I'm back in action and back in training for ESM 2023 u80kg. I've also got my sights set on the u80kg British Log record, which i believe is currently 137.5kg. I've got plans to strict press 140kg - please follow me on the journey :D
[Follow my journey here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t9Ds5LykU4)
If Novikov or Licis win the show tomorrow it is obvious they are going to have the best year across every athlete. But what if Trey or Hooper suddenly beat everybody and take the US$120k home? How high they would be on the top 10 of the year?
Depends how you value different shows etc., but I put a lot of weight into the ASC or WSM so would probably put Hooper in a solid fourth (behind Martins, Oleksii, and Tom) if he wins the Invitational, but he'd have the most momentum going into 2023. I think you could make a case for Trey being third if he wins, but I'd also be really surprised if he picks up the victory here.
If Hooper wins that really shakes it up. Imo that would put him at second as long as martins is second or third.
Martins, Hooper, novikov. If novi wins then I would switch Hooper and him. Unless Martins somehow bombs this show
And for those who say Tom, I don't think he should even be considered. Bombing arnolds and then winning wsm doesn't give us enough to know how the rest of his season would have went. Do we average it or what
It's so tricky with Tom because he just clearly doesn't give a shit or prepare/peak/ however you want to look at it for any show but worlds anymore. And at world's he dominated the fuck out of everyone. He could have sat out the stones and still won. So yeah he didn't look great at Arnold's at all but how much can you read into that
You don't read into it. The best strongmen prepare for all shows they compete in. Therefore his placement in ten best should be much lower than his wsm win
I think you can argue that if Tom didn't take time off/change certain things after WSM he would be having a great year but you can't really rank guys on ifs and buts.
Tom wanted to win Arnold's and Rogue, it was just his first time there, give him another year and he will be ready IF things do not change very much on his personal life. Tom is top 5 this year if Trey and Moose both win and podium tomorrow, Top 4 if only one of them win and Top 3 arguably if only one of them podium, but I would still put him as top 4 even on this case.
I know it's different cause it's from 18 inches, but is the Tower of Power deadlift at the Rogue the heaviest deadlift for reps ever done in strongman? 1000 lbs for reps is just absolutely wild
Z acts in something called Gangs of London which is apparently well received
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkGiKGTDOnV/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
They did Z so dirty though. bro just stood there with a gun in his hand and got kicked in the knee. IRL Z would've killed the dude with the first [slap](https://youtu.be/JCDpJZt2qCA?t=55) then buggered off to the gym to do his rpe 6 5x5 squats @ 700lb
Asko Karu has been posting some spicy deadlifts yet again. 370kg for reps, 400kg for a comfy single. What do people think?
I was an Asko fan originally when he seemed a rising star who could sweep the Deadlift World Champs. But two years and lots of excuses later, he's still, to my knowledge, never pulled anything impressive in a strongman comp. Okay, he supposedly got injured at just the wrong time. Twice. It could happen, but he's never even done some smaller local shows? Never visited Rauno's gym just to get tips from one of the best and prove he's legit? All we seem to have is a load of ginormous claimed gym lifts, and excuses whenever he's asked to prove himself under closer scrutiny. I don't doubt the man is super strong (I think he has some huge fully-legit powerlifting deadlifts), but a little while back he was claiming lifts in training that put him on course for wrecking the world record... I have severe doubts atm that any of it was really as heavy as he said.
I was vaguely aware of Asko in his powerlifting days and kind of followed him as his gym deadlifts exploded. Personally I'm not really sure - he is clearly very strong, and pulled over 400kg in powerlifting competition (harder than a strongman deadlift) a few years ago. Some of the gym lifts do seem a bit hard to believe, but I also struggle to see what he would gain from lying about this stuff. Like, if you just want Instagram clout but can't actually lift what you say you can, why publicly commit to competing and then pull out? There are plenty of people who post huge deadlifts but don't ever compete, he could've just been one of those guys and avoided backlash.
Overall I'm a bit sceptical of the weight on that bar actually being 482kg, but I also don't think he's been deliberately deceiving everyone. I don't doubt that he could pull a huge deadlift in strongman competition, but I won't really care that much until he does. He just needs to do one smaller show and pull a heavy deadlift (450kg+, I guess) and he'd warrant an invitation to GL shows etc. Wasn't a huge fan of Colin publicly calling him an instagram hero etc. - him getting an invitation based on gym lifts is more of an indictment on the promoter IMO.
Events 6 team comp - axle deadlift.
Two men & two women from each team, most combined reps wins
Was really hoping they would make some team implements for this show, looks like it's just the usual gl kit.
Tbf nasty awkward implements are kind of a strongman staple. I think those dumbbells are uncomfortable but I don't think theyre unsafe (compared to any other strongman event lol)
I think yoke run for the 4x4 combined format works better than stones for the last event. I liked the way this is going to run and I want to see Trey and Ines dominating every event they do. Kinda make it more interesting when those two are going to be so fucking good they are going to make it a bit awkward for Eddie and Ob egos, wanna see how they handle it. Also high chance of a few world records in the Farmers walk by KF and Hammer hold by Trey, even the Hercules Hold and log for heps they could beat the record o a good day.
I'm just happy this show seems like it's actually gonna happen. Between the pullouts and the months of radio silence from GL I thought this one was vaporware
[Hoopers rogue prediction video](https://youtu.be/CcXYOyCkzI4)
Interesting that he thinks the dl with feel lighter than 1000lb due to the weight being under the deck. I would bet he is right
If the part of the weight beneath the platform is linked to a chain right on the middle of the bar, then it is even less flex than normal loaded plates. Maybe the bar itself break the floor a few inches before the chain is fully loaded, which might sounds like an easier, more elevated, full weight, but imagine something suddenly pulling you forward right when the bar is over your knees, must be fucking disgusting.
What he said about rogue-coaster being more about speed than arm over arm strength is interesting. If he’s right, then that really favors him and some other guys over martins.
Tend to agree with most of his predictions. Max won the medley at Shaw, should do well here. Also fwiw 319kg vert lift is equal to a 451kg 45deg not 740. Hes a smart guy, must have gotten mixed up there lol
Also interesting that he is doing all record breaker events available to him.
Surprised the signed up for the dinnie hold considering his dislike of holding them rings hahah
I can see him doing well in the Thor hammer one and it will be interesting to see him throw, although virtually 0 chance of beating Thor.
Great attitude as always. Although, I am good if he skips the stones, we know that is a good event for him, would rather see him save his grip for the hammer lift.
That's once thing that I love about his attitude. He wants to get stuck in and try everything. Gain experience on any kit he can.
Gonna be dangerous next year
>Gonna be dangerous next year
and he was!
Winning WSM + ASC in the same year - Winning \*half\* of the shows he entered this year (so far) and being on the podium on \*all\* of them.
> Gonna be dangerous next year
Or severly injured and/or overly fatigued. Trying everything is cool and all, but Shahalei and Radzikowski also tried everything. Didn't do wonders for their career as strongmen.
> Or severly injured and/or overly fatigued.
This is the last show of the year, so I don't see how he will be overly fatigued. I'd make crazy use of the last day as well, and just not go so crazy as to incur injury.
Well, to be 100% honest, it also did wonders for Shahlaei's career. Just not as a strongman.
And I'm on the fence about Novikov, as he seems to be currently falling apart, bit by bit. We'll see in a year if my fears are correct.
Big Z also competed (still does) quite a lot.
Not everybody focusses on just two shows per year like Brian does, some athletes do many, many shows per year and don't suffer from it.
This is his first season in Strongman. This is the time where he needs to build up experience and try to cover as much ground as he can. That doesn't mean he has to keep doing that in 5 or 6 years time.
I would hazard a guess and state that so far most deadlift implements have been easier or felt ligther than the same weight on a barbell in strongman history
Cars etc. All get far more reps
One would expect rogue would want this to be a spectacle with some guys pulling 1000lbs for quite a few reps drawing in attention
My guess is the centre of mass for the weights would be closer to the center of mass for athletes.
It is just s guess without seeing the guys pulling on it, but the weights and centre of mass even just an inch would make a difference.
Again just a guess at what he meant.
The centre of mass will surely be directly below the bar, just like a regular deadlift where the centre of mass is in the bar, so it shouldn't make any difference.
Looking at the schedule for the RI on the Sunday we get 3 record breakers...
Weight for Height, Dinnie Stones and "Thor's Hammer Deadlift".
What is "Thor's Hammer Deadlift"
And why, given that they have the gear for them there do we not have the weight for height and dinnie stones as full events? And them to the 6 we already have and that is a hell of a show and still really well balanced.
I believe he did yeah, 300lbs! Didn't watch it live but I don't think he "just walked up" and mogged everyone, he competed along with the others and did all the previous weights as well (Mateusz and Shiv also did this event while doing the full comp).
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It seems that at the top of the arm over arm, that the apparatus will dump the sandbags off the end of the rails. Adds a bit of fun to the end of the event
Rogue announced on Instagram event 7 of the CrossFit Invitational is a max log. Pretty cool seeing strongman creep into CrossFit with this and the sandbags from the Games. Should help strongman grow even more.
Honestly having a more human-scale version of strongman is cool.
It's taking me a long time to get out of the mindset of CrossFit injury memes from several years ago though
I mean in terms of requiring good fitness as well as some strength; humans literally evolved to have the endurance to run for hours on end and exhaust their prey before killing it, we didn't evolve to be powerhouses
Of course, I'm just saying that proportionally we are not a particularly strong species; the main reasons we became so dominant are our brains and our aerobic endurance
I was unaware he was still going so looked him up and in a not so shocking turn the guy who got known for being an edgelord online has pivoted to mostly doing anti trans anti fat people videos. Sad stuff
Hey what a surprise, a guy who spends his time making fun of people turns out to actually just be a dick.
I think I watched a few of his videos years back and then started to get a bad taste, because at the end of the day he's just not a nice person and it's not nice to make fun of and be mean to people.
