America's Strongest Veteran 2025 will be held at the Olympia in Las Vegas, NV, October 10th - 11th at the Las Vegas convention center. Weigh-ins will be held on the 9th along with a rules meeting. Times and more details to come. 

For hotel info and spectator tickets please click on this link Olympia Weekend

This will be a 2-day event and on the final America's Strongest Veteran will be crowned. 

MUST HAVE A STRONGMAN CORP MEMEBERSHIP

Sign-ups are limited to VETERANS only at this time and will open up to ACTIVE-duty members at a later date. Please add your BRANCH (USMC, USA, USAF, USN, etc.) BEHIND YOUR LAST NAME on sign-up.

We would like to give veterans the opportunity to sign up first, thank you for your understanding. 

Weight Classes: 

We will have 2 classes for women and masters (both men and women) and will have open classes for men. Some weight classes may be combined if there are not enough participants. 

 open classes are for VETERANS, if you are active duty, please sign up under active-duty class. If you are a veteran that is in the reserves or national guard you may choose which class (open or active) to compete in. 

EVENTS and Rules 

Events, weights and rules are subject to change! 

Event 1 - Trump weight Axle clean and press:

Athlete will start behind line, on go athlete will have 60 secs to choose light or heavy option to clean and press. Athlete will CLEAN and PRESS EVERY REP. Any rep on trump weight beats any reps on lighter option. DOWN commands will be given once lock out is achieved, and athlete MUST wait for down command for rep to count. Belt cleans allowed, but belt stacking is not. 

Allowed: soft belt, hard belt, chalk, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, wrist wraps, grip shirt, warm pants

Not allowed: tacky, belt stacking, suits, straps

EVENT 2 - Keg carry and load over bar:

Athlete will have 3 staggered kegs to carry and load over bar. Athlete will start with lightest keg and carry it 25ft and load over bar. Run back to next keg carry 20ft and load over bar and then finally the heaviest keg will be carried 15ft and loaded over bar. Female height 42" and Men's height 52". No using bar to help keg over. 60 sec time limit to carry and load kegs.

Allowed: grip shirt, soft belt, hard belt, elbow sleeves, knee sleeves, wrist wraps, warm pants, chalk

Not allowed: tacky, belt stacking, straps

EVENT 3 - Sandbag Throw

Athlete will have 60 secs to complete a 5-bag sandbag throw. Athlete will start with hand on upright and on go, start with the lightest bag throwing over 15' for men and 12' for women. 

Allowed: hard belt, soft belt, chalk, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, wrist wraps, warm pants

Not Allowed: tacky, belt stacking, straps

EVENT 4 - Reveille/Hoist: 

Starting from a seated position, the competitor will pull a rope that goes over a high pulley to lift a box and raise the flag to the top or distance if they do not. The pull will be approximately 25ft long. Competitor may take slack out of rope but CANNOT wrap rope around arm or body. Once the flag reaches the top, time will stop. If you do not reach the top, you will be given a distance, DO NOT DROP the rope/load until staff tells you it is okay to let go. If you drop the rope without giving staff a chance to take it, your score will result in a 0 (zero). 

Allowed: soft belt, hard belt, knee sleeves, wrist wraps, gloves, elbow sleeves

Not Allowed: tacky, belt stacking, straps, 

EVENT 5 - Max silver dollar deadlift: 

Wessel's rules for MAX silver dollar deadlift, power bar will be used and is typically 18" off the floor, with raising bar format. 3 attempts to obtain the heaviest weight possible. Must hit weight attempt to move up in weight, however, if you miss your attempt, you will use another attempt on the same weight. Bar weight will not decrease after increase. 

Allowed: deadlift suit, briefs, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, chalk, straps (figure 8, versa grips and straps), soft belt, hard belt

Not allowed: no tacky, gloves, hook straps/grip.