NSF British Strength Championships

The inaugural NSF British Strength Championships at the FitExpo in Coventry. Open entries, anyone and everyone welcome! Entry fee covers your FitExpo entry too.

For women and men's open age, juniors, masters and masters 2 athletes.

Masters and Junior athletes, when signing up just select the Weightclass you are competing in. We will have athlete forms to sign at a later date where you will be able to let us know what subcategory you belong to. For example, if you are looking to compete as a 50 year old, under 60kg woman, tick the u60kg class and when you will out the form, we will know to have you compete as a 50+ master.

Same-day weigh-ins for athletes up to 2 hours before their competition kicks off.

Event 1: Overhead Medley

Axle into Monster Dumbbell into Log into a Behind the Neck Barbell Press off jerk blocks. Athletes will have 60s for this event and will aim to get as many reps as possible on the furthest implement up the ladder.

All athletes will begin on the axle, cleaning it to the shoulders and pressing overhead. Once they have scored a rep, they have a choice to make. Do they move on to the next implement, or do they stick to the axle and perform more reps?

This decision follows for every implement in the medley. Move on? Or stick where they are and rep it out. Reps on the Monster DB trump the Axle. Log reps trump the Monster DB. Behind the Neck Barbell reps trump the Log.

Weights (kg), Axle/DB/Log/Barbell:

u60 - 45/27.5/50/60

u75 - 50/30/55/65

u90 - 55/32.5/60/70

Open W - 60/35/65/75

u80 - 80/50/90/105

u100 - 90/55/100/115

u120 - 100/60/110/125

Open M - 110/70/125/140

Event 2: Rising Bar Axle Whisky Barrell Deadlift

This will look awesome! Two huge whisky barrells attached to a standard axle bar, elevating it high off the floor. Athletes will stand on a podium to keep the deadlift a standard height lift. Athletes will be able to come out to the platform 3 times maximum and have 45s to receive a down command from the referee. See starting weights for each category below. Each round the bar gets 10kg heavier for women and 20kg heavier for men. Heaviest successful rep is your score. No suits. Raw only.

Weights (kg) Starting...

u60 - 100

u75 - 110

u90 - 120

Open W - 130

u80 - 160

u100 - 180

u120 - 200

Open M - 220

Event 3: Farmers 10m+10m into Sandball to Shoulder for Reps

Take your farmers up and down a 10m course, and use the remainder of your 60s to get as many reps of a Sandball from floor to shoulder as you can.

Weights (kg) Farmers, Sandball

u60 - 65, 60

u75 - 70, 60

u90 - 75, 80

Open W - 80, 80

u80 - 100, 80

u100 - 110, 100

u120 - 120, 100

Open M - 130, 120

Event 4: Yoke for Distance

10m drop and turns with a trump option available! Athletes must get at least 20m (2 lengths) with the trump yoke to out-score any other athletes doing the standard weight option. 3 drops inside the 10m course (not over the line at each end) and you're out!

Weights (kg), Standard Option/Trump Option

u60 - 140/180

u75 - 150/190

u90 - 160/200

Open W - 170/220

u80 - 220/270

u100 - 240/290

u120 - 260/310

Open M - 280/340

Event 5: Fingals Finger for Reps

Details coming soon, subject to testing...

Event 6: Sandbag Eliminator

Round-robin style. Athletes will line up in reverse standings order and have 15s to load the sandbag over a yoke, once, and then move to the back of the line. The catch? Every round the yoke crossbar gets higher. Women start with a 44" bar height, men with a 48". Every round the women's bar will move up 2", 4" for the men. Last athlete standing. How high can you go before you're eliminated?

Weights (kg)

u60 - 60

u75 - 60

u90 - 80

Open W - 80

u80 - 100

u100 - 100

u120 - 120

Open M - 120