Qualification Requirements

Athletes must qualify for the 2025 Amateur National Championship at a Strongman Corp licensed event. Details for qualification standards are on the Athlete Info page here.

A list of qualified athletes is available here.

Qualifications Earned

Winners of each pro class (64kg, 73kg, 82kg, and HW for women, 80kg, 90kg, 105kg, and HW for men) earn a pro card, which gives an automatic bid to America’s Strongest Man and Woman every year.

Top three in each class, plus 10% of remaining athletes, receive a bid to the Arnold.

Select classes will be awarded additional America’s Strongest Man and Woman invites as well.

Classes

Athletes can compete one class above or below the class they qualified at.

Dates and Deadlines

Early Bird Entry: Now through 4/19/2025
Events will begin to be released the week of 4/20/2025
Hotel Deadline: 8/4/2025
Entry Deadline: 8/14/2025
Entries received after 8/14/2025 will have a $80 late fee.
Extra shirts and coaches passes need to be in by 8/14/2025 to guarantee names will be on the shirts and badges.
Extra banquet tickets must be ordered by 8/14/2025 to be guaranteed. After 8/14, we put in our request with the venue and will have a limited number of extra tickets.
Late entry ends on 8/28/2025
Weigh-ins and Rules Meeting: 9/11/2025
Competition Days: 9/12/2025 and 9/13/2025

Itinerary

A full itinerary can be found here: 2025 Nationals Itinerary

Here are the basics:

• Weigh-ins for 80kg and 90kg Men, and 57kg and 64kg Women are from 9am-10am.
• Weigh-ins for 105kg and 120kg Men, and 73kg and 82kg Women are from 10am-11am.
• Weigh-ins are open for all athletes from 11am-12pm and 2pm-6:30pm.
• Headshots and block heights can be taken from 11am-12pm, 2-3pm, and 5-6:45pm. Athletes may attend any of those sessions. Please bring your GRAY competition shirt for the headshot.
• The mandatory rules meeting is on Thursday at 7pm. It’ll go much faster if everyone reads the Event Details and Rules before the meeting.

The detailed schedule, including the breakdown of classes each day with times for each event, are on the itinerary linked above.

Coach Passes can be purchased using the button below. These passes include entry to the Masters of Strength Festival (including Strongman Corp events) and allow the coach to be backstage with the athlete.

Spectator Tickets can be purchased directly from the Masers of Strength Festival. These tickets include access to all the sports (including strongman) except CrossFit.

• Single Day Pass (click here)
• 5-Day Pass (click here)

Please retain your confirmation for pick up at the event. If someone else will be picking up your passes, please leave the name of the person picking up in the notes section. 5-Day passes can be picked up at the check-in desk.