Viking Performance Training Presents, The Maidens of Might Strongwoman Competition!

Not only that, but this is our TENTH MAIDENS... that's right, welcome to Maidens X!!!

This is an all women's competition designed to pick out the toughest of the tough, the roughest of the rough and the baddest women of them all! Every year, women from all over the country make their pilgrimage to Morgantown, West Virginia to fight for the crown. Who will be crowned the TENTH Shieldmaiden Queen in 2025?!

We are setting our sights HIGH for Maidens X, like a proper TENTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW should be! We are aiming for 75... yes, SEVENTY-FIVE competitors for our tenth Maidens!

Awards- Shieldmaiden Weapons & Tiaras for 1st , custom medals for 2nd & 3rd!

First 12 Competitors get Early Bird Special Registration fee! Also, we have a few more items to mention...

1. Our "Maidens Referral Program"! Refer a first-time Maidens of Might competitor, and BOTH OF YOU get $10 back from your registration. To qualify, send an email to vikingpt.events@gmail.com after the first-time competitor registration is complete! You will receive your $10 at the show.
2. The Maidens "Team" award - This is something new we are bringing to the Maidens of Might Competition. We wanted to do something for the gyms/coaches/training groups who bring several Maidens to each show, and we're going to have a special award for the "Team" who scores the most total points in their individual standings! (This is NOT a team event)
3. A Special Surprise Award... which will be announced at the end of the competition.

Promoter- Jerry Handley

Contact Info - Email: vikingpt.events@gmail.com

Date/Time- Saturday, March 29, 2025, 12:00pm

Location- Viking Performance Training, 141 Greenbag Rd, Morgantown, WV 26501

Weigh-ins/Check-ins-    Saturday 8:00am-10:00am

Rules/Safety Briefing- 11:00 am. This meeting is mandatory.

Strongman Corporation Membership is required. (Click here to go straight to SC Membership!)

If there is 1 athlete in a class, they will get combined with another class or just get a regionals bid (we will leave that up to the promoter).

If there are 2-5 athletes in a class:
1st place - Qualifies for Nationals (2025) and Regionals (2025)

2nd - Qualifies for Regionals (2025)

3rd - Qualifies for Regionals (2025)

If there are 6+ athletes in a class:

1st - qualifies for Nationals (2025) and Regionals (2025)

2nd - qualifies for Nationals (2025) and Regionals (2025)

3rd - qualifies for Regionals (2025)

4th - qualifies for Regionals (2025)

Events:

Max Mouser Block Over Bar

• Three attempts to make the biggest lift possible!
• 30 seconds to get the Block over a 44in bar. Block may start vertical or horizontal. Athlete starts with hands off.
• Each athlete may lift or pass on any given weight. Once you miss a weight, you are “out” and will be credited with your highest successful attempt. The athlete is responsible for maintaining his/her position in the rotation; failure to do so may result in disqualification from the event.
• In the event of a tie, the athlete that took fewer attempts to reach the weight will be credited with the higher placing. If that doesn't work, we go to higher opener. If that doesn't work, we got to higher second attempt. If that doesn't work... well then you just tie and split points!
• Elbow sleeves & knee sleeves (buckling mechanisms and straps must not be tightened), a single belt, and wrist wraps are legal. Belt buckle to back/side
• If the Block has been loaded over the bar and time expires as the Block is falling, the lift will still count.
• Blocks will increase in 10 or 20 pound increments (see chart). Classes using the Mini-Block will switch to the big block once they have maxed out the capacity of the Mini (230lb).
• Equipment not allowed: grip shirts, anything sticky, no more than one soft belt and one hard belt
• Tape on the forearms is allowed as long as the sticky side is down. Can also use chalk, liquid chalk, and forearm sleeves if you so choose

Log (L-M-H) For Reps

• 60 second time limit
• You will have 3 choices of log weight - Heavy, Medium, and Light. Wherever you start you CAN go lighter during your time, but CAN NOT go heavier!
• Complete the most reps you can - any reps on a heavier log will beat reps on lighter logs.
• Logs will be approximately: Lightest 8" log, Moderate 10" log, Heavy on a natural wooden log (about 12" in diameter).
• From ground to overhead. Every rep must have elbows locked out, feet in a "square" stance, and wait for the judge's down command! You may use any technique (except placing the log on your head... seriously) to press the log, such as a split jerk, but if you do feet must come back together to a square stance during lockout before the down command.
• The log must fully touch the floor/tire it's on after every rep!
• Equipment not allowed: grip shirts, anything sticky, elbow sleeves with buckles or straps

Farmer's Carry Viking Ship Forward Drag!

• 60 second time limit to cover the course
• Two forms of moving weight at the SAME TIME. Athlete will begin between farmer's implements with a harness around their shoulders attached to our Viking Ship. On the command athlete picks up the farmer's and starts carrying, dragging the Ship/sled behind! Course will be 40ft long.
• Weather permitting, this will be done outside on a slight incline in the parking lot. If it is raining or snowing we may move the event inside to turf, in which case the Viking ship weights will change.
• Unlimited drops
• Everyone will use the same harness.
• Fastest time wins.

Sandbag to Shoulder for Reps

• 60 second time limit
• The sandbag must be cleaned to the shoulder and held by only one arm. Sandbag must be set on the ground (and off the shoulder) again every rep.
• The opposite arm has to be extended for the rep to count.
• Athletes must maintain control of the sandbag at the top.
• Athletes will start behind the mat with their hands off the bag and will wait for the judge's down command.
• Split times on each bag. Most reps wins, with faster times beating for tiebreakers.
• Equipment not allowed:
  Grip Shirts, chalk, sleeves, belts with buckles in front (buckles must be worn towards back), gloves, straps, or anything sticky

Yoke - Keg - Husafell Carry Medley

• 60 second time limit
• 30' Courses, each implement will start at the end of the previous implement's course.
• The Yoke's FRONT feet must cross the line before being set down.
• The Keg must completely cross it's line and be placed upright on a pad.
• Husafell must completely cross it's line, at which point time will end.
• No drops allowed! If an implement is dropped, your run is over and total distance will be taken to determine placings among competitors who do not finish.
• Equipment not allowed: grip shirts, anything sticky, no more than one soft belt and one hard belt
• Tape on the forearms is allowed as long as the sticky side is down. Can also use chalk, liquid chalk, and forearm sleeves if you so choose