• Minneapolis Meet – Canceled

    Attention Lifters, The Minneapolis meet has been cancelled, if you were considering going to the meet, we are hoping to see you at the Wisconsin Dells meet. It was felt that due to high expenses and safety concerns it would be best to cancel this meet. If you have any questions regarding this change, pleaseREAD…

  • BAND SHIRTS -MESSAGE FROM GUS

    Gus will be calling State Chairs, Meet Directors, judges, and heavy bench lifters to get a poll on allowing band shirts to be used in WABDL or not. If there is a majority of YES then band shirts may be allowed at this year’s WABDL World’s Event.   If you are a WABDL member and wouldREAD…

  • Attention Montana, Idaho, & Eastern Washington Lifters

    The deadline for the Big Sky Bench & Deadlift Championship has been extended from March 5 to March 9, 2024. The WABDL brand has always had several meets in 1st class hotels. The Missoula meet started in 2005, at a Chevrolet Dealership showroom with only 25 lifters and 30 spectators. It was truly a livelyREAD…

  • Terry Luehrs

    \ Born July 10, 1952, in Hillsboro Oregon, died on February 8, 2024, in Salem Oregon. Terry served WABDL as a judge, usually the head judge, since 1993. He and I were certified as judges at the same time in the USPF by Vince Moser the Washington State Chairman. There were many times at theREAD…

  • Announcements from Gus

    Dedicated Internet Membership Applications: Because of the amount of meets that WABDL currently holds yearly, it has been decided that dedicated online membership applications will not be available this year. The easiest way for my secretary, webmaster, and I to process memberships is to have all lifters include your card money when submitting your entryREAD…

  • MESSAGE FROM GUS

    Attention Lifters, Gus has decided to not move forward with the online membership applications, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.   Thank you for your understanding.