Barry Von Perkins-aka “The Godfather of East Coast Strongman” has been selected to host the Brute Strength Gym Strongman/Women Competition on Feb 18th, 2012 “HAMPTON VA SPORTS EXPO” NAS STRONGMAN/WOMEN FEBRUARY 18TH 2012 SPF POWERLIFTING PUSH/PULL FEBRUARY 19TH 2012 For more information: www.brutestrengthgym.net Hampton-VA-Sports-Festival
The Edge 2.0 had 5 members compete in Delaware’s Strongest Man on October 1, 2011 (hosted by Team Bix and Edge 2.0 friend Kyle Bixler): Matt Makara, Billy Rohrer, Feisal Suleiman, Dustin Payne & Earl Lane. Earl Lane took 2nd place in the Novice Division!! “Thanks to great training and coaching from the The Edge 2.0 i was able to walk away with a second place victory at my first strongman contest check this out to learn more about the experience” “So on 10/1/11 i competed in my first strongman contest after about a year of saying i wanted to be a strongman and then another four months of off and on training i finally go serious and on October 1st...
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011 12noon-4pm @ The Edge 2.0 THE EDGE 2.0 IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL SATURDAY TRAINING EVENT WITH MIKE JENKINS! Bring your friends and family to watch as Mike Jenkins joins the Edge 2.0 Crew for a day of training before he heads out to North Carolina to represent the United States at the Met-Rx’s World’s Strongest Man 2011 RSVP for this LIMITED event on Facebook!
THE MET-Rx WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN 2011 WINGATE UNIVERSITY, USA 26-Aug-11 QUALIFICATION (5 groups @ 6 athletes, 6 events per heat) 15-18th September EVENT GROUP EVENT COMPETITORS COUNTRY LOCATION GRP 1 Loading – Kegs Brian Shaw USA Sand Volleyball, Wingate 1 2 Car Walk Rauno Heinla Estonia NASCAR Hall of Fame 3 Car Deadlift – reps Jean Francois Caron Canada Rockingham Speedway 4 Truck Pull Mark Felix UK Rockingham Speedway 5 Giant Dumbell Press Nick Best USA Stegall Building, Wingate 6 Atlas Stones Thor Bjornsson Iceland Stegall Building, Wingate GRP 2 1 Loading – Sacks Ervin Katona Serbia Sand Volleyball, Wingate 2 Keg Toss Espen Aune Norway Sand Volleyball, Wingate 3 Squat Lift Laurence Shahlaei UK NASCAR Hall of Fame...
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
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An interview with the founder of The Edge, Barry Von Perkins.
Gavin has done some feats of strength that most are doing that are 10 years older than him. He stands at 5-10 at 290 and he's every bit as strong as he looks and loves the challenge of strongman. He's one of my current writers and good friends and has contributed a lot of experience from his sport that has benefited others including myself. He has taught me what it means to "BELIEVE AND BECOME". So take a look inside of who BIG G is...his trek to be the WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN…
