World's Strongest Man Competition

[Revoltingest]

Any other fans out there?
They're currently in preliminaries in Malaysia.
I find their feats stunning.
And for Game Of Thrones fans, The Mountain (Hafthor Bjornsson) is doing very well.

Ref:
He's 6'9" & 396#

 

[jeager106]

HUGE and I bet he's a Viking Warrior.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I decided not to enter this year.

 

[Revoltingest]

I decided not to enter this year.

Same here.
Malaysia is really hot & humid.

 

[Nietzsche]

I find it strangely fitting that a ludicrous majority of the top 5 in these competitions are, without fail, Germanic. With special note that even within the 'Germanic group' there's far & away more Scandinavians/North-Germanics. With names like "Magnus ver Magnusson". Which I should mention literally means "Strongman son of Strongman". In fact, there's a stupid number of them all named 'Magnus' something.

 

[Revoltingest]

If you name yer kid "Magnus" or "Hafthor", what's he gonna do.....become a skinny little crybaby?
No, such names instill aspirations to be strong!
We also notice that none of the competitors are named "Percy", "Hollingsworth", "Pansy" or "Berford".

 

[dust1n]

If you name yer kid "Magnus" or "Hafthor", what's he gonna do.....become a skinny little crybaby?
No, such names instill aspirations to be strong!
We also notice that none of the competitors are named "Percy", "Hollingsworth", "Pansy" or "Berford".

Looking at the contestants, there is a Terry, an Eddie, an Adam, a Josh, Alexander, Jerry, Jean-Francious, Graham, Rafal, Mikhail, Benedikt, and, my favorite, Ole Martin.

That could have easily been the guess list of a yacht party off of Ft. Lauderdale.

 

[Revoltingest]

Looking at the contestants, there is a Terry, an Eddie, an Adam, a Josh, Alexander, Jerry, Jean-Francious, Graham, Rafal, Mikhail, Benedikt, and, my favorite, Ole Martin.

That could have easily been the guess list of a yacht party off of Ft. Lauderdale.

Pish posh!
"Mikhail" & "Ole" as yachting names?

You're just lucky I don't know any clean "Lena & Ole" jokes!

 

[Wu Wei]

They wouldn't let me enter.... I call it BEAR DISCRIMINATION and URSIDAE INTOLLERANCE… but they said something about having an unfair advantage...

 

[Jainarayan]

HUGE and I bet he's a Viking Warrior.

Icelandic. Look at how he dwarfs Lena Headey.

Spoiler: Big picture, shirtless may be nsfw.

Magnus Samuelsson, from Sweden, coined the phrase "Viking power!" (vikingr kraftr in Old Norse) when he was competing.

 

[Jainarayan]

Any other fans out there?

Yes, but I haven't followed it recently. There's a new generation of athletes I have to get up to speed with. I'm from the days of Kevin Nee, Derek Poundstone, Mariusz Pudzianowski ...

 

[Wirey]

I went to high school with a guy who competed in this in the 80s. I was gonna slap him around, but I'm a peaceful man.

 

[Revoltingest]

Yes, but I haven't followed it recently. There's a new generation of athletes I have to get up to speed with. I'm from the days of Kevin Nee, Derek Poundstone, Mariusz Pudzianowski ...

Has Pudzianowski been out of it that long now?
He was one of the few lightweights (under 300 lbs) to dominate.

I used to look look that once.
(I'm referring to the haircut.)

 

[Jainarayan]

Has Pudzianowski been out of it that long now?
He was one of the few lightweights (under 300 lbs) to dominate.

I used to look look that once.
(I'm referring to the haircut.)

Yeah, he's out of wsm now and doing mma.

 

[Tomorrows_Child]

I used to be really in WSM as a kid, got me involved in fitness and sport. Pudz...however you spell it lol Was the big star for a while but who's around now? And who won in 2015?

 

[Revoltingest]

I used to be really in WSM as a kid, got me involved in fitness and sport. Pudz...however you spell it lol Was the big star for a while but who's around now? And who won in 2015?

The 2015 winner was Brian Shaw.
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/ath...ian-shaw-wins-2015-worlds-strongest-man-title
I notice that the winners have gotten larger over the years.
It used to be that guys less than 300 lbs could win.

 

[AllenWalker]

The 2015 winner was Brian Shaw.
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/ath...ian-shaw-wins-2015-worlds-strongest-man-title
I notice that the winners have gotten larger over the years.
It used to be that guys less than 300 lbs could win.

Brian Shaw is a monster!

Ronnie Coleman of strongman xd