WUS World Records
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| DeanW92 |  | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 10:31 |
Member 4496, 1446 posts SQ 240, BP 200, DL 300740.0 kgs @ 112kgs UnEq | The_Lone_Wolf said: I think Brian has done well with YouTube, and he’s a very likeable guy. Brian has a better way with words than eddie and comes across better, he comes across well in this video but lets not forget how he constantly moans about every competition that he does not win. Not only did eddie set the silver dollar record with no other competitors and not in front of a massive crowd but Brian must be forgetting about his dinnie stone record. This current situation is something that probably won't happen for another 20-30 years and so is not just a gateway for records to be broken in athletes gyms as usually there is a big comp every 2-3 months so there is no excuses normally. Yes there should be a governing body that looks over the whole of strongman (fibo, wus, wsm, arnolds etc) and hopefully WUS can do this as they seem to look after the athletes. | ||
| BigMacca | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 10:56 |
 understanding of the sport, little he has. Member 798, 9947 posts SQ 260, BP 150, DL 272.5682.5 kgs @ 82.5kgs UnEq | DeanW92 said: Yes there should be a governing body that looks over the whole of strongman (fibo, wus, wsm, arnolds etc) and hopefully WUS can do this as they seem to look after the athletes. That worked really well for powerlifting... | ||
| DeanW92 | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 14:18 |
Member 4496, 1446 posts SQ 240, BP 200, DL 300740.0 kgs @ 112kgs UnEq | BigMacca said: That worked really well for powerlifting... In what way does it not? There doesn't seem to be such thing in untested but the IPF seems pretty good for the natty guys, if only it had better funding and it was a bit more entertaining | ||
| BigMacca | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 14:41 |
understanding of the sport, little he has. Member 798, 9947 posts SQ 260, BP 150, DL 272.5682.5 kgs @ 82.5kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 12.04.2020 @ 15:03 PM by BigMacca DeanW92 said: In what way does it not? There doesn't seem to be such thing in untested but the IPF seems pretty good for the natty guys, if only it had better funding and it was a bit more entertaining 3 different tested feds in the UK alone, all with different definitions of what an unequipped squat is. Let's not even talk about untested feds, more than your can shake a stick at. All from a sport than has 3 lifts... | ||
| BigMacca | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 14:49 |
understanding of the sport, little he has. Member 798, 9947 posts SQ 260, BP 150, DL 272.5682.5 kgs @ 82.5kgs UnEq | DeanW92 said: In what way does it not? There doesn't seem to be such thing in untested but the IPF seems pretty good for the natty guys, if only it had better funding and it was a bit more entertaining Whilst the pinicle of strongman generally requires the athletes to be 6'3 plus, weigh 160kg plus and take more drugs than Andreas Munzer to be competitive, then you are never going to see an overarching governing body (like the IOC) take control as there is no way they could put the name to a sport with such prerequisites. Assisted from that, there are too many strongman organisers that all have their own vested interests. See what happenef to powerlifting in the USA and how they ended up with seemingly 100's of different federations | ||
| DeanW92 | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 16:16 |
Member 4496, 1446 posts SQ 240, BP 200, DL 300740.0 kgs @ 112kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 12.04.2020 @ 16:17 PM by DeanW92 BigMacca said: Whilst the pinicle of strongman generally requires the athletes to be 6'3 plus, weigh 160kg plus and take more drugs than Andreas Munzer to be competitive, then you are never going to see an overarching governing body (like the IOC) take control as there is no way they could put the name to a sport with such prerequisites. Assisted from that, there are too many strongman organisers that all have their own vested interests. See what happenef to powerlifting in the USA and how they ended up with seemingly 100's of different federations What im kind of getting at is someone like WUS who are already funding strongman events and helping athletes despite all of the drugs. Be nice for them to havs control of all the events in a year. A league type platform with one or two large Final competitions and bigger money. So basically trying to prevent what has happened to powerlifting (untested more so). | ||
| BigMacca | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 16:54 |