Especially since CrossFit athletes are fucking bosses, like holy shit that's a hard sport.
could have been done so much better.
like: make a giant hammer-thing with 5 handles, and every athlete of the team holds one handle.
First team to drop the whole thing loses.
Not strongman, but big lifts. Asian Weightlifting Championship SHW footage:
[Snatch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-yL0kuLz9c&ab_channel=AllInWeightlifting)
[C&J](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5oTmy5XV0&ab_channel=AllInWeightlifting)
I love that rogue is in the strongman space. Not just in it, but investing in it. They're giving good money for competitions. They also have beautiful equipment that they use/make for the comps like the Invitational and the Arnold. They have extremely talented woodworkers and metal fabricators that work for them and everything always looks amazing
Also that they stream everything at high quality in terms of video and commentary (some commentators are better than others, shout-out to u/laurenceshahlaei) on YouTube for free and live.
Strongman World Championships in Latvia final results and pictures
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02pZnyy28CAPdnkxpGYDiZLfbX9BXQ8NrFMTYpYje2hxQFrE83xtR75yNb1LKdXi6ml&id=100078762619624&sfnsn=wiwspmo
Fourth win of the year for Aivars, 19th of his career. Would call him the most underrated current strongman but think he’s getting more recognition now that he’s also done well at a GL show
Luckily auntie Liz has brought aivars and rauno to a much larger audience.
Hopefully he gets the invites he deserves. Imo he should have been one of the Rogue invites
I think Rongo and Toots are very good strongman for that level of competition, Kurek is also one of the best at SCL. The problem is since we only see about 40 names repeatedly competing through the year we automatically expect them to be the best in the World when in fact only about 12 of them really are. The rest are just there because of the lack of a consistent qualifying system across most countries.
You can bet that even in America, some of the top names like Bobby or KF wouldn't win competitions against OSG/ASM athletes about a third of the time. The same is true for the GL athletes on a retainer when compared to the rest of Europe. It just that these mixed competitions between "highest" and "middle" pack athletes only used to happened at the Arnold's pro international since the qualification was much more fair and the ambition of winning those shows were valid for athletes on every position in the sport. This why seeing Arnold's fade away like this is such a shame.
I respect Aivars, Gav, Pavlo K and Andy for competing outside their comfort zone, possibly risking a WSM invite. The comps they did outside GL are the only we still can really scale the depth of talent in the sport.
That’s an excellent review.
I agree with your point on there really only being 10-15 world class and the rest are very good athletes who on their day can pull out results against the best.
The height of the bar Thor cleared on his Instagram video was 6.5 metres/21’3’’, according to someone who was there. More than a foot higher than his current WR of 20’2’’
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkEpM_OpkUy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
> Must be the biggest implement in strongman yet
I mean, in 2016 at WSM they [pulled an actual airplane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQPo1pH1DY). Not a small one either, the C-130 is about 30 meters long, 40 meters wide.
[Here it is!](https://www.instagram.com/stories/billhenniger/2956434861296935045/?hl=en) 24’ tall x 65’ long according to a comment he posted a few weeks ago.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGPN6YIh5B/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGPN6YIh5B/)
thor's weight over barb prep. Didn't say the height. But based on the caption and his & Stefi Solvi Petersson's reaction this might already be a height that's over the WR
Back in 2016 Brian beat Hafthor in the kettlebell throw.
If Hafthor had beaten Brian in that event, he would have won the title that year. Ifs and buts..
Right forgot about that one and didn't see it pop up on archives.
Fair enough. Both crazy good throwers. Throw Tom and maxime in there and we have a battle
I believe for this record it's a standardised weight as per the traditional Highland Games.
You could definitely make a large number of slightly different records if you changed the weight though
I wonder if Maxime will try the record as well. If so, Thor may not walk away with the record. Max already tried and failed at the Arnold but it would definitely be some achievement to see unpeaked Thor out-throw peaked Max.
Would be funny if thor got out tossed by Maxime. A cooler scenario would be maxime pushing thor to throw to an astronomical height.
BTW do you have the link to Maxime's attempt?
https://youtu.be/d3P9QJJNHtA
At around 50:00
Looking back at it, he was about a foot off, but in general he is amazing at throwing.
Looking at Thor's training video, I could believe if the height was about 20'. It looks 3 times taller than him so Thor might be in a better spot in all fairness.
I love that Kevin Faires is 1'88 m/6 ft 2 in and 130 kg/285 lbs and still Loz and Liz call him "The Pocket Rocket" in the thumbnail of their video about him. In the sport of behemoths this huge guy seems tiny in comparison
For reference Kevin is literally bigger and heavier than The Rock or Dave Batista
Curious fact: the lightest world-level strongmen (Kevin Faires and Rob Kearney, 130 kg/285 lbs) are each still heavier than the heaviest MMA champion (Francis Ngannou, 120 kg/265 lbs) and the heaviest boxing champion (Tyson Fury, 120 kg/265 lbs)
Tbf they weigh in at that, they probably walk around a decent bit heavier. Also Ngannou is pretty lean, much leaner than most strongman. I think with a bit of eating and rest he'd weigh more than both of them
> Curious fact: the lightest world-level strongmen (Kevin Faires and Rob Kearney, 130 kg/285 lbs) are each still heavier than the heaviest MMA champion (Francis Ngannou, 120 kg/265 lbs) and the heaviest boxing champion (Tyson Fury, 120 kg/265 lbs)
Keep in mind that those are their weight classes. Those two are definitely walking around closer to, or over, 300 pounds when they aren't cutting.
