Weigh-Ins: Rhino’s Gym

922 Tamiami Trail, Unit I, Port Charlotte, FL 33953 (NEW LOCATION)

Friday 04/26/2024: from 8am-10am & 4pm-7pm 

Saturday 04/27/2024: 6:15am – 7:15am

Contest Time: Rules Meeting: 08:15am; Meet Start Time: 09:00am

Lashley Park (Outdoor Venue)

120 Laishley Court, Punta Gorda, FL 33955

WE ARE ALSO HAVING A FLORIDA MAN COSTUME CONTEST! Come dressed as your favorite version of FLORIDA MAN! The winner will receive a $50 gift card!!!

No Spectator Fees

Awards: Medals 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Place; $50 gift card for the best FLORIDA MAN COSTUME

WX Disclaimer: This event is located OUTSIDE under two pavilions on Charlotte Harbor. This time of year, the weather is typically mild, but there is always the chance of rain in FL. Bring sunscreen and plenty of water, just in case. Pop-up tents are NOT permitted. Unless a hurricane or lightning within 5 miles, the events will still occur, so be prepared for rain. If the weather turns severe, we will have an alternative event announced on the day of the competition. 

Venue Information: This event will be located at Laishley Park, which is outside and under two large pavilions on Charlotte Harbor. Located at 120 Laishley Court, Laishley Park is a pet-friendly park that contains seventeen (17) acres with amenities that include a 400-foot fishing pier, parking facilities, an interactive fountain for kids to play in, a Veterans Memorial Garden, and walking paths along Punta Gorda Pathways - Harborwalk. Waterfront restaurant and retail services are also available in the park at the Laishley Crab House Centre. Please see their website for more information. https://www.ci.punta-gorda.fl.us/visitors/laishley-park

USS WEIGHT CLASSES: http://www.unitedstatesstrongman.com/about

This meet will allow you to qualify for Nationals 2024. The top 3 for each weight class or division will qualify. 

If there are at least 10 competitors in a division, we will break into weight classes. 

PER USS Nationals Website: If you qualify in a specific DIVISION and CLASS (LW, MW, HW, SHW) then you may register to compete for Nationals in either of the two weight cut-offs within that class. Example: You qualify as a 242 HW male. You may compete as a 242 or 275 HW. You MAY NOT go down to a MW. Period. You would have to re-qualify as a MW. If, however, you qualify as a 220 MW male, you may compete as a 198 MW. If you need to move up to another weight class, such as a HW going to SHW, that is acceptable.

Tentative Rules: Subject to change based on updated information. Please watch our FB page and your email for updates.

Max Log Press

• STATE RECORD BREAKER
• Type: Max Effort
• Time Limit: 3 Total Attempts; 30 seconds for each attempt.
• Weight Jumps: 20 lbs. male, 10 lbs. female
• Commands: Start & Down
• Event Specific Rules:
  • Jump in when ready; does not have to be consecutive weights.
  • Wessels Rule Applies: If you miss any of your attempts, even if it is your first or second attempt, you are done at that point and are credited with the amount of weight you did on the previous attempt.
  • Down command given when feet parallel, knees and elbows locked, and head through.
  • No resting the log on your belt (includes continental style)
  • Once you drop the log and/or it touches the ground, your attempt is over. The log must be controlled throughout the entire movement; only drop from the chest, or it will not count.
  • STATE/NATIONAL Record Attempts: Make sure you tell the judge you’re going for a record. If you do not, it will not count. Different jumps than listed are permitted for RECORD ATTEMPTS only. The request must be made before we get to that weight (basically, we aren’t stripping down weights because you weren’t paying attention).
• Allowed: Grip shirt, chalk, elbow sleeves
• Not Allowed: Tacky
• Scoring: Weight + Attempt #

Deadlift Ladder (Hex Bar, Axle Bar on Wagon Wheels, Texas Deadlift Bar)

• Type: Ladder
• Time Limit: 1 Min Time Limit
• Split Times: Yes
• Commands: Start command at beginning & Down command for all deadlifts (including reps)
• Event Specific Rules:
  • Three deadlifts: Hex Bar, Axle Wagon Wheel, & Texas DL Bar
  • Hex & Axle DL: 1 rep each; Texas DL Bar: AMRAP
  • The bar must be controlled throughout the entire movement; no dropping the bars.
  • Hips & knees locked.
  • The Wagon Wheel center is approximately 13” off the ground.
• Allowed: Belt, straps, chalk, and hitching
• Not Allowed: Sumo, deadlift suits
• Scoring: Reps + Time
  • Ex 1: Completes Hex, Axle, and 3 reps on Texas bars in 60 sec (enter: 5 + :60)
  • Ex 2: Completes Hex, Axle, and 5 reps on Texas bars and stops at 45 sec (enter: 7 + :45)
  • Ex 3: Completes Hex and Axle, but no reps on Texas in 60 sec (enter: 2 + :60)

Sandbag Backwards Throw

• Type: Max Distance Thrown
• Time Limit: 1 Attempt in 30 seconds
• Commands: Start only
• Event Specific Rules:
  • Heels on the start line, facing backward, and pick up the sandbag by the handle.
  • At start command, toss the sandbag overhead and backward for a horizontal distance (not vertical)
• Allowed: Chalk
• Not Allowed: Tacky
• Scoring: Distance
  • Time is not used as a record-breaker.

Jeep Pull 

• Type: Max Distance Pulled
• Time Limit: 1 Attempt in 60 seconds
• Distance: 50 ft on pavement
• Commands: Start only
• Event Specific Rules:
  • Using a harness and facing forward – Will NOT have an anchor point
  • Rain will NOT change this event UNLESS lightning is within 10 miles.
• Allowed: Chalk
• Not Allowed: Tacky
• Scoring: Distance + Time
  • Complete entire 50 ft = 50 + time (ex: 50 + :48.3)
  • Complete only a portion = (ex: 45 + :60)
  • Complete only a portion & stopped before time ends: (ex: 40 + :45.5)

Gnome Stone Carry (atlas stone shaped like a gnome)

• Type: Max Distance Carried
• Time Limit: 1 Attempt in 60 seconds
• Distance: 40 ft, 0 Drops Allowed (once it hits the ground, time is called).
• Commands: Start only
• Event Specific Rules:
  • A spotter will follow alongside to place a pad underneath. DO NOT DROP ON PURPOSE.
  • Doesn’t matter how you carry it as long as it does not touch the ground.
• Allowed: Tacky, chalk, grip shirt, stone sleeves
• Not Allowed: N/A
• Scoring: Distance + Time
  • Complete entire 40 ft = 40 + time (ex: 40 + :48.3)
  • Complete only a portion in time limit = (ex: 35 + :60)
  • Complete only a portion & stopped before time ends: (ex: 30 + :45.5)