Below is the updated roster for the 25th Hudson Natural Open as of October 10th, 2013. Only 9 spots left, 2 less than the previous post! The registration deadline is October 19th or once 60 spots have been filled.
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25th Hudson Natural Open – Update #2
Below is the updated roster for the 25th Hudson Natural Open as of October 9th, 2013. Only 11 spots left! The registration deadline is October 19th or once 60 spots have been filled.
25th Hudson Natural Open – Update
Below is a link to the current roster for the 25th Hudson Natural Open as of October 5, 2013. There are currently 39 entrants and the Cain’s fully expect the 60 spots to fill before the October 19th deadline. If you have not submitted your entry yet, do so soon!
Athlete Profile – Matt Rodock
After 17 years of trying to master the game of golf, I became interested in gaining strength in order to hit the golf ball further. A few months into training the squat, bench, and deadlift, I lost interest in golf and wanted to pursue powerlifting. I found Ford’s Gym in Madison, WI and learned a lot about the sport from Ford Sheridan and Rick Schwalbach. While training at Ford’s and watching videos of USAPL and IPF meets on YouTube I became increasingly enamored with the idea of perfecting the power lifts and putting myself to the test on the platform. A year into lifting I entered the USAPL Badger Open and got to compete alongside the defending World Champion, Dan Williams. I was hooked! Here was someone that weighed within 3 pounds of me, and was totaling nearly 600 more pounds. So I set out to learn how to better use powerlifting gear, and see how good I could get at this fantastic sport.
And 4 years later, it has been a tremendously rewarding endeavor. I’ve been able to compete at two USAPL National Championships and have gone from totaling 1268@177 to 1730@204. Although I am very pleased with my progress, I am still roughly 200 pounds shy of the National Champion in my weight class and I’m just as intrigued as ever to figure out how far I can go.
Wisconsin USAPL Advisory Group
The Wisconsin USAPL Advisory Group has been formed to assist the state chair with the development of a strategy to promote drug-free powerlifting in the state and in the mid-west. The group is comprised of ten members who represent high school coaching & teenage competitors, age divisions of open, collegiate and masters. Five of the members are certified referees. There is also fairly decent geographic representation from around the state; Madison, Racine, New Richmond, Milwaukee, Osceola, Eau Claire. Several members had voluntarily offered their assistance in the past and I took them up on their offer. We have so many talented individuals in the state who already give quite a bit of their time to the sport and I wanted to create another opportunity where the offered assistance could be leveraged to grow our support network.
Members of the group:
- Erin Walterman
- Jon Kradecki
- Kyle Nelson
- Jeff Hahn
- John Shields
- Bruce Sullivan
- Matt Rodock
- Kat Kasubuske
- Alexa Schillinger
- Shawn Cain
You will soon learn a bit more about what the group comes up with as we brainstorm on how / what to promote about this great sport.
Tonya L.