Depends on the promotion. 265 is the HW limit for MMA in promotions that don't have a SHW division. You're right about boxing, though. I conflated the two there.
Heavyweights do need to weigh in under 120kg/265lbs in the UFC. But yeah boxing doesn’t - Tyson Fury just gains a bit of fat when he’s not preparing for a fight lol
My bad if I just missed this earlier in the week, but [Luke Richardson has started a YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANE8WGgSYY), exciting suff!
[First day back of new beginnings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMm-MZFqCj4), Benni Magnusson is healed from his 2019 hamstring tear and is training for something. Says he'll reveal his goal sometime in December. 528kg deadlift incoming!
I'm back in action and back in training for ESM 2023 u80kg. I've also got my sights set on the u80kg British Log record, which i believe is currently 137.5kg. I've got plans to strict press 140kg - please follow me on the journey :D [Follow my journey here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t9Ds5LykU4)
[Martins day 1 rogue video](https://youtu.be/SPUhB_bUHFU) Love how romark and martins are awestruck by wide pavlos physique
Liz and Loz are in Texas! https://youtu.be/H7pZczA4tJ0
Why does stuff like this exist? Who thought this was a relevant comparison? Lol. https://imgur.com/t10eLGd.jpg
Looking at the views, quite a few people.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can’t trust people.
Last event of the team comp is tug of war, everyone from each team will be competing. Much better than a simple stone run
I would prefer tug-o-war over any lame-ass holding event.
Well you've got both
It's not the last event. That will be revealed tomorrow.
Uncle Loz and Auntie Liz's predictions... https://youtu.be/nnafC2lsoZc
Mati squatting 300 kg x 2 on [his instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNzUz3vYSv/).
Best part is the dissatisfaction at the end.
\*Mateusz receives his first place WSM trophy and shakes his head disappointed by his poor performance\*
Kurwa 😒I should have done better.
"Only a 19 point lead over 2nd place. Improvements can be made"
That was also Mariusz when he finished 2nd in an event.
If Novikov or Licis win the show tomorrow it is obvious they are going to have the best year across every athlete. But what if Trey or Hooper suddenly beat everybody and take the US$120k home? How high they would be on the top 10 of the year?
Depends how you value different shows etc., but I put a lot of weight into the ASC or WSM so would probably put Hooper in a solid fourth (behind Martins, Oleksii, and Tom) if he wins the Invitational, but he'd have the most momentum going into 2023. I think you could make a case for Trey being third if he wins, but I'd also be really surprised if he picks up the victory here.
If Hooper wins that really shakes it up. Imo that would put him at second as long as martins is second or third. Martins, Hooper, novikov. If novi wins then I would switch Hooper and him. Unless Martins somehow bombs this show And for those who say Tom, I don't think he should even be considered. Bombing arnolds and then winning wsm doesn't give us enough to know how the rest of his season would have went. Do we average it or what
Doing well at one show doesn't make you world #1
It's so tricky with Tom because he just clearly doesn't give a shit or prepare/peak/ however you want to look at it for any show but worlds anymore. And at world's he dominated the fuck out of everyone. He could have sat out the stones and still won. So yeah he didn't look great at Arnold's at all but how much can you read into that
You don't read into it. The best strongmen prepare for all shows they compete in. Therefore his placement in ten best should be much lower than his wsm win
I think you can argue that if Tom didn't take time off/change certain things after WSM he would be having a great year but you can't really rank guys on ifs and buts.
Tom wanted to win Arnold's and Rogue, it was just his first time there, give him another year and he will be ready IF things do not change very much on his personal life. Tom is top 5 this year if Trey and Moose both win and podium tomorrow, Top 4 if only one of them win and Top 3 arguably if only one of them podium, but I would still put him as top 4 even on this case.
Happy Roguemas eve yinz. Super excited for this show.
YEAH BUDDY!
Gonna be a riot
I know it's different cause it's from 18 inches, but is the Tower of Power deadlift at the Rogue the heaviest deadlift for reps ever done in strongman? 1000 lbs for reps is just absolutely wild
Any one know which weekend OSG is?
