Latest Strongman News
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2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman Results
The 2025 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Iceman occurred on Feb. 21-22, 2025, in Joensuu, Finland. The two-day competition featured 11 athletes representing seven countries battling through eight events: Frame Carry, Front Hold, Super Yoke, Wrecking Ball Hold, Truck Pull, Frame Deadlift, Sandbag Toss, and Loading Race. Brian Kichton scored the overall gold, achieving 77 of…
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Strongman Guides
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How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power
When you want to build head-to-toe strength — and you want to look awesome doing it — there are few lifts that can compete with the hardcore nature of the log press. The unstable, unwieldy log bar will have your entire body working in overdrive to clean it off the ground, up your belly and…
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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Can an Ultramarathon Swimmer Train Like a Strongman?
2017 World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall teamed with ultramarathon swimmer Ross Edgley to see who could achieve the biggest arm pump during a training session in mid-February 2025. The duo utilized blood flow restriction to maximize their pump. Let’s go train arms and see who can get the biggest pump. —Eddie Hall They measured their arms before starting their workout to compare…
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2025 Atlas Strongman Classic Results
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What’s a Force Meter and How Does Brian Shaw Train With It?
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Fittest & Strongest — Mitchell Hooper, Hafthor Björnsson, and Justin Medeiros Train Behind-the-Neck Press
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Hafthor Björnsson Deadlifts 470 Kilograms During 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic Prep
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Brian Shaw Reveals 40-Pound Weight Loss Transformation
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Mateusz Kieliszkowski Is out of 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic
