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Saturday the Edge Crew and I were in Fisherville, Virginia competing in the “Blue Ridge Mountain-Mountaineer Strongman” Competition put on by NAS & Mary Jacobson…this contest benefited St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital and some other great charities! Blue Ridge Mountain-Mountaineer Strongman Contest   “……At about 5 feet tall, Mary Jacobson is a tanned and curvy beauty, with long, curly blond hair and a seemingly foreign accent. She likes to ride motorcycles with her beau, Ed Martin, and together they live in a large home on a spacious piece of property in Afton. But she is unlike a lot of other middle-aged women. At 56 years old, the cancer survivor bench-presses 350 pounds. And Saturday, she will team up with...

CB: Today we are here with strongman competitor Barry Von Perkins. Tell us about yourself. BVP: I’m Barry Perkins. I’ve been in strongman since 2002. I’m 45 yrs old, and I have an amazing 15 year old daughter who sings, does Olympic lifts and flips some huge tires. (laughs) I’m 6-2, 295′ish, and I work as a construction estimator in Washington DC. I live and train in Reston Virginia. CB: Barry, I heard you opened a new gym. What is it called and where is it? BVP: The gym is called The Edge 2.0. It’s located in Reston/Herndon, Virginia. The address is 310 Victory Drive Herndon, Virginia at CrossFit Reston. CB: If you’re in the Virginia area, make sure...

Reston Patch sent over a great guy and special Contributor Michael Lanfear to check us out at the Edge 2.0 on Saturday. We had a great day at the Strongman 201 Clinic & were pumped to get the word out about our great program here in Reston! See all the photos here

Send us pictures or video of strongman training (at The Edge or anywhere else) and we’ll post it here!