LEE HANEY GAMES
Herculean Deadlift Competition
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Event Details
Date TBD 2026
Special prizes awarded to best male and female lifters!
Event rules and details
Ø PERMITTED EQUIPMENT
• Gym chalk - block/powder (magnesium carbonate) or liquid chalk - no tacky adhesives
• Lifting belts including nylon, powerlifting, Olympic, or similar
• Knee/elbow sleeves (single layer) and lifting straps
• Shirt, shorts, knee high socks, and shoes are required for lifting
Ø Lifting format will be in flights depending on number of athletes with each lifter having 3 attempts.
Ø All lifters will receive a t-shirt for registering. Medallions will be awarded to top 3 lifters in each weight class. Overall winners (best male and female) will be determined by DOTs coefficient after all flights are complete.
Rules Of Performance
Ø This is a traditional deadlift event. Lift can be performed sumo or conventional.
Ø The lifter can complete the deadlift in a "powerlifting" or "strongman" technique. Hitching and ramping is allowed.
Ø Any style of grip is allowed.
Ø The bar is lifted to the finishing position where the hips and knees are fully locked with the head and shoulders behind the bar.
Ø Lifters will wait for the "DOWN" command to lower the bar to the ground. Hands must stay on the bar as it is lowered back to the floor. If the bar is dropped, the lift will not count.
Ø Once the athlete reaches the required finishing position and the bar is lowered to the floor; that is counted.
Ø Lifting format will be in flights depending on number of athletes with each lifter having 3 attempts.Each flight will perform all 3 attempts consecutively. For example, if 3 flights (A, B, and C), flight A will do all 3 attempts loaded progressively by weight. Then flight B will do the same followed by flight C.