Worlds strongest man competition - Spoiler alert
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He’s a legend now imo, as if the DL WR wasn’t enough,and as he says he backs his bulls
t up with results .
Speaking of world records,doesn’t Eddie hold the axle press WR some 216kg, In Eddie’s words though who gives a fk nobody cares
Just watched Born strong on Netflix , funny as when Brian Shaw phones Eddie up lol.
Big Z n all just wow at the guys strength,shame he looked dog with injuries the past few years
t up with results . Speaking of world records,doesn’t Eddie hold the axle press WR some 216kg, In Eddie’s words though who gives a f
k nobody cares Just watched Born strong on Netflix , funny as when Brian Shaw phones Eddie up lol.
Big Z n all just wow at the guys strength,shame he looked dog with injuries the past few years
AJB88 said:
Went to watch WSM on Channel 5 catch up but appears to have gone already.
It's still there for me, it says it's available until December 2018.https://www.my5.tv/worlds-strongest-man-2017/seaso... (First heat)
Can't really get any bigger can they? Thor is basically an experiment, take the tallest guy you can find that isn't a skinny build, then put him through the program and he will come out the other end a fully fledged strongman. There are taller men (not many) but beyond his height they tend to be weaker and unable to pack serious bulk on.
markcoznottz said:
Can't really get any bigger can they? Thor is basically an experiment, take the tallest guy you can find that isn't a skinny build, then put him through the program and he will come out the other end a fully fledged strongman. There are taller men (not many) but beyond his height they tend to be weaker and unable to pack serious bulk on.
I'd say started out as a skinny build? Depends how you define it.Packed on the mass though.
smiffy180 said:
markcoznottz said:
Can't really get any bigger can they? Thor is basically an experiment, take the tallest guy you can find that isn't a skinny build, then put him through the program and he will come out the other end a fully fledged strongman. There are taller men (not many) but beyond his height they tend to be weaker and unable to pack serious bulk on.
I'd say started out as a skinny build? Depends how you define it.Packed on the mass though.
PapaJohns said:
He’s a legend now imo, as if the DL WR wasn’t enough,and as he says he backs his bullst up with results .
Speaking of world records,doesn’t Eddie hold the axle press WR some 216kg, In Eddie’s words though who gives a fk nobody cares
Just watched Born strong on Netflix , funny as when Brian Shaw phones Eddie up lol.
Big Z n all just wow at the guys strength,shame he looked dog with injuries the past few years
Born Strong was ruddy brilliant. Eddie will be in trouble if he goes back to defend his title. Admitting that he would have health problems if he kept up the strongman lifestyle is pretty major, plus he would probably get a divorce ...t up with results . Speaking of world records,doesn’t Eddie hold the axle press WR some 216kg, In Eddie’s words though who gives a f
k nobody cares Just watched Born strong on Netflix , funny as when Brian Shaw phones Eddie up lol.
Big Z n all just wow at the guys strength,shame he looked dog with injuries the past few years
Strongman, and bodybuilding, are in a real crisis right now.
People often ask, "why don't we just let athletes take all the drugs they want?" and the answer is that every sport will end up like bodybuilding and strongman.
Its not a healthy sport. Its not a sport that most people aspire to. If you watch the documentry on him, he has sleep apnea due to the weight, the 500kg deadlift nearly killed him, its not a good thing for him to be that weight.
I have the utmost respect for him, like any sportsman he takes the rules and pushes to find the limits of his body, the problem is the drugs are pushing bodies to limits they are not designed for, and it is going to end in deaths. Pro body building has Rich Piana and Dallas MCaver die recently, and the post mortems were revealed a host of problems like massively enlarged internal organs and heart thickening.
Its not a sport that has a grassroots of parents pushing and supporting their children into it due to what basically amounts to drug abuse being the pillar of the sport, and that is why the the money and BBC coverage stays away.
People often ask, "why don't we just let athletes take all the drugs they want?" and the answer is that every sport will end up like bodybuilding and strongman.
Its not a healthy sport. Its not a sport that most people aspire to. If you watch the documentry on him, he has sleep apnea due to the weight, the 500kg deadlift nearly killed him, its not a good thing for him to be that weight.
I have the utmost respect for him, like any sportsman he takes the rules and pushes to find the limits of his body, the problem is the drugs are pushing bodies to limits they are not designed for, and it is going to end in deaths. Pro body building has Rich Piana and Dallas MCaver die recently, and the post mortems were revealed a host of problems like massively enlarged internal organs and heart thickening.
Its not a sport that has a grassroots of parents pushing and supporting their children into it due to what basically amounts to drug abuse being the pillar of the sport, and that is why the the money and BBC coverage stays away.
clonmult said:
Robster said:
Anyone changed their opinion of Thor after this ?
Still respect him; but the outburst over his double dips are ridiculous. Eddie would have just done a couple more and still won that event.Finally got round to watching the episodes over the last few nights. Eddie looked in a group of his own, looks like he really dedicated training just to win this and glad he has achieved his dream!
Got to admit I haven't watched the past few years (used to watch it religiously every year) so not sure if he was like this most years but Thor comes across as a right spoilt brat.
He thought he had it in the bag when big Z and Shaw started dropping back then Eddie came out of nowhere and kicked him in the balls!
Martins Licis and Mateusz Kieliszkowski I would say are the ones to watch.
Got to admit I haven't watched the past few years (used to watch it religiously every year) so not sure if he was like this most years but Thor comes across as a right spoilt brat.
He thought he had it in the bag when big Z and Shaw started dropping back then Eddie came out of nowhere and kicked him in the balls!
Martins Licis and Mateusz Kieliszkowski I would say are the ones to watch.
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