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Paddy Haynes Sets Húsafell Stone World Record at 2025 Iceland’s Strongest Man
The 2025 Iceland’s Strongest Man (ISM) contest, held from Aug. 8-9, 2025, featured eight events. The host country’s most decorated strongman and deadlift world record holder, Hafthor “The Mountain” Björnsson, was crowned with his 12th ISM title. Although Björnsson stood atop the podium, his performance wasn’t the only headline-worthy performance in Iceland. Paddy Haynes of…
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Building Forearms: Arm Wrestling vs. Manual Labor
The forearm muscles grow indirectly from back training, but many struggle to target them beyond that. Is that due to improper exercise selection? Probably. Internet personality, powerlifter, and amateur bodybuilder Jujimufu teamed up with professional arm wrestler Michael Todd to critique popular forearm exercises and offer modifications. They ranked forearm exercises on a tier list — S-tier…
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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2025 Expo Agricole Rimouski Strongman Results
2025 Expo Agricole Rimouski contest occurred in Rimoski, Canada, on Aug. 3, 2025. The competition featured 12 of the host country’s strongest battle through five events: Squat Lift, Hercules Hold, Flintstone Barbell, Tire Flip, and Arm-Over-Arm Pull. Strongman legend J.F. Caron scored the overall gold with 56 of a possible 60 points. It was an…
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2025 Strongman Champions League World’s Strongest Latino Results
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2025 Official Strongman Games European Championships Women’s Results
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2025 Official Strongman Games European Championships Men’s Results
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2025 Magnús Classic Gimli Strongman Results
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2025 Poland’s Strongest Man Results
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Peak to Deadlift Like World Record Holder Hafthor Björnsson
