Latest Strongman News
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Mitchell Hooper Explains How To Adjust Training Frequency
While there’s crossover between training for maximal strength and hypertrophy, they differ fundamentally. “We’re not training our muscles; we’re training our nervous system,” explained Mitchell Hooper, the 2023 World’s Strongest Man and 2024 Strongest Man on Earth. Unlike growing muscles, getting as strong as possible is believed to revolve around skill building and nervous system…
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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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2024 Clash of the Titans Strongman Results
The 2024 Clash of the Titans competition occurred on Dec. 29, 2024, in Vlissingen, Netherlands. Six titans representing two countries clashed through five events across the single-day contest: Gouden Grip Medley, Car Deadlift for Reps, Stone Medley, Loading Race, and a Yoke for Time. Jeroen van de Wateringen of the host country scored 28.5 of…
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Rogue Fitness Offers $101K Bounty To Any Strongman Who Elephant Bar Deadlifts 501 Kilograms or More at 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic
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Get To Know Tom Stoltman’s New Coach, Aaron Caseley
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The Top 5 Exercises To Build Strength AND Hypertrophy
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Hafthor Björnsson’s New Training Program To Deadlift 505 Kilograms
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What Are Mitchell Hooper’s Go-To Longevity Supplements?
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Strongman Martins Licis Stonelifts in Tibet