understanding of the sport, little he has. Member 798, 9947 posts SQ 260, BP 150, DL 272.5682.5 kgs @ 82.5kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 12.04.2020 @ 17:09 PM by BigMacca DeanW92 said: What im kind of getting at is someone like WUS who are already funding strongman events and helping athletes despite all of the drugs. Be nice for them to havs control of all the events in a year. A league type platform with one or two large Final competitions and bigger money. So basically trying to prevent what has happened to powerlifting (untested more so). You think that Giants Live/WSM are going to let that happen? Or the Arnold's? I'm not trying to be a nob by the way, it would be great if it was all centrally managed by one governing body. I just think there is more chance of pigs flying | ||
| jt |  | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 19:15 |
 old age traveller Member 332, 7911 posts | Look to SBD to possibly be the future of legitimate strongman. | ||
| DeanW92 | | ... | 12-04-2020 @ 20:19 |
Member 4496, 1446 posts SQ 240, BP 200, DL 300740.0 kgs @ 112kgs UnEq | BigMacca said: You think that Giants Live/WSM are going to let that happen? Or the Arnold's? I'm not trying to be a nob by the way, it would be great if it was all centrally managed by one governing body. I just think there is more chance of pigs flying Oh i know your not. I did say it would be nice, it won't happen though i know that. It would mean every athlete having to agree to not do the other comps for a start, that isnt likely. Its nice to see SBD sponsoring worlds this year | ||
| LessThanLuke | | ... | 13-04-2020 @ 13:42 |
 his poor male ego must be crushed Member 883, 6251 posts SQ 290, BP 180, DL 420890.0 kgs @ 105kgs UnEq | Samthepigman said: That's exactly what it should be Give Thor and luke etc a chance to show what they are capable of / been training for so they're efforts aren't totally wasted, but shouldn't be an official record. Give em some dolla for the entertainment factor and leave it at that. Out of curiosity, is your mrs getting paid to attempt the record? Obviously she's not quite as big a celebrity as Thor so just curious if there is any money involved for the lower tier lifters (I don't mean any offence by that  )She's getting paid.. Obviously can't give specifics | ||
| Samthepigman | | ... | 13-04-2020 @ 19:32 |
 See You Next Tuesday Member 2254, 3824 posts SQ 240, BP 165, DL 300705.0 kgs @ 89kgs UnEq | LessThanLuke said: She's getting paid.. Obviously can't give specifics Go on giz a clue Big Z has spoken Also Brian's if anybody hasn't seen it And WUS themself | ||
| PaulSavage | | ... | 14-04-2020 @ 21:32 |
Member 2775, 6927 posts | My thoughts on this is that in reality I think it's actually harder to do and more legit rather than less. This is assuming the weights are weighed on video and everything measured, clearly shown, detailed rules etc if not then it's bo***cks, but I think they will do that. Yes doing it on your own kit helps obviously but Eddie literally took his platform, nevermind his bar, and it was on home soil, plus he had 10,000 fans screaming at him, that's going to help. Also he went out exactly when he wanted, and the others had to wait a long time before there attempts after (probably causing Jerry to tear has hamstring) so it wasn't really done in a fair comp anyway. Thor hasn't really been able to do a proper build up either so he's definitely up against it. As for the other records, again as long as everything is weighed and shown clearly, i don't have an issue with it. Yes doing a different log or whatever on the day can make things much harder so definitely your own kit can be a big advantage and yeah sometimes you don't get enough rest time to be ideal at a comp. That said, fact is the weights are often not what they say they are in comps, even with high level comps it's often not accurate. I've had a 120kg axle that was later weighed and it was 146kg and a 140kg axle that was used at wsm was weighed in at 127kg afterwards. That's just one event, happens with everything all the time, events are changed, weights are wrong, that's how strongman is. I'd say weighed in on video with everything clearly shown and proper rules is pretty legit as it is what its stated to be. Only issue I have with it is other athletes not being allowed to attempt the same record but obviously that can't really be done at the moment. | ||
| danbaseley | | ... | 14-04-2020 @ 21:44 |
 A member for 10 years and still no mouldy peanuts Member 1252, 4572 posts SQ 160, BP 120, DL 215495.0 kgs @ 98kgs UnEq | I did not know Eddie got to call the shots on when he went out for his attempts. Quite the diva. | ||
| BigMacca | | ... | 14-04-2020 @ 21:49 |
understanding of the sport, little he has. Member 798, 9947 posts SQ 260, BP 150, DL 272.5682.5 kgs @ 82.5kgs UnEq | danbaseley said:I did not know Eddie got to call the shots on when he went out for his attempts. Quite the diva. Eddie's evolving stances over the past few weeks 1. Thor can't beat me 2. The Elephant bar is easier, it doesn't count 3. Thor can't lift the same weight on a stiff bar (like a deadlift bar is f**king stiff!) 4. How will we confirm the lift if the plates aren't weighed 5. Thor and the Icelandics can't be trusted 6. If he is stronger, he should beat it by more than 1kg 7. The conditions aren't the same, the lift is not a valid WR | ||
| Wayne_Cowdrey | | ... | 14-04-2020 @ 21:52 |
 Still got a little bit of strength Member 400, 22338 posts | Scales can be inaccurate, or even rigged. | ||