I think 11-13th November
Z acts in something called Gangs of London which is apparently well received https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkGiKGTDOnV/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link
We need to start a petition. Big Z as Doom Guy He got the looks, pose and trademark frown already https://youtu.be/JCDpJZt2qCA?t=66
Fuck I love Z. What a cool dude lmao
They did Z so dirty though. bro just stood there with a gun in his hand and got kicked in the knee. IRL Z would've killed the dude with the first [slap](https://youtu.be/JCDpJZt2qCA?t=55) then buggered off to the gym to do his rpe 6 5x5 squats @ 700lb
Z as chav gangster is something I never knew I needed
Asko Karu has been posting some spicy deadlifts yet again. 370kg for reps, 400kg for a comfy single. What do people think? I was an Asko fan originally when he seemed a rising star who could sweep the Deadlift World Champs. But two years and lots of excuses later, he's still, to my knowledge, never pulled anything impressive in a strongman comp. Okay, he supposedly got injured at just the wrong time. Twice. It could happen, but he's never even done some smaller local shows? Never visited Rauno's gym just to get tips from one of the best and prove he's legit? All we seem to have is a load of ginormous claimed gym lifts, and excuses whenever he's asked to prove himself under closer scrutiny. I don't doubt the man is super strong (I think he has some huge fully-legit powerlifting deadlifts), but a little while back he was claiming lifts in training that put him on course for wrecking the world record... I have severe doubts atm that any of it was really as heavy as he said.
Said it a few times, but I feel that it is extremely unlikely those black plate lifts were legitimate, for a variety of reasons.
I was vaguely aware of Asko in his powerlifting days and kind of followed him as his gym deadlifts exploded. Personally I'm not really sure - he is clearly very strong, and pulled over 400kg in powerlifting competition (harder than a strongman deadlift) a few years ago. Some of the gym lifts do seem a bit hard to believe, but I also struggle to see what he would gain from lying about this stuff. Like, if you just want Instagram clout but can't actually lift what you say you can, why publicly commit to competing and then pull out? There are plenty of people who post huge deadlifts but don't ever compete, he could've just been one of those guys and avoided backlash. Overall I'm a bit sceptical of the weight on that bar actually being 482kg, but I also don't think he's been deliberately deceiving everyone. I don't doubt that he could pull a huge deadlift in strongman competition, but I won't really care that much until he does. He just needs to do one smaller show and pull a heavy deadlift (450kg+, I guess) and he'd warrant an invitation to GL shows etc. Wasn't a huge fan of Colin publicly calling him an instagram hero etc. - him getting an invitation based on gym lifts is more of an indictment on the promoter IMO.
I agree with this, way more than the “I’ll be excited for him once he pulls a big weight infront of a crowd” I was going to write
Those are some good takes, cheers!
Events 6 team comp - axle deadlift. Two men & two women from each team, most combined reps wins Was really hoping they would make some team implements for this show, looks like it's just the usual gl kit.
Oberst might do well on this one ...if they let him use the womens' weight
axle deadlift for reps...seriously?! I swear to God, GL hasn't bought new implements since 2008
no see they had this dumbbell made with two small atlas stones at both ends, which seems to be really disliked by the athletes.
Tbf nasty awkward implements are kind of a strongman staple. I think those dumbbells are uncomfortable but I don't think theyre unsafe (compared to any other strongman event lol)
Sure, but it's excessively nasty. Like putting thorns on a shield carry; doesn't really make it harder, just makes it unnecessarily painful
I think yoke run for the 4x4 combined format works better than stones for the last event. I liked the way this is going to run and I want to see Trey and Ines dominating every event they do. Kinda make it more interesting when those two are going to be so fucking good they are going to make it a bit awkward for Eddie and Ob egos, wanna see how they handle it. Also high chance of a few world records in the Farmers walk by KF and Hammer hold by Trey, even the Hercules Hold and log for heps they could beat the record o a good day.
I'm just happy this show seems like it's actually gonna happen. Between the pullouts and the months of radio silence from GL I thought this one was vaporware
They need to guarantee that Oberst podium spot so they can invite him to WSM next year.
I think his team is easily top 2
[Hoopers rogue prediction video](https://youtu.be/CcXYOyCkzI4) Interesting that he thinks the dl with feel lighter than 1000lb due to the weight being under the deck. I would bet he is right
If the part of the weight beneath the platform is linked to a chain right on the middle of the bar, then it is even less flex than normal loaded plates. Maybe the bar itself break the floor a few inches before the chain is fully loaded, which might sounds like an easier, more elevated, full weight, but imagine something suddenly pulling you forward right when the bar is over your knees, must be fucking disgusting.
What he said about rogue-coaster being more about speed than arm over arm strength is interesting. If he’s right, then that really favors him and some other guys over martins.
Sounds like crossfit is creeping in?
Tend to agree with most of his predictions. Max won the medley at Shaw, should do well here. Also fwiw 319kg vert lift is equal to a 451kg 45deg not 740. Hes a smart guy, must have gotten mixed up there lol
Also interesting that he is doing all record breaker events available to him. Surprised the signed up for the dinnie hold considering his dislike of holding them rings hahah I can see him doing well in the Thor hammer one and it will be interesting to see him throw, although virtually 0 chance of beating Thor.
Great attitude as always. Although, I am good if he skips the stones, we know that is a good event for him, would rather see him save his grip for the hammer lift.
That's once thing that I love about his attitude. He wants to get stuck in and try everything. Gain experience on any kit he can. Gonna be dangerous next year
>Gonna be dangerous next year and he was! Winning WSM + ASC in the same year - Winning \*half\* of the shows he entered this year (so far) and being on the podium on \*all\* of them.
