On April 20, 2022, hybrid athlete Fergus Crawley became the 184th human to successfully lift the Dinnie Stones — the legendary pair of Scottish stones in Potarch, Aberdeenshire. The Dinnie Stones are two unevenly weighted stones that strength athletes attempt to lift via a Jefferson deadlift and hold for as...
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Among the old time strength feats of the past century, few movements have raised as many eyebrows as the Steinborn Squat. To many onlookers, this often misunderstood exercise can be seen as a spinal injury waiting to happen. For others,...
Read moreStrongman is a weight-classed strength sport. In competitive strongman and strongwoman, an athlete’s success is based on their ability to conquer a multitude of events. Unlike the other strength sports, strongman/strongwoman athletes have to incredibly rounded in every aspect, as opposed to only training a few lifts. Check out a few of the more well-known events below.
These are only a few of the events you could see at any given strongman contest. To be successful in strongman and strongwoman, you have to be adaptive and excel in pull, carry, press, and squat focused events.
Strongman Robert Oberst is almost fully recovered from the shoulder injury that sidelined him for the majority of the 2022 strongman season. The "American Monster" took to his YouTube channel on April 16, 2022, to share his plans for the...
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Four-time World's Strongest Man (WSM) Brian Shaw is on a mission to win a record-tying fifth WSM title at the 2022 WSM contest, scheduled for May 24-29 in Sacramento, CA. On his YouTube channel that airs videos to his 1.73...
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On April 14, 2022, Giants Live released the 12-man roster for the 2022 Strongman Classic, scheduled for July 9, 2022, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Eleven of the 12 athletes are confirmed with the final slot held...
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On April 13, 2022, World’s Strongest Man announced that Grzegorz Szymanski is the 30th competitor in the 2022 World’s Strongest Man contest, taking place in Sacramento, CA, on May 24-29. View this post on...
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The Silver Dollar deadlift world record has a new champion. On Saturday, April 2, 2022, pro strongman Sean Hayes competed in the 2022 Strongman Corporation Canada King & Queen Of The Throne contest. While the competition consisted of five events...
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Many strength sports followers know Laurence Shahlaei for his strongman career. The British athlete has won several notable titles, including the 2016 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) contest, and Britain’s Strongest Man (BSM) competition twice (2012-13). Nowadays, Shahlaei is more active with...
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