USS Pro International 2025

Place: Haynes Pavillion in the Gallatin County Fairgrounds

Date: September 6th

Classes: Men's and Women's Pro Open and Middleweights

Qualifying: There are 3 ways to qualify for this event. 1: have a current USS Pro card. 2: Top 3 in the open classes at 2025 USS nationals. 3: Win a pro class at a competition during the year, with 6 or more entrants and not zero an event .

Prize Money: $4000 total to be shared with the podium winners. Currently, may still increase.

Athlete Meeting; meeting will be at Haynes pavilion, 5pm. At that time all the equipment will be set up and you will have an hour after the meeting to play with it

Weigh-ins: weigh-ins will be at Prime Performance and Physio, 58 silver leaf lane Bozeman MT. Friday September 5, 8am to noon. Then 2pm to 4:30pm 

Coach/partner Passes; All athletes will get 1 coach pass free. If you absolutely need a second person back there with you contact me directly, it will be $60.

Weights are subject to change 

EVENT 1: 18 Inch Max Axle Press; 3 attempts, call your weights. Miss an attempt you are done. 60 seconds to complete your attempt. No tree topping, control/follow the bar down. No belt cleans, if the bar hits above the belt and slides down to the belt it is ok. Just do not go straight to the belt. Women will use a Titan axle and 36" wheels. Men will use a Cerberus axle and 36" wheels. Equipment allowed knee and elbow sleeves, hard and soft belt, grip shirts, wrist wraps.

EVENT 2: Frame Carry to Farmers Carry. Pick and carry each for 50 feet. The next implement will be at the 50 foot mark where you drop the first implement. No straps. No tacky. Equipment allowed hard and soft belt, knee sleeves or wraps. 60 seconds to complete.

EVENT 3: 18 inch axle deadlift for reps. No touch and go. All competitors will use Cerberus axles and 36 inch wheels. Equipment allowed, hard and soft belt, deadlift suit, straps, knee sleeves or wraps. 60 seconds for max reps.

EVENT 4: Carry medley; Pick and carry a sandbag 50 feet then a natural stone for 50 feet last a husafell bag for 50 feet. Equipment allowed hard and soft belt, knee sleeves, grip shirt, forearm sleeves will be allowed. No tacky. 

EVENT 5: Head to head atlas stone; women's height will be 48 inches. Men's height will be 52 inches. The bottom 2 athletes will start off. Lowest place will start. When stone hits the floor next athlete has 30 seconds to start lifting the stone. At that point you will have 30 seconds to get it over the bar. Continue till one athlete can't get it over the bar, at which point the next athlete you come in. This will continue till the last athlete. Then a spotter will roll the atlas stone back to the athlete. All reps on the stone will count towards score. 

Photography and video streaming: Autistically B Photography is providing live stream and competitor photography packages. Click on link in sponsor listing for more info.

Hotel: I have a couple blocks of rooms set aside at 2 hotels, click on the logos below to the booking site.

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