The Eastside Strongman club was in full swing yesterday at the 2009 Boys Day Out. In case you dont know, the event showcases a bunch of stuff that guys (and girls) typically get excited about – tanks, motorcross, half naked women, beer, and lifting heavy stuff.

There were three events held through the day. The log lift for reps, arm over arm pull, and the Canterbury Stones (check below for the results and videos). At each event the boys in the club competed against one other but in between, time was spent showing members of the public how to lift the stones, while there was also an ongoing compeition on the rolling thunder for men and women (again the results will be up once they come through) this required each person to see how much they could lift with one hand, using the rolling thunder handle.

We got a great response from the crowd and loads of people had a crack at both the stones and the Rolling Thunder. A stand out was Issac Tamou who managed to overhead press the 60kg log, while weighing only 60kgs himself and not having done any training.

Below are some of the videos of the events that ran throughout the day. There will be some more going up over the next couple of days, so keep an eye out for them here.

The club would also like to thank everyone that came along to compete, participate, watch and support throughout the day. Hopefully this will lead into more of the same down the road.

Cheers everyone.

There’s a ton of new footage of the Eastside Strongman in action at the gym over on YouTube.

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If you have a YouTube account (which are free by the way) be sure to subscribe as Matt is regularly posting new footage each week.

Anyone unfamiliar with YouTube should pop over (www.youtube.com) and take a look around. Its easy to use and it’s the next best way after training to get close to the action.

Heres a few  recent clips to get you started…

Hi guys,

Thank-you for your participation in the Inaugural Eastside Strongman competition. We at Eastside greatly appreciate your involvement, and hope you will continue to be a part of the growing strongman movement in Christchurch.

We are currently preparing for our next competition at the 2009 Boy’s Day Out event on Friday 5 September, and are looking for competitors who will be available for this event.

Due to application requirements and the necessity to get the required number of competitor passes etc, we will be requiring a firm statement of commitment from willing participants within the next 14 days.

The following is what is planned for the day (at this stage, but subject to change if required).

Event Date Saturday, 5^th September 2009, weigh-in at 11am

Weight Classes: Under 90kg

90-105kg

Over 105kg

Event 1: Log Press – 12pm

• Log Press for maximum repetitions at a set weight.
• Log must travel from the ground to locked-out position overhead.
• - Set weights:
  • Under 90kg 60kg
  • 90-105kg 70kg
  • Over 105kg 80kg
• 90 seconds per competitor.
• 
  

Event 2: Arm-Over-Arm Pull – 2pm

The competitors will individually pull a sponsors vehicle (ute or 4WD) using an arm-over-arm technique over a set distance course (Probably 20m, depending on availability of space), or as far as they can in the allotted time of 90 seconds.

Event 3: Stone Lifting – 4pm

• The event will consist of 5 atlas stones.
• Each stone must be lifted in order onto its accompanying barrel.
• The stones will range in weight from 88kg to 130kg.
• The stones must be lifted in order of increasing weight.
• Each competitor will have 90 seconds to complete the course.

If you are interested, please email mattab1@hotmail.com and I will contact you with further information.

Thanks again,

Matt Bailey

Eastside Strongman

The first Eastside Strongman Competition was held last Friday night at the CSPC. The turn out of lifters from both in and outside of the gym was awesome. Each weight class had good competition with the talent spread out evenly plus the great contrast of the log vs medley.

The log simply required each lifter to pick up the weight from the floor and lock out over head until given the down call by the ref and man in charge on the night Matt Bailey

The heaviest log lift of the night went to Darren Farrow with 120kgs. The other weight class winners were Akash Sanyal (90kgs lifted) in the -90kg, Graham Cook (11okgs) lifted in the 90-105kg

The medley, a new event to many of the competitors consisted of a farmers walk (varying weights for each class – 70kg for -90kgs, 90kgs for 90-105kgs, and 110kgs for 105Kgs+ classes respectively). From the 15 meter farmers walk was a single tire flip (approx 250kg tire) then onto an implement carry – for this competition an old radiator was used which we believe to be about 80kgs

From there was a 96kg Keg lift onto a barrel, followed by the toughest lift of the whole night, the atlas stone (onto barrel also).

A special mention goes to Lance Preddy, who at the completion of the medley walked over and picked up the heaviest Atlas Stone (126kgs) then with plenty of encouragement from the crowd managed to place it on the barrel. A huge effort by the smallest guy in the competition.

Thanks to everyone that came along to watch and compete. The night was a big success and its great to know that the club and the sport has plenty of support behind it. Anyone keen to join up, compete or just have a go should come along to training on either Thursday (5.30pm) or Sunday (10.30am). You can contact the club president Graham Cook if you have any questions on 021332164

Head over to YouTube and do a search for “Eastside Strongman” to check out some clips of the evening. Because there are so many videos it will take a coupe of days to get everything updated and posted on the site, so check back regularly.

Here’s the final score sheet from the competition

Com petition Date: Friday, 24th July 2009, at 6:30pm (weigh-in 6pm)

Weight Classes:

• Under 90kg
• 90-105kg
• Over 105kg

Event 1: Log Press

• Log Press for max weight.
• Log must travel from the ground to locked-out position overhead. Competitor’s lifting ends on 3rd failed attempt (that is, 3rd fail in total for competition).
• Starting weight 60kg.
• Competitors may pass on any weight.
• 90 seconds per attempt

Event 2:  Strongman Medley

The medley will consist of the following, in the following order:

• 15m farmers walk
• A single tyre flip
• 15m object carry
• Keg lift
• Stone lift

The weights are as follows:

Event 3:  Stone Lifting

- This will be an optional 3rd event, essentially giving people the chance to competitively lift the stones in a not-too-serious club atmosphere.

Note:If you are interested in coming along to club training, we are currently training on Sundays at 10:30am at Canterbury Sports Performance Centre, 495 St Asaph Street, Phillipstown.  All welcome.

Contact:  Graham at graham@eastsidestrongman.co.nz

Welcome to the Eastside Strongman Club website. This is where you’ll find all our club details, updates and other important info.

Our first comp is coming up on Friday the 24th July at 6.30 at 495 St Asaph St. Everyone is invited to come along, entry as usual is free.

We will have seperate weight classes and the events will involve an over head log lift, atlas stones and a medley. For more info call Graham Cook on 021332164.

If you’d like to join up, train, get some coaching advice or just have a go, the boys are training on Sunday mornings at 10.30. Here’s a short video of the boys training. You can find more footage by clicking on the “VIDEO” tab under the header above