December 11, 2010 will be remembered as an evolutionary day for muscle and strength sports in the State of Utah.
The elite of powerlifting, strongman, and bodybuilding came together to push, pull, and cheer in the 12th annual Fall Push/Pull Classic. Anytime Fitness of Clinton Utah hosted The Body Evolution sponsored contest. Team Gibson Muscle and Power directed and organized the APF/AAPF meet. Spectators and competitors alike were witness to a complete thrashing of the State and American National record books. 84 state records were broken and an incredible 43 American National records were broken.
Leading the charge on the assault of the record books was The Shop/Team BE. Jason Hansen (Owner of The Body Evolution), in his first meet, was successful in all three of his deadlift attempts. He stuck to his plan and broke the former state record twice, stopping at 540lbs, just 5lbs short of the National record.
Teen and first time competitors Ryan Wallis, Austin Reeve, and Tom Wilson all added new State and National records to the books. Body Evolution employee Dustin (Mr. BOOM!) Biegenwald smoked a 551lb deadlift for two National Junior class deadlift records. Seasoned veteran bench specialist Jon Cunningham set a 501lb National Master record IN THE DEADLIFT! Way to go Mr. bench specialist. Chansey McKendrick, Dave Wallis, Craig Bitton, Kevin Day, Ryan Lund, Chris Kawa, and BE manager Landon Duane all set personal or State records in their divisions. Team BE/The Shop national strongwoman competitor Dawn Richards surrendered the MC duties to Pro Bodybuilder/Team BE captain Tyler Alexander long enough to shatter the former National deadlift record by 125 lbs. Not to be left behind The Shop owner and Team BE coach David Edgell stepped out of the judges chair long enough to pull the biggest deadlift of the day (727.5lbs). That was good enough to break two National deadlift records.
Special recognition goes to Nick Lenhart who won Best Athlete honors with a 375/562 bench-deadlift combination (at 145lb bodyweight). Mitch MacCarthy was the best deadlifter of the day with an incredible 645 deadlift at 198lb bodyweight. Jason Gibson pushed the biggest bench of the day with an easy 600lb press and backed that effort up with a 674 National record deadlift. Jordan Gibson won best teen lifter with a 370/600 combo narrowly missing a 650 deadlift. Way to go!
The day’s incredible lifting just might have had something to do with The Body Evolution’s free flowing BOOM! And Evolve MRP fountains. It didn’t matter if you were lifting or cheering, EVERYONE was BOOMING!
