Powerful Teens
Max Pippa, a 17-year-old senior, at Alton High School was a competitor in the “Lift for 
Hope”. The Topeka’s Strongest Man competition raises money for the American Cancer Society’s Camp Hope. This is a camp for children who are recovering or battling cancer.
Pippa has been lifting weights and competing for two years and wanted to set the North American Strongman Inc. record in max dead lift. Pippa said, “I like it because it’s an odd ball sport. I’m not a normal teenager.” Read more.