Dakota Barbell

Announcing the Winter Classic Expo coming February 1st 2025! We are adding an APO Powerlifting Meet to the US Strongman Show! The entry forms are up on Iron Podium and LiftingCast! Search by Winter Classic Expo! Bigger things to come 😉

Made a new stone platform for the gym today! This thing is ready to take on any stone while giggling “that all you got!” Thank you to Seth Nutt Luke Kontz Dave Ehlert and Jack Rose for making it possible! You want to get strong? Come to Dakota Barbell/Edgar’s House of Pain!

Proud to be helping at Special Olympics North Dakota up at Fargo North High School!

A HUGE thank you to all of those involved that contributed to the success of the Winter Classic 3! There was some amazing lifting this past weekend at the fairgrounds. Very grateful to all our staff who made our third annual winter strongman show run so smoothly. We look forward to next year at the same time promoting the Winter Classic 4! Stay tuned for some exciting news regarding that show!!

Thank you to our social media sponsors for making the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show possible! Appreciate the support from Dave's West Fargo Tire and Service Center Massenomics Scheels U.S. Army Bearfoot Edge Fitness FM North Dakota's Building Trades Unions Corey's Car Care Center PKG Contracting, Inc.! Show starts at 10am Redrivervalleyfair in the Butler Building. Come see the strongest men in the region!

Thank you again to Dave's West Fargo Tire and Service Center for sponsoring the Winter Classic 3! Truly appreciate their support of the strength sports in the community!

Huge thanks to Massenomics for their support of the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show! The Dakotas coming together to promote a top level strongman show for the region!

Thank you to Scheels for sponsoring the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show! With several specialty shops under one roof, you are bound to find something you can’t do without! Truly appreciative of your continued support to the strength sports!

Excited to have U.S. Army as a sponsor of the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show this year! Representatives will be at the show looking for people who meet the call of “Be All You Can Be!” Make sure to stop by their booth to find out all the possibilities they have to offer while serving! Also thank them for their service and their sponsorship!

Thankful to Bearfoot sponsorship to the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show! Their footwear is worn by some of the most strongest lifters in this sport! Whether pulling, squatting, or benching, these shoes provide comfort and stability to get the biggest lifts! Thank you for being a sponsor!

Really great to have Edge Fitness FM as a sponsor again of the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show! Edge Fitness has been a wonderful supporter of the strength sports for several of our shows! Thank you for your continued support!

First time sponsor North Dakota's Building Trades Unions is supporting the strength sports in the region! Thank you for being a sponsor of the Winter Classic 3 Strongman Show!

Pleased to announce first time sponsor Corey's Car Care Center of the Winter Classic 3 strongman show! Thank you for your support to the athletes in this area!

Excited to have PKG Contracting, Inc. again as a sponsor of the Winter Classic 3! They have always been very supportive of our strongman shows! Thank you for being a part of our show!

Our competitors for the Winter Classic 3! Some up and comers making their first strongman appearance while some returning open competitors are sure to amaze the crowd! This is going to be an epic show!

ONE DAY REMAINS to enter the Winter Classic 3! Go to https://ironpodium.com/browse/event/winter-classic-iii to enter!

ONLY FIVE DAYS LEFT TO ENTER THE WINTER CLASSIC 3!!! A reminder to potential competitors that registration closes December 30th so don’t delay. Go to https://ironpodium.com/browse/event/winter-classic-iii

Only five weeks before the Winter Classic 3! Go to https://ironpodium.com/browse/event/winter-classic-iii to enter! Registration closes December 30.

Thank you to for these new circus dumbbells! Our set is complete and they are epic! If you are need of the highest quality strongman equipment, contact them! We love everything we have gotten from them!

Seven weeks out from the Winter Classic 3! We have some great sponsors lined up and some amazing competitors ready to show their strength off! Registration closes December 30th.

First Strongman Saturday of the Winter Classic 3 prep! Great sessions by getting work in today Dakota Barbell Edgar's House of Pain! Anticipating big numbers from all of these lifters!

Congrats to bigsquatter on achieving this lifting goal! Edgar's House of Pain Dakota Barbell is proud! Good luck this weekend!

It’s official!!! The Winter Classic is set for January 20th! Go to https://ironpodium.com/browse/event/winter-classic-iii to sign up! We have some great events this and a new one, the Cube From Hell!

Strongest on the Prairie III is ready! Come to the Red River Valley Fair at 1pm to see some strongmen and strongwomen show off their amazing strengths!

Huge thanks to Bearfoot and Lynnes Welding Training, Inc. for sponsoring the Strongest on the Prairie III!

Only six days away from Strongest on the Prairie III at the Red River Valley Fair! Show starts at 1pm. This show will be completely outside so the athletes can show their strength to all fairgoers! $15 to get in. Come check out some amazing strongmen and strongwomen! Thank you to our sponsors Lynnes Welding Training, Inc. and Bearfoot shoes!

Today is the LAST DAY to register for Strongest on the Prairie III! Enter here: https://ironpodium.com/browse/event/strongest-on-the-prairie-iii for your chance to be crowned the prairie’s strongest for 2023!