Appalachian Team Championships 2019

***Registration CLOSED – thank you to all who signed up, wow!!!***

 (Strongman Corp. membership REQUIRED of all competitors)

Our annual team strongman extravaganza is back! This is actual teams of 4-6 athletes working together to use a combination of pure strength, strategy, and willpower in order to walk away with the legendary Mouser Cup trophy! This wildly popular contest may be the most fun of the year and has started to inspire similar shows across the country. So grab a handful of your strongpals and come out to beautiful Palatine Park for an amazing experience making new friends and competing alongside your old ones!

Promoter- Paul Mouser

Date/Time- Saturday, May 25th . Action begins at 1:00pm.

Location- Palatine Park, 1 Everest Dr, Fairmont, WV, 26554

Hotel- Fairfield Inn and Suites Marriott, Fairmont, WV

Weigh-ins- 8-9am Saturday    AND   11:30am-12pm Saturday morning

Rules/Safety Briefing- 12:00pm. This meeting is mandatory.

Divisions-      Team only

Weight Classes: Women’s LW 0-140 – MW 141-180 – HW 181+

Men’s  LW 0-200 – MW 201-231 – HW 232+

Awards- Custom medals for podium teams AND the huge Mouser Cup Trophy for 1^st!

Entry-   Must have Strongman Corp membership card present or YOU CAN PURCHASE MEMBERSHIPS AT THE SHOW with cash or check. Entries must be post marked by NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, May 10th. $25 late charge. Includes t-shirt. Late entries are not guaranteed a shirt. Additional shirts will be available for purchase. Team order is determined by reverse order of entry received!

Single entry: $52 before 1/1,   $62 before 5/11,   $87 late

Whole Team Entry for up to 6 members (best deal!): $240 before 1/1,   $280 before 5/11,   $320 late

***Team Captains may choose pay for their entire team at once and save some money. No refunds will be given however, even if your teammates bail on you. Be careful who you accept verbal commitments from. I am not responsible for helping you collect money from your teammates either. I am also not responsible for helping you find replacements… but I will help if I can.***

Make sure to follow the FB page for updates here: https://www.facebook.com/events/296923887798689/

Spectator fee – None

Contact Info– Paul Mouser: email [email protected], phone (304) 614-5291

Events: (subject to change, full details coming soon)

“Hercules vs Atlas”

2 athletes hold on for dear life on the Hercules Holds while 2 others rep out Atlas Stones to shoulder! When the Hercules Holds drop, time is up – most reps wins!

• Team captain will assign 2 team members to the 2 Hercules Hold stations (stations 1 and 2) , and 2 members to the 2 Atlas Stone stations (stations 1 and 2)
• On the judge’s command, the weights will be released on the Hercules Hold stations and the athletes at the Atlas Stone stations may begin lifting. Stones must be taken to shoulder for reps – total combined reps wins… but here’s the catch… the stone lifters may only continue lifting until the athlete in the corresponding Hercules Hold station drops.
• In short, the time limit for Stone lifter 1 to rep out is determined by his/her buddy in Hercules Hold station 1. The time limit for Stone lifter 2 to rep out is determined by his/her buddy in Hercules Hold station 2. Combined reps wins.
• The parties assigned to the stone-to-shoulder portion may not be of the same weight class.
• This event will test not only the strength of our athletes, but also the strategic capabilities and cohesion of the team (which is why this comp is so fun right???)! A good gripster may be able to make up for a mistake in the stones by holding on long enough to allow extra reps. A great stone lifter may be able to compensate for a grip-slip by busting out many reps quickly before the grip goes. Having a combination of solid grip gurus and stout stone wrestlers is the optimal combination!

Stone Weights (no tacky, no sticky stuff whatsoever):

LWW – 115

MWW – 130

HWW – 150

200 Men – 200

231 Men – 220

HW Men – 240

Hercules Hold Weights (Deep Waters Hercules Hold as seen at America’s Strongest Viking 2018, the Arnold Pro Women’s 2018, and the Norse Highlander 2019):

LWW – 70 per hand                           200 Men – 115

MWW – 80 per hand                          231 Men – 125

HWW – 90 per hand                          HW Men – 135

“The Amazing Ever-Growing Deadlift”

This will be an axle deadlift from about a 14in height to center of bar that starts at 235 pounds, but has 30 pounds added on every successive every rep. Once one team member collapses in a heap and can no longer continue pulling, the next team member can jump in and continue (you may have to remove the corpse of the previous team mate however)! The more reps the early pullers can do, the less work the later members need to hit a higher number, so every team member counts! Most reps/biggest weight wins! Female, and 1 male from each class must participate. Only 4 total members may participate.

