Bree Schaaf and Ingrid Marcum: 4th at Park City, World Cup Bobsled

by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2009

“Good news to report,” Ingrid Marcum told IronMind®: “Bree Schaaf and I finished 4th overall in the first World Cup race of the season in Park City, UT, finishing just .11 seconds out of the medals!”

Marcum, a USA national Olympic-style weightlifting champion who does double duty as a bobsledder, pushed for USA III, driven by Bree Schaaf in this first race in the 2009 - 2010 World Cup Bobsled season.

“Two German sleds took the top 2 spots,” Marcum said, “and the USA II sled with Erin Pac and Mickie Rzepka won bronze.   The field included many Olympic and World Cup medalists, so this was a strong opener for the U.S. team.”

“The team is now in Lake Placid,” said Marcum.  “We we won't find out until today who will be selected to race in this week's World Cup race.”

IronMind: Tools of the Trade for Serious Strength Athletes . . . home of Captains of Crush Grippers, MILO, SUPER SQUATS, Just Protein, the Rolling Thunder, Mastery of Hand Strength . . .

Check out our Resource Pages for more information on grip training; Olympic-style weightlifting and weight training; and strongman and World's Strongest Man.

Captains of Crush® Hand Grippers


Captains of Crush grippers: the gold standard of grippers
The gold standard of grippers.

The fastest route to the strongest grip.

MILO®: Strength


MILO-25.3a
Universal power broker

We deal in kilos and meters, pounds and feet.

Strong-Enough™ Lifting Straps


IronMind: Strong-Enough Lifting Straps: Most popular" at WSM. Proven daily by the world's strongest men.

Proven daily by the world's strongest men.

If you're not using IronMind lifting straps, you're not lifting as much as you could be.

Expand-Your-Hand Bands


Expand-Your-Hand Bands
Say goodbye to tennis elbow

Prevent, eliminate or reduce tennis elbow and associated pains. Simple, fun and effective.