[Sanjiv Gupta]

Thanks for the note Barry. I hope everything resolved since Sunday. I was looking forward to meeting you, but I had a personal obligation on Saturday. Hopefully we can share the competition platform soon!

[Sanjiv Gupta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFM5LYnfvJU Another great link on lost exercises. USAWA is mentioned for the neck lift and British weightlifting for the two hands anyhow. Hat tip Randy Smith for sending me this.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

I had fun with this and was really impressed with the results from around the country. Congratulations to Frank’s Barbell Club that set a baseline for Hip Lift loading and then athletes could compete on time. I did not even consider mixed lifts in the style of Abe and Jeff of Clark’s Gym.

Personally, I challenged myself with 250 deadlifts and selected 150 pound loading based on Colorado’s 150th celebration this year. I targeted 5 reps every minute which allowed for about 45 seconds of rest between sets. This worked fine for the first 20 minutes and then I had to slow down. Eventually, I finished in just over an hour. The volume revealed a huge gap in my fitness. I was exhausted, faced extreme delayed onset muscle soreness, and questioned my life choices. After about 5 days, I was feeling better and am now considering future repetition challenges.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

As an athlete, I am excited for this meet. As an official, I am less excited for this meet.

I agree that a consensus on rule V.8 will not happen by August 1st “There must not be any long pauses between repetition lifts, with this being based on the judgement of the official.”

Personally, I am going to choose lifts and loads that should allow between 10 and 20 repetitions in less than 3 minutes. Looking at the IAWA world records, the majority are under 20 repetitions and nearly all are under 100 repetitions.

Some members have floated the idea of creating an ad hoc committee to generate repetition lift proposals/clarification ahead of the 2027 National Meetings. If you would like to be involved, please respond to this thread.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

https://youtu.be/zA4oTt53Hbk?si=AG3G6sR-FXLvYEGV New video from The Grip Show featuring Jenn Tibbenham of IAWA with an intro at 2:37 “we have international all-round weightlifting…making weightlifting awkward since the 1900’s”

[Sanjiv Gupta]

What an amazing field for Nationals. Congratulations to the team champions-
Ledaig Heavy Athletics – 1st
Clark’s Championship Gym – 2nd
High Country Vigour – 3rd
KCSTRONGMAN, Frank’s Barbell Club and Dino Gym were also represented at Nationals with one member from each club

[Sanjiv Gupta]

We got through a very big agenda in an hour and twenty minutes. Thank you everybody.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

Thanks to everybody who participated in the 2026 annual meeting (live and by sending comments with attendees). We got through a very big agenda in an hour and twenty minutes. Huge shoutout to Jessica for taking notes which will be published on the website. A few by law changes to stabilize board of director transitions and a new Drug Enforcement Special Assignment Director.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

Registration closes next Tuesday, June 16th. Get your entries in!

[Sanjiv Gupta]

It looks like there will be a really full agenda this year. If you cannot attend, please share your thoughts here or some other public forum so we can have good consensus when voting.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISfYEIrUdM New video from Massenomics touring the Snap City Gym. At about 36:40, they talk about the heavy lift bar and Jefferson lift. The video states that USAWA was rebranded as Old Time Strongman. It is the clearest indicator that I have seen that the days of USAWA are numbered.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

Please consider voting on the 2026 Annual Awards. Recipients are selected by the membership and an important part of recognizing individuals for their performance, leadership, integrity and courage on and off the platform.

Your voice matters, whether you are a veteran or new; local or traveling; young or old; male or female; casual lifter or serious lifter.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

With the new Annual Awards Format, I wanted to highlight some of the women of the USAWA over the past year with club affiliation, age group, “newcomer” status, signature events attended and other fun facts. In alphabetical order by last name

**Lisa Gore – Clark’s – Masters, (313) individual records

**Nisha Gupta – High Country Vigour – Junior, newcomer, 2025 Nationals, Team Lift Champs, Ran for EB twice, Level 1 Official, (86) individual records

**Jessica Hopps – Frank’s Barbell Club – Masters, 2025 Nationals, Sanctions meets for Frank’s, Served as EB Secretary, Level 1 Official, (141) individual records

**Helen Kahn – No Club Affiliation – Masters, (17) individual records

Thank you all for competing and supporting All-Round Weightlifting.

**Allison Lupo – Clark’s – Masters, 2025 Nationals, Club Champs, Team Lift Champs, Level 1 Official, (247) individual records

**Beth Skwarecki – Habecker’s – Masters, 2025 Nationals, President’s Cup, Club Champs, Level 2 Official, (214) individual records

**Janet Thompson – Clark’s – Masters, Club Champs, (211) individual records

**Esmie Tseng – Per Aspera Strength – Senior, newcomer, Club Champs (1) individual record

**Kim Van Wagner – High Country Vigour – Masters, Club Champs, Team Lift Champs, Official in Training, (139) individual records

**Dylan Wenzel – Clark’s – Junior, newcomer, Club Champs, (28) individual records

[Sanjiv Gupta]

It was a good line up of events. I was pleasantly surprised to see results from 24 athletes.

[Sanjiv Gupta]

Any All-Rounders in Texas? I had an inquiry from Austin, TX

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