Cerberus Strength – Midwest Regional Natural Strongest Man & Woman 2027

Anyone can sign-up for a Natural Strongman Regional Event! Depending on placement at Regionals, you can qualify for: North America's Strongest: New Jersey on May 15Natural Strongman Worlds 2027: Texas on Aug 27-29How to Qualify for North America's Strongest: Athlete's scores from this event, along with the other regional events, get entered into a North American leaderboardThe top 10 on the North American leaderboard qualifies for North America's StrongestWinning your weight class at a regional event (like this show) earns you an invite to North America's StrongestHow to Qualify for Natural Strongman World's: Athlete's scores from this event, along with the other regional events, get entered into a North American leaderboardThe top 3 athletes from the North American leaderboard, in each weight class, qualifies directly for worlds!Top placing athletes at North America's Strongest will qualify for Worlds too!Note: The entire pathway is posted on Natural Strongman's social media accounts Weigh ins held at Venue: Friday, Feb 12 from10am-12 NoonFriday, Feb 12 from 5:30-7pmSaturday, Feb 13 from 8-9amRequired when you check-in: All athletes must have a current natural strongman membershipAll athletes must bring a photo ID for drug testingEvent Rules:Events at all regional events are standardized (the exact same) Note: events and weight details are subject to change Log Press for Reps: Every rep is lifted from ground to overhead. Athletes choose their trump weight option. One rep at a heavier weight beats any amount of reps at a lighter weight. 60 second time cap.  12-13" logs will be used.  No dropping logs from overhead. Equipment allowed: elbow sleeves, knee sleeves, soft belt, hard belt (must be turned backwards if lever belt) Equipment not allowed: grip shirts Deadlift for reps: Every rep is lifted from ground to lockout. Athletes choose their trump weight option. One rep at a heavier weight beats any amount of reps at a lighter weight. 60 second time cap. No suits. Power bar will be used. Athletes will receive and up and down command. Equipment allowed: knee sleeves, soft belt, hard belt, straps Equipment not allowed: briefs, suits Sandbag Load Medley: Four bags are loaded over the yoke. Women load over 44 inches and men load over 48 inches. The lighter bags start further away and the distance gets shorter as the bags get heavier.  Distance is 10 meters, 9 meters, 8 meters, 7 meters.  A split time is recorded every time a bag is successfully loaded. If an athlete only completes three bags, their result is the time to the third bag. We do not measure distance on a bag that is not loaded. Equipment allowed: knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, soft belt, hard belt Equipment not allowed: grip shirts Farmers Walk Self Load: Athletes complete 10m out and 10m back with the first weight. They then load the extra weight onto the farmers themselves while the clock is still running, before doing another 10m out and 10m back at the heavier weight.  The self loading is part of the event and part of the 60 second time limit. This means the athlete has to move well, load quickly and then get straight back into the carry. Time is recorded for every 10m completed. Equipment allowed: knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, soft belt, hard belt Equipment not allowed: straps Max Distance Carry: All three bags are left out for the athletes. They choose which bag they want when they are on the floor. If they fail to pick a bag from the ground, they can move down to a lighter bag. Once they actually move with a bag over the start line, there is no going back to another option. To beat every result on the lighter bag, the athlete must complete 20m with the next heavier bag. For example, 20m with the women’s 80kg bag beats any distance with the 60kg bag. If the athlete only gets 19m with the 80kg bag, they do not beat an athlete who carried the 60kg bag further. The exact same rule applies between every bag option. Equipment allowed: knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, soft belt, hard belt Equipment not allowed: grip shirts Media  Photographer will be on-site for athletes (photos will be free); TBD on livestream Tickets: Friends/family - Anyone coming in-person to watch will pay $10 at the door or can purchase ticket online in advance; children under 12 free