Tag: Strongman
Hafthor Björnsson Will Return to Strongman in Three Contests in 2024
In September 2023, three-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion and 2018 World’s Strongest Man winner Hafthor Björnsson announced he was coming back to strongman. And now we know the details of when it will happen. On October 14, 2023, Björnsson announced that he is making his competitive return to the sport at the 2024 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC), slated…
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2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational Events Revealed
The 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational will take place on Oct. 27-28, 2023, at the Dell Diamond Stadium in Round Rock, TX. Similar to the 2022 edition of the contest, the 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational features 10 of the world’s top athletes battling for the largest prize purse in the sport — first place wins $133,742.89 at the time…
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2023 Strongman Champions League Cyprus Results — Pavlo Kordiyaka Victorious
The 2023 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Cyprus competition took place on Oct. 7, 2023, in Limassol, Cyprus. Eleven athletes competed in five events through the single-day contest: Truck Pull, Car Deadlift, Loading Race, Log Lift, and Atlas Stones. Pavlo Kordiyaka of Ukraine emerged with the gold when all was said and done, winning two of five events and…
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Rebecca Roberts Wins The 2023 Britain’s Strongest Woman Contest
The 2023 Britain’s Strongest Woman (BSW) contest concluded on Sept. 30, 2023, with 2021 World’s Strongest Woman (WSM) Rebecca Roberts atop the podium. Roberts scored 60.5 of a possible 65 points during the single-day contest against 12 other elite strongwomen from the UK. The 2023 BSW contest was comprised of the Log Lift, Axle Deadlift, Sandbag Steeplechase, Super…
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Luke Richardson Is The 2023 Giants Live England’s Strongest Man Champion
The 2023 England’s Strongest Man contest came to a close on Oct. 1, 2023, in Doncaster, England, and Luke Richardson emerged victorious over 11 of his fellow countrymen across five events during the single-day contest. Scoring 56 of a possible 60 points, Richardson stood atop the podium after finishing in the top two of the Log Lift, Axle…
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Mitchell Hooper Shocks Five-Time Fittest Man on Earth® Mat Fraser With a 660-Pound Pig Flip
Strongman events are often part of the programming for competitive CrossFit competitions. From farmer’s carries to yoke walks, strongman’s presence is a mainstay of recent CrossFit Games action. One of the events used at the 2023 Games for both Individual and Teams contests was the pig flip — a heavy rectangular object that CrossFit athletes flip end-over-end; a…
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2023 Ultimate Strongman World Championships & Strongest Nation Results
The 2023 Ultimate Strongman World Championships (USWC) contest occurred on Sept. 23, 2023, in Fulda, Germany, and featured five divisions: Men’s U105KG, Masters Men’s U105KG, Men’s U90KG, Women’s U82KG, and Women’s U63KG. Additionally, the 2023 Ultimate Strongman World’s Strongest Nation, with teams comprised of Men’s U105KG athletes, occurred one day later on Sept. 24, 2023. Each division competed…
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Hafthor Björnsson Postpones His Powerlifting Goals, Announces Return to Competitive Strongman
2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Hafthor Björnsson has postponed his powerlifting ambitions to return to competitive strongman. The Icelandic strongman-turned-boxer–turned-powerlifter-turned strongman broke the news in a video published on his YouTube channel … Read more
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Are You Stretching Too Much? Strongman Mitchell Hooper Has the Answer
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper has a Master’s in clinical exercise physiology and knows a thing or two about how stretching does or does not promote a healthy lifting routine. There … Read more
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Mitchell Hooper Explains Why You Should Stop Using Cold Therapy During Recovery
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper holds a human kinetics degree from the University of Guelph and a master’s degree in clinical exercise physiology from the University of Sydney. He knows not … Read more
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