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# 4 - January 2013

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THE FIRST WOMEN´S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Special report

Strongman Fitness® World Championships coming..

FROM THE EDITOR Welcome to our 1 year anniversary issue!

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The year of hard work and big

etc...it is about opportunities

investments is now behind and we can now

and about are the opportunities

focus on the actual thing - development.

used or not.. .the choices are in

I would like to take this opportunity and Thank You all co-operators around the globe who have been involved in US actions last

the hands of all..

Be Strong, Train Hard and use your opportunities.

New year, new tricks :) Stay tuned!

year. Thank You! Let´s continue the good work!

The new year will have a lot more innovative and inspiring events and also before the year 2013 is over we have been introducing

Jyrki Rantanen

something big, something new, again.

Editor in Chief

ARE YOU THE ONE?

This issue is dedicated to our first World

We are looking writers and photographers around the globe..amateurs or pro´s...this is one point where you can use or not use an opportunity.

Championships, but in the May issue we will have again more coverage for Fitness events, too.

info@unitedstrongmen.com

Power News - The Fittest Strength Magazine on Earth™ - now in Facebook also at www.facebook.com/USPOWERNEWS. Where we are next January? We will see it, but we suggest you to follow US - the road to there will be interesting...

What is the year 2013 bringing to all of US? Arnold Sports Festival is here soon to kickstart the strength-fitness genre with a bang...their 25th Anniversary road is one of a kind like the name itself...It is great to see the festival to grow to other counties and who knows where it stands after another 25 years of action?

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1/ 2013 INDEX From the editor & index.

Women´s World Championships 2012 Owen´s corner.

Arnold Sports Festival 2013 Strongman Fitness® Finnish Championships 2012 Strongman Fitness® Norway´s Championships 2012 Strongman Fitness® World Championships 2013 Queen of the Castle 2013 United Strongmen® New rules Fitnesstukku Power Weekend 2013

happening has grown during the years, it leves open question on our mind - what we are after 25yrs.? As the whole world has changed a lot during last 25 yrs. It will again change a lot during next 25yrs...what do you do during it?, what we do? what they do? - it is all about making choices, what do you support, what do

This magazine is published by United Strongmen®. All photos © United Strongmen®/www.photobypiia.com, if nothing else mentioned.

All rights reserved. In the cover photo Kristin Danielsson-Rhodes in Women´s World Championships 2012.

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UNITED STRONGMEN® WOMEN´S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 The first United Strongmen® Women´s World Championships was held in Hämeenlinna, Finland during 23rd-24th, November.

The competition included seven tough events and the competitors arrived from 8 different countries.

The competition started in the evening of 23rd in the heart of Hämeenlinna city, where the competitors faced almost freezing weather and uphill/downhil track for farmers walk with 102kg per hand.

In the starter event TOP3 competitors were at their own class as they were the ones to complete two turns on 15 meters tract.

After the competition it was also told, that the event winner Anna Rosen from Sweden tore her biceps in this event but it did not stop her to travel the distance of 42,50 meters!

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Anna Rosen, Sweden 42,50 m Kristin Rhodes, USA 37,50 m Annina Saine, Finland 36,55 m Emilie Backlund, Sweden 29,20 m Niina Jumppanen, Finland 24,10 m Bryndis Olafsdottir, Iceland 16,38 m 7. Alina Leisiö, Finland 15,20 m 8. Sophie Mangano, Great Britain 13,05 m 9. Siobhan Hylan, Ireland 3,45 m 10. Elena Naumcevski, Australia 1,56 m 11. Janne Grandalen-Flo, Norway

To compare a little pit of the toughness of these ladies - next day the weights were used in Strongman Fitness® Finnish nationals (inside hall, flat surface ) and only one 80 kg man was able to go further than Anna Rosen.

ADRIANE WILSON

Even if you are not in the final top points, you can still made great efforts and go over the limits.

Elena Naumcevski (down left) was 8th in overall but took 4th place in the log.

Janne Grandelan-Flo (page 9) was 9th in overall but took 3rd spot in tire flip.

Sophie Mangano (right) was 10th overall, but fighted to 3rd spot in yoke with 255kg.

Siobhan Hyland (down, right) was last in overall, but was not last in all events showing great attempts.

In the Log lift the ladies had one minute time limit for repping 77 kg or 62kg from the ground as many times as possible. 1 rep with 77 kg was better that any reps with 62 kg, which made the difference in ties.

Queen of the Castle winner Annina Saine (in the photo) had a superb start for the whole competition hanging out in the top 2-4 places until the last 3 events.

1. 1. Rhodes 6 x 77kg 2. 2. Olafsdottir 4 x 77/1x62 3. 3. Saine 2/3 4. 4. Naumcevski 2/0 5. 5. Rosen 1/0 6. 6. Jumppanen 0/6 7. 6. Backlund 0/6 8. 8. Hyland 0/2 9. 9. Grandalen-Flo 0/1 10.9. Leisiรถ 0/1 11.11. Mangano 0/0 12.

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In Yoke the ladies carried 255 kg for 24 meters (2x12 m with a turn) Rhodes was the Queen again in this Syötä tekstiä kirjoittamalla event as she sprinted the course with dominant time of 21,9 sec.

Rosen was the only one to along with Kristen to go full distance.

1. 1. Rhodes 21,9 sec.

2. 2. Rosen 58,2 sec.

3. 3. Mangano 13,90 meters 4. 4. Backlund 12,00 m 5. 5. Jumppanen 10,50 m 6. 6. Naumcevski 9,11 m 7. 6. Saine 7,25 m 8. 8. Olafsdottir 4,86 m 9. 9. Grandalen-Flo 3,28 m 10.9. Hyland 2,34 m 11.11.Leisiö 2,00 m In the photo Sweden´s Emilie Backlund, who did solid job during the whole competition ending to 4th place.

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The last woman standing deadlift had a starting weight of 150 kg and the bar raised 10 kg each round and rule was simple - lift or you are out.

Rosen was in the spotlight here winning the event without full effort with 230 kg (and that was her 9th lift under 30 min!!!).

1. 1. Rosen 230 kg 2. 2. Jumppanen 220 kg.

3. 2. Rhodes 220 kg 4. 4. Saine 200 kg.

5. 5. Backlund 190 kg.

6. 5. Leisiö 190 kg.

7. 7. Naumcevski 180 kg.

8. 8. Olafsdottir 170 kg.

9. 8. Mangano 170 kg.

10.8. Hyland 170 kg 11.11.Grandalen-Flo 160 kg.

In the photo Anna Rosen´s 230 kg dl with broken biceps.

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In the sack loading women had to pick-up, carry and load over the bar 50, 70, 80 and 100 kg Ironmind sacks.

Only Olafsdottir (in the picture) and Jumppanen managed the 100kg sack under the time limit of 1 minute.

1.Olafsdottir 4/42 sec 2.Jumppanen 4/45 sec 3.Leisiö 3/25 sec 4.Saine 3/30 sec 5.Grandalen-Flo 3/32 sec 6.Backlund 3/33 sec 7.Rhodes 3/38 sec 8.Rosen 3/39 sec 9.Mangano 3/40 sec 10.Naumcevski 3/43 sec 11.Hyland 2 sacks

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In the Tire Flip the competitors flipped 250kg tire 4 times and the fastest time won.

The event was won again by Rhodes, but Norway´s Janne Grandalen-Flo (in the picture) surprised many by tooking the 3rd as she was the smallest competitor in the field with only 70kg bodyweight (10-40 % lower than the others).

1. Rhodes 13,31 sec.

2. Backlund 15,31 sec.

3. Grandalen-Flo 17,34 sec.

4. Rosen 18,84 sec.

5. Olafsdottir 18,94 sec.

6. Jumppanen 19,53 sec.

7. Saine 20,87 sec.

8. Naumcevski 22,09 sec.

9. Hyland 25,10 sec.

10. Mangano 32,40 sec.

11. Leisiö 35,87 sec.

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The Atlas stones was the final event with stones of 50-73-105-116 and 136 kg as named ”the Monster Babe” with larger diameter.

No one was there to lift up the Monster Babe this time (it would have been WR), but Rhodes took another event victory, followed by Jumppanen and Leisiö.

1. Rhodes 4/18 sec.

2. Jumppanen 4/49 sec.

3. Leisiö 4/54 sec.

4. Backlund 3/23 sec.

5. Olafdottir 3/27 sec. all others 2 stones without timing.

Women´s World Championships 3 RD PLACE Anna Rosen, SWE

Women´s World Championships 2 ND PLACE Niina Jumppanen, FIN

Women´s World Champion 2012 Kristin DanielssonRhodes, USA

1st Women´s World Championships (2012)

ARNOLD SPORTS FESTIVAL 1.! Kristin Danielsson-Rhodes, USA 15,5 2. Niina Jumppanen, Finland 29,0 3. Anna Rosen, Sweden 29,5 4. Emilie Backlund, Sweden 32 5. Bryndis Olafsdottir, Iceland 36 6. Annina Saine, Finland 36,5 7. Alina Leisiö, Finland 50 8. Elena Naumcevski, Australia 53,5 9. Janne Grandalen-Flo, Norway 57 10.Sophie Mangano, Great Britain 58,5 11.Siobhan Hyland, Ireland 64,5 Referees: Kati Luoto, Heini Koivuniemi, Janne Virtanen and Jyrki Rantanen.

CONTEST VIDEO AVAILABLE AT www.unitedstrongmen.com > videos (pay per view)

Beauty and the Beast?

WBFF PRO Mari Kasvi (left) did outstanding job as an announcer for the whole Power Weekend happening and year 2000 World´s Strongest Man Janne Virtanen (down) proved his experience by taking care of the refereeing in Super Yoke.

OWEN´s Corner: See What You Can Do…..N.O.W. (No Opportunity Wasted)

By WBFF Men’s Fitness Model Owen D. Taylor III from Dallas, TX As you may already know, this month is the month of January. The month of January always means a new year and starting fresh. January always means starting those fitness goals that we ever so yearn to accomplish, whether it is for a life event such as a wedding, swimsuit season, or just to look better. The holidays are a time to eat, enjoy the company of family, and also to bundle up from the cold weather. Aside from fitness goals, other goals such as job and career search (finding the right one), financial goals, settling into a location and transition, basically any goal that you can think of…see what you can do now. Or in other words, N.O.W. (No Opportunity Wasted). Whenever one decides what they TRULY want out of this life and also where they want to be ideally, the people that you are united with (hopefully family, whether it be the family that raised you or any other type of family), you will find that sense of urgency in more than one way. January, great start as far as starting fresh, but see what you can do now. That job lead that you got today, that’s great, but when do they want you to start? The beginning of the year?!?!?! Hmmmm, see what you can do TODAY/ N.O.W. Of course that fitness goal that you have to start in the month of January after Christmas and the New Year, that’s a great goal, whatever it is. However, what can you do N.O.W.? In addition, the toughest thing to realize is N.O.W., what is it that we can do without? What can we sacrifice? What type of good “pain” can we go through N.O.W. in order to experience true pleasure in the next 5-10 years and beyond? As you can see, what you do N.O.W. will not only affect YOU down the road, but also (like it or not), will affect others around you as well. In closing for N.O.W. (LOL), whatever you have coming down the pipeline and landing or think you have landing in your lap, see what you can do N.O.W. Happy Fall, Owen D. Taylor III WBFF Men’s Fitness Model Rep. by The Gregory Agency owtaylor3@gmail.com

25th ARNOLD SPORTS FESTIVAL, Feb. 28 - 3rd March 2013

Columbus, Ohio is the address for the kickstart of strength season 2013!

Some 18 000 athletes from 80 different countries in over 45 events - that´s how the festival is made.

Along with legendary Arnold Classic bodybuilding and other international IFBB action the weekend contains: - Arnold Strongman Classic (Shaw, Poundstone, Burke, Björnsson, Koklajev and more) - Strongman Amateur World Championships - Strongman Fitness® World Championships - Scottish Highland Games - Mighty Mitts grip contest - Weightlifting - and much more...see more www.arnoldsportsfestival.com.

2013 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Arnold Sports Festival, the largest multi-sport event in the nation and an amazing sports-fitness experience!

The Festival welcomes more than 18,000 athletes annually who compete in more than 45 sports & events, including 12 Olympic sports. More than 175,000 fitness enthusiasts attend the Arnold Sports Festival each year to experience thrilling moments of sports competition & fitness entertainment.

Fitness shoppers enjoy the 700 booth Arnold Fitness EXPO offering the biggest names in health & fitness who present the latest trends in fitness apparel, supplements, and training equipment.

Strongman Fitness® Finnish Championships 2012 Hämeenlinna Power Weekend 2012 included also the first Strongman Fitness® Finnish nationals.

Strongman Fitness® is similar to regular strongman/ strongwoman competitions except the competitors are having max body weight, what they can have in the weight-in. Women 150 lbs (68,2kg) and Men 175 lbs (79,5kg).

Strongman Fitness® was introduced by American Strongman Corporation (ASC) and they are having the events first World Championships in Arnold Sports Festival 2013 in Columbus, Ohio.

The finnish competition was one of the national qualifiers for the World´s and after the 6 event battle the winners were Kirsi Järvi (left) and Sami Pätäri (down).

Kirsi is a former (2009) Finland´s Strongest Woman (approx 30kg ago) and she won this competition with dominant style - only in one event she was tied all others she won.

In Men´s class the formar Classic bodybuilder Sami Pätäri had more tougher fight as he took the victory only by 1 point before Pasi Peltomaa.

