Strongman

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In the 19th century, the term strongman referred đồ sộ an exhibitor of strength or similar circus performers who performed feats of strength. Today, strength athletics, also known as strongman competitions, are composed of a variety of events in which competitors have đồ sộ move the highest weights possible, the winner being the one having the highest tally across all events.^[1]

Description[edit]

In the first half of the 20th century, strongmen would perform various feats of strength such as the bent press (not đồ sộ be confused with the bench press, which did not exist at the time), supporting large amounts of weight held overhead at arm's length, steel bending, chain breaking, etc. They needed đồ sộ have large amounts of wrist, hand, and tendon strength for these feats, as well as prodigious oblique strength.

In the late 20th century the term strongman evolved đồ sộ describe one who competes in strength athletics – a more modern eclectic strength competition in which competitors display their raw functional strength through exercises such as lifting rocks, toting refrigerators, pulling trains, towing an eighteen-wheel truck behind them, etc. The most famous competitions of this type are the World's Strongest Man, the Europe's Strongest Man, the Arnold Strongman Classic, the Strongman Champions League, the World's Ultimate Strongman, the Rogue Invitational and the Giants Live tour, and more than thở đôi mươi countries also hold national-level competitions as well.^[2]

Many sports-specific training facilities have begun đồ sộ incorporate movements associated with strongman competitions into their general training schemes, albeit with lighter weights used, e.g. tyre flips, sled drags, object loading or carrying, log pressing, farmer's walks and sánh on.

Training[edit]

Training for strongman involves building overall strength in the thể hình and training with competition implements đồ sộ gain familiarity. In the thể hình, it is necessary đồ sộ train the entire toàn thân for strength, especially with variants of the squat, deadlift, and overhead press. Also important is explosive power, developed by weightlifting-style lifts, and cardiovascular conditioning. Grip strength must also be developed.

Although you can vì thế general strength training, at a typical thể hình, training with a strongman regimen requires equipment not typically found in a thể hình. Some equipment used in a strongman competition would have đồ sộ be found custom-made or at a strongman thể hình. Some of these equipment includes natural stones, tree trunk logs, farmers walk frames, yokes, kegs and various sorts of vehicles.

Another part of a strongman's training is its intense diet regime. The biggest strongman competitors would need đồ sộ ingest around 8,000 - 10,000 calories a day.

Events[edit]

Though competitive strongman events are ever changing, there are a number of staples that frequently appear on the international stage,^[3] including:

Incorrect usage[edit]

Strongman is often incorrectly used đồ sộ describe a person who does weightlifting or bodybuilding. Due đồ sộ the circus and entertainment background, nineteenth-century bodybuilders were expected đồ sộ mingle with the crowd during intermission and perform strength feats lượt thích thẻ tearing, nail bending, etc. đồ sộ demonstrate strength as well as symmetry and size. Also, many strongmen sold photos of themselves nude or near-nude, flexing and posing. Although, what they considered the epitome of male beauty was different from modern ideals – particularly the very low emphasis on chest size, and great emphasis on oblique size, and symmetry as evidenced by photos of Eugen Sandow.

Notable strongmen[edit]

Traditional Strongmen[edit]

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The Strongmen are listed according đồ sộ the chronological order of their birth.

Modern Strongmen[edit]

The following 74 strongmen have reached the podium (1st, 2nd or 3rd place) of World's Strongest Man since 1977 and/or World Muscle Power Classic from 1985 đồ sộ 2004 and/or Arnold Strongman Classic since 2002. They are listed according đồ sộ the chronological order of their podium appearance.

24 of them have won the World's Strongest Man (WSM), 11 have won the World Muscle Power Classic (WMPC) and 9 have won the Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC).

7 men have won both WSM & WMPC (Kazmaier, Capes, Sigmarsson, Reeves, Magnússon, Ahola, Karlsen). 5 men have won both WSM & ASC (Savickas, Shaw, Björnsson, Licis, Hooper).

Additionally, following 48 strongmen have reached either 4th or 5th places of World's Strongest Man and/or World Muscle Power Classic and/or Arnold Strongman Classic:

Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Jon Kolb, Gus Rethwisch, Bishop Dolegiewicz, Jerry Hannan, Craig Wolfley, Ernie Hackett, Hamish Davidson, Rudolph Kuester, George Hechter, Dan Markovic, Jean-Pierre Brulois, Tom Hawk, László Fekete, Adrian Smith, Berend Veneberg, Heinz Ollesch, Pieter de Bruyn, Martin Muhr, Wayne Price, Nathan Jones, Bill Lyndon, Johnny Perry, Brian Bell, Arvydas Pintinas, Andy Bolton, Steve Kirit, Bill Pittuck, Sami Heinonen, Jarek Dymek, Brian Schoonveld, Odd Haugen, Brian Siders, Benedikt Magnússon, Mark Felix, Tarmo Mitt, Vidas Blekaitis, Stefán Sölvi Pétursson, Laurence Shahlaei, Krzysztof Radzikowski, Dimitar Savatinov, Konstantine Janashia, Matjaz Belsak, Rob Kearney, Trey Mitchell, Thomas Evans and Evan Singleton.

International Accolades[edit]

Below table summarizes the 50 most decorated strongmen in modern history with the most number of international wins (1st places) in their careers.^[4]
No. of total career competitions against the No. of wins (1st places only, open category only).

