WSM 2016?

badmongo said:On the day(s) it could go either way. The events probably favour Shaw but mistakes can be made and I doubt anyone is hungrier for the win than Hall. Hopefully it will be a close fight and fun to watch

One thing I don't get though is the talk of Eddies massive supplement usage, its not an area I have experience in so I'm not claiming to be an expert but surely he is not unique in this are. Shaw rocks a permanent bloat and even though he is likely the most gifted genetically, did he not also blow up massively when transitioning into strongman?

BrenWad said:
Brits was an absolute joke of a competition compared to WSM, both in weights and in the pressure of competition, plus he's way heavier now.
Z has never been 410lbs at all, nowhere near it. Z is also a much larger person than Hall naturally. I have stood next to both of them, and Z is just a much more athletic man, with his enormous weight packed in a different way. Z has not gone from 20 stone to 30 stone in four years, and nor does he carry that sloppy fat all over his body like Hall. Z also does not have massive blood pressure issues, or insulin face.
I find it amazing tbh that people who seem so knowledgeable about strongman think that it's possible for somebody who struggles at moving events, and regularly requires oxygen after events, to somehow win WSM, despite failing to complete an elite level comp for a full year.
Like I have said, stick him in a powerlifting comp against the half squatting Lillibridge and co, and he'd destroy them after a short period of specialization-he's that strong. I also think the bench record would fall. He could likely raw deadlift over a grand also. He will not win the WSM in the shape he is in.

MJG said:
I don't think Shaw is that gifted genetically. Like Thor he was a skinny basketball player. Someone like Hollands who would naturally struggle to stay under 20 stone and could deadlift 280 with no training I would class as the most genetically gifted.
Terry was the first of the modern breed of strongman. Huge and fast. Before him you were either, or.

SteBennett said:Also as for the sloppy body fat, wasn't his body fat % surprisingly low when tested?!
And he hasn't put ten stone on in 4 years, that's a massive exaggeration

MJG said:
I don't think Shaw is that gifted genetically. Like Thor he was a skinny basketball player. Someone like Hollands who would naturally struggle to stay under 20 stone and could deadlift 280 with no training I would class as the most genetically gifted.
Terry was the first of the modern breed of strongman. Huge and fast. Before him you were either, or.

AdamT said:
That is rubbish mate. He was very strong from the beginning.

MJG said:
didn't make WSM final on his debut. Unlike Thor.

AdamT said:
Did Terry??
That doesn't mean he wasnt genetically gifted.

MJG said:
Agreed.
Terry came a lot closer than Brian and with only 18 months training.
Have a look at a picture of Shaw before he weight trained and Terry before he weight trained.
Apples and Oranges. Shaw was a skinny basketball player. If neither had discovered strongman Terry would be the heavier man.

AdamT said:
Would terry be as heavy as Paul Wight? Weight isn't everything.
I'm a huge fan of Terry, but if he was so genetically gifted and fast, why did Mariusz always dominate?

MJG said:
So is the guy who wins always the most genetically gifted or are there other factors?

SteBennett said:
Hard work beats talent???
But hard work will only take you so far without genetics