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Kirsi Järvi 6,5 pts Leena Nurminen 14 pts Nina Tiivola 19,5 pts Hanna Ruohonen 20 pts

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Sami Pätäri 10 pts Pasi Peltomaa 11 pts Markus Laine 15,5 pts Vesa Hartikainen 25 pts Samuli Aunala 30,5 pts Arto Karppinen 34 pts

Strongman Fitness® Norway´s Championships 2012 Strongman Fitness® started also in Norway during 2012 with World Championships qualifications and the top spots went to Janne Grandalen-Flo (in the picture) in women´s class and Marius Halvorsen took the victory in mens class with the trophy of invitation to the first World Championships in Arnold Sports Festival 2013.

Photo © Robert Tskhovrebov - www.studio22.no

Strongman Fitness® World Championships American Strongman Corporation (ASC) hosts the very first Strongman Fitness® WOrld Championships in Arnold Sports Festival 2013.

What is Strongman Fitness®?

Strongman Fitness® is an emerging brand for the average to the elite athlete that is not only “Strong” but also “Fit.” The Strongman Fitness® athletes are not the typical three-hundred pound giants. But instead they are a combination of fitness moms, strength athletes and those in general that enjoy the whole competitive experience.

In the competition the events are familiar from regular strongman/woman competitions, but the weights are made to fit for lighter competitors as the weight classes for Strongman Fitness® are 150 lbs (68,2kg) for women and 175 lbs (79,5kg) for men.

In World Championships there is competitors from 25 different countries and they have all reached the spot via national qualification competitions.

For 2013 there will be more action for this new class as during the last quarter of the year United Strongmen® will held the European Championships in Finland, like it will hold them also 2014-2015, too.

The European Championships format will multiply the opportunity to reach the spot for World Championships as the competition will be open for all competitors from Europe and top3 from both classes (men/women) will earn their invitation to World Championships 2014.

Note, that there is still the national qualification tour also, but this gives another opportunity for athletes, who don´t win their own country qualifications and also it opens the doors for the countries which don´t have their own qualifications yet.

For questions about World Championships - Please contact ASC For questions about European Championships - Please contact US

QUEEN OF THE CASTLE 2013 - Sponsored by Fitnesstukku United Strongmen® Women´s Scandinavian Championships 27th, April will be the date to write some strength history. For the first time there´s a strongwoman contest in theater atmosphere as Women´s Scandinavian Championships will take place at Verkatehdas (New Generation) Arts and Congress centre in Hämeenlinna, Finland (www.verkatehdas.fi).

The competitors will be TOP3 from last years Queen of the Castle along with national champions and a few invitational ones as we will be witnessing also the comeback of Kati Luoto (multi-time Finland´s Strongest Woman and WSW runner-up), who have been not competing since her knee injury in 2011.

The events will be carefully picked to fit for theater venue and something new is again offered to the competitors. Stay tuned for further info.

We have plenty of new things for 2013 and here´s some major news concerning our actions: - US will be focusing on development for Women´s and other classes, when discussing about Strongman/woman events. We will have our news eye for big boys also.

- During 2013 we will be launching something totally new to the strength/fitness genre also.

- We reneved our competition rules to help organizers make major international tournaments more easily under our brand. For further info see www.unitedstrongmen.com > competitions.

- We opened our Pay Per View video channel and all of our international shows will be published there also. At the moment you can find there 3 programs:

-Women´s World Championships 2012

-Highland Games Finnish Championships 2012

-WSM Experience™/King of the Castle™ 2012 The next video will be from Women´s Scandinavian Championships and the rates for each video is between 2-5 euro.

- Icelandic strength legend Bryndis Olafsdottir is added to our Council, which votes about our competition rules. Bryndis is 6-time Iceland´s Strongest Woman and she placed 5th in Women´s World Championships 2012. Her long sports career includes also swimming in Olympic level etc. and we are proud to have her in our Council as she will give US new perspectives as so far all other members of the Council are men.

New rules

In the photo Bryndis Olafsdottir repping with 77kg log in Women´s World Championships 2012.

Fitnesstukku Power Weekend United Strongmen速 will be holding 105 kg World Championships during the Fitnesstukku Power Weekend in Finland (Oct-Dec).

The exact dates along with the info from the qualifiers will be announced in the next issue of Power News in May. The Fitnesstukku Power Weekend will contain plenty of other action also including Strongman Fitness速 European Championships, Ironmind Grip Classic and much more.

The 2013 competition calendar will be also announced in www.unitedstrongmen.com during March 2013.

Fitnesstukku Power Weekend is sponsored by Fitnesstukku, which operates also in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark under the brands below.

The company is part of CDON.COM group.

Queen of the castle 2013

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