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2021 UK’s Strongest Man — Events, Roster, and Athlete Groups
The 2021 UK's Strongest Man (UKSM) contest is scheduled for May 29-31, 2021, at the Stadium MK in the Bletchley district of Milton Keynes. It is an outdoor event and will feature live spectators and a new event never seen before in strongman — the Van Hold. Strongman Laurence "Big...
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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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2021 World’s Strongest Man Events Announced
The 2021 World's Strongest Man (WSM) event list has been revealed. On May 6, 2021, WSM sent a press release with the information. The event — now taking place in Sacramento, CA, from June 15-20 — will see 25 men...
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Watch Hafthor Björnsson Push His Limits On the Assault Bike With Annie Thorisdottir
Don't judge a strongman by their 10,000-plus calorie diets. The 2017 World's Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall and 2018 WSM champion Hafthor Björnsson will face off in the squared circle in Las Vegas, NV, in September 2021, in what...
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Get This Strong to Build a Log Cabin (w/Brian Alsruhe)
Today we're talking to strongman athlete Brian Alsruhe, who actually joins the BarBend Podcast for a second time. Recently, Brian has been focusing most of his time on building a homestead in the woods, completely by hand and without the...
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U105KG Strongman Nicolas Cambi Claims Victory at the 2021 Clash on the Coast
On April 30 through May 2, 2021, in Hilton Head Island, SC, the under 105-kilogram strongman contest "Clash on the Coast" saw top athletes in the division battle in a keg toss, a farmer's carry into duck walk, a loading...
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The 8 Strangest World’s Strongest Man Events
Strongman and strongwoman competitions have always been as much about entertainment as they are sport. Since the first World’s Strongest Man in 1977, there’s been a clear need to entertain fans while simultaneously testing athletes — which remains embedded in...
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Strongman Bobby Thompson Log Presses 217.5 Kilograms For New American Record
American strongman Bobby Thompson pressed 217.5 kilograms (478.5 pounds) on April 30, 2021, to claim the American log press record. Thompson set the record at strongman Anthony Fuhrman’s Clash on the Coast, a contest for 105-kilogram (U105 KG) athletes sanctioned...
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