Once all the riders whip out of the starting line to challenge their stamina, resolve and leg muscles during the Test of Metal on Saturday (June 20), spectators will get the chance to see a different set of competitors testing their strength.
The third annual 麻豆社国产Stones and Strength Strongman Competition, hosted by Crossfit Squamish, runs Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Loggers Sports Grounds, right at the Test鈥檚 finish line.
鈥淚t gives people something to do while the race is going on,鈥� said Jesse Bifano, co-owner of Crossfit Squamish.
The strongman event features four heavy-lifting contests, with competitors getting only 60 seconds to complete each strength trial.
鈥淓ach event has a time cap of 60 seconds,鈥� said Bifano. 鈥淪o, each competitor gets four minutes of very heavy work.鈥�
The first event is a log lift, where competitors are tasked with lifting a heavy piece of wood (ranging from 100 to 220 lb.) as many times as they can in the allotted 60 seconds.
鈥淓ach weight class has their own log weight,鈥� said Bifano. 鈥淎nd all the logs were donated by AJ Forest Products. We鈥檝e really worked hard to make this event local, and we鈥檝e gotten lot of great community support. Triton Automotive donated all the steel for our second event, The Conan鈥檚 Wheel.鈥�
Film buffs familiar with Arnold Schwarzenegger鈥檚 first Conan the Barbarian movie will remember a scene where the title character is chained to a work wheel.
鈥淥ur wheel has a 15-foot steel arm with weight attached to it,鈥� said Bifano. 鈥淐ompetitors will see how far they can walk in 60 seconds.鈥�
The third event in the strongman competition is called the Giant鈥檚 Wall.
鈥淭his is new and unique, and not seen in any strongman competition anywhere in the world,鈥� he said. 鈥淔or that event, competitors have 60 seconds to lift and stand up a heavy 12-foot high wall.鈥�
The final event is the stones competition.
鈥淵ou always finish a strongman event with stones,鈥� said Bifano. 鈥淎nd for that, participants will have the 60 seconds to lift five stones, which get progressively heavier, over a fence and onto the ground.鈥�
He said the 麻豆社国产competition is unique in the world for strongman events.
鈥淭here aren鈥檛 a lot of easily accessible strongman events,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey are usually just heavyweight competitions, but ours is open to a variety of weight classes. And we may even be the largest strongman event in western Canada, with 60 people registered to compete.鈥�
For more info, go to www.stonesandstrength.com.
