Here’s what to anticipate in West Virginia this December.
The annual Official Strongman Games (OSG) present an intriguing opportunity for elite and up-and-coming strongmen and strongwomen alike to point out out. This 12 months’s contest happening on December 1-3, 2023, in Charleston, West Virginia, ought to be no different.
On June 23, 2023, the OSG organizers revealed the schedule and a listing of six events for the 2023 OSG over the competition’s Instagram profile. On the time of this writing, the entire roster for the competition has not been revealed. Whoever does officially slot in before early December should prepare for a slate of difficult obstacles.
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Below you’ll find the entire official schedule and event details for the 2023 OSG:
Day 1 | Friday, December 1, 2023
The primary day of the competition weekend will open with two events centered around upper-body strength and stamina.
Stand or Submit Press Medley
Athletes may have the duty of overhead pressing 4 implements — a barbell with wagon wheels, a circus dumbbell, a curved Yoke, and a block — within the fastest time possible. They’ll have a 60-second deadline. On the time of this writing, the precise weights of the implements haven’t been designated. They shall be different for every participating weight class.
Stix and Stone Carry
The creative name aside, taken from the manufacturing company providing the competitive equipment, it’s an apt label for an event that can ask athletes to perform two distinct loaded carry variations. First, athletes must carry a timber frame for 15.25 meters (50 feet), then carry a set of stones back the identical distance as quickly as possible. Once more, they’ll have a 60-second deadline.
Day 2 | Saturday, December 2, 2023
Saturday on the 2023 OSG “pulls” out all of the stops before leaning back on endurance.
Deadlift Ladder
Any seasoned strongman or strongwoman competitor should probably be well-prepared for the trials of a Deadlift Ladder. While the burden of every of the five barbells has not yet been determined, they’ll again have only 60 seconds to work their way through the progressively heavier lineup.
GORUCK Survival Challenge
On this event, competitors will lift a heavy medicine ball and other yet-undisclosed GORUCK implements. They shall be adorned with backpacks as much as and exceeding 45.4 kilograms (100 kilos) throughout. Depending on the burden class, the deadline for completion will vary from 60 to 90 seconds.
Day 3 | Sunday, December 3, 2023
Only the highest 10 competitors will advance to the ultimate day of the 2023 OSG. The competition will close with a well-recognized refrain for anyone who follows strongman and strongwoman closely.
Sandbag Toss
For all intents and purposes, the Sandbag Toss shall be difficult but is potentially more of an appetizer to the fundamental concluding course. Inside it, the athletes may have an objective of tossing six progressively heavier sandbags over a 4.6-meter (15-foot) bar for the Men and a four-meter (13-foot) bar for the Women. As usual, they’ll have 60 seconds to successfully complete as many throws as possible.
Atlas Stone
The famous Atlas Stones — a fixture finisher at countless strongman and strongwoman competitions — shall be the ultimate deciding note on the 2023 OSG. The duty shall be straightforward: Lifting six increasingly heavier Atlas Stones onto their respective platforms. Every weight class for each the Men and Women may have a in another way weighted group of Stones matched to their expected strength. For context, the heaviest stone within the event shall be the sixth and final stone within the Men’s Open weight division, weighing in at 193 kilograms (425 kilos).
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The OSG may not necessarily be according to contests just like the annual World’s Strongest Man (WSM) by way of prestige. That said, as exemplified by this event list, it stays a noteworthy notch within the belt for the competitors fortunate enough to win it.
Featured image: @officialstrongman on Instagram