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Al Watkins, 81st Infrastructure Division, judges the squatting competition as Justin Trott takes his turn squatting 425 pounds while triangle fitness staffers Lance Solari, Robert Reville and Kyle Kinsey spot him during the muscle mania competition March 24, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Senior Airman Derek Sanford, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron, squats 501.5 pounds to complete his third and final round of squats during the muscle mania competition March 24, 2012, at the Triangle Fitness Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Sanford placed second overall in the open raw division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Staff Sgt. Austin Sutton, 81st Security Forces Squadron, squats 567.7 pounds to complete his third and final round of squats during the muscle mania competition March 24, 2012, at the Triangle Fitness Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Sutton was the overall first place winner in the open raw division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Amanda Rowley, CSC triangle fitness center staff, logs the competitors’ stats throughout the muscle mania competition March 24, 2012, at the triangle fitness center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Keesler Muscle Mania competition was held March 24, 2012, at the Triangle Fitness Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fourteen individuals demonstrated their strength in squats, bench press and dead lift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Keesler Muscle Mania competition was held March 24, 2012, at the Triangle Fitness Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Fourteen individuals demonstrated their strength in squats, bench press and dead lift. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Second Lt. Charlotte Trott, 81st Inpatient Operation Squadron, takes her turn during the bench press portion of the muscle mania competition, while Al Watkins, 81st Infrastructure Division, serves as the judge and Robert Reville spots her March 24, 2012, at the triangle fitness center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Trott placed second overall in the women’s division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Staff Sgt. Amy Lolo, 336th Training Squadron, takes her turn during the bench press portion of the muscle mania competition, while Al Watkins, 81st Infrastructure Division, serves as the judge and Robert Reville spots her March 24, 2012, at the triangle fitness center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Lolo placed third overall in the women’s division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Shayna Sutton, wife of Staff Sgt. Austin Sutton, 81st Security Forces Squadron, prepares to dead lift 167 pounds during the muscle mania competition at the triangle fitness center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Sutton place first overall in the women’s division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Airman First Class Aerone Baladad, 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron, dead lifts 352.7 pounds during the muscle mania competition at the triangle fitness center, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Baladad placed third overall in the open raw division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Keesler flexes its muscles at 'Muscle Mania'

Published March 28, 2012
By Airman 1st Class Heather Heiney
81st Training Wing Public Affairs

KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Fourteen Keesler members participated in Saturday's Muscle Mania event which at the Triangle Fitness Center. Each participant completed squat, bench presses and dead lifts in four categories -- open raw division, equipped division, masters division and women's division.

Winners were determined based on the Schwartz/Malone Formula which assigns a co-efficient based on the weight of the competitor. That co-efficient is then multiplied with the total weight lifted over the three events to provide the formula total. The person with the highest formula total is declared the strongest.

Open raw division

First place -- Austin Sutton, 81st Security Forces Squadron, with a formula total of 841.81 pounds.
Second place -- Dereck Sanford, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron, with a formula total of 809.33 pounds.
Third place -- Aerone Baladad, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, with a formula total of 803.55 pounds.

Equipped division

Overall -- Robert Reville, 403rd Security Forces Squadron, with a formula total of 1195.55 pounds.

Masters division

Overall -- Matthew Lakin, Missouri National Guard, with a formula total of 681.90 pounds.

Women's overall

First place -- Shayna Sutton, wife of Austin Sutton, with a formula total of 476.16.
Second place -- Charlotte Trott, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron, with a formula total of 474.51 pounds.
Third place -- Amy Lolo, 333rd Training Squadron, with a formula total of 355.04 pounds.

There were also three Keesler weight-lifting record breakers in the competition. Aerone Balad broke the squat and bench press records for the male 114-123.5 pound class with weights of 292.1 and 220.5 pounds, respectively. Justin Trott, husband of Charlotte Trott, broke the deadlift record in the male 165.4-181.9 pound class with a weight of 501.5 pounds. Shayna Sutton and Charlotte Trott tied for squat record in women's 114.7-123.5 pound class with a weight of 176.4 pounds.