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Strongman Rob Kearney’s Children’s Book “Strong” to Release in May 2022
Strongman Rob Kearney is now an author. The release of his new children's book titled "Strong" follows Kearney's story of becoming a professional strongman through a message of self-acceptance and love: This story is about the amazing things you can achieve once you accept yourself for who you truly are...with...
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Strongman Guides
Overhead Carries Exercise Guide
Proper overhead position is key for movements like jerks, snatches, overhead presses, strongman lifts, gymnastics, competitive fitness, and daily life. Too often lifters and athletes fail to properly gain awareness and stability in the overhead position (which can be a...
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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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Strongman Robert Oberst Demonstrates How He Trains Around His Shoulder Injury
After his withdrawal from the 2021 Shaw Classic five days before that contest began, strongman Robert Oberst went to the hospital and subsequent appointment with shoulder specialist Dr. Joseph Lynch. Oberst suffered a half-centimeter bursal-sided (outer joint) tendon tear in...
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Rhianon Lovelace Moved Up Three Weight Classes and Won the 2021 Arnold Strongman Log & Deadlift Championships UK
The inaugural Arnold Sports Festival UK wrapped up on Oct. 3, 2021. It was a memorable first show in the UK, which featured the first-ever Arnold Strongman Classic UK won by Evan Singleton via tiebreaker against 2020 World's Strongest Man...
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Strongman Brian Shaw Reveals His New 9,700-Calorie Diet
To compete at the highest level in strongman, athletes need to eat an extremely calorie-dense diet. Constant food consumption is often required to maintain mass and provide the necessary energy to deadlift more than 700 pounds for reps or yoke...
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Evan Singleton Narrowly Defeats Oleksii Novikov to Win Inaugural Arnold Strongman Classic UK
The inaugural Arnold Sports Festival UK had many fans buzzing in Birmingham, England over the weekend of Oct. 1-3, 2021. One of the final events was the inaugural Arnold UK Giants Live strongman contest. Ten strongmen entered the contest and...
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Martins Licis One-Motions a 340-Pound Atlas Stone for Reps Ahead of 2021 Rogue Invitational
The strongman world has long awaited the return of 2019 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Martins Licis to competition. Since sustaining injuries from getting hit by a car while riding his bike in September 2020, Licis has not participated in...