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2025 World’s Strongest Man Rayno Nel Interview: “I’m Still New to the Sport
The 2025 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest in Sacramento, CA, was one for the history books. For the first time in the competition’s history, a strongman from South Africa hoisted gold over his head atop the podium. Rayno Nel didn’t just beat the two most recent WSM champions, Tom Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper, who stood…
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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…
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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 Moscow Strongman Open Results
The 2025 Moscow Open occurred on June 7, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. The contest featured eight strongmen representing the host country, testing their strength in five events: Log Press, Farmer’s Walk, Tire Flip, Sack Carry, and Pole Push. Roman Druzhinin won gold with 39 of a possible 40 points. His near-perfect performance was blemished only…
