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2025 Norway’s Strongest Man Results
The 2025 Norway’s Strongest Man contest occurred on Aug. 23, 2025, in Storslett, Norway. The contest saw 12 of Norway’s strongest compete through six events: Car Deadlift, Sandbag Toss, Flip and Load Medley, Farmer’s Hold, Big Jerk, and Atlas Stones. Henrik Hildeskor stood atop the podium with 69 of a possible 72 points. His dominant…
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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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Hafthor Björnsson Deadlifts 460- Kilogram Double in Training
Four weeks after Hafthor Björnsson broke the deadlift world record, he appears poised to do it again. Björnsson, who will compete at the 2025 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) in Birmingham, England, on Sept. 6, capped a recent training session with a 460-kilogram double. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) Björnsson approached…
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2025 Europe Strongman Cup Results
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Shane Flowers Reveals Lat Injury Following 2025 Strongest Man on Earth
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Tom Stoltman Explains His Biceps Injury Sustained at 2025 Strongest Man on Earth
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6 Techniques You Can Use Now to Build Fuller Pecs
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2025 Strongman Champions League Poland Results
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2025 Canada’s Strongest Man Results
