Getbig.com: American Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure
Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Body-Buildah on June 11, 2021, 04:03:48 AM
-
Roster and Events:
https://barbend.com/2021-worlds-strongest-man-events/
The event now taking place in Sacramento, CA, from June 15-20 will see 25 men compete in epic contests such as a Train Pull, Pickaxe Hold, and, to no ones surprise, Atlas Stones. In total, athletes will complete 14 events across five grueling days.
-
What does this have to do with Biden?
-
What does this have to do with Biden?
Joe will call it racist I'm guessing, because its only white-guys??
-
Contest starts tomorrow. Graham Hicks already out of it. (Injury).
Not sure why he made the trip from the UK? Maybe just wanted the paid trip to hang with his buddies and to be there.
Kearney has dropped out as an alternate, got some TV show deal (probably a gay thing) so he wont be doing WSM either. (If he was called upon).
--
Ervin Toots will be replacing Hicks, which is cool, I wanted to see how he would do this year, he packed on some size recently.
(Some extra blood, sweat and gears).
--
Group 1
Gavin Bilton (Originally, Graham Hicks)
Maxime Boudreault
Travis Ortmayer
Brian Shaw **
Aivars Smaukstelis
Group 2
Mark Felix
Johnny Hansson
Trey Mitchell
Evan Singleton
Tom Stoltman **
Group 3
JF Caron **
Robert Oberst
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted
Luke Richardson
Mikhail Shivlyakov
Group 4
Adam Bishop
Terry Hollands
Jerry Pritchett **
Konstantine Janashia
Chris van der Linde
Group 5
Ervin Toots (Moved into Biltons spot)
Kevin Faires
Oleksii Novikov - Defending Champ **
Luke Stoltman
Bobby Thompson
-
Will it be conducted via Zoom?
-
Roster and Events:
https://barbend.com/2021-worlds-strongest-man-events/
The event now taking place in Sacramento, CA, from June 15-20 will see 25 men compete in epic contests such as a Train Pull, Pickaxe Hold, and, to no ones surprise, Atlas Stones. In total, athletes will complete 14 events across five grueling days.
June 15th? Lol, that's seven months since the previous WSM. But I suppose now with the Arnold and the Olympia essentially trading dates, it shouldn't be a shock.
Hopefully the guys have had adequate time to train.
I wonder how Oleksii Novikov is looking [last year's winner]. I've not followed him, although I've been closely following JF Caron - he is turning 39 on the 29th of this month, and I think he must be closing in on the end of his run, given that he has won every Canada's Strongest Man contest since 2011 [!]. That would have been a staggering TEN WINS, had the contest been held in 2020. He has been competing in strongman since 2004.
Regarding JF, I think that you can only go so long at that level in any sport before eventually getting injured and experiencing other problems. And if he only has another year or two at the top level, moving this contest forward even a few months could make a difference.
JF placed 3rd last year, and I wasn't the only one who thought that [Laurence Shahlaei predicted JF would or definitely COULD win in 2020 - and JF did come close].
-
Caron is looking impressive. Novikov is as well (I followed his training videos).
Both will be at the top of course. (Barring any injury).
-
Contest starts tomorrow. Graham Hicks already out of it. (Injury).
Not sure why he made the trip from the UK? Maybe just wanted the paid trip to hang with his buddies and to be there.
Kearney has dropped out as an alternate, got some TV show deal (probably a gay thing) so he wont be doing WSM either. (If he was called upon).
--
Ervin Toots will be replacing Hicks, which is cool, I wanted to see how he would do this year, he packed on some size recently.
(Some extra blood, sweat and gears).
--
Group 1
Gavin Bilton (Originally, Graham Hicks)
Maxime Boudreault
Travis Ortmayer
Brian Shaw **
Aivars Smaukstelis
Group 2
Mark Felix
Johnny Hansson
Trey Mitchell
Evan Singleton
Tom Stoltman **
Group 3
JF Caron **
Robert Oberst
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted
Luke Richardson
Mikhail Shivlyakov
Group 4
Adam Bishop
Terry Hollands
Jerry Pritchett **
Konstantine Janashia
Chris van der Linde
Group 5
Ervin Toots (Moved into Biltons spot)
Kevin Faires
Oleksii Novikov - Defending Champ **
Luke Stoltman
Bobby Thompson
Great news, the sooner that disgusting faggot is out of strongman for good the better
-
A gay strongman? He must be a bear. :-X
-
Great news, the sooner that disgusting faggot is out of strongman for good the better
LOL, Gotta love Henda's replies! ;D
-
I take it that Henda is not a member of the Janae Marie (Matt) Kroc fan club??
-
I take it that Henda is not a member of the Janae Marie (Matt) Kroc fan club??
Haha definitely not mate, that thing is an abomination
-
Group 1
Gavin Bilton (Originally, Graham Hicks)
Maxime Boudreault
Travis Ortmayer
Brian Shaw **
Aivars Smaukstelis
Nice to see Maxime will be competing again! This fellar will be 30 later this year. I've known Max since he was 20, and he was strong then, but is way stronger now. I worry about Max, in the same way I worry about anyone who takes strongman to a high level - it's just a very hard sport.
I'm curious where Max is training...I haven't spoken to Maxime since September, actually. So I'm unclear what his training situation is like. I do know he was going to one commercial gym for his bodybuilding workouts, but that gym has been closed for over 200 days now. Maxime works out bodybuilding-style just so that he has enough muscle mass to not pull a muscle while doing strongman events.
It's also interesting to see Mark Felix STILL competing...at the World's Strongest Man level? ??? LOL! How is that even possible? Isn't Mark Felix turning 54 this year? I think he was born in 1967...I remember he was almost 50, probably like five years ago.
Here's a video I took of Max at one of the Ontario's Strongest Man contests:
-
So far, Tom Stoltman won his group in the loading medley
-
Kearney has dropped out as an alternate, got some TV show deal (probably a gay thing) so he wont be doing WSM either. (If he was called upon).
Is that what they call gay porn these days? He's doing all sorts of legitimate cinema with all-male casts:
-
Nice to see Maxime will be competing again! This fellar will be 30 later this year. I've known Max since he was 20, and he was strong then, but is way stronger now. I worry about Max, in the same way I worry about anyone who takes strongman to a high level - it's just a very hard sport.
I'm curious where Max is training...I haven't spoken to Maxime since September, actually. So I'm unclear what his training situation is like. I do know he was going to one commercial gym for his bodybuilding workouts, but that gym has been closed for over 200 days now. Maxime works out bodybuilding-style just so that he has enough muscle mass to not pull a muscle while doing strongman events.
It's also interesting to see Mark Felix STILL competing...at the World's Strongest Man level? ??? LOL! How is that even possible? Isn't Mark Felix turning 54 this year? I think he was born in 1967...I remember he was almost 50, probably like five years ago.
Here's a video I took of Max at one of the Ontario's Strongest Man contests:
I believe Felix just turned 55. Old man strength for sure. Good at grip and deadlift.
Just not as good at DL as Caron and Jerry.
-
(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=672890.0;attach=1308556;image)
He looks gassed already..
-
Where in Sacramento is it held?
-
I believe Felix just turned 55. Old man strength for sure. Good at grip and deadlift.
Just not as good at DL as Caron and Jerry.
Hahaha, whhaaatt?? Wow...I have NEVER heard of a 55-year-old strongman at that level. Old man strength may apply to someone who is 38-39-40...maybe a bit older than that...but 55?! I have never heard of an athlete at that level at such an advanced age.
I mean...for perspective, we have a long-term care home where I'm from that allows people in as young as age 55:
https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-services/thunder-bay-55-plus-centre.aspx
Soon, Mark Felix will be able to qualify for the senior discount, if he hasn't already. ;D
It would be impressive to be 45 and competing at the world level in strongman - 55 is another thing entirely.
-
(https://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=672890.0;attach=1308556;image)
He looks gassed already..
I wonder how JF Caron would do in a fight against fellow Quebecois citizen Georges St-Pierre? Photo attached below.
While searching for the photo above, I found this...
https://pt-br.facebook.com/galwaypowerlifting/videos/had-to-share-thisreposted-from-gsp_gym50s-are-the-new-30s-super-proud-of-this-la/2554459221477028
You know, I honestly wonder what role deadlifts play in body repurposing. For competition, it's one thing - but is there any muscle that can't be developed using other exercises?
-
Tracker:
https://www.strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=825
Looks like Luke Richardson and Terry Hollands have withdrawn.
LOL on fat "Big-Mouth Oberst", 0 reps on Squat. ::) He does tons of yapping and normally sucks, not sure why they invite him back.
He never has to qualify, etc?
-
So far, Tom Stoltman won his group in the loading medley
I'd like to see the Stoltman brothers do well, they are good people.
-
Tracker:
https://www.strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=825
Looks like Luke Richardson and Terry Hollands have withdrawn.
LOL on fat "Big-Mouth Oberst", 0 reps on Squat. ::) He does tons of yapping and normally sucks, not sure why they invite him back.
He never has to qualify, etc?
Really? On what basis do they allow him to compete? I don't recall him ever making the podium before. Is he there to represent he USA, or...I don't know how special invites work in strongman [that's the first I heard of them]. I remember that Greg Kovacs got invited to compete at the 1996 Mr. Olympia contest on the basis of how he looked at the CBBF Nationals in Canada that same year, and I recall Gunter Schlierkamp getting special invites to the Mr. Olympia as well [in 1998, I think, and perhaps others]. But I didn't know they do that in strongman too. I don't get how the politics work there.
I have found strongman to be corrupt sometimes [like Mariusz Pudzianowski winning, because Met-RX was the sponsor and picked events suitable for him - as well as Eddie Hall's 2017 win, which had events favourable for him, probably to allow him to win one, and then move on, giving room for the other guys to win, and preventing further strain on Eddie's body from competing at that level].
-
WSM is basically (mainly) a TV show, they can invite who they want it seems.
I guess he did well on the loading race thing, but yes, he's never one to be in the finals, never does qualifiers, etc.
(His TV show popularity on that thing he did w/ Shaw/Hall may have something to do w/ it).
Caron and Maxime looking good so far...
-
Tracker:
https://www.strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=825
Looks like Luke Richardson and Terry Hollands have withdrawn.
LOL on fat "Big-Mouth Oberst", 0 reps on Squat. ::) He does tons of yapping and normally sucks, not sure why they invite him back.
He never has to qualify, etc?
Oberst always talks the talk but never steps up. To his credit he did previously hold the US log record, but he hasn't been relevant or healthy for a good few years now.
Disappointed to see Richardson and Hollands withdraw. Looks like Hollands is retiring on the back of it, Richardson I think was a bicep tear.
-
Oberst always talks the talk but never steps up. To his credit he did previously hold the US log record, but he hasn't been relevant or healthy for a good few years now.
Disappointed to see Richardson and Hollands withdraw. Looks like Hollands is retiring on the back of it, Richardson I think was a bicep tear.
Yup, he held it, but a much smaller Kearney took it from him a few years ago, and Obie has done not much of anything since. (Except flap his gums).
He seems lazy. Might get tiring lugging around that huge head of his. :P
Bummer for Terry to go out this way. But he can focus on the business he has started. No money in Strongman anyways, especially for "middle of the pack"ers.
-
So far:
-
WSM is basically (mainly) a TV show, they can invite who they want it seems.
I guess he did well on the loading race thing, but yes, he's never one to be in the finals, never does qualifiers, etc.
(His TV show popularity on that thing he did w/ Shaw/Hall may have something to do w/ it).
Caron and Maxime looking good so far...
Ah...I remember that TV show - not the show itself, but portions of it which were uploaded to YouTube. For The History Channel, I think. I seem to recall Oberst being the only one who was able to carry a hugely heavy, awkwardly shaped canon which was allegedly carried by some 18th century military commander or something like that.
That Ironage lift claim was probably bullshit. It's like the claim of French Canadian Louis Cyr allegedly lifting a rock overhead that weighed 587-lb or something like that. It was probably just shaped in such a way that made it easy to stand up with it, and from there, he just leaned back and shifted it up inch by inch until the top of it was probably just over his shoulders or head, which then went down in historical lore as an "overhead lift".
Ben Weider [who was Jewish, but from Montreal, Quebec] cited that lift as evidence that Louis Cyr was the strongest person of all time.
Louis' physical dimensions are reported differently depending on where you read them, but if he was 5'10" and 280-lb, competing as a circus strongman in or around the 1890s, I have no doubt he could have been one of the strongest of his era, but I am skeptical of some of his lifts. If he did lift a 273-lb [+ 3/4] dumbbell overhead before prior to 1900...then he was WAY ahead of his time.
But who knows how much of that is bollocks.
I guess if WSM needs to invite strongmen who are more well-known with the public to compete, then so be it. It is a business after all.
As for Jean-Francois Caron - he has very long arms, and as expected, his deadlift is amazing because of that [and obviously his work ethic - with a deadlift over of over 1000-lb]. But I never expected him to win his class in the overhead press, and not only that - he got #7 out of 25 guys in the overhead medley event. :o
Good for JF! Nice to see him doing well. Looks like my pal Maxime is killing it too. Big, big fellar. Extremely strong. This kid was literally deadlifting and squatting 700-lb, and bench pressing somewhere close to 450-lb at age TWENTY. :o
He has improved since then, but the gains come slower as the lifts get heavier. One thing that I'm very happy about with Maxime is the fact that he has now brought his deadlift up enough where he can get at least one rep on the deadlift event, and get some points on it, rather than getting zero on it in the big shows, which would always cost him in the final placings.
One thing I love about strongman contests is when I get one rep, but it gets me points on a lift, and makes me feel like I'm at that level of competition, even if I come in last place. ;D I mean, even getting one rep on each event is evidence you are at that level...right?
That's why I was looking forward to the intermedia contest Motors & Muscles, that was cancelled in 2020. And I see no plans for it anywhere for this summer. Here were the events [which will hopefully be the events whenever they do this contest next...hopefully no later than next summer, in 2022]:
- Farmer's Walk: 275-lb per hand for 80-ft.
- Atlas Stone: 325-lb stone over 40" bar.
- Circus Dumbbell: 135-lb dumbbell for max reps in 60 seconds.
- Tire Flip: 950-lb tire for max flips in 60 seconds.
- Trap Bar Deadlift: 675-lb for max reps in 60 seconds.
^ Literally four events at my one rep max. ;D MAYBE two reps, if my training is completely on point + the Farmer's Walk, where I should hopefully be able to make 25-40 feet. :)
-
Results and Finals lineup:
-
Matt,
I hope you return to form in your lifting after the fake COVE hit us hard.
Youre extremely strong, I would say "for your size", but you are strong 'Period'.
Good luck with it, lets hope gym and stuff stays open. If they close, you should setup an area at home with some Strongman stuff.
Stones, Yoke, Farmers, etc.
The stuff is becoming available again at most places, if I were you and had your time and money, I would start ordering and planning now.
Libturd CA will probably shut down again. (If someone sneezes).
-
Full list of finalists after the 3rd day.
https://barbend.com/2021-worlds-strongest-man-results/
Brian Shaw USA
Trey Mitchell USA
JF Caron Canada
Konstantine Janashia Georgia
Bobby Thompson USA
Maxime Boudreault Canada
Tom Stoltman United Kingdom
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted Iceland
Adam Bishop United Kingdom
Luke Stoltman United Kingdom
-
Full list of finalists after the 3rd day.
https://barbend.com/2021-worlds-strongest-man-results/
Brian Shaw USA
Trey Mitchell USA
JF Caron Canada
Konstantine Janashia Georgia
Bobby Thompson USA
Maxime Boudreault Canada
Tom Stoltman United Kingdom
Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted Iceland
Adam Bishop United Kingdom
Luke Stoltman United Kingdom
Any podium predictions Dreadlifter?
Shaw, JF and Tom maybe?? Hard to tell with these things.
I really thought Novikov would podium after winning last years, but not to be seen.
-
With both the deadlift and overhead log for max in the finals, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Bobby Thompson finish higher than most anyone expected.
-
With both the deadlift and overhead log for max in the finals, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Bobby Thompson finish higher than most anyone expected.
He's really come on bigtime in the last couple of years. Just got the American Log record a couple weeks back.
-
Any podium predictions Dreadlifter?
Shaw, JF and Tom maybe?? Hard to tell with these things.
I really thought Novikov would podium after winning last years, but not to be seen.
It wouldn't surprise me if that was the top 3, ideally Tom 1st, JF 2nd, Shaw 3rd. I think Shaw might narrowly miss out on the podium though, if things go well for Janashia he might grab a podium place.
I'm surprised Novikov didn't make it into the final 10, but I feel that last year (like Licis the year before) that things just fell perfectly for him to grab the title. Never saw him becoming a dominant force, same for Licis.
-
He's really come on bigtime in the last couple of years. Just got the American Log record a couple weeks back.
Ummmm...That just "reads" really, really, weird. LOL!
-
It wouldn't surprise me if that was the top 3, ideally Tom 1st, JF 2nd, Shaw 3rd. I think Shaw might narrowly miss out on the podium though, if things go well for Janashia he might grab a podium place.
I'm surprised Novikov didn't make it into the final 10, but I feel that last year (like Licis the year before) that things just fell perfectly for him to grab the title. Never saw him becoming a dominant force, same for Licis.
Novikov is a beast and just got unlucky this year, being in a super tight heat with some whacky events. Like who had the bright idea to have a front hold be the last and deciding event.
I imagine he will come back and dominate
-
Novikov is a beast and just got unlucky this year, being in a super tight heat with some whacky events. Like who had the bright idea to have a front hold be the last and deciding event.
I imagine he will come back and dominate
I think for the next five years or so we might see Tom Stoltman and Novikov as the ones everybody's chasing. Maybe Licis to if he recovers well and focuses on his training.
-
Really? On what basis do they allow him to compete? I don't recall him ever making the podium before. Is he there to represent he USA, or...I don't know how special invites work in strongman [that's the first I heard of them]. I remember that Greg Kovacs got invited to compete at the 1996 Mr. Olympia contest on the basis of how he looked at the CBBF Nationals in Canada that same year, and I recall Gunter Schlierkamp getting special invites to the Mr. Olympia as well [in 1998, I think, and perhaps others]. But I didn't know they do that in strongman too. I don't get how the politics work there.
I have found strongman to be corrupt sometimes [like Mariusz Pudzianowski winning, because Met-RX was the sponsor and picked events suitable for him - as well as Eddie Hall's 2017 win, which had events favourable for him, probably to allow him to win one, and then move on, giving room for the other guys to win, and preventing further strain on Eddie's body from competing at that level].
Eddie Hall legitimately deserved the 2017 win. He deadlifted the most. Squated more reps. Shoulder pressed more. They even had the stones event which suits taller competitors like Hafthor and Brian Shaw.
The whole controversy with Thor is BS. Thor was a sore loser. They told him not to hitch the weight up. He did and they reduced his reps. Eddie stopped after beating Thor's number because that was what was required. But it was clear that he had more reps left in him if he needed it and he looked stronger and faster in the shoulder press compared to Thor. Eddie won WSM 2017 fair and square.
I really think Thor should have been a better sport. Only fan boys and yes men will tell him he deserved to win WSM 2017. Eddie was literally stronger than him that year.
I like them both but I hope Eddie wins the fight just to settle the issue about WSM 2017 once and for all.
-
Looks like Tom Stoltman has this in the bag! Brian Shaw or even Tom's brother Luke might get second. I don't see them catching Tom.
https://barbend.com/
-
JF get injured ???
Would love to see Shaw win.
-
Well, we know Tom will smoke everyone on Stones. Shaw is good w/ DL and Keg toss, but I guess we'll see how Tom does in those other lifts.
-
Shaw took the 'Keg Toss' as expected (he's quite the tosser) I think he may take the DL as well.
-
Going to be an interesting second day. Failing any major hiccup, it should be Tom's title. Most intrigued by how Luke Stoltman does on the log vs Janashia and Boudrault. Deadlift for reps rather than max deadlift should work in Shaw's favour.
-
Going to be an interesting second day. Failing any major hiccup, it should be Tom's title. Most intrigued by how Luke Stoltman does on the log vs Janashia and Boudrault. Deadlift for reps rather than max deadlift should work in Shaw's favour.
Thompson "should" do well in Log as well.
Fun day for Strength fans.
-
He's really come on bigtime in the last couple of years. Just got the American Log record a couple weeks back.
He's come on to you bigtime in the last years?
Did you get his American Log?
So are they agree to be more gheee3333yyy
-
He's come on to you bigtime in the last years?
Did you get his American Log?
So are they agree to be more gheee3333yyy
Looks like Kwon's account was hacked. :)
-
Tom Stoltman is world's strongest man 2021 :)
-
Kids a beast (tom), glad for him. Autistic like Matt.
And Matt's buddy Maxime came in 3rd, great job Max and Tom...
Shaw still trying for that number 5 to tie with Pudz...
-
Matt,
I hope you return to form in your lifting after the fake COVE hit us hard.
Youre extremely strong, I would say "for your size", but you are strong 'Period'.
Good luck with it, lets hope gym and stuff stays open. If they close, you should setup an area at home with some Strongman stuff.
Stones, Yoke, Farmers, etc.
The stuff is becoming available again at most places, if I were you and had your time and money, I would start ordering and planning now.
Libturd CA will probably shut down again. (If someone sneezes).
Hey - thanks, Body-Buildah!
I try to hit lifts that would be good for your average 285-lb gym rat, but are excellent for a 175-lb'er. Like my 315x8 bench press [although my best in actual contest was 320].
If this entire COVE lockdown taught me anything, it's not to take gym access for granted - something we still don't legally have in Ontario. ::)
If things get any worse here - or stay the same next winter - I need to get my American citizenship. Fuck this. The USA's constitution has been shredded in many ways, but there are more guns backing it up [although, in fairness to Canada, we have a decent amount of private guns too].
You are right though - I need to start ordering and planning now.
I think in 16 weeks, I will be ready to get back to events training after I spend that first period training bodybuilding style. :)
I know it sounds corny, but I'd like to make Getbig proud, by hitting those above lifts in contest. :)
I can lift a 300-lb stone over a 40" bar...it's just hard getting it over a 60" bar at my height. ;D But I'd love to improve that to a 325-lb stone over a 44" bar. I'd be quite pleased with that at 175! :)
I don't know about you, Body-Buildah - but these ridiculous COVE measures have been nothing but bad for me. It made me realize - what good is money when I can't even go to Wal-Mart and buy socks? We're still only open 15% here!
Hopefully things are a bit more sane in your neck of the woods!
Thank you for your friendly post. :) I honestly cannot wait to do a local strength contest again. I didn't realize how much they meant to me until they stopped due to COVE.
-
Kids a beast (tom), glad for him. Autistic like Matt.
And Matt's buddy Maxime came in 3rd, great job Max and Tom...
Shaw still trying for that number 5 to tie with Pudz...
Wait, what? Where is Maxime standing right now??
Shoot - this big fellar lives just around the corner from me. I've known him since 2012, when he was a 20-year-old kid deadlifting 675-lb. I worry a little about Max. I have some reasons I can get into for that, but I think they are too personal to share here - but in a nutshell, Max REALLY goes all in.
If anyone were to die in a strongman contest, I could see it being Max. He really knows how to push himself to places that I personally cannot. And I don't consider myself lazy in the gym by any means - I've seen my share of stars while maxing out...but Maxime is just balls to the wall.
And strongman is an unforgiving sport. Max will be 30 later this year [September], and so he still has some time. He has brought up his deadlift to the world level where he can now get points, and his overhead/pressing power is out of this world.
I just want the best for my friends. I love strongman - both watching it, and competing in it at the local/lightweight level [big props to the CAASA organization starting in 2015, giving me a weight class], but I just think strongman is one of the most brutal sports on the competitors.
It doesn't come with head trauma - but it does come with massive systemic stress on the body due to the demand to weigh so much, push your body to the max in training, and...that which is often verboten...the chemicals.
But Max loves it - and it seems to me he may well be World's Strongest Man one day. Ha - I would have never thought Thunder Bay's Strongest Man would be World's Strongest Man, but it's looking like that may be possible some time this decade if Max stays injury-free. :)
Nice to Tom represent the autistics! ;D I don't care for this "Everyone's a victim" culture [including Rob Kearney wearing rainbow tights], but I don't think Tom has been too outspoken about...
I was only diagnosed with autism in 2016, although I had it all my life. It helps people to understand why my posts are books. ;D So I do feel it is important to talk about it - as long as it doesn't become part of the Oppression Olympics, I'm ok with some awareness spreading.
-
Max finished in 3rd, so a Podium finish for him is huge.
I like your book-long posts Matt, full of useful info. Most of it I happen to agree with.
-
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/203506792_3995060830543708_6780340109283898061_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=2KQ6omd5W1YAX-zp-Kk&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=5ff72103e381b39c7ea319c9db86398e&oe=60D4654A)
-
Glad to see he won!
Well deserved.
-
Max finished in 3rd, so a Podium finish for him is huge.
I like your book-long posts Matt, full of useful info. Most of it I happen to agree with.
Thanks, Body-Buildah!
I'm trying to be more concise, even if my posts are long. Some of my goals are [1] don't post NEW threads, unless they are of some significance [for example, I would love to post a new thread congratulating Maxime, as it is so cool to me that Thunder Bay's Strongest Man is now the world's third strongest man!], [2] try to post useful and relevant information, including some specific data not generally posted, or otherwise time-consuming to research and find, and [3] if I can make short posts of the same quality, make an effort to do so.
I also want to be respectful to people here, including the ones I disagree with. In the case of the C19 global disaster, I take it pretty personally because it's a massive issue, and has been economically devastating more than it has been medically devastating. And I can't help but be a little annoyed with the people who are pushing the C19 agenda forward, including the way that fear has been used to coerce people into going along with it all. :-\
Hopefully things are normal where you are - because they definitely are not normal here, due to our staggering 64 deaths, 57 of whom were over 80 (https://www.tbdhu.com/coviddata). ::)
One thing I ask myself is - am I turning members away from the board, or deterring potential new users from joining? Ultimately, it is Ron's board, and at the very least, I want to be a net neutral or better in terms of the popularity and success of his board.
I would hate to think that my posts are turning people away.
Given the massive censorship of Big Tech of late, I would think there would be a resurgence of members to private website message boards...but no. I haven't really noticed that. That's a shame, given how many people the Big Tech platforms have captured, and given how incredibly censorious they have been since the start of the C19 bollocks.
My doctor got censored on Facebook, and received a warning for posting a video of the Chinese female whistleblower who originally leaked the information about C19 being a lab leak. YouTube banned this video of the PCR test creator explaining how it is not intended to test for viruses (https://www.bitchute.com/video/zbU7X38zfwsY), as well as this video from Dr. Roger Hodkinson, a doctor with 45 years of experience, reporting to Edmonton City Council about the ridiculous government overreach of C19 measures (https://www.bitchute.com/video/Jp2VbhWJFlGG/). To me, that is inexcusable.
^ And that's how my autism gets me off-topic.
I just want to make posts that don't take long for people to scroll past if they want to ignore them. ;D If they are so long that it takes several seconds just to SKIP OVER THEM...that's a problem.
I love that you have an interest in strongman, Body-Buildah!
As I said, I worry about these guys pushing themselves to the limit and beyond...and I can honestly say that it's been easier for me to watch strongman contests since not training hard myself [only getting back to the gym this month, after only going for walks previously during the lockdowns]. As the memory of pushing myself to my own subjective maximum [obviously much lower than the pros] is fading, it's been easier for me to the pro contests.
For example, I heard that Bobby Thompson passed out while pressing the 215-kg [474-lb] log! :o That's kind of freaky - and could even be fatal if a log that heavy fell on a person - even a man as big and strong as Bobby. Maybe that's why he opted out of the stones.
Thanks for covering this contest for Getbig, Body-Buildah! And thanks for this LOL:
Kearney has dropped out as an alternate, got some TV show deal (probably a gay thing) so he wont be doing WSM either. (If he was called upon).
LOL!!!! Oh man...
You're probably right about that, LOL. I guess advertising his gayness nonstop paid off.
PS - WTH happened with Oleksii Novikov? ??? From 24-year-old winner last year, to not even making the finals this year? Seems like he traded status with my pal Maxime. :) I'm so proud of that big fellar. I have a picture with him when he won the Thunder Bay Classic in 2017, and I placed 4th in the manlet division. ;D I hate 4th place finishes. :-\
-
^ Oh brother...I didn't think that post was half that long. My photographic memory SUCKS. Hence I didn't realize [yet again] that I posted another book, probably half of which is about COVE screwing things up where I am, rather than this year's World's Strongest Man contest.
Sorry, all. I'm really trying to get a handle on my post lengths. :-\
Glad to see he won!
Well deserved.
World's Strongest Autistic!
I can sort of see why Rob Kearney calls himself "World's Strongest Gay", it's just...maybe just say it once or twice and drop it?
I feel like I need to remind people that I am autistic because it explains my weird tendencies. But where exactly in North America does anyone care who is gay or not? ???
Even Louisiana, for all the grotesque stereotypes and hatred of the Deep South in the USA by the very people who claim to be against that, has had an LGBT rights agency called "The Forum for Equality" since 1989.
Exactly what "rights" do LGBT people not have? ??? And before anyone brings up marriage equality, I can tell you as an absolute fact that Canada's family courts, which were blatantly discriminatory towards men until around 2007-2009, is THE reason why I didn't get married. I was 100% systemically discriminated against being able to marry. How is blatantly screwing men over in divorce by government decree any different than homosexuals not legally being allowed to marry? The result, in practical terms, is the same.
...
Anyway, I'm thrilled to see that Tom Stoltman has become the World's Strongest Autistic, and that Maxime Boudreault has represented Thunder Bay with a podium finish in his first finals!
I considered Jean-Francois Caron to be at a higher level that Maxime [based on previous results], but despite being Canada's Strongest Man a record NINE TIMES [what would be 11 this year, if not for C19 contest cancellations], JF only has one podium finish - interestingly, that is now the same as Maxime, on only his second attempt! :o
Also, Maxime made 3rd at the young age of 29, with many good years ahead of him, whereas it took JF until age 38 to make 3rd last year, presumably towards the end of his strongman career [JF will be turning 39 next Tuesday, whereas Max will only be 30 in September].
Regardless - two amazing French Canadian strongmen rounded out the top five! I can't wait to see Max soon, to ask him all about it. :) 8)
-
I considered Jean-Francois Caron to be at a higher level that Maxime [based on previous results], but despite being Canada's Strongest Man a record NINE TIMES [what would be 11 this year, if not for C19 contest cancellations], JF only has one podium finish - interestingly, that is now the same as Maxime, on only his second attempt!
Caron tore his hamstring earlier on, but decided to keep on competing, though, not able to push himself 100%.