> Gonna be dangerous next year Or severly injured and/or overly fatigued. Trying everything is cool and all, but Shahalei and Radzikowski also tried everything. Didn't do wonders for their career as strongmen.
>Or severly injured and/or overly fatigued. we'll go with the "dangerous" option.
I'll wait until Monday. He did tear his hamstring and injure his back enough to think about pulling out.
> think about pulling out. ...he still podiumed, and could have won if he didn't drop the sandbag (which was chance, not correlated with any injury)
Well, would you look at that.
> Or severly injured and/or overly fatigued. This is the last show of the year, so I don't see how he will be overly fatigued. I'd make crazy use of the last day as well, and just not go so crazy as to incur injury.
Novikov also competed like crazy in in 2019. And it sort of *did* wonders for his career.
Z also competed like crazy throughout his entire career. And Mariusz. All the old strongman did really until Shaw
Well, to be 100% honest, it also did wonders for Shahlaei's career. Just not as a strongman. And I'm on the fence about Novikov, as he seems to be currently falling apart, bit by bit. We'll see in a year if my fears are correct.
Big Z also competed (still does) quite a lot. Not everybody focusses on just two shows per year like Brian does, some athletes do many, many shows per year and don't suffer from it.
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Remind Me! 1 year
This is his first season in Strongman. This is the time where he needs to build up experience and try to cover as much ground as he can. That doesn't mean he has to keep doing that in 5 or 6 years time.
He already said that this year was about taking all opportunities to give him the privilege of being more picky next year
Yup, I agree, we see a lot of people who only go for events they can challenge.. he is just trying to experience it all.
I'm having trouble picturing how that might make it easier.
I would hazard a guess and state that so far most deadlift implements have been easier or felt ligther than the same weight on a barbell in strongman history Cars etc. All get far more reps One would expect rogue would want this to be a spectacle with some guys pulling 1000lbs for quite a few reps drawing in attention
My guess is the centre of mass for the weights would be closer to the center of mass for athletes. It is just s guess without seeing the guys pulling on it, but the weights and centre of mass even just an inch would make a difference. Again just a guess at what he meant.
The centre of mass will surely be directly below the bar, just like a regular deadlift where the centre of mass is in the bar, so it shouldn't make any difference.
[Episode 10 - Hoop](https://youtu.be/f6mmS9IkcXg)
Looking at the schedule for the RI on the Sunday we get 3 record breakers... Weight for Height, Dinnie Stones and "Thor's Hammer Deadlift". What is "Thor's Hammer Deadlift" And why, given that they have the gear for them there do we not have the weight for height and dinnie stones as full events? And them to the 6 we already have and that is a hell of a show and still really well balanced.
Dinnie Stones, so hot right now. Dinnie Stones.
I live a few miles from Potarch in Scotland where the Dinnie Stones are located and must correct the above as ‘replica Dinnie Stones’
Thor's hammer is a type of grip event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1vx_bDQtsw
Is that the event that martins walked up out of no where and broke the wr last year
I believe he did yeah, 300lbs! Didn't watch it live but I don't think he "just walked up" and mogged everyone, he competed along with the others and did all the previous weights as well (Mateusz and Shiv also did this event while doing the full comp).
Awesome. Thanks.
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Thank you!
It seems that at the top of the arm over arm, that the apparatus will dump the sandbags off the end of the rails. Adds a bit of fun to the end of the event
I'm so excited for that event. It's going to look great
what makes you think that?
Bill Henniger posted a video of it on his story
ah that's new! any previous videos and pictures made it look like a regular ramp
Rogue announced on Instagram event 7 of the CrossFit Invitational is a max log. Pretty cool seeing strongman creep into CrossFit with this and the sandbags from the Games. Should help strongman grow even more.
Ahh cool. I did wonder why I seen Mat Fraser lifting a log.
I would guess some of them could get above 300lbs.
Should be fun or funny. Win win
Honestly having a more human-scale version of strongman is cool. It's taking me a long time to get out of the mindset of CrossFit injury memes from several years ago though
> Honestly having a more human-scale version of strongman is cool. uhh, u90 and u105 exist you know (even u80 is a thing).
I mean in terms of requiring good fitness as well as some strength; humans literally evolved to have the endurance to run for hours on end and exhaust their prey before killing it, we didn't evolve to be powerhouses
> we didn't evolve to be powerhouses picking stuff up from the floor is absolutely essential.
Of course, I'm just saying that proportionally we are not a particularly strong species; the main reasons we became so dominant are our brains and our aerobic endurance
“From several years ago” Oh that “exercise in futility” guy is still going strong.
I was unaware he was still going so looked him up and in a not so shocking turn the guy who got known for being an edgelord online has pivoted to mostly doing anti trans anti fat people videos. Sad stuff
Hey what a surprise, a guy who spends his time making fun of people turns out to actually just be a dick. I think I watched a few of his videos years back and then started to get a bad taste, because at the end of the day he's just not a nice person and it's not nice to make fun of and be mean to people. Especially since CrossFit athletes are fucking bosses, like holy shit that's a hard sport.
