Mountain State Women of Strength (MSWS) and Viking Performance Training are proud to be hosting Tracy Stankavage, 2012 NAS Nationals light weight division champion and strength and conditioning coach, to teach a two-part strongwoman seminar on Saturday, January 30st and Sunday, January 31st at Viking Performance Training in Morgantown, West Virginia. The seminar on Saturday, […]

Suzanne is a Current National Masters Champion and Record Holder in Olympic Weightlifting, was alternate to the 2000 Sydney Olympics and is a Multiple World and Pan Am team member. Her lifetime bests in competition are: 100kg snatch, 120kg clean and jerk, 127.5kg clean. In addition, Suzanne is a USAW coach and a part of […]

In 2015, a strongman/woman contest was born unlike any other on Earth. This contest lured the strongest, most rugged, and most determined champions in the region to the hills of WV to battle for the right to call themselves the best. What was different about this contest? Why did only the most hardy warriors step […]

The first ever all-ladies strongwoman competition in WV has arrived! This NAS level I meet will be open to ladies only! Viking Performance Training Presents Maidens of Might Strongwoman Challenge (North American Strongman Inc. membership REQUIRED of all competitors)   Promoters- Nicole Mouser & Jay Handley Date/Time- Saturday, March 26th at noon Location- Viking Performance […]

For the third year the Appalachian Team Championships returns to Fairmont, WV as part of the WV Three Rivers Festival. This meet is still the only one of it's kind in the country (to my knowledge). This is not pairs or couples, but actual teams of 4-6 people working together to take home the massive […]

STRONG KIDS COMPETITION- Morgantown, WV's first ever kids' contest for strength! It's time to let the kids show us their true strength! Parents, enjoy a Father's Day afternoon encouraging your children to show us their "strong"! The competition will be held for ages 6-13. The children will be grouped by age and boys/girls (or size […]

Strongman returns to the Lewis County Fair! Last year the blazing heat didn't stop our mighty competitors from setting huge records in the Max Deadlift and Giant DB Press events. They pulled trucks, dragged giant chains, and even squatted with a machine full of kids and beauty queens. What sort of madness will ensue in […]

VIKING SUMMER RAID 2016- Powerlifting…Strongman...MAS Wrestling…or ALL OF THEM, for one GLORIOUS WEEKEND! Powerlifting- unsanctioned, Strongman- Strongman Corp (formerly NAS) Level I, MAS Wrestling- Strongman Corp (NAS) or MAS member. Powerlifting: Saturday, August 20th @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Strongman: Sunday, August 21st @ 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm. MAS Wrestling: Sunday, August 21st […]

One of the premier grip strength events in the country is coming to Morgantown, WV!   If you have hands of steel and a gorilla grip, come make your bid at State, National, and World records en route to the title of "WV's Strongest Hands"!   Promoter- Paul Mouser & Jay Handley Date/Time- Saturday, Sept […]

Learn from the 2006 World's Strongest Man!   How do you become a local champion or a National champion? Learn from a WORLD CHAMPION.   ... the man who ended America's quarter-century drought at World's Strongest Man... the man defeated the "unbeatable" Polish juggernaut... the biggest legend in WV strength history, Phil Pfister is coming […]