America's Strongest Man 80 KG

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This was a very last minute thing for me and I haven’t competed in over a year, but I’m going to be out at the first America’s Strongest Man 80 KG this weekend if anyone here wants to tune in. (It’s also Womens 64 and Masters). It’s heavy, I had a 4 week prep, I’m coming back from injuries, and I was 22 pounds over weight to start, so we will see how it goes… I could have done masters 200 without a cut, but it’s $280 entry and no prize money…

There are some monsters in it too. Should be fun though. It will be my first semi-pro show. No entry fee and there is some prize money that might ALMOST pay for the trip.

  1. Don’t get hurt
  2. Don’t embarrass myself
  3. Have fun
  4. Beat at least one guy so I get some prize money
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This is awesome and you can bet your ass I’ll be watching.

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Good luck!

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Awesome! Good luck!

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Good luck mate

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It will be cool to be able to watch it and yell at my wife “Hey! Theres DD from T-Nation!”.

She loves when I do that. :rofl:

Wish you the best man. :muscle:.

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Good luck to you!

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Hope it goes well for you

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Thanks for the well wishes.

I was waking up at 197/198 4 weeks out. Now, 28 hours out from weigh ins I am 184 (about 8 pounds over). Shouldn’t be too terrible, but now the suffering begins.

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After travel delays, I didn’t get in until after 1 AM. At which point I found I was still 4.4 pounds over. Took me till 5 AM, but I’m just underweight. Weigh ins are now in a couple hours. One guy already missed weight so I’m guaranteed some prize money.

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175.4 I’m in. It’s been long enough I forgot how awful the last few pounds always are. 0 out of 10, do not recomend.

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Don’t know if anyone is following along, but it hasn’t been great. I reaggravated my back on the farmers and couldn’t finish the yoke. It got incredibly tight last night, and though it is loosening up a good bit this morning, I’m not sure what I’m going to be good for today.

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Hope it doesn’t slow you down to much mate.

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Bump on this one. They just announced Arnold Masters if anyone is interested. 2025 Arnold Masters – EVENTS

I’m in and going to compete at 90kg! Apparently I can just keep relying on last minute new comps with retro qualification so I don’t have to do anything to qualify for bigger comps. Hah. I’m easing my way back into competing by doing the 2 heaviest comps I’ve ever done.

General updates, been a rough few weeks. I got very sick and was close to going to the emergency room. On corticosteroids and general antibiotics and now on the mend. Lost weight. Haven’t eaten much. Haven’t slept much. At 90 kg, so I could gain 20 pounds and still not really have to cut. Taking it easy until I’m off the drugs and I’ll need to carefully ramp back up on spinal loading, but I I’m buckled up for the ride. I’ll at least get a full training cycle in for this one.

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