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Strongman Events

Even if you have no desire to lift in a strongman contest or train for heavy events, you owe it to yourself to spend a day at a strongman contest, sharing time with some of the finest folks in the iron game. You'll have fun reading this strongman event overview.

For new strongman enthusiasts, take a read of this strongman competitor training program overview.

In this article Tom Incledon describes the action of tire flipping and outlines a training program to get you started. I quote Tom, "We’ve all seen then on TV. Most of the time it’s at 2AM and we’re channel surfing, when all of a sudden, there he is. Some big behemoth of a man is flipping a tire that dwarfs his huge size. In the background you see another guy that can’t even lift the tire. How is it that one guy can lift a tire so easily and another can’t even budge it? If you think it’s simply because one guy is stronger than the other, then guess again. No matter how strong you are, if your technique is poor, then flipping a tire will be difficult to impossible. If you want to impress your friends, get strong, and learn how to do one of the classic strongman events, then this is your article."

• In this youtube video Smitty demonstrates how to flip a tire.

• If you've never seen a strongman competition, this link will open a video window and show you the Tampa Bay Strongman Competition.

• To begin your strongman training, here are two articles from EliteFTS to consider:
  • Strongman Training for Athletic Strength

  • A Beginner's Guide to Strongman Training

Michelle pointed us to this guy for some strongman equipment, good prices, equipment and service. He has logs, farmers handles, a sled and yoke that he builds and I'd venture to guess that he'd probably be able to weld something you were interested in together: Alan Benninga: pitbullk9@yahoo.com

Here at Strongman TV, click on the World's Strongest Man category at the bottom left for access to all the good stuff.

From At Large Nutrition we get this great outline of how to create an effective strongman routine. Once you get serious, settle in and learn this one.