command. Time will begin and the athlete will Zercher carry that trap bar 50ft. At the 50ft mark, they will CAREFULLY set the open trap bar down and pick up the "frame" aka a hex trap bar and carry it back 50ft. Time will stop when the athlete crosses the starting line with the hex trap bar. This is a fastest time wins event. All athletes will be allotted unlimited drops and 90 seconds to complete the course. 

Gear Allowed: hard belt, soft belt, elbow sleeves, knee sleeves/wraps, wrist wraps, chalk, grip shirt

Not Allowed: Tacky or sticky of any kind, deadlift straps of any kind

Truck Pull/Car Push:

Mini, Open, & Masters Athletes will be harnessed in and pull a truck with a guide rope 50ft as quickly as possible. Time stops when the front of the vehicle crosses the 50ft mark. Fastest pull time wins the event. 

      - Mini athletes will be pushing a small car instead of pulling a truck.

Gear Allowed: hard belt, soft belt, wrist wraps, receiving gloves, chalk, knee sleeves

Not Allowed: tacky or sticky of any kind.

Weigh Ins:

Weighs Ins will take place on Friday morning from 8am-1pm, Friday evening 4pm-8pm, and Saturday morning from 10am-11:30am. Weight Ins will take place at BODY BALANCE PERSONAL TRAINING STUDIO located at 3131 Union Rd, Suite 3, Gastonia, NC 28056. This is where and when athletes will receive their t-shirt and any other information important to Saturday. 

        - PLEASE NOTE: Weigh In location is different than Event location!

Day of Event:

The Bash will take place at TINO'S located at 3204 Union Rd, Gastonia, NC 28056.

RULES MEETING will be  promptly at 12:15pm. Athletes will then approximately have from 12:30pm-1pm to warm up, this includes getting hands on the equipment for their first event. Event will start promptly at 1pm.

This event will take place outside in a parking lot with restrooms available within Tino's. Tino's is a local restuarant, so food and beverages will be sold by them inside during the event. Please, be sure to bring your own chairs and tents for this event!

Entry:

General Entry through Iron Podium is $75. This includes: entry to the show and a comp t-shirt

Premium Entry is $250 by calling Body Balance Personal Training Studio at 980-888-0306. This includes: entry, t-shirt and 5 one on one 45 minute private event training sessions at the studio with pro strongwoman and certified personal trainer, Emily Elmore. 

SPECTATOR ENTRY:

Entry for spectators will be $10. This spectator fee will go toward the charities listed below. We are also asking spectators to bring a can or cans of chicken noodle soup or a bottle or bottles of Gatorade as part of a soup and Gatorade drive we will be doing for Cancer Services of Gaston County. Other items they may need that you are welcome to bring/donate: cases of Glucerna or Ensure, or packages of Depends Briefs.

Sponsor Opportunity:

If you are interested in sponsoring the 2025 BEAST BASH, we would love to have you. If you donate a $100, which will be split between the two charities, this will allow you to have your company's logo on the back of the shirt and you will be able to set up a table during the event to outreach your brand to the community! If you are interested, please, reach out to Megan Turner at meturner1423@gmail.com to receive a donation letter and more information.

If you have any further questions, please, reach out to:

Emily Elmore

emily.thomas.elmore@gmail.com

IG: @EmilyTElmore