#	Name	Nationality	Active	Competitions	Wins	Win %	Notable Accolades^[a]
1	Žydrūnas Savickas	Lithuania	1996–2022	153	84	54.90%	Multiple times World Champion
2	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Poland	2000–2009	61	43	70.49%	Multiple times World Champion
3	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Iceland	2010–2020	65	30	46.15%	Multiple times World Champion
4	Brian Shaw	United States	2007–2023	65	27	41.54%	Multiple times World Champion
5	Krzysztof Radzikowski	Poland	2005–2019	112	23	20.53%	Strongman Champions League
6	Aivars Šmaukstelis	Latvia	2014–	63	22	34.92%	Strongman Champions League
7	Ervin Katona	Serbia	2003–2015	99	17	17.17%	Strongman Champions League
8	Hugo Girard	Canada	1998–2008	37	15	40.54%	World Muscle Power Classic
9	Dainis Zageris	Latvia	2009–2022	87	15	17.24%	Strongman Champions League
10	Jón Páll Sigmarsson	Iceland	1982–1992	29	13	44.82%	Multiple times World Champion
11	Magnús Ver Magnússon	Iceland	1987–2005	48	12	25.00%	Multiple times World Champion
12	Magnus Samuelsson	Sweden	1995–2008	63	12	19.05%	World's Strongest Man
13	Jouko Ahola	Finland	1994–2002	22	11	50.00%	Multiple times World Champion
14	Riku Kiri	Finland	1987–1999	25	11	44.00%	World Strongman Challenge
15	Oleksii Novikov	Ukraine	2016–	38	11	28.95%	World's Strongest Man
16	Mikhail Koklyaev	Russia	2005–2014	50	11	22.00%	Strongman Champions League
17	Mateusz Kieliszkowski	Poland	2014–	41	10	24.39%	World's Ultimate Strongman
18	Matjaz Belsak	Slovenia	2014–2020	60	10	16.67%	Arnold Strongman Classic Europe
19	JF Caron	Canada	2007–2022	72	10	13.89%	North America's Strongest Man
20	Geoff Capes	Great Britain	1979–1988	20	9	45.00%	Multiple times World Champion
21	Bill Kazmaier	United States	1979–1990	18	8	44.44%	Multiple times World Champion
22	Derek Poundstone	United States	2006–2017	22	8	36.36%	Arnold Strongman Classic
23	Martins Licis	United States	2015–	23	8	34.78%	Multiple times World Champion
24	Vytautas Lalas	Lithuania	2007–2018	30	8	26.67%	Arnold Strongman Classic
25	Janne Virtanen	Finland	1998–2009	50	8	16.00%	World's Strongest Man
26	Laurence Shahlaei	Great Britain	2007–2021	55	8	14.55%	Europe's Strongest Man
27	Kelvin de Ruiter	Netherlands	2011–	34	7	20.59%	Strongman Champions League
28	Travis Ortmayer	United States	2005–	51	7	13.72%	Strongman Champions League
29	Svend Karlsen	Norway	1996–2006	64	7	10.94%	Multiple times World Champion
30	Manfred Hoeberl	Austria	1990–1996	18	6	33.33%	World Muscle Power Classic
31	Vasyl Virastyuk	Ukraine	2002–2008	28	6	21.43%	World's Strongest Man
32	Andrus Murumets	Estonia	2003–2009	40	6	15.00%	Strongman Champions League
33	Mitchell Hooper	Canada	2022–	12	5	41.67%	Multiple times World Champion
34	Flemming Rasmussen	Denmark	1995–2001	19	5	26.32%	World's Strongest Viking
35	Evan Singleton	United States	2018–	21	5	23.81%	Giants Live Strongman Classic
36	Mykhailo Starov	Ukraine	2004–2006	24	5	20.83%	World Strongman Cup
37	Mikhail Shivlyakov	Russia	2011–2021	44	5	11.36%	Arnold Strongman Classic South America
37	Stojan Todorchev	Bulgaria	2005–2017	44	5	11.36%	World Strongman Cup
38	Raivis Vidzis	Latvia	2002–2009	45	5	11.11%	World Strongman Cup
39	Jarek Dymek	Poland	2000–2010	46	5	10.87%	Europe's Strongest Man
40	Pavlo Kordiyaka	Ukraine	2017–	15	4	26.67%	Europe's Strongest Man
41	Trey Mitchell	United States	2016–	22	4	18.18%	Shaw Classic
42	Glenn Ross	Northern Ireland	1997–2011	33	4	12.12%	World Strongman Cup
43	Jamie Reeves	Great Britain	1988–1999	38	4	10.52%	Multiple times World Champion
44	Rauno Heinla	Estonia	2009–	52	4	7.69%	Strongman Champions League
45	Terry Hollands	Great Britain	2005–2021	92	4	4.35%	Strongman Champions League
46	Janne Hartikainen	Finland	2004–2009	4	3	75.00%	U105 Strongman World Championships
47	Oskar Ziółkowski	Poland	2020–	7	3	42.85%	Strongman Champions League
47	Andrew Clayton	United States	2014–2022	7	3	42.85%	U105 Official Strongman Games
48	Mike Jenkins	United States	2010–2013	9	3	33.33%	Arnold Strongman Classic
49	Tom Magee	Canada	1982–1990	12	3	25.00%	Défi Mark Ten International
50	Mike Burke	United States	2011-2015	18	3	16.66%	Giants Live