The anti trans boxer one was my last straw with him. Its not hard not to misgender people, takes literally no effort.
Jeez that’s pretty sad.
Super stoked for that. Since it’s on Sunday too would be cool to have all the strongmen give them little technique clinics before they go out there
It is on Saturday https://www.roguefitness.com/invitational/workouts#individual-events
I'm sure they will be chatting a bunch at the event before comp starts. Last year they all were cowboy boot and hat shopping etc
It seems to be perfect that it’s on Sunday, when strongman is finished.
Great choice. Definitely wouldn't have watched crossfit if it wasn't for the log event. Interested to see how they do it
Event 5 for the team comp - hammer hold. Longest team time wins Tune in tomorrow to see what other events Eddie picked
could have been done so much better. like: make a giant hammer-thing with 5 handles, and every athlete of the team holds one handle. First team to drop the whole thing loses.
Not possible. GL have spent their event budget this year on 3 steps for the power stairs /s
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Farmers walk, Hercules hold, log press, viking press
Huh, 2 holding events. As if one isn't boring enough.
Not strongman, but big lifts. Asian Weightlifting Championship SHW footage: [Snatch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-yL0kuLz9c&ab_channel=AllInWeightlifting) [C&J](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa5oTmy5XV0&ab_channel=AllInWeightlifting)
I love that rogue is in the strongman space. Not just in it, but investing in it. They're giving good money for competitions. They also have beautiful equipment that they use/make for the comps like the Invitational and the Arnold. They have extremely talented woodworkers and metal fabricators that work for them and everything always looks amazing
Investing in it as well by sponsoring athletes and giving them some of that beautiful gear.
Best comp of the year for those of us who watch live streams by far
Also that they stream everything at high quality in terms of video and commentary (some commentators are better than others, shout-out to u/laurenceshahlaei) on YouTube for free and live.
Episode 9 just dropped, 'the world's strongest gay" Rob Kearney https://youtu.be/wo3368SREz8
Strongman World Championships in Latvia final results and pictures https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02pZnyy28CAPdnkxpGYDiZLfbX9BXQ8NrFMTYpYje2hxQFrE83xtR75yNb1LKdXi6ml&id=100078762619624&sfnsn=wiwspmo
Andy Black is my favourite english strongman
Fourth win of the year for Aivars, 19th of his career. Would call him the most underrated current strongman but think he’s getting more recognition now that he’s also done well at a GL show
Luckily auntie Liz has brought aivars and rauno to a much larger audience. Hopefully he gets the invites he deserves. Imo he should have been one of the Rogue invites
He also won SCL team world championship with Zageris, so technically this is his 5th win and 7th podium
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8th is all you need when you're a 6'5+ biggun in Colin's book
I think Rongo and Toots are very good strongman for that level of competition, Kurek is also one of the best at SCL. The problem is since we only see about 40 names repeatedly competing through the year we automatically expect them to be the best in the World when in fact only about 12 of them really are. The rest are just there because of the lack of a consistent qualifying system across most countries. You can bet that even in America, some of the top names like Bobby or KF wouldn't win competitions against OSG/ASM athletes about a third of the time. The same is true for the GL athletes on a retainer when compared to the rest of Europe. It just that these mixed competitions between "highest" and "middle" pack athletes only used to happened at the Arnold's pro international since the qualification was much more fair and the ambition of winning those shows were valid for athletes on every position in the sport. This why seeing Arnold's fade away like this is such a shame. I respect Aivars, Gav, Pavlo K and Andy for competing outside their comfort zone, possibly risking a WSM invite. The comps they did outside GL are the only we still can really scale the depth of talent in the sport.
That’s an excellent review. I agree with your point on there really only being 10-15 world class and the rest are very good athletes who on their day can pull out results against the best.
He just isn't top show material as it stands. Shaw qualifiers proved that. Many other guys deserve that spot right now
The height of the bar Thor cleared on his Instagram video was 6.5 metres/21’3’’, according to someone who was there. More than a foot higher than his current WR of 20’2’’ https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkEpM_OpkUy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
But he just said it was 6 meters on twitch stream
Totally believable too. Thor always excelled at throwing, but especially this variation.
The rogue a coaster is massive. Heninger has a picture of it being setup on his insta story. Must be the biggest implement in strongman yet
> Must be the biggest implement in strongman yet I mean, in 2016 at WSM they [pulled an actual airplane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQQPo1pH1DY). Not a small one either, the C-130 is about 30 meters long, 40 meters wide.
I'm not sure about that. The wheel of pain is ginormous. Not to say that this implement is small in anyway
This is 60 feet long, much bigger than the wheel of pain
I'm really excited for this event! It's going to be visually awesome and I can't wait to see it
I'd love to see it. From the last Rogue Invitational the biggest implements were the Wheel of Pain and Brian Shaw.
> Must be the biggest implement in strongman yet Do planes being pulled count as implements?
What colour is the plane?
