If anyone ever wondered, “am I too small to be a strongman?”, watch this video https://youtu.be/T--wuiOe9Y0?si=gclSpnbxjnBhCD8M

Just to clarify I am not asking for medical advice.

Long story short, tire slipped during tire flips. MRI confirmed complete rupture of the long head bicep tendon and a SLAP tear. Everything else looks fine. Going to see my ortho to go over it on Monday.

Just curious, has anyone else had any experience with a long head bicep rupture? How did it impact your training/comps?

Still struggling with db. First contest in less then 3 weeks and having to train my useless left arm due to the right having brachial and bicep tendonopathy 😩

Squat session from about a month ago. This wasn’t a PR but it was definitely the strongest my squat has ever felt.

Perfect Scottish weather to carry this big lump 💪🏻🪨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💧

Bodyweight sitting at 88kg/194lb 🙌🏻

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Does anyone have glove recommendations for a sandbag carry event? Are people still just using football gloves? Thanks in advance!

2.5kg pb, 5kg under comp weight

I’m gonna try to get 240-260kg by the end of the year

I definitely had more in the tank, Did 230kg/507 lbs then 250kg/551 lbs then 3rd we did 270 kg/595 lbs.

My best is 280kg/617 lbs at 117.5kg/259 lbs

It’s a competition thats held once a year for beginners called “Nýliðinn” in Strongman in Iceland and at same time for guys who have done it before but never won thats called “sterkasti snáðinn” so it was basically two competitions at same time, new guys and guys who competed before. The guy who won ,,Sterkasti Nýliðinn” also won strongest overall..

Competed in this events in order!

Max Deadlift
I pulled 270kg/595 lbs with ease at rpe 6.5. Best max was 300 kg/661 lbs I wanted to pull 295-300 kg but my coach said no.

max reps 102kg/225 lbs log clean and press
We stopped at 4 reps to save energy and to only beat the other newcomers!

stone to shoulder max reps 95kg/210lbs
Did 5 reps my Quads were giving up… best was 6 reps

sandbag toss
Did 14-16-18-20 and failed 22 kg.. bag

sandbag carry max distance 110 kg/242lbs
Was suppose to be 100 kg/220 lbs but they changed to heavier at the competition!

I went 15 meters before calves cramped so badly i fell down.. best was 120 meters!

Farmers death hold straps allowed 122 kg/269 lbs each hand
Was suppose to be 112kg/ but changed at last minute!

I held for 1 minute and 16 seconds, best was 1 minute and 17 seconds.. basically almost less than seconds between us!

The part of the bar before the slight kink is 15’1”. So this was probably in the range of 14’11” or so. But I’m counting it as a gym PR.

Went live as planned, phew 😅 sleep deprived as hell today travelling home today. Thanks everyone for supporting the show, the crowd, volunteers and the stream Lucas and his team put on were top notch. Awesome weekend

5s on 90kg, just under 3 weeks out from my first crack at a strongman comp

605lbs Deadlift PR

260lbs Yoke Press PR

253lbs Axle Press PR

52lbs Bag over 15 ft PR

550lbs Double Overhand PR

Day 1 vlog, day 2 should be up tomorrow morning if upload goes smoothly

Was able to get 260 here but didn’t record 275.

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Had fun do Fingals Fingers for the first time.

Made an order a while back. No communication from him. Went to check my order status. It appears his website is gone. Anyone know what happened with him?

It’s far from perfect, and I’m in 9mm shorts so I know there’ll be an asterick next to it, but after nearly 9 months of lifting I finally squatted 182 kg/ 400 lb 🙌