Latest Strongman News
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Exclusive Interview: Martins Licis on the 2025 Santa Monica Classic and His Return to Competitive Strongman
Although 2019 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Martins Licis has not been active on the strongman circuit recently, he has been as focused on strength as ever. Licis has been traveling the world, soaking up knowledge of all things strength from different cultures, and sharing his experiences on his YouTube series, Strength Unknown. Licis recently put on…
Top Strongmen
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Exclusive Interview: Martins Licis on the 2025 Santa Monica Classic and His Return to Competitive Strongman
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The World’s Strongest Man’s Q&A Before Defending the Title
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Mitchell Hooper Partial Deadlifts a 505-Kilogram Double in Training
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Mitchell Hooper Will Attempt All-Time World Record at 2025 World Deadlift Championships
Strongman Guides
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How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power
When you want to build head-to-toe strength — and you want to look awesome doing it — there are few lifts that can compete with the hardcore nature of the log press. The unstable, unwieldy log bar will have your entire body working in overdrive to clean it off the ground, up your belly and…
Strongman Basics
What Is Strongman?
Strongman 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.
- Log Press
- Atlas Stones
- Weighted Carries
- Squats
- Truck Pulls
- Deadlift
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.
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Eddie Hall Defeats Mariusz Pudzianowski in MMA Bout by TKO
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall defeated strongman legend Mariusz Pudzianowski by technical knockout in their mixed martial arts encounter on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The bout was a part of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW)’s KWS 105 event in PreZero Arena Gliwice in Gliwice, Poland. The fight was scheduled for two four-minute rounds. Hall only needed 30 seconds to finish against the five-time World’s Strongest…
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The World’s Strongest Man’s Q&A Before Defending the Title
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Mitchell Hooper Partial Deadlifts a 505-Kilogram Double in Training
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Mitchell Hooper Will Attempt All-Time World Record at 2025 World Deadlift Championships
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2025 World’s Strongest Man Events and Roster
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2025 Siberian Power Show Strongman Results
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Building Forearms: Arm Wrestling vs. Manual Labor
