No I am being serious it didn't look like he was even struggling and not using his strength to press it just kind of using momentum and bouncing it with his legs. I would not consider that lifting at all. What muscle group is that effectively training? None
Well - he is by no means the strongest man around [he competes at u-80kg / 176.3-lb - same class as me, lightweight], but he is legitimately the strongest manlet strongman I have ever met.
I have yet to see another manlet do strongman events like he is!
My powerlifting total was nothing spectacular - around 315/405/495, or just north of that - but because strongman focuses on overhead presses and not bench press, and also focuses on side handle deadlifts as opposed to conventional deadlifts, and on top of that had movement/stamina component, I just found it better for me personally.
Dain's personal view was similar - not to knock powerlifters, but he also liked the athletic nature of competition.
No doubt there are lightweight powerlifters who have more static power than Dain, and many bodybuilders who are heavier are stronger also, I'm sure. But as far as strongman events go, I have never personally met anyone under 200-lb as strong as Dain. I can think of two 200-lb'ers who are about as strong, but most people I know who are that strong are at least 230!
Again - he's not the strongest dude, but is impressive for a lightweight, IMO!
^ Weight classes matter! In 2014 and 2014 in my city's strongest man contest u-200-lb we had 250-lb implements in the Farmer's Walk! The heavyweights used 300-lb per hand! At World's Strongest Man, they go up to about 400-lb per hand.
Competing in contests way over my weight class helped me a lot.