Novice Strongman Show
August 16th 2026, Sunday 2-6 pm.
(28 competitor limit)
$25 Registration fee (goes towards prizes for athletes, and food for volunteers).
e-transfer courtney@maswrestling.ca
At The Strength Edge
Mandatory Athlete Rules Meeting at 1:30 pm
You should arrive by 1pm to warm up.
Women - Lightweight is Under 73.2kg/161.48lbs (clothing allowance included)
Men - Lightweight Under 90.2kg/198.88lbs (clothing allowance included)
above light weight cutoff is Open.
Weigh-in is not mandatory, unless you want to qualify for the lightweight category.
Those who do not weigh in or are above the weight cutoff will be scored in the open category.
There is 0.2kg/0.88lb clothing allowance (so that you can be clothed during weigh-in)
Weigh in - day before August 15th - 9-10am, 5-7pm TSE
Weigh in - morning of, August 16th - 11am-1pm TSE
Events:
Tire Flip - Reps - 60 secs
Women - 350
Men - 600
Log, Keg, CDB, SB Press - Medley - 60 secs
Women - 90 log | 65 keg | 55 CDB | 50 sandbag
Men - 155 log | 115 keg | 80 CDB | 125 sandbag
any order, 1 point per implement
Yoke - 30ft + 30ft - 60 secs
Women - 250/300
Men - 360/450
trump weight - must choose weight when "on deck"
Head to Head Front Hold - Time
Women - 22.5
Men - 35
Atlas Stone Run - 6 stones - 60 secs - Platform heights High to Low
Women - 75, 115, 135, 160, 180, 200
Men - 135, 160, 180, 200, 240, 280
tacky allowed
Contact us with your questions at courtney@maswrestling.ca
The gym will be open but the strongman area will be occupied. Thank you for understanding!
Rules
Tire Flip - 60 s
starts hands off, flip over run around and flip back. Men and women go at the same time. Grip shirts, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, wrist wraps, and belt allowed. Nothing sticky.
Over head medley - 60 s
You may do the implements in any order, each implement gets you one point. The implements will be placed in order of perceived difficulty. Wait for the down command before moving onto the next implement.
For all overhead implements - Elbows straight aka locked out. Knees straight/locked out. Head and hips through so all joints are stacked. Feet shoulder width apart. Must hold steady for 1 sec above head before given down command. WAIT for the down command or it is a no rep.
Circus Dumb Bell - Should be cleaned with two hands up to shoulder, get balanced then press with only one hand. Elbow and knee sleeves, wrist wraps, belt, grip shirt allowed. Nothing sticky.
Yoke - 60 s
State your desired attempt weight, trump or the lighter option, when you are on deck. You cannot change it once you are in the hole. Start under implement. Only the fronts of the implement need to cross at the 30ft lines. Must get out from under implement do a 180, repick, and come back to where you started. As many drops and picks as you need. Judge will yell down when you cross the line. Grip shirts, wrist wraps, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, and belt allowed. Nothing sticky.
Front hold - Max Time
Head to Head - Outlast your competitor! Count down given, but your time will start when you get the implement between forehead and chin. The top of the implement must stay between forehead and chin, with your butt against the wall and feet behind the line. Once it dips below your chin, the judge will call your time. Wrist wraps, elbow sleeves, knees sleeves, belt, grip shirt allowed. Nothing sticky.
Stone run - 60s
Start hands off at the highest platform and lightest stone. Must place stone on top of platform and ensure it wont fall off. If it falls off then you must redo it. Then onto the next implement in order of ascending weight until all are completed. Tacky grip shirt, knee sleeves, leather stone sleeves allowed.
Info for Beginners:
How do I prepare?
Eat lots of food the week prior, stay hydrated (electrolytes), and get your sleep. Don't eat too much fat or protein the day of, stick to carbohydrates low in fiber, and eat foods that you're used to.
Give yourself about 5 days of rest and recovery just walking and stretching before the competition. Your last very heavy lifts should be done 2-3 weeks out, to give your CNS time to recover. During this body rest time, you can practice visualization. Think of every step from putting on the chalk to how you set up your feet, go through all your cues, and lift the implement in your imagination, feel which muscles you will use, practice waiting for the down command. You can make mental or physcial check lists, you can include all the gear you will wear and when you will need to put it on, what food you will eat betwen events, etc.
If the weight is not too heavy for you, you can improve your placing by practicing being faster by analyzing better ways to pick up the implement, improve cardio, or technique. Ultimately "slow is smooth, and smooth is fast". It's far faster to take your time doing something correctly once, than is to do it poorly twice (i.e. don't trip or drop anything, take your time getting a grip, or picking it up, get a good brace, etc.)
We are happy to teach you technique. You can attend Novice Night group coaching for $20, or schedule a session with Courtney for free coaching.
Beginner info - Commands, Rules, Strategies
You get 1 minute from the go command to successfully complete the lift.
The announcer will call out Judges ready?! Athletes ready! 3-2-1- GO! (Do not move until go).
We aim to have approximately 45 minutes between each event but it could be less so be ready to go around 30 mins after you last competed. We will post an athlete order for the first event, and will call out an athlete order before the start of each event. We will also post a live scoresheet for you to check. The men and women will alternate competing, starting with women; except for tire flip and front hold, where they will compete at the same time. Please manage your time appropriately so that you are fed, watered, bathroom break, warmed up and ready for the next event.
Due to time restrictions, we cannot wait for the athletes to be ready, so have all your gear on (your belt done up, your wrist wraps on, knees sleeves up, your mouthguard in etc.) and wait in line "in the hole".
(There's the person competing, the 1st person in line is "on deck" waiting in line, and the 2nd person in line is "in the hole").
Arm signals and calls.
Down - Verbal command, means good lift. Wait for the down command on overhead, and yoke (crossing the line).
Hand up means go.
Hand down means good lift/done.
Trump weights -
The heavier weight option is scored higher than the lower weight. The lower weight option will be compared to others with that weight eg, 270 yoke attempts will compare shortest time for finished distance, and compare farthest distance for distances less than 60 feet. The heavier weights will be compared together and scored higher than the lower weights regardless of time/distance achieved.
Athlete order -
The first event will be done in reverse order of sign up. It is advantageous to go last so you can know exactly how many reps you need to do to stay ahead without overdoing it. This is a part of Strongman strategy. Therefore, it is recommended to sign up early as possible and to get the best possible placing each round. After each event, a new order will be determined with the highest scorers going last and the lowest scoring people will go first, continuing in ascending order of the previous events placing; except for the last event where order is based on ascending order of total points. The advantage of going last/later allows someone to strategically calculate how many reps they need to do to stay in or improve their placing.
Scoring -
However many people are in the class equals the points awarded to 1st place. For example, 5 people in a category, means 5 points for 1st place. 2nd place gets 4 pts, 3rd place gets 3 and so on. If you can't lift the implement, then you get zero points. Ties are averaged (all the potential placing points divided by number of athletes) eg if there is 5 people in the category, and two people get 2nd place, then they share the average of the 2nd and 3rd place, 4 + 3 points = 7 total possible points, divided 2 people 7/2 = 3.5 pts each.
You do not need to get first place several times to win, you just need do well enough to have the highest overall score. Someone who scores consistently in the top half can still get 1st place or podium.
Mistakes will happen, don't worry you can still make up a lot of points if you stay positive and keep trying!
Sunday, August 16, 2026 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM