How many strongman federations in the UK?
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| bigbadbish |  | ... | 17-12-2014 @ 18:44 |
 A World class farmer Member 576, 3429 posts SQ 350, BP 200, DL 400950.0 kgs @ 136kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 17.12.2014 @ 18:44 PM by bigbadbish kirkynick said:WSM is the number one strongman comp, no doubt about it. Pretty much all the guys there deserve to be there. Whether it truly finds the best strongman in the world or even the strongest man is a whole different thing. It probably does the former in regard to the nations represented. How would you choose the strongest man? | ||
| MuscleDemon | | ... | 17-12-2014 @ 18:44 |
 We all live as we chose. Member 5051, 866 posts SQ 157.5, BP 95, DL 220472.5 kgs @ 61.1kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 17.12.2014 @ 18:44 PM by MuscleDemon Boar said: I think you have to win or do well in national comps , not sure if these national comps / giants live can be qualified for or its invitations , I suppose if you are good enough you are gonna get invited to an official qualifier, but there is a better chance of you making WSM if you are british or a yank I understand the top three at international comps qualify for WSM. | ||
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| jt | | ... | 17-12-2014 @ 19:18 |
 old age traveller Member 332, 7866 posts | Post Edited: 17.12.2014 @ 19:18 PM by jt bigbadbish said: How would you choose the strongest man? squat bench and deadlift of course  only kidding  | ||
| MarkClegg | | ... | 17-12-2014 @ 19:25 |
 knock knock !! who's there ?? OLD SCHOOL SUGDEN Member 212, 11439 posts SQ 325, BP 212.5, DL 370907.5 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | bigbadbish said: How would you choose the strongest man? Certainly NOT by how long they can hold a car battery aloft YAWN | ||
| unit94 | | ... | 17-12-2014 @ 19:40 |
 what is everyone's fran time? Member 3986, 10446 posts SQ 340, BP 200, DL 400940.0 kgs @ 129kgs Eq | Qualifying sounds abit messy but it seem to work well, if you're good enough then you'll get invited to a Giants live and then you have your chance | ||
| KevC86 | | ... | 17-12-2014 @ 22:12 |
 Member 5141, 4205 posts SQ 300, BP 180, DL 350830.0 kgs @ 130kgs UnEq | While there aren't many official 'qualifying' comps, there are a couple of comps that do enable people to go from theoretical no one, to competing at Giants live (which is technically the WSM qualifying tour), Londons strongest man being probably the best known example. Though I seem to recall bodypower offering an invite to giants live this year as well. | ||
| bigbadbish | | ... | 18-12-2014 @ 00:01 |
A World class farmer Member 576, 3429 posts SQ 350, BP 200, DL 400950.0 kgs @ 136kgs UnEq | kirkynick said: For me, strongman comps come closest to it. But many may disagree. Many people thought Hitler was a real nice guy I don't feel there is anything wrong with the system in place if you impress in comps you get your chance eventually | ||
| MarkClegg | | ... | 18-12-2014 @ 15:09 |
knock knock !! who's there ?? OLD SCHOOL SUGDEN Member 212, 11439 posts SQ 325, BP 212.5, DL 370907.5 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 18.12.2014 @ 15:10 PM by MarkClegg Kbigbadbish said: Many people thought Hitler was a real nice guy I don't feel there is anything wrong with the system in place if you impress in comps you get your chance eventually I agree .. System is solid for US and UK guys ! There are now more opportunities than ever to get up the ladder . If you look at WSM you need characters to build a popular sport and get a big following on TV . No good having a totally new field of athletes every year, You need people sat at home getting behind their favourite guy a bit like your big brother - I'm a celeb - X factor - BGT . . Point being if you wanted to take Koklaevs place in WSM then it's no good being as good as him - You need to be better ! I think that is healthy for the sport in front of a wide audience . Also I think federations f**k things up ! Look at the state of powerlifting - shambolic mess ! BPO BPU BDFPF GPC - these probably aren't correct ?!? One final thing is that I think UK strongman is in a unbelievable place ! Eddie Hall Adam Bishop Ben Kelsey Graeme Hicks Mark Felix Terry Hollands Big Loz Chris Gearing Lloyd Renalds Simon Johnston Luke Stoltman And Of Course Paul Savage ! There just the ones off the top of my skull Tons more guys busting their f**king chops day in day out to rival these guys too in and the weight divisions !! | ||
