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BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« on: November 11, 2020, 07:41:37 AM »
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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2020, 09:37:52 AM »
Imagine catering that event.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2020, 10:21:57 AM »
Imagine catering that event.

Gotta wonder if WSM foots the bill for their room service? They had to have COVID tests, then stay in their rooms for 24 hrs (Q-Tine).
All they did was order room-service and eat. (Stoltman Bros Videos). Im guessing that shite's paid for by WSM.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2020, 10:25:51 AM »
Gotta wonder if WSM foots the bill for their room service? They had to have COVID tests, then stay in their rooms for 24 hrs (Q-Tine).
All they did was order room-service and eat. (Stoltman Bros Videos). Im guessing that shite's paid for by WSM.
The hotel would have to bring in more truckloads of food and hire a few more cooks for the event.

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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2020, 11:53:51 AM »
Imagine catering that event.

Or being the Toilet at that event!

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2020, 03:41:08 AM »
Day 1 canceled from storm/rain.
Day 2 started with Farmers walk.
Shaw lost to his buddy Terry Hollands.

Results attached, also some DL's were done for 2 of the groups/heats.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2020, 03:41:49 AM »
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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2020, 03:43:02 AM »
Im hoping Jerry Pritchett stays injury free. Good to see him beat loud-mouth retard Oberst in the Farmers.
Jerry "should" take the DL as well (and Yoke if there is one, I forget).

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2020, 03:48:45 AM »
Everyone has Shaw a shoe-in for his fifth title. Would like to see Canada's own JF Caron win the big show.
Been around for quite a while, lots of wins elsewhere, would like to see him add this one to his resume.

Both DL'd 1000 lbs this day.


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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2020, 02:52:33 PM »
Shaw not looking great so far.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2020, 04:57:34 PM »
Day 1 canceled from storm/rain.
Day 2 started with Farmers walk.
Shaw lost to his buddy Terry Hollands.

Results attached, also some DL's were done for 2 of the groups/heats.

Did I miscount that quickly, or did 11 people out of 25 beat Shaw?  Is Farmer's a bad event for Shaw?

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2020, 05:04:33 PM »
Or being the Toilet at that event!

Let me your drain tonight!



Gonna be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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You wont last a week if you don't release
So please release it all over me
I've got no complaints
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Let it rain on my face
I wont complain
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As warm as it is
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I can handle your crap
Let me be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Recycle your liquids
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Drop it on me
I wont complain
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Let me be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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I'm into rain
I'm into warm
So pleasurable contractions
Please come forth
I love whats yellow
Warm and runny
I love whats dark
Thick and chunky
I love what pours into my mouth
See that's what life's all about
Yeah
That's what life's all about
Let me be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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You wont last a week if you don't release
So please release it all over me
I've got no complaints so long as it rains
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Let me be your drain tonight
I'm face to face with matter
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I love to watch your bladder
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I'm hot and excited
And excited tonight
And I hope you come again
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Let me be your drain tonight
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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2020, 06:19:14 PM »
Or being the Toilet at that event!

Let me your drain tonight!



Gonna be your drain tonight
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You wont last a week if you don't release
So please release it all over me
I've got no complaints
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Let it rain on my face
I wont complain
Dump it on me all night
As warm as it is
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I wont complain
I can handle your crap
Let me be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Recycle your liquids
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Drop it on me
I wont complain
______
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Let me be your drain tonight
(be your drain)
Gonna be your drain tonight
(be your drain)
I'm into rain
I'm into warm
So pleasurable contractions
Please come forth
I love whats yellow
Warm and runny
I love whats dark
Thick and chunky
I love what pours into my mouth
See that's what life's all about
Yeah
That's what life's all about
Let me be your drain tonight
(be your drain)
Gonna be your drain tonight
(be your drain)
You wont last a week if you don't release
So please release it all over me
I've got no complaints so long as it rains
Rain rain on me
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Gonna be your drain tonight
(be your drain)
Gonna be your drain tonight
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Gonna be your drain tonight
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Let me be your drain tonight
I'm face to face with matter
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I love to watch your bladder
And
I'm hot and excited
And excited tonight
And I hope you come again
In another night
Let me be your drain tonight
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Let me be your drain tonight
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Let it rain on my face
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Dump it on me all night
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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2020, 11:12:43 PM »
Did I miscount that quickly, or did 11 people out of 25 beat Shaw?  Is Farmer's a bad event for Shaw?

