Current Events > Top level strongman strength is pretty hard to even understand

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BbF-Vqlj3Af/?hl=en&taken-by=shawstrength

That ball is 100lbs. That's like the average weight of a woman and he's tossing it around like a toy.

Or maybe half the average weight of an American woman, but you get what I mean
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he is not tossing that around like a toy
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pinky0926 posted...

Or maybe half the average weight of an American woman

We're taking heavy fire!
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eddie hall is better
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I'm not gonna disagree with the sentiment "strongmen are strong", but lifting up and down a hundred pounds isn't a difficult feat to achieve.

I wouldn't consider myself strong at all and I could do this ball thing he's doing a few times, most likely. I say most likely because I've only ever trained with a barbell and I don't know if the ball is tougher. But still, this is just a casual training routine for a guy that big. He's nowhere near maxed out in that vid.

If you went for the gym for 6 months you could probably do what he's doing 5x in a row.
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Steve Nick posted...

I'm not gonna disagree with the sentiment "strongmen are strong", but lifting up and down a hundred pounds isn't a difficult feat to achieve.

I wouldn't consider myself strong at all and I could do this ball thing he's doing a few times, most likely. I say most likely because I've only ever trained with a barbell and I don't know if the ball is tougher. But still, this is just a casual training routine for a guy that big. He's nowhere near maxed out in that vid.

Yea I mean they are on another level (post a video of them tugging planes with a harness on their back). However i can do 3-6 reps of what that guy did with a 100 lb medicine ball. I can pick my girlfriend off the ground pretty easily and she is 120 lbs.
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lilORANG posted...

he is not tossing that around like a toy

Show me another video of someone lifting a 100lb weight in the shape of a ball like that

Turtlebread posted...

eddie hall is better

Not really but maybe at this he would be

Steve Nick posted...

I'm not gonna disagree with the sentiment "strongmen are strong", but lifting up and down a hundred pounds isn't a difficult feat to achieve.

I wouldn't consider myself strong at all and I could do this ball thing he's doing a few times, most likely. I say most likely because I've only ever trained with a barbell and I don't know if the ball is tougher. But still, this is just a casual training routine for a guy that big. He's nowhere near maxed out in that vid.

If you went for the gym for 6 months you could probably do what he's doing 5x in a row.

It's more the way he's doing it that strikes me. Like it's totally nothing to him.

Here's him doing it with a barbell but this is 135lbs and he makes it look like a plastic golf club:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8LjQWJXNc0
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That's because 135 pounds is nothing for him when he probably maxes out at 250+
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pinky0926 posted...

Or maybe half the average weight of an American woman, but you get what I mean

I was about to say, lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjeL1aimyqc

One of the strongest men in the world and one of the hardest punchers in boxing.
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pinky0926 posted...

Show me another video of someone lifting a 100lb weight in the shape of a ball like that

Nah, but here's a vid of someone throwing an actual toy so you can see what it's like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxcw2nfJuw
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lilORANG posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Show me another video of someone lifting a 100lb weight in the shape of a ball like that

Nah, but here's a vid of someone throwing an actual toy so you can see what it's like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxcw2nfJuw

Dat body.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhkXCvi6P04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBxLctOgzg
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Steve Nick posted...

That's because 135 pounds is nothing for him when he probably maxes out at 250+

I max out at 250. Shaw can probably strict overhead press at least 350.
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Pow Pow Punishment posted...

Steve Nick posted...

That's because 135 pounds is nothing for him when he probably maxes out at 250+

I max out at 250. Shaw can probably strict overhead press at least 350.

Yeah I was leaning towards saying 300 but I don't know the guy so I went conservative.
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Shaw is 6'9" and over 400 lbs. himself so he has giant strength.
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Steve Nick posted...

Yeah I was leaning towards saying 300 but I don't know the guy so I went conservative.

300 is actually too conservative for a top strongman.
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blahblahfatbomb posted...

lilORANG posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Show me another video of someone lifting a 100lb weight in the shape of a ball like that

Nah, but here's a vid of someone throwing an actual toy so you can see what it's like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxcw2nfJuw

Dat body.

I would throw her around like a toy
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Pow Pow Punishment posted...

Steve Nick posted...

Yeah I was leaning towards saying 300 but I don't know the guy so I went conservative.

300 is actually too conservative for a top strongman.

I mean if we want proof here's him doing a log press for 4 reps, 7 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sabVyTHv4YY
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Steve Nick posted...

I'm not gonna disagree with the sentiment "strongmen are strong", but lifting up and down a hundred pounds isn't a difficult feat to achieve.

I wouldn't consider myself strong at all and I could do this ball thing he's doing a few times, most likely. I say most likely because I've only ever trained with a barbell and I don't know if the ball is tougher. But still, this is just a casual training routine for a guy that big. He's nowhere near maxed out in that vid.

If you went for the gym for 6 months you could probably do what he's doing 5x in a row.

The ball is tougher. Barbells are balanced and have places to grip. 100 solid pounds is way way waaay tougher. Like, probably tougher than picking up a person, which is still a more agreeable weight distribution.
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Sleeping_Forest posted...

My favourite part of this is how you can see him adjust his hand position like 4 times, lel
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chollima posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhkXCvi6P04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIBxLctOgzg

Yeah, this is straight up ridiculous. 584lbs x6, no spotter. Jfc.
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pinky0926 posted...

It's more the way he's doing it that strikes me. Like it's totally nothing to him.

idk he was grunting and seemed like he was visibly having some effort at least imo
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