One of the greatest strength athletes of the 20th century is without a doubt the mighty Russian of the 1970's, Vasily Alexeev (Alekseyev). A two time gold olympic gold medalist holder of 80 world and 81 Russian records, Vasily passed away last year at the age of 69 years old. Fortunately he has been immortalized by film and photography so that up and coming olympic lifters, powerlifters and strongmen can see what pure size, power and raw determination looks like. No fancy lifting suits. No pretty sponsored shoes. No pilates or crossfit for Vasily, this was a mans man who was seen backstage with a cigarette between rounds shuffling his feet as if he was taking a leisurely stroll through a park.
Former Junior World Weightlifting Champion Akos Nagy took Budapest Hungary by storm by taking out a starstudded European Strongman contingency by winning the Giants Live Budapest contest in style. Even more interesting is that the top two in Budapest not only took podiums, but also bring two new faces to the 2013 Worlds Strongest Man qualifier. Hungarian Nagy will be joined by the UK's Chris Gearing and the 2011 WSM contestant and fellow Brit Jack McIntosh.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Weightlifting (USAW), the National Governing Body for the sport of weightlifting in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and International Federation of Weightlifting, is pleased to announce that Nike has been named the official supplier of footwear, apparel and accessories.
Giants Live was at it again this weekend with the qualifying tour reaching Finland. With another deep pool of talent, a none to surprising performance put Laurence Shahlaei came out on top of the pack...
ASC will bring the Europa Get Fit American Strongman and Strongman Fitness® Challenge to the Connecticut Convention Center in downtown Hartford, Connecticut on Friday June 29th and Saturday June 30. The event will feature men’s and women’s Strongman Fitness® classes as well as the LW and HW open classes. The Strongman Fitness® competitors will be vying for slots at the 2013 Strongman Fitness® World Championship. Open LW and HW competitors will be competing for a coveted ASC Pro Strongman Card.
When I packed my things to go to Arlington, I was concerned I was going to wrinkle my kilt in my luggage, and let’s face it, there’s nothing worse than a 300+lb guy in wrinkled clothing, right? I decided lets put it to the test and just drop it in my athletic bag and see what happens. When we arrived to the hotel near the University of Arlington where the festival was, I forgot to pull my kilt out and let it lay out to de-wrinkle. With my solid wool kilt, if I didn't it meant certain doom appearance wise. We went to dinner, had a glass of wine and went to bed. When I wokethe next morning, I thought, oh shite... I pulled the kilt out and it looked perfect. Not a wrinkle in sight, pleats were perfect and did I mention it made my bum look pretty damn cute too?
Discussions between strength fans often centre on the question: ‘Who is the strongest man of all- time?’ A host of names are bandied around including Paul Anderson, Louis Cyr and Zydrunas Savickas, amongst assorted others. One other man whose name crops up with great frequency is Bill Kazmaier. In fact, he is very often the first name to be offered. There is a very good reason for this, as ‘Kaz’ has seen it all and done it all in his chosen fields, breaking records and achieving feats that have lived long in the memory.
One of the largest Highland Games in the country is the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games in Arlington, TX the weekend of May 4, 5, 6. With more than 50,000 people expected to attend it certainly will have its share of highlights. SallyAnne and I will bring you all of the Festival highlights including Bagpipers, Food tasting (yes, Sally has agreed to eat Haggis), beer and whiskey tasting, Highland Dancers, and much more.
It’s been 8 years since I competed in any sporting event. I have competed in Strongman, Powerlifting, Strength Demonstrations but none of them have been as much fun as competing at a Highland Games event. When I was living in the Northwest, there was summer long circuit from Vancouver, BC to Eugene, Oregon that I have the fondest memories of. Sleeping in tents on the fairgrounds at the massive Scottish Festivals, the amount of Scottish Ale and Single Malt whiskey we consumed, as I look back at it now, frightened my liver!
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