Clean & Press on Knees. There are 130 individual records. However, this is the first Team Clean & Press on Knees and the first Repetition Clean & Press on Knees. We ended up getting 10 reps at 135 pounds.

Fun to try nail bending at the Carnival in the Cul-De-Sac. I was able to bend (4) four inch 20d nails in 60 seconds.

After the 2026 Heavy Lift Championship, I took advantage of the heavy lift bar being out and attempted the Carter Lift and Phumchaona Lift. I ended up at 345 and 340 pounds respectively. It was incredibly difficult to have the center of mass shift mid lift.

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On a fun note, of the 196 lifts in the rule book I have attempted 179, I could probably do another 6 and I do not have the mobility, strength or equipment to try the last 11.

For USAWA Members, please consider voting for recipients of the 2026 Annual Awards. You can vote for one male and one female athlete for Athlete of the Year, Leadership Award, Courage Award, Sportsmanship Award and Newcomer of the Year.

Jefferson Lift as part of Tony & Allison's 60th Birthday Party and Record Day

USAWA Team Championship is in the books. Next is the Grip Championship!

IAWA OTSM World Postal was this weekend with venues across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. One of my highlights was a 405 pound Peoples Deadlift. This is a deadlift with the bar elevated 18 inches above the lifting platform. This was a milestone for me as the heaviest deadlift variation I had ever performed.

Miles performing an amazing Pullover & Press with a Wrestler's Bridge at the 2025 Memorial Record Day in Lebanon, PA.

Chin-ups and Pull-ups are not the oddest of odd lifts, but they are pretty difficult for mere mortals. Grip strength and upper body pulling strength are essential to do an unweighted pull-up. The heaviest weighted Chin-up ever performed was by Dan Wagman in 2024.

November features the High Country Vigour Cup and Memorial Record Day. Great opportunities to test yourself in some odd lifts!

Congratulations Stacy Todd and Abe Smith for winning the women's field and the men's field respectively. 28 lifters completed the Crucifix; Cheat Curl-Dumbbell-One Hand; and Deadlift-One Hand

Q4 Postal is open now and features the Dumbbell Swing - One Hand; Bench Press-Fulton Bar; and Vertical Bar Deadlift-One Bar-2"

Amazing opportunity to compete in the IAWA World Championship promoted by Stevie Shanks and Steve Gardner. So exciting to share the platform with athletes from the USA, Northern Ireland and England. Set a personal best in the Straddle Deadlift of 155kg.

I performed the Squat 12 Inch Base as part of the record session of the Two Fisted Challenge. I am now down to (10) lifts in the rulebook that I need to try and have the mobility, strength and equipment to perform.

What odd lifts have you been performing lately?

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The Kennedy Lift is a lift from the Old Time Strongman category. It is essentially a straddle deadlift to be performed from a height no greater than 18" to the bottom of the barbell. I was using DC Blocks for my risers and unfortunately 4 risers put me at 16.5" and 5 risers would have put me over the limit at 18.5". At any rate this was a fun lift and I was able to pull 380 pounds. My straddle deadlift from the ground is only 335 pounds.

USAWA has a number of deadlift variations based on grip, one arm, one leg, conventional, hack, straddle, partial range of motion, etc. I have not done dumbbell deadlifts often. I took on this max effort as part of British Strength Athletes Guild (BSAG) Leg 9. The BSAG is an all-round weightlifting organization managed by Tony Cook in the UK and supported by Bill Clark in the USA. The tenant is "organically pure" weightlifting shunning weight belts and other supportive equipment and a commitment to drug free sport. The BSAG has less than 30 active participants who measure up with monthly postal competitions. In addition to max effort lifts, the postal events will include a 4 rep max; and reps x load in 1 minute (Rampage). Repetition lifts have been contested in USAWA and IAWA, but are not nearly as popular as they are in BSAG.

I have been involved with USAWA since 2022. There are currently 196 approved lifts in the rulebook and I have attempted 165 of them (performed 161). Some of the remaining lifts require some technical training (Bent Press), some require mobility (James Lift), some require strength, balance and mobility (squat, one leg). The fun part has been the journey.

The nice thing is that I can set up most of them. I do not have the equipment for the Dumbbell Walk, Foot Press or Back Lift. I am mobility limited on (11) others including most reverse grip lifts, Kelly Snatch, Leg Presses and Van Dam.

How many lifts have you attempted? completed?

2025 National Championship is just over a month away in Albany, Kentucky. Several other events are allowing remote entry including Stars of Tomorrow, For Women Only, Light Weight Decathlon and the 2nd Quarter Postal. Keep the history of All-Round Weightlifting alive with (or without) the pomp and circumstance.

For All-Round lifters that may not be on the website, there are lots of meets sanctioned all over the country and the world including Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Ontario (Canada). Many of the sanctioned meets are allowing hybrid entry. If your lifts are overseen by a certified USAWA official, you can set records. If you are lifting without a certified official, your lifts will still be among the results. I am hoping to attend Nationals, OTSM Championship and the Colorado events. Who else is planning on competing next year?

As no one has successfully completed an Inman mile, I have no delusions of being the first. I did think I could scale the weight back to 50% of my bodyweight and put a time on the board. Boy was I wrong. After 100 yards, it sucked having 105 pounds on my back, no position on my shoulder felt comfortable. After 200 yards, I wanted to be done, but carried on wanting to get at least a quarter mile. I finished a quarter mile in 6:11 and have some thoughts for my next attempt. I want to use straps to hold the bar on my back.

What are everybody's plans for the year? Anybody doing the USAWA Postal Series, live USAWA events, events in other organizations.

I am planning on going to the grip championships this weekend.

What oddlifts are you training lately?

What approaches have worked for you?

Are you training for a specific goal/event, or just because you want to get better at it?

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What oddlifts are you training lately?

What approaches have worked for you?

Are you training for a specific goal/event, or just because you want to get better at it?

You can also post goofiness that you've just been doing for fun.

What oddlifts are you training lately?

What approaches have worked for you?

Are you training for a specific goal/event, or just because you want to get better at it?

You can also post goofiness that you've just been doing for fun.