Time limit – TBA

Equipment allowed – straps, sleeves, wrist wraps, one belt.

Shoes are not required but for the love of all things holy wear some socks. Please wear something over your shins, whether it’s knee socks, or sleeves, or whatever. No oil or baby powder please and thank you.

“Hit By A Truck”  

***Team order on this event may be different than the rest of the events to reduce weight changes***

An object carry-to-truck push! As athletes finish their carry they may hurry over to help on the enormous truck push, so finishing the carry quickly is paramount! Fastest time to finish the whole thing wins.

• This is essentially a Mouser Block Carry – to – truck push with huge chains and a massive semi-truck! Your legs will feel like they’ve been Hit By a Truck!
• Read carefully! This is very different from years past!
• 90sec. Fastest time wins. Distance credited if not completed.
• Teams will have a HW member stationed at the truck, and 3 other members stationed at the Mouser Blocks as described below
• Upon the start command female member will carry a Mini Block down a 50ft course. Upon completion, female will be signaled to go tag her team mate (LW male) who will then carry a Mouser Block down the same course. Once the LW male has finished the course, he will then tag a MW male team member, who will carry a Mouser Block down the course.
• Any team member may proceed to the Truck Push portion of the challenge after making a tag. MW male may proceed to the Truck after finishing the Mouser Block carry since he has no one to tag.
• Athletes may begin pushing the truck down the 75ft course as soon as the first helps arrives from the Mouser Block carry portion, but not before.

Mouser Block Weights:

• LWW – 140 Mini
• MWW – 170 Mini
• HWW – 200 Mini
• LW Men – 220
• MW Men – 270

Tug of War

The ultimate team vs team event!

• 4 teammates, 1 female must participate.
• The rope will be 2″ thick and heavy. No tying it around the hands or body. No knotting the rope.
• Tournament format, single elimination with losers’ bracket.
• 60 seconds.

“No Strongman Left Behind” Press Medley 

Carry your teammates to pressing stations! The heavier stations are worth more points per rep, so choose who goes to which station wisely – new easier rules for failed carries too!

• 60sec time limit. Most points win.
• On the judge’s signal, a female team member will begin carrying teammates to the pressing area, one at a time.
• Each time a teammate is dropped off, that member may begin lifting whatever object they choose for reps. Female member then runs back to carry to the next teammate.
• Once an athlete has made an attempt at a given object, they may not attempt any other object.
• Once all 3 teammates have been carried to the pressing area, the female competitor that performed the carry may then go to a pressing station and begin lifting as well (if indeed her body has not crumbled after carrying her entire team LOL).
• The carrying distance is 30ft.
• Any team that successfully completed all 3 partner carries will automatically place higher than any team that did not. Any team completing 2 of the 3 partner carries will place higher than any team that only completed one, etc. etc. etc.
• If the carrier cannot carry a given teammate, she may simply “tag” that teammate and that teammate may then run over to the pressing station himself/herself. Any male competitor may be assigned to any pressing station EXCEPT station 4 (lighter log). Females may participate in any of the four pressing stations.

Weights and points are as follows:

• 220 Mouser Block – 3 points per rep
• 220 Axle – 2 points per rep
• 205 Axle – 1 point per rep
• Station 4 is the only one that can change – Log: 100 LWW, 120 MWW, and 135 HWW. All 1 point.

“Storm the Castle” Battering Ram

Smash through walls with your crew in perhaps the most ridiculously fun concept we’ve come up with yet!

• 1 of each of the following classes must participate: any Female, a LW, a MW, and a HW must participate (4 members in total).
• On the signal, competitors will have 60sec to run over to the battering ram, pick it up, and smash through walls with it.
• More details to come, but scoring will be based on the time taken to bust through the barricades.
• Entire “face” of the battering ram must punch through the wall in order to receive credit for completion.

General Rules/Usual Mouser Stuff

• In the event of a tie in the final standings, winner will be determined via countback. If a tie cannot be broken in this fashion, a tie breaker event will be held.
• Sportsmanship is expected and required. This is the greatest sport in the world, let’s keep it that way.
• This is a drug free contest. If you are juiced feel free to come cheer on your buddies but please do not bother to sign up.
• If you have a question, please ask! I would rather take a minute to clarify something than to see someone have a poor showing due to a misunderstanding.