2025 QRF Invitational 

Quality Resilience Fitness, will be hosting its 3rd annual strongman competition in support of Americas veterans, building a fitness-based community and combating veteran suicide. The proceeds go directly to Q.R.F and our mission to end veteran suicide. If you are anyone you know is interested in sponsoring this event, please e-mail or send me a message on Instagram for more details. 

This year it will be hosted at Heavy Brewing - 20333 Patton St, Gretna, NE 68028

Weigh-in will be from 8am-9am Saturday morning, rules meeting will start at 9am, warms up for first event will begin immediately after rules meeting ends. This will be a United States Strongman sanctioned meet and will have cash prizes for first place finishers in each weight class. 

There will be raffled prizes, and challenges for spectators. 

Prizes: There will be a tiered cash prize system. The more competitors we have sign-up, the more money will be given out. Each division will need 3 entries to get a cash prize. 1st-3rd will get a custom competition RTIC cup. Each competitor will also receive a competition T-shirt.

Weights and events may change, follow @jon.erickson.cscs on Instagram for all updates to the competition

4 bag toss 

• Athletes will have 60 seconds to get 4 bags over a bar. Must start with lightest and work to heaviest, fastest time wins. There will not be time hacks for each bag, rather credit for how many bags

Women will be 12ft – Men will be 15ft

Yoke walk to Log press 

• Athletes will start off the yoke, on command athletes will have 60 seconds to walk the yoke 40ft then proceed to the log press for 1 rep. A time hack will be given for completion of yoke and log.

Max barbell deadlift 

• Rising bar – Each competitor will have 3 attempts to reach a 1 rep max. We will start with teen women at 95lbs and go up from through the female classes. We will start at 225 for teen men and go up in weight from there. Athlete will jump in at the weights they want when it's called. – miss an attempt and you're done.
• Equipment allowed – straps, knee sleeves. No suits

Truck harness pull

• Athletes will start with hands on lead rope in ready position. Athletes will have 60 seconds to pull the truck 40ft. It will be the same truck we used last year for the females. TBD on truck used for the males, but bigger than last year. 

Equipment allowed – Gloves, knee sleeves. No tacky of any kind 

Tire flip to farmers carry 

• Athlete will flip the tire 40ft then turn and carry farmers handles 40ft back. Tire weights are approximate. I will do my best to get videos/pictures of the tires used on my Instagram. 5

Equipment allowed – wrist wraps, knee sleeves. No tacky of any kind

Follow @jon.erickson.cscs on Instagram for event updates.

If you have any questions please e-mail or send messages to my instagram.