Eddie Hall has been on quite the journey since becoming the first human to deadlift 500 kilograms (1,102.3 pounds) at the 2016 World Deadlift Championships. He won the 2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) ... Continue Reading
2023 Britain’s Strongest Man Roster — Tom Stoltman Will Not Defend His Title
Big news from Luke Stoltman and two-time reigning World's Strongest Man (WSM) Tom Stoltman. Their first sanctioned contest of the 2023 season will be the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC) on March 4, ... Continue Reading
Watch World Record Holding Powerlifter Tamara Walcott (+90KG) Hit a Log Press PR
The world-record-holding powerlifter in the superheavyweight division, Tamara Walcott, showed off her strength in a new way on Jan. 3, 2023. Walcott posted a video to her Instagram page wherein she hoisted ... Continue Reading
Laurence Shahlaei Reveals Weight Loss of 102 Pounds for Drastic Physique Transformation
The 2016 Europe's Strongest Man (ESM) champion Laurence "Big Loz" Shahlaei took to his YouTube channel the day after Christmas 2022 to reveal the results of his weight loss journey thus far. The former ... Continue Reading
A Look Back at Olga Liashchuk’s 2022 World’s Strongest Woman Victory
The 2022 World's Strongest Woman (WSW) contest took place over two days from Nov. 12-13, 2022, in Daytona Beach, FL. After seven events — Viking Press, Farmer's Walk, Deadlift, Sandbag to Shoulder, Car ... Continue Reading
2022 America’s Strongest Man and Strongest Woman Results — Bobby Thompson and Victoria Long Victorious
Las Vegas, NV, was the eye of the storm for strength sports on Dec. 16-17, 2022. Not only was the 2022 Olympia weekend crowning a new Mr. Olympia in Hadi Choopan, but the 2022 America's Strongest Man (ASM) ... Continue Reading
Tom Stoltman Is Programming to Deadlift 505 Kilograms (1,113.3 Pounds) in 2024
The two-time reigning World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Tom Stoltman went on a hiatus from strongman competition towards the end of 2022. While he did not compete at the 2022 Shaw Classic due to travel ... Continue Reading
Gabi Dixson Scores the Second Longest Hercules Hold at the 2022 World’s Strongest Nation Contest
The 2022 World's Strongest Nation (WSN) contest took place on Nov. 26, 2022, in Liverpool, England, and pitted Team UK, led by 2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall against Team USA, led by ... Continue Reading
Trey Mitchell Teaches Will Tennyson How to Front Squat Like a Strongman
Two-time reigning Shaw Classic champion Trey Mitchell has been on a tear the past few years in competitive strongman. In addition to his two Shaw Classic titles, the 29-year-old Texan ranked second at the ... Continue Reading
2022 Sweden’s Strongest Man Results — Andreas Ståhlberg Stands Tall
The 2022 Sweden's Strongest Man contest took place on Nov. 5, 2022, in Växjö, Sweden. Ten of the nation's top athletes converged to compete across six events to earn the title of their country's strongest ... Continue Reading
Rongo Keene Wins 2022 Magnus ver Magnusson Strongman Classic
Australian strongman Rongo Keene won the 2022 Magnus ver Magnusson Strongman Classic (MvMSC) contest. The three-day competition was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, from Nov. 18-20, 2022. According ... Continue Reading
Nick Best Announces His Retirement From Full-Time Strongman Competition
Strongman and powerlifter Nick Best has competed in his last full strongman event. Best placed second at the 50+ Masters World’s Strongest Man contest to Mark Felix during the 2022 Official Strongman Games ... Continue Reading
Martins Licis Aims to Drop 60 Pounds for 2023 Strongman Season
Martins Licis has had a roller-coaster return to elite strongman competition. After winning the 2019 World's Strongest Man (WSM), "The Dragon" sat out of the 2020 and 2021 WSM contests while recovering ... Continue Reading
Hunter Henderson Wins Her First Strongwoman Contest
Pro bodybuilder and world-record-holding powerlifter Hunter Henderson entered and won a competition in yet another strength sport. On Nov. 5, 2022, Henderson competed as a strongwoman athlete in the ... Continue Reading
2022 Strongman Champions League Finals Results — Aivars Šmaukstelis Ascends the Throne
The 2022 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Finals took place on Nov. 5-6, 2022, in Alanya, Turkey. The two-day contest featured 12 of the world's best strongmen clashing across six events to claim the SCL ... Continue Reading
Martins Licis Recaps His Performance at the 2022 Rogue Strongman Invitational
The 2022 Rogue Strongman Invitational featured 10 of the world's best strongmen competing in Round Rock, TX, for six figures in prize money. After six events spread across two days, Oleksii Novikov emerged ... Continue Reading
Sean Hayes Sets New Canadian Axle Bar Deadlift Record of 1,045 Pounds
The 2022 Western Canada's Strongest Man (WCSM) champion Sean Hayes has eclipsed his Canadian record. On Oct. 30, 2022, the strongman from the north loaded 474 kilograms (1,045 pounds) on an axle bar and ... Continue Reading
Mitchell Hooper Sets New Dinnie Stones Hold World Record at 2022 Rogue Invitational
A world record was broken not once, but twice, at the 2022 Rogue Invitational in Round Rock, TX. The new holder of the Dinnie Stones Hold for Time is Canada’s Mitchell “The Moose” Hooper, who maintained ... Continue Reading
Hafthor Björnsson Sets New Weight Over Bar World Record of 20 Feet, 3 Inches; Teases Competitive Return to Strongman
Two years after retiring from the sport of strongman to pursue a boxing career, Hafthor "The Mountain" Björnsson traveled to the 2022 Rogue Invitational in Austin, TX, to break his own Weight Over Bar ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Results
The 2022 Rogue Strongman Invitational is set to take place from Oct. 28-29 in Round Rock, Texas, as a part of the four-day Rogue Invitational, which features both a strongman and CrossFit ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Event 6 — Stones Over Hitching Post Results & Recap
Darkness had fallen over Dell Diamond in Round Rock, TX, but there was still a competition to finish. The only thing standing between Oleksii Novikov and the 2022 Rogue Invitational championship was the ... Continue Reading
Oleksii Novikov Wins the 2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Competition
Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine is your 2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman champion. After placing third in the inaugural contest last year, Novikov put together a consistent string of event performances, ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Event 5 — “Yoke Carry Overhead Log Lift Medley” Results & Recap
2020 World’s Strongest Man Oleksii Novikov went into Event Five of the 2022 Rogue Invitational with a small lead on Trey Mitchell and defending Rogue Invitational champion Martins Licis as they prepared ... Continue Reading
2022 Rogue Invitational Strongman Event 4 — “Rogue-a-Coaster” Results & Recap
Day Two of the Rogue Invitational Strongman contest was greeted with excitement from the crowd in attendance, and it kicked off with Event Four: The Rogue-a-Coaster. Athletes had to perform an ... Continue Reading