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HOW WE MET // JOSH BARKER & KATE MONEYMAKER
> All great relationships had to start somewhere.
Bentare of the Phog: The historic Allen Fieldhouse is loved by many fans, especially Kate Moneymaker, Emporia senior, and Josh Barker, Hamilton senior, who met there.
Avoidance was the name of the game when Josh Barker first set sights on his now-girlfriend of 10 months, Kate Moneymaker. The two met while waiting in line for last year's "Late Night at the Phog."
Barker, Hamilton senior, was waiting
alone and asked Moneymaker, Emporia senior, to watch over his belongings while he wandered the area. He eventually overheard Moneymaker and her friend talking about Emporia, a town only 30 minutes away from his, and decided to talk to her. The three chatted during the show and Barker gave Moneymaker his number afterward.
After a week or so of daily coffee breaks the two made it official. Their communication style has been a lot more direct since. "I'd been in a long-term relationship and I didn't want the bullshit," Barker says. "So we went into it as if we'd already been dating a year."
The two also say they have strong personalities, but use it to their advantage. "We're stubborn, but we'll compromise when it's important to the other person," Moneymaker says.
Another key to their success: "We make each other laugh," Barker says.
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Chris Neal/KAMSA Tiffany Lau, a senior from Wichita, jumps over a wall as she trains for the Next Level Games competition this Saturday. Lau is one of a few KU students competing in the competition that consists of an obstacle course, a strong man position and a prower challenge.
Students to compete in 'Strongman' games
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BY GARTH SEARS
gsears@kansan.com
Need a tow truck? For Skyler Farley, a junior from Lawrence, pulling a truck with his bare hands isn't a big deal.
That's why he'll be at Watson Park on Saturday, participating in the 2nd Annual Next Level Games, which include the "Strongman Challenge", the "Prowler Challenge" and an obstacle course. The competition will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The "Strongman Challenge" involves pulling a truck, flipping a 450-pound tractor tire end-over-end and a "farmer's walk" of hauling heavy items through a course.
"It's like, 'Oh, I just pushed a truck or I flipped this tire,' Farley
Farley said he participated in an internship at the University of South Florida during the summer, where he worked out with a group of people training for "strong man" events. Now he incorporates it into his regular workouts, and said it helped him with normal weightlifting.
While he said the truck pull didn't require much attention to mechanics or timing — "it's pure effort" — the tire flip does.
"Your time can be completely screwed up if you keep putting your hands in the wrong spot," he said.
He said that it could be difficult to train for a "strongman" event because many weightlifting techniques pinpoint one thing, while tire flips and truck pulls use multiple muscle groups in different ways.
To put it differently, flipping a tire is a three-dimensional effort, compared with bench pressing
With the technical complexity or simply flipping a tractor tire,it isn't surprising that there are "strong man" classes offered locally.
Chris Dellasega, a second-year graduate student from Pittsburg, is a strength coach for Next Level Fitness — the company hosting the competition — and has instructed a "strongman" group. He'll be helping run the event Saturday.
said. "Everything seems easier after that."
"One of the best ways of getting good at flipping a tractor tire is to flip a tractor tire," he said.
something up and down.
Dellasega suggests mimicking the event as closely as possible in training.
Although the "Strongman Challenge" is the most unusual part of the Next Level Games, the two other stages are designed to give the competition some balance.
The "Prowler Challenge" requires competitors to push a weighted sled, similar to what a football team uses for practice, and an obstacle course that focuses on agility.
"We're not just looking for big, bulky people or bodybuilders who aren't functional," said Laura Richards, who co-owns Next Level Fitness with her husband.
She said about 40 people had signed up so far this year, compared with about 50 last year.
A team of three University of Kansas track athletes will also be competing Saturday, despite not
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