We hosted our 3rd Annual Deadlifting for Doggies fundraiser on Saturday, February 1st. Deadlifting for Doggies is a no holds barred non-sanctioned 1 rep max deadlift contest fundraiser. The first year the donations raised went to Journey’s End Animal Sanctuary, last year we decided to have the proceeds go to Sniffing Snouts Pit Bull Rescue, and this year they went to Bully up Rescue. I like to try to give back to the community however I can. As a small business owner I have the opportunity to hold fundraisers like this is one which is one of the best ways I can think to give back.
Trinity and I have 3 pitbulls/pitbull mixes (2, Atticus and Pema, were strays, and we rescued our most recent addition, Bella, from the Seminole County Animal shelter) so this is a cause that is near and dear to our hearts.
Thank you to everyone who participated and donated! We ended up having 23 competitors (the most ever for one of our fundraisers) and raised $875!
We also made it on the local Spectrum News 13 thanks to Sports Anchor Luke Hetrick! You can check my previous post to watch the spot.
Thank you again to Anthony Liardo, Jon Burnham, Sami DePass, Judy and Davey Reed, of course my wife, Trinity, for all of their help. Thank you to Summer Lea, of Bully up Rescue, for bringing the bully puppies who were available for adoption.
Here are the full results: Deadlifting for Doggies scoring2
Here are the videos I got:
Orlando Barbell’s Katrina Silva won the women under 150 class with a deadlift of 130 kgs/286 lbs. She won a medal, a doggies shirt and a cutting board from Norris Woodworking Co.:
Orlando Barbell’s Natalie Falbo deadlifted 142.5 kgs/314.2 lbs to win the women over 150 class:
Orlando Barbell’s Allie Baron deadlifted 130 kgs/286 lbs to place 2nd in the women’s under 150 class:
Orlando Barbell’s Dominic Beswick pulled an easy 315 kgs/694.5 lbs @ a BW of 250 to win the men over 200 class:
Orlando Barbell’s Brandon Hagerott deadlifted the evil 302.5 kgs/666.9 lbs @ a BW of 252 to place 2nd in the men over 200 class:
My buddy, client and Orlando Barbell’s own Dean Harris for deadlifting a PR of 125 @ 9 years old and a BW of only 80 lbs:
I forgot to take a group picture, which I feel bad about, but here’s a good group video of how many people we had in here:
Thank you again to everyone who participated and/or donated!
