{"id":1312784,"date":"2019-07-24T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/strongest-of-the-strong-returns-to-garco-fair\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:28:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T00:28:00","slug":"strongest-of-the-strong-returns-to-garco-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/strongest-of-the-strong-returns-to-garco-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongest of the Strong returns to GarCo Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.6338028169014\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-984718-598\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/StrongMan-rct-072519-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/StrongMan-rct-072519-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram | Greg Orosz lifts the log bar as training partners Jesse DuPlesys and Jo Ritter offer encouragment as they go through practice at Orosz's Silt home as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Greg Orosz lifts the log bar as training partners Jesse DuPlesys and Jo Ritter offer encouragment as they go through practice at Orosz&#8217;s Silt home as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/StrongMan-rct-072519-1.jpg\" alt=\"Greg Orosz lifts the log bar as training partners Jesse DuPlesys and Jo Ritter offer encouragment as they go through practice at Orosz's Silt home as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/StrongMan-rct-072519-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/StrongMan-rct-072519-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram | With a spot from Greg Orosz, Jesse DuPlesys lifts the log bar as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>With a spot from Greg Orosz, Jesse DuPlesys lifts the log bar as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.<\/strong><br \/>Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/07\/StrongMan-rct-072519-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"With a spot from Greg Orosz, Jesse DuPlesys lifts the log bar as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/strongest-of-the-strong-returns-to-garco-fair\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/strongest-of-the-strong-returns-to-garco-fair\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For the third year in a row, Silt resident Greg Orosz will host the Strongest of the Strong Strongman competition Saturday, Aug. 3, at the county fairgrounds on the second-to-last day of the popular Garfield County Fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Strongman competition will be held inside the main arena for the second year in a row, with some minor changes to the competition itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere\u2019s really not much that\u2019s different with the event itself, in terms of planning, but we\u2019re going to switch up some events to make it more challenging,\u201d Orosz said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do different styles of pressing this year, so instead of doing axel press, we\u2019re going to do the press medley and the axel and keg press. Competitors will have to do one to move on to the other press.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Orosz added that the competition will add the farmer\u2019s carry deadlift, which replaces the keg toss. In the farmer\u2019s carry deadlift, competitors will pick up and put down the weight, rather than picking it up and running with it. The Strongman competition will also have the arm-over-arm drag, which will be hooked up to a couple of side-by-sides, as well as the odd object carry with Atlas Stones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI think this year will be a bit more challenging for sure,\u201d Orosz said. \u201cIt\u2019s always good to switch things up year to year to add more intrigue to the event, not only for the competitors, but those who are watching as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The competition worldwide is centered on a modern, eclectic strength competition in which competitors display functional strength through exercises such as lifting rocks, toting refrigerators, pulling trains and towing an 18-wheel truck. As a result, interest in the sport has skyrocketed at the grassroots level, especially here in Garfield County thanks to someone as passionate about that sport as Orosz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">So far this year, Orosz has 14 competitors officially signed up for the event, but the Silt resident wants to see that number reach 40 people this year. In the past, as many as 200 people reached out with interest in the event. Orosz added that if the 35-40 people who have shown consistent interest in years past come out this year, the event should have the highest number of competitors its had in its three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">One other small change to the event this year will be the timing. Last year, the event started at 11 a.m. and ran straight through following the parade. This year, though, the strongman competition kicks off at 9 a.m. and will take a 30 minute break around 11:30 a.m. to let the competitors refuel before pushing towards the end of the event at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aside from determining who the strongest of the strong is in Garfield County, Orosz\u2019s event aims to raise money for Brent\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Brent\u2019s Place is the only Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado-approved Safe-Clean housing facility for immune-compromised patients and their families. It provides a living environment that is essential to healing and recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Brent\u2019s Place holds a special place in Orosz\u2019s family. A few years ago, Orosz\u2019s young cousin was fighting leukemia. Brent\u2019s Place housed and fed Orosz\u2019s family during his cousin\u2019s nearly 200-day treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Orosz will donate all proceeds from the strongman competition to the Aurora-based organization in hopes of helping other families and patients.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On top of raising money for Brent\u2019s Place, Orosz is also hoping to show the United States Strongman committee that the Garfield County Fair Strongman competition is worthy of being an international qualifying event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIf I can show them that I know what I\u2019m doing and can handle myself when hosting the show, then winners can qualify to compete internationally and represent the United States,\u201d Orosz said. \u201cIf interest keeps growing, it\u2019s a pretty good opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:jcarney@postindependent.com\">jcarney@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/rifle-news\/strongest-of-the-strong-returns-to-garco-fair\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Orosz lifts the log bar as training partners Jesse DuPlesys and Jo Ritter offer encouragment as they go through practice at Orosz&#8217;s Silt home as they prepare for the annual Strongman event at the Garfield County Fairground next week in Rifle.Kyle Mills \/ Citizen Telegram With a spot from Greg Orosz, Jesse DuPlesys lifts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1312784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 06:10:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}