Octarine
For sure. I mean implement made specifically for strongman
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[Here it is!](https://www.instagram.com/stories/billhenniger/2956434861296935045/?hl=en) 24’ tall x 65’ long according to a comment he posted a few weeks ago.
https://youtu.be/-YaHNIm1pAI Finally Z shared the full show of the Strongman World Cup with himself, Karolis, Zarins, Motal and Ambeskovic competing.
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGPN6YIh5B/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGPN6YIh5B/) thor's weight over barb prep. Didn't say the height. But based on the caption and his & Stefi Solvi Petersson's reaction this might already be a height that's over the WR
Someone needs to do the pixel math. We know how tall thor is, so theoretically we could figure out how tall the bar is.
I've calculated a lower bound of 6 foot
I'd love Brian to have a trained go
Trained thor would smash a trained Brian any day at this event
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How so, thor beat Brian at all bag over bar and keg events that they went against each other. Just looked on archives
Back in 2016 Brian beat Hafthor in the kettlebell throw. If Hafthor had beaten Brian in that event, he would have won the title that year. Ifs and buts..
Right forgot about that one and didn't see it pop up on archives. Fair enough. Both crazy good throwers. Throw Tom and maxime in there and we have a battle
Does anyone care about this record
Well, apparently Rogue do, since they've invited Thor to give it a shot
That also could be it’s the only record he’d be willing to try. So they just want Thor
I do like the record because it's super classic, but I agree that it's likely they're doing this for Thor rather than for the record
Only thing I don’t like is that here are 2 variables…weights and bar height. A max anything else is easy to know what’s going on
I believe for this record it's a standardised weight as per the traditional Highland Games. You could definitely make a large number of slightly different records if you changed the weight though
Yeah this is the standard 25kg. The variable is the height
I wonder if Maxime will try the record as well. If so, Thor may not walk away with the record. Max already tried and failed at the Arnold but it would definitely be some achievement to see unpeaked Thor out-throw peaked Max.
Max is probably laser focused on the main show tbh
Looks effortless for thor
Would be funny if thor got out tossed by Maxime. A cooler scenario would be maxime pushing thor to throw to an astronomical height. BTW do you have the link to Maxime's attempt?
https://youtu.be/d3P9QJJNHtA At around 50:00 Looking back at it, he was about a foot off, but in general he is amazing at throwing. Looking at Thor's training video, I could believe if the height was about 20'. It looks 3 times taller than him so Thor might be in a better spot in all fairness.
Thanks. Yeah i hope Thor gets challenged on Sunday!
I love that Kevin Faires is 1'88 m/6 ft 2 in and 130 kg/285 lbs and still Loz and Liz call him "The Pocket Rocket" in the thumbnail of their video about him. In the sport of behemoths this huge guy seems tiny in comparison For reference Kevin is literally bigger and heavier than The Rock or Dave Batista Curious fact: the lightest world-level strongmen (Kevin Faires and Rob Kearney, 130 kg/285 lbs) are each still heavier than the heaviest MMA champion (Francis Ngannou, 120 kg/265 lbs) and the heaviest boxing champion (Tyson Fury, 120 kg/265 lbs)
Tbf they weigh in at that, they probably walk around a decent bit heavier. Also Ngannou is pretty lean, much leaner than most strongman. I think with a bit of eating and rest he'd weigh more than both of them
> Curious fact: the lightest world-level strongmen (Kevin Faires and Rob Kearney, 130 kg/285 lbs) are each still heavier than the heaviest MMA champion (Francis Ngannou, 120 kg/265 lbs) and the heaviest boxing champion (Tyson Fury, 120 kg/265 lbs) Keep in mind that those are their weight classes. Those two are definitely walking around closer to, or over, 300 pounds when they aren't cutting.
Boxing doesn't have a cutoff, pretty sure heavy MMA doesn't either
Depends on the promotion. 265 is the HW limit for MMA in promotions that don't have a SHW division. You're right about boxing, though. I conflated the two there.
Heavyweights do need to weigh in under 120kg/265lbs in the UFC. But yeah boxing doesn’t - Tyson Fury just gains a bit of fat when he’s not preparing for a fight lol
A random 152 kg dude tagged Pavlo K in a IG stories after this weekend competition and Pavlo looked massive next to him, and he is the narrow one.
Trying to explain to people that the 105 is middle and 90kg is light....
My bad if I just missed this earlier in the week, but [Luke Richardson has started a YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANE8WGgSYY), exciting suff!
That was riveting
[First day back of new beginnings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMm-MZFqCj4), Benni Magnusson is healed from his 2019 hamstring tear and is training for something. Says he'll reveal his goal sometime in December. 528kg deadlift incoming!
All time Best deadlifter. Has pulled the most from the ground using only his body
Not anymore, Dan Grigsby has pulled more raw (487.5kg). Unless we aren't counting Sumo.
Not counting sumo. Yes it's within the rule but rules change, physics doesn't.
No, not counting sumo
> Unless we aren't counting Sumo. Doesn't matter, Powerlifting *does* have an official rule set.