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Strongman is a strength-based sport involving a series of events that test the competitors’ physical strength, endurance, and skill. Unlike traditional weightlifting competitions like powerlifting or Olympic weightlifting, which have standardized lifts, strongman competitions feature a variety of events that can change with each competition.

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Why Don’t Strongman Do Sumo Deadlifts? 

Sumo deadlift is a popular variation for people to pull maximum weight!  Some people report a over 10% difference between the max weight they can pull using conventional and sumo. This makes sumo deadlifts fairly common in powerlifting…

How Do Strongman Pull Planes & Trucks?

There's nothing like pulling a military transportation aircraft along a runway. Strongman do it with nothing more than a rope, harness and sheer. Their will to put on a display to an audience takes a huge strain on their bodies. The sport…

What Is The Conan Wheel?

Strongman competitions have become increasingly popular in recent years, with athletes pushing their bodies to the limit in a variety of strength-based challenges. One of the most iconic events in these competitions is the Conan Wheel, a strength…

What Is The Hercules Hold?

The world of strength sports is full of incredible feats of power and endurance, but few are as impressive as the strongman Hercules hold. This exercise, which involves holding a heavy weight in each hand for as long as possible, requires incredible…

What Shoes Do Strongmen Wear?

What shoes do strongman wear? For the massive amounts of weight they lift, having a solid grip to the ground is needed. Some of the famous events like the airplane pulls require great grip from certain shoes. Do you know what shoes Eddie had…

Why Don’t Strongman Have Abs?

Strongman are known for their huge physiques, often with a huge power belly with no clear sign of abs. Most would assume that a strong person must have a chiselled 6 or even 8 pack. Though this cannot be more wrong, best described by JF Caron;…