Britain's Strongestman under 105 final

Mark said:Great, go enjoy oly lifting and powerlifting. Strongman isn't just about perfect form and strength, it's about grit and sheer determination to complete a lift or an event. Seeing someone fight a battle, whether they get it or not, is just as pleasurable to watch. Knowing that no ounce of energy was left in the tank. Pure effort at its max.

It's not meant to be easy, no hitch would mean people doing less than their best (in many cases). I want to see people try their best.

Mark said:Yep, all the strongman 400+ pulls are powerlifting perfect form. I agree with you...

You are talking about people who pull that way, to comp standard, so that it is drilled over and over again, over years and years of training.
That isn't the case in strongman and last I knew this was a strongman comp, not a powerlifting comp

Mark said:Yep, all those comps with broken backs from hitching. See it all the time.
All those other events where you can injure yourself more, cause more damage, yet form on deadlift is in question lol.

force10 said:
Thing is I can only imagine you are moaning about the rule same with others because you cant deadlift without hitching. Its the same when people moan about strongmen doing splits on overhead events, or moaning about having togo deep on squats, its basicly the moaners cant do it and moan because they get beaten by a better athlete who trains in a better way.
Iv basicly had it with moany so called strongmen to be honest, go back to the gym and learn to lift properly please.

Mark said:I actually don't hitch, it feels horrible so your assumption makes an ass out of someone there.
You seem pretty aggregated, maybe lessen the dose your taking.

Strongman is generally blessed, and has been for years, with minimal technical rules. Nobody wants muddy water and ambiguity in these comps.
Nobody wants 3 judges and some lights judging the technicalities of each lift, or 2 judges that see things differently (we see enough of this already at some comps).

Lift an object from a to b, simple rule, why make it harder as it certainly won't make things more interesting.
Just look at naturals clean and press, that got the same objection on the no continental cleans side of it.

force10 said:
Ok you dont hitch it feels horible, so you can hitch/ do hitch but dont want to admit to yourself you do it, ok, ok, why dont you prove you dont hitch post me a video up of your max deadlift.
Lifting an object from A to B doing it properly with no hiching and good form realy is the easy way not the hard way as you think. Iv tried hitching and f**k me it made it alot harder, you see the weight doesnt move the shortest route from A to B. It doesnt move smoothly. You dont keep the weight moving when hitching so on a simple rule of physics on movement hitching deffinately is harder.

force10 said:
Ok you dont hitch it feels horible, so you can hitch/ do hitch but dont want to admit to yourself you do it, ok, ok, why dont you prove you dont hitch post me a video up of your max deadlift.
Lifting an object from A to B doing it properly with no hiching and good form realy is the easy way not the hard way as you think. Iv tried hitching and f**k me it made it alot harder, you see the weight doesnt move the shortest route from A to B. It doesnt move smoothly. You dont keep the weight moving when hitching so on a simple rule of physics on movement hitching deffinately is harder.

Mark said:Great, go enjoy oly lifting and powerlifting. Strongman isn't just about perfect form and strength, it's about grit and sheer determination to complete a lift or an event. Seeing someone fight a battle, whether they get it or not, is just as pleasurable to watch. Knowing that no ounce of energy was left in the tank. Pure effort at its max.

It's not meant to be easy, no hitch would mean people doing less than their best (in many cases). I want to see people try their best.

shortandmighty said:Perhaps for the sake of any more arguments it might be worth the promoters putting up a sample video.of whatis accepted and what isn't and then at least competitors have a clearer idea.