*Name- Darrell Crouse
*Date- of birth-April 16th, 1980
*Location-Bridgewater, N.S.
*Occupation-Process Reliability Technician- Michelin North America, Bridgewater
*Training Bio- Was an amateur boxer from 1992-2000. Started serious weight
training in 2000 which evolved into competitive Powerlifting from 2001-2004. Did
my first strongman in 2002 and have been progressing in the sport ever since.
*Date you started competing in strongman- July 2002.
*Bio Of past competitions(Location/Date/Placing)-
2002 @ South Shore Exhibition, B’Water 1st
place
2003 @ South Shore Exhibition, B’Water 1st place
@ South Shore Exhibition, Strong hand hold 3rd place
2004 @ Tomorrow’s Lounge (Big Ex Qualifier), B’Water 1st place
@ Heart of the Valley Days, Middleton 3rd place
@ South Shore Exhibition, B’water 3rd place
@ South Shore Exhibition, Strong hand hold 1st place
@ Pictou Exhibition 4th place
@ Exhibition Park, Halifax 6th place
2005 @ Apple Autoglass (Big Ex Qualifier), B’Water 3rd place
@ The Palace, Halifax Strong hand hold 3rd place
@ Apple Blossom Competition, Kentville 5th place
@ Heart of the Valley Days, Team Competition 3rd place
@ Atlantic Canada’s Strongest Man, Cape Breton 2nd place
@ South Shore Exhibition, Strongman Competition 2nd place
@ Pictou Exhibition Strongman Competition 3rd place
@ Berwick Strongman Competition 3rd place
@ Middle Musquodoboit Strongman Competition 2nd Place
@ Exhibition Park, Halifax 2nd Place
2006 @ Atlantic Canada’s Strongest Man, Kentville 3rd place
@ Goosebay, Labrador 1st Place
@ Charlottetown, P.E.I. 3rd Place
@ Middleton Team Comp 1st
@ Shediac, N.B. 1st
@ Abram’s Village, PEI TBA
@ Berwick, NS TBA
@ Middle Musquodoboit Strongman Competition TBA
@ Atlantic Cup Final, Windsor, N.S. TBA
@ Canadian Lightweight Nationals, B.C. 1st Place
*Best lifts-
436 lbs competition bench press
501 lbs competition squat
602 lbs Gym squat
600 3/4 lbs competition deadlift
235 lbs farmer’s walk for 220 ft (no drop)
265 lbs farmer’s walk for 185 ft
300 lbs farmer’s walk for 150+ ft (no drop)
320lb Farmers Walk for 143 ft 90 secs
350lb Atlas stone on a 45gal barrel.
July 2005 Atlantic Canada’s 2nd Strongest Man
860lb farmers DL no straps
280lb max log press
250 lbs Log for 5 reps
450 lbs Conan’s Wheel for 215 ft
650 lbs Conan's wheel 2 rev's
2004 Middleton Comp - Stomping Grant’s ass in the Pole Push hahaha
750lb tire for 7 flips in 51.91 seconds
900lb tire flip
Aiding in the formation of Stone & Steel Powerlifting Association
*Best accomplishments- April 5, 2005 Birth of son Spencer Benjamin Darrell
Crouse
Winning the 2006 105kg Canadian Strongman Competition in B.C.
1st Place in the Goosebay Competition. Nova Scotia Powerlifting record for
benchpress as a junior 180kg press @110kg Bodyweight. 3 National metal’s for
amateur boxing- Bronze in 1996, silver in 1997 and bronze again in 1998.
*Home life/Hobbies/interests- Training 2hrs a day 4-6 times a week. Building
Strongman Equipment, Spending time with my family, Samantha and baby Spencer.
Darrell Crouse
@ Bridgewater NS 3rd