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 will be released closer to competition day. We are working to finalize details with the Masters of Strength Festival, and some of the timeline is based on the number of registered athletes (which is not yet final).

If you’re looking for basic info to help plan travel, you can base it on the following:

• Weigh-ins and the mandatory rules meeting will be on Thursday, September 11th.
• Weigh-ins typically start in the morning (around 9-10am) for the lighter classes, and we have a later session before the rules meeting.
• The rules meeting is typically around 6pm and lasts about 1 hour.
• We recommend getting into town Wednesday (9/10) if you’re close on weight, or early in the day on Thursday (9/11) if you’re not cutting it close and don’t want to come into town early… or arrive earlier in the week to enjoy Vegas (see “Excursions” button below)!
• We don’t have a final competition timeline, and won’t until we have a confirmed number of athletes. In general, the flow of the competition will be similar to 2023.
• Awards will take place during the banquet on Saturday night.
• We recommend all athletes plan to stay through Saturday night (i.e. depart on Sunday)… or later to enjoy Vegas (see “Excursions” button below).