Decided to create this thread because this stuff was something that fascinated me when i was a kid and now a few years later i feel almost drawn to it again with so many great competitions, competitors and insane feats of strength.
Really looking forward to the 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic.
), I know its the little taboo of the sport but everyone knows and some younger strongmen might benefit from the advice.
I don’t think I’d want to take him on right now.
I wonder how his strongman skills are transferable to MMA? He's lost a lot of his mass & bulk, I wonder if he had natural fighting ability, as just being strong wouldn't have helped much for MMA.
Strength is an asset but the strength of being able to lift heavy objects isn’t the type of strength you need in excess for MMA. He would have had to retrain (possibly part of why he lost a lot of the bulk) and as you say it would be surprising if he did well without any previous background at all.
Yeh Thor is a beast. Also that amount of bend is a particular characteristic on the elephant bar. Some say that it's actually easier to lift bigger amounts because of that. Then again others say that it's a much more difficult bar to control and that it pushes you forward so you gotta compensate that.
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