| MJG | | ... | 18-12-2014 @ 15:59 |
 Member 5560, 769 posts | In a land where there were no injuries the WSM entry list would be fairly predictable (except for last year where the date change screwed things up). You have the previous years finalists 1. Thor Bjornsonn 2. Warrick Brant 3. Mike Burke 4. JF Caron 5. Eddie Hall 6. Terry Hollands 7. Dave Ostlund 8. Jerry Pritchett 9. Zydrunas Savickas 10. Laurence Shahlaei 11. Brian Shaw 12. Martin Wildauer Then you have the guys who qualified from Giants Live 13. David Nystrom 14. Mateusz Baron 15. Rafal Kobylarz 16. Jason Bergmann 17. Matjaz Belsak 18. Martin Forsmark 19. Johannes Arsjo Two more from the UK to make the minimum of 5 20. Graham Hicks 21. Mark Felix And ten further invitees based on past performance and nationality. 22. Frankie Schuen 23. Gerhard Van Stadden 24. Vytautas Lalas 25. Ole Martin Hanson (Norway seem to have one guaranteed entry and Solvang has been off form for a long time) 26. Robert Oberst 27. Krystof Radzikowski 28. Nick Best 29. Grzegorz Szymanski 30. Mikhail Shivlyakov (Koklyaev has retired?) Then you have a reserve from the US one from the UK and one international. They will probably be Bishop, Savatinov and Zageris So injury aside I would expect the entry list to look a lot like that if the competition takes place in March again. | ||
| MarkClegg | | ... | 18-12-2014 @ 16:13 |
knock knock !! who's there ?? OLD SCHOOL SUGDEN Member 212, 11439 posts SQ 325, BP 212.5, DL 370907.5 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | Well you seem to know your onions mate ! Nice Work ! | ||
| JonesAJ | | ... | 01-01-2015 @ 14:11 |
TL:dr Member 5489, 131 posts SQ 320, BP 200, DL 310830.0 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | Britains seems to have too many whether this is through sponsers or tv rights? Im disappointed with the lack of Scandinavians unless there is a lack of competitors or injuries. | ||
| MJG | | ... | 01-01-2015 @ 16:30 |
Member 5560, 769 posts | JonesAJ said:Britains seems to have too many whether this is through sponsers or tv rights? Im disappointed with the lack of Scandinavians unless there is a lack of competitors or injuries. UK is guaranteed a competitor per group. To be fair if you disregarded nationality and got the best 30 guys possible at least 5 of them would be Brits. Just look at WSM 2014 - 3 Brits in the final and 2 more very close. Next year there are 3 guys from Sweden already qualified and there always seems to be one from Norway. To be honest the only guy from Scandanavia who has had major success at the top level in recent years is Arsjo. | ||
| VanillaGorilla | | ... | 01-01-2015 @ 16:37 |
 the UK's leading expert in bio mechanics Member 1973, 7379 posts | MJG said:In a land where there were no injuries the WSM entry list would be fairly predictable (except for last year where the date change screwed things up). You have the previous years finalists 1. Thor Bjornsonn 2. Warrick Brant 3. Mike Burke 4. JF Caron 5. Eddie Hall 6. Terry Hollands 7. Dave Ostlund 8. Jerry Pritchett 9. Zydrunas Savickas 10. Laurence Shahlaei 11. Brian Shaw 12. Martin Wildauer Then you have the guys who qualified from Giants Live 13. David Nystrom 14. Mateusz Baron 15. Rafal Kobylarz 16. Jason Bergmann 17. Matjaz Belsak 18. Martin Forsmark 19. Johannes Arsjo Two more from the UK to make the minimum of 5 20. Graham Hicks 21. Mark Felix And ten further invitees based on past performance and nationality. 22. Frankie Schuen 23. Gerhard Van Stadden 24. Vytautas Lalas 25. Ole Martin Hanson (Norway seem to have one guaranteed entry and Solvang has been off form for a long time) 26. Robert Oberst 27. Krystof Radzikowski 28. Nick Best 29. Grzegorz Szymanski 30. Mikhail Shivlyakov (Koklyaev has retired?) Then you have a reserve from the US one from the UK and one international. They will probably be Bishop, Savatinov and Zageris So injury aside I would expect the entry list to look a lot like that if the competition takes place in March again. Good post, hard to disagree with much of that. Word is it's in April 2015 | ||
| MJG | | ... | 01-01-2015 @ 20:55 |
Member 5560, 769 posts | Of course it is worth remembering that there will be another couple of Giants Live events before WSM so there is still time for some guys to force themselves in. | ||