Latest Strongman News
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World’s Strongest Men Doing Strong Things: Martins Licis Floor-to-Shoulders Mitchell Hooper
The most powerful athletes on the planet are arguably the behemoth-sized professional strongmen who load 400-plus-pound Atlas Stones, deadlift 1,000 pounds on obscure apparatuses, and pull literal trucks, buses, and airplanes with their bodies. These titans of strength clash against each other in competitions like the World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest and the Rogue Strongman…
Top Strongmen
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The Stoltman Brothers Train to Defend and Rebuild via Heavy Dumbbell Pressing
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“I Don’t Drink Water” — How Much Mitchell Hooper Spends on Groceries
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How the Strongest Man on Earth Eats to Defend the Arnold Strongman Classic Title
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Hafthor Björnsson Deadlifts a 420-Kilogram (925-Pound) Triple In Training
Strongman Guides
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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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Eddie Hall vs. Mariusz Pudzianowski MMA Fight Nearly Confirmed
Five-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mariusz Pudzianowski and 2017 WSM winner Eddie Hall may be preparing to fight in a mixed martial arts contest. Hall announced on his Instagram page that the fight between him and Pudzianowski would be set for Saturday, April 26, 2025. It will be sanctioned by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), a Polish MMA organization that…
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2025 Järhanden Strongman & Strongwoman Results
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“I Don’t Drink Water” — How Much Mitchell Hooper Spends on Groceries
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Frank Boniello Wins 2025 World’s Strongest Firefighter
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2025 Arnold Strongwoman Pro/Am Results
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2025 Arnold Strongman Pro/Am Results
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Mitchell Hooper Three-Peats; Wins 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic
