STRONGMAN

Strongman is a weightlifting-based sport where the athletes compete in several events where they have to use mental and physical strength, speed and endurance. There is a wide variety of possible event combinations which opens the sport up to all kinds of different athletes.

Some competitions are very, very heavy and are best for the biggest and strongest athletes. Some competitions are more focused on moving moderately heavy weights for a set distance or a certain number of times within a given time limit. The thing that makes Strongman so accessible is that anyone can train for it. This is also the biggest thing that people fail to realise when they see it on TV.

Almost all of the events in Strongman can be made lighter or heavier depending on the strength and experience level of the person who is training. As long as you have access to the equipment, anyone can train for Strongman. Anyone can get a lot stronger in a short time by doing strongman-style training.

Why do people do it? The people who take part in Strongman love the challenge and seeing how far they can push their bodies. It also gives them a focus for their training. For outsiders, strongmen can seem like a group of huge, scary men and it is true, they are intense, but that is for the competition. You shouldn’t forget that they are trying to do something better than it has ever been done before. Outside of the competition there is a lot of chatting and laughing. It takes a lot of courage to send in the application form for Strongman so what it comes down to is a love of pushing yourself to, the limit.