Not sure what happened there, Shaw has one of the best grips in the world.
Normally implements are like waist high, easier to move with. These were huge logs at calf-height, awkward.

Shaw cleaned up in dumbbell press.

Final heats and final competitors:




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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2020, 11:15:24 PM »
These last events are made for Shaw,but of course that's just on paper.
Would love to see Caron and Jerry Podium.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2020, 05:19:25 PM »
As it stands going into the last day tomorrow.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2020, 12:55:39 PM »
JF and Pritchett hanging in top 3 w/ 2 events to go...

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2020, 11:47:29 PM »
Its a wrap. 24 year old Novikov wins,and wins big.


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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2020, 02:21:35 AM »
What happened to Shaw?

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2020, 02:33:43 AM »
Its a wrap. 24 year old Novikov wins,and wins big.



A 24-year-old World's Strongest Man winner in this era of strongman?

That means this kid was born in 1996, or late 1995 at the earliest.

I was saddened to see Canada's Jean-Francois Caron fall out of the running after the log ladder [that name is weird - but the multiple-log lifts for time event], starting at around 120kg this year, I think, but I don't know what the heaviest log was.  J-F placed second last on that event, and took him completely out of the running.

Let's just say, when all was said and done, I figured it would be a repeat but his 4th place finish last year, but I felt that there was a possibility that he could make the podium, with a 3rd place finish.

I once read that 3rd place finishers are happier than 2nd place finishers, because 3rd place finishers only narrowly make the podium, whereas 2nd place finishers narrowly miss a 1st place championship victory.

Looks like none of that was the case here though - this was just a clear victory for Novikov.  Not a close call.  And at 24 years old?  WTH?

He looks young in the face too [at least in strongman terms].  He looks like he may be losing his hair *slightly*, and is only 6'1"??

Am I missing something here?  Lol.

Amazing work for the young Ukrainian!

Thanks for the update, Body-Buildah...looking over the scores, it looks like the only way J-F would have won with two events to go, would have been:

[1] beating Brian Shaw in the stone lifts.  This, while definitely possible, is not something I am aware has happened before [I'd have to check].  Both are good at stones...but Brian Shaw is better [and aside from The Stoltman Bros, is the best in the world].

[2] Gaining a full FIVE additional points on the log ladder.  Basically, going from second last on that event, to 4th place.  He would have only been able to achieve that by lifting one additional log than he currently did [4 of 5 instead of 3 of 5], and by doing so in a faster time than he successfully completed the first three log lifts.

However...if J-F had completed the same 3 of 5 logs he lifted at a time 20 seconds faster, or completed the stone run 5.5 seconds faster, and completed the log ladder 10.5 seconds faster, he would have obtained the two points he needed to narrowly make a 2nd place finish.

I wanted J-F to win this year - I really did.  He's been Canada's Strongest Man forever now - well...since 2011.  I don't know if they held the contest this year, or if they will, but he won CSM straight through from 2011 to 2019.  Placing 4th last year, with everyone who beat him last year not competing this year, making them out of the running, I really thought JF could have taken home the W.

In hindsight...overhead press was never really J-F's thing, and having just recently turned 38, I don't think it's going to become it now.

Next year, the young Oleksii Novikov will have improved that much more, and Mateusz Kieliszkowski will be back and recovered, and he is very young too - only 27, making him just over 11 years younger than J-F.

Ah, too bad about JF not winning the title of World's Strongest Man...he is definitely the strongest man in Canadian history, unless we are to believe the legend of Louis Cyr [personally, I don't].  And being NOT pushing 7-feet tall, I didn't think he would ever win.

Am I reading stats right when I say that Novikov is only 6'1"?  So he's 24 years old and "only" [for strongman terms] 6'1", yet won the whole show this year, possibly as the youngest in history [Jon Pall Sigmarsson was also 24, but I don't know which one was younger to the exact number of months/days], and beat out established deadlifters, who literally took 10+ years of solid world level strongman competing to hit a deadlift of 1,000-lb?

HOW is this even possible?  I know Ukrainians have a rich history of producing excellent strongmen, but this makes NO SENSE.  WTF happened here?  Am I missing something?  HOW is Novikov this good at this age?  Is it just genetics and hard training, or do they have steroids in Eastern Europe that don't exist elsewhere?  Lol.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2020, 02:34:41 AM »
What happened to Shaw?

Nothing...age and family life.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2020, 02:39:17 AM »

HOW is this even possible? I know Ukrainians have a rich history of producing excellent strongmen, but this makes NO SENSE.  WTF happened here?  Am I missing something?  HOW is Novikov this good at this age?  Is it just genetics and hard training, or do they have steroids in Eastern Europe that don't exist elsewhere?  Lol.

judges were allowed to score by mail

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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2020, 02:41:09 AM »
judges were allowed to score by mail

LOL!!!!!

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Ok - weirder things have happened, I guess.  But WOW - talk about an impressive champion strongman at his young age.  :o

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« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2020, 04:34:58 AM »
A 24-year-old World's Strongest Man winner in this era of strongman?

That means this kid was born in 1996, or late 1995 at the earliest.

I was saddened to see Canada's Jean-Francois Caron fall out of the running after the log ladder [that name is weird - but the multiple-log lifts for time event], starting at around 120kg this year, I think, but I don't know what the heaviest log was.  J-F placed second last on that event, and took him completely out of the running.

Let's just say, when all was said and done, I figured it would be a repeat but his 4th place finish last year, but I felt that there was a possibility that he could make the podium, with a 3rd place finish.

I once read that 3rd place finishers are happier than 2nd place finishers, because 3rd place finishers only narrowly make the podium, whereas 2nd place finishers narrowly miss a 1st place championship victory.

Looks like none of that was the case here though - this was just a clear victory for Novikov.  Not a close call.  And at 24 years old?  WTH?

He looks young in the face too [at least in strongman terms].  He looks like he may be losing his hair *slightly*, and is only 6'1"??

Am I missing something here?  Lol.

Amazing work for the young Ukrainian!

Thanks for the update, Body-Buildah...looking over the scores, it looks like the only way J-F would have won with two events to go, would have been:

[1] beating Brian Shaw in the stone lifts.  This, while definitely possible, is not something I am aware has happened before [I'd have to check].  Both are good at stones...but Brian Shaw is better [and aside from The Stoltman Bros, is the best in the world].

[2] Gaining a full FIVE additional points on the log ladder.  Basically, going from second last on that event, to 4th place.  He would have only been able to achieve that by lifting one additional log than he currently did [4 of 5 instead of 3 of 5], and by doing so in a faster time than he successfully completed the first three log lifts.

However...if J-F had completed the same 3 of 5 logs he lifted at a time 20 seconds faster, or completed the stone run 5.5 seconds faster, and completed the log ladder 10.5 seconds faster, he would have obtained the two points he needed to narrowly make a 2nd place finish.

I wanted J-F to win this year - I really did.  He's been Canada's Strongest Man forever now - well...since 2011.  I don't know if they held the contest this year, or if they will, but he won CSM straight through from 2011 to 2019.  Placing 4th last year, with everyone who beat him last year not competing this year, making them out of the running, I really thought JF could have taken home the W.

In hindsight...overhead press was never really J-F's thing, and having just recently turned 38, I don't think it's going to become it now.

Next year, the young Oleksii Novikov will have improved that much more, and Mateusz Kieliszkowski will be back and recovered, and he is very young too - only 27, making him just over 11 years younger than J-F.

Ah, too bad about JF not winning the title of World's Strongest Man...he is definitely the strongest man in Canadian history, unless we are to believe the legend of Louis Cyr [personally, I don't].  And being NOT pushing 7-feet tall, I didn't think he would ever win.

Am I reading stats right when I say that Novikov is only 6'1"?  So he's 24 years old and "only" [for strongman terms] 6'1", yet won the whole show this year, possibly as the youngest in history [Jon Pall Sigmarsson was also 24, but I don't know which one was younger to the exact number of months/days], and beat out established deadlifters, who literally took 10+ years of solid world level strongman competing to hit a deadlift of 1,000-lb?

HOW is this even possible?  I know Ukrainians have a rich history of producing excellent strongmen, but this makes NO SENSE.  WTF happened here?  Am I missing something?  HOW is Novikov this good at this age?  Is it just genetics and hard training, or do they have steroids in Eastern Europe that don't exist elsewhere?  Lol.

Caron is one of the strongest in history, always among the best in every contest. Jerry (Iron Outlaw) just missed the podium,and he was hanging around 2nd place the entire contest, stones not his strong point,and he dropped to 4th in that last event (Stones). If he improves there he may get better. He is 39 but got into Strongman later, he was a Powerlifter 1st.

Novikov improved greatly over the last year. These young kids coming up will put the old guys out to pasture (Shaw, etc).
Mateusz keeps tearing tendons off of bone, he may end up being one of those (never see potential due to structural/tendon problems).

Curious to see the Arnold in March, with Martins back and how he will do. Probably biting his nails over Novikov now, the improvement is massive.

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Re: BEHIND THE SCENES AT WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN
« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2020, 06:37:10 AM »
Caron is one of the strongest in history, always among the best in every contest. Jerry (Iron Outlaw) just missed the podium,and he was hanging around 2nd place the entire contest, stones not his strong point,and he dropped to 4th in that last event (Stones). If he improves there he may get better. He is 39 but got into Strongman later, he was a Powerlifter 1st.

Novikov improved greatly over the last year. These young kids coming up will put the old guys out to pasture (Shaw, etc).
Mateusz keeps tearing tendons off of bone, he may end up being one of those (never see potential due to structural/tendon problems).

Curious to see the Arnold in March, with Martins back and how he will do. Probably biting his nails over Novikov now, the improvement is massive.

Excellent analysis.  Summed it up nicely.  I notice Jerry tends to bleed a lot from the nose/face when doing heavy deadlifts - heavy for me being around half [if that] of the 1,000+ pounds that is heavy for Jerry.  Too bad about stones not being his strength, as I don't see strongmen so close to 40 improving considerably from that point on...maintaining their strength, sure.  But making massive improvements, I think is unlike.

You're right about Mateusz not likely reaching his full potential.  But for a kid who currently holds the single-armed dumbbell record of 330-lb and hit that record at age 25 [!], it's safe to say that Mateusz is one of the strongest human beings to have ever lived, even if he retired tomorrow, only months after turning 27 [and with a brand new baby son, maybe he will retire from the sport earlier than normal].  I think family life has affected Brian Shaw's performance too, along with natural aging.

With Mateusz, how many men in history can say they were stronger than him overall at their very strongest, from a strongman-events perspective?  I would be shocked if even 10 men could legitimately claim that.  Shoot, I'd be hard-pressed to list six.

There is also the difference between winning and Arnold Strongman Pro contest versus a World's Strongest Man contest - WSM has always been a bit more tilted towards cardio/stamina [in strongman terms] compared to the Arnold Pro, which is massively heavy weights for shorter distances.  But for Novikov to hit a partial deadlift of 1,185-lb at this contest [!] goes to show that he will probably be a contender for the Arnold as well.

Martins Licis only just turned 30 in September, but he's still over half a decade older than Novikov...I wonder if it's possible that Novikov will burn out, being so strong so soon.  I wondered the same thing about Eric Lilliebridge too, who was squatting over a grand at 24, and who has a powerlifting total of 2,458-lb [I think with belt and knee wraps only, and of course chalk...but don't quote me on that, as each organization is so different as far as rules go].  That's in the 308-lb class, and if that's not the all-time world record, it must be pretty darn close.

Rich Gaspari was definitely an example [bodybuilding-related] of a competitor who peaked at an extremely young age, and then even by 30 [if not 25-26] was already starting to decline.

The candle that shines twice as bright burns half as long, as they say!

Thanks for the updates...I'm still blown away by Novikov's dominant win here given his [1] age, [2] height/weight, and [3] the fact that it wasn't really even close.  Impressive stuff.  I had barely known about him prior to this contest.  Shoot - five years ago the dude was still a teenager, lol.