Time for an u120kg weight class?
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| thosebananas |  | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:11 |
 Trophy Hunter Member 743, 3329 posts SQ 230, BP 130, DL 300660.0 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | martinb said: how many guys from each country? buggar, just realised, I probably wouldn't be good enough to represent Scotland!  same here for ireland. lol. 4 from each nation. 16 in da comp/ | ||
| Simon_T | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:21 |
 wales Member 1058, 5361 posts SQ 220, BP 140, DL 294654.0 kgs @ 106kgs UnEq | Four nations u120kg competition? Count me in, what a great concept and if we all get behind it, it could turn into an annual event alternating annually between each country. | ||
| stainless | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:37 |
Big fan of TWI Member 761, 425 posts SQ 220, BP 165, DL 260645.0 kgs @ 99kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 09.05.2012 @ 17:42 PM by stainless NO. | ||
| IrishMarc | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:50 |
no really Irish Member 1196, 5908 posts SQ 312, BP 230, DL 320862.0 kgs @ 114kgs UnEq | under 120 Cardio-kinda-strongman Natty 2013! | ||
| martinb | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:52 |
 Grass fed Member 1147, 7710 posts SQ 220, BP 185, DL 272.5677.5 kgs @ 113kgs UnEq | IrishMarc said:under 120 Cardio-kinda-strongman Natty 2013! now you've got it! | ||
| General_ill | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:52 |
 3rd place Europes strongest man 2016 U90kg Member 1239, 13275 posts SQ 280, BP 155, DL 310745.0 kgs @ 89kgs UnEq | IrishMarc said:under 120 Cardio-kinda-strongman Natty 2013! RAW | ||
| thosebananas | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 17:54 |
Trophy Hunter Member 743, 3329 posts SQ 230, BP 130, DL 300660.0 kgs @ 118kgs UnEq | BELTLESS, NO TACKY, NO CHALK | ||
| Samthepigman | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 18:07 |
 See You Next Tuesday Member 2254, 3824 posts SQ 240, BP 165, DL 300705.0 kgs @ 89kgs UnEq | Saying you cant have weight catergories is like saying you cant have leagues in football / rugby and making sunday league teams play agains premiership teams. Unfortuantly most of us arent as big and as strong as others and dont kid ourselves in thinking just because we've won a u90kg comp that we're as strong as the WSM. Most people take part in sport because they enjoy it. Not to make a living. I personally would have much more fun competing against people who are simular in strength to myself, as then sometimes it comes down to not just whos strongest, but who has the grit and determination to squeeze one more rep in (and have it make a difference). Could pacquiao beat tyson in a boxing match? no. But watching pacquiao fight someone of the same weight is just as exciting as watching tyson fight someone his weight. whereas watching pacquiao fight tyson would be boring as fuuuckk. as i think the whole point of this topic is. INTEREST over STRENGTH. End of the day, why would people come to watch a boring sport? Lets get 10 tins of paint, and see which drys fastest! fun fun fun. | ||
| Fazc | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 18:58 |
 Sports an extremely muscular arse. Member 38, 6253 posts | It's like a Battle Royale! Just need Smalls as turkish guest referee! | ||
| fong | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 19:24 |
 really really interesting Member 3474, 2816 posts SQ 170, BP 120, DL 260550.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | no | ||
| ursus | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 19:30 |
 Man up and have a fuckin coffee Member 2086, 9717 posts SQ 340, BP 252.5, DL 300892.5 kgs @ 158kgs UnEq | They did this in boxing and look at the state of that !! Soon ther will be dozens people going round as Britains strongest man/woman/child/muslim/hairdresser/ladyboy/Turk There is something special about strongman and its history and you must be carefull to leave the heart and soul alone . Im all for development and improvement but just dividing and dividing often ends up with nothing left ! | ||
| robocop | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 19:38 |
 Commentators say: he benches like a bodybuilder Member 231, 1873 posts SQ 400, BP 275, DL 3651040.0 kgs @ 135.7kgs Eq | drew said: For some reason Andy I'm surprised by this answer and I appologise for having the wrong assumption. I don't know why I would think otherwise seen as you always put on such great fun events to watch and I'm sure its down to the above and I agree with very thing you said Eng vs scot would be cool, why not extend it to eng vs scot/wal/ire to even out the odds (england would still win) To a certain extent I do wonder why introduce it when hixxy will just win it anyway  If you look at the event choices for the last 5 years of 105s we have always tried to test the boundaries, but at the same time always kept a good balance of events. We have max log and heavy deadlift this year but frame carry, truck pull, and sand bags test other dimensions of strength that static movements don't I love to see some epic lifts but I see that in powerlifting, that's not strongman, I want the total package, static, grip, mobility, endurance, stamina, technical ability. For me this is the whole point of strongman, it was created to pit athletes from all backgrounds against each other to see who was the best alrounder. I think contemporary strongman is loosing touch with this at an alarming rate | ||
| pandion | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 19:43 |
Member 2407, 219 posts | robocop said:Coming into this late did not read all of the 7 pages so sorry if this has been said before but I want to address more on martins point about events and not weight class, Tbh I my opinion the worst thing that ever happened to strongman was the Arnolds. Now I never thought in a million years I would say that but it started the trend for this whole "let's make it hevier" attitude that has become a problem in the last couple of years. Max deadlift is great, but not every f**king comp, and this whole thing where your now getting more than one pressing event in comps is wrong too, since when has shoulder strength been twice the importance of other disciplines Sport has lost touch with it's history and events that can't be "maxed" out have been dropped. Injuries have increased and the crowd I don't think enjoy watching it as much, who wants to see 8 guys fail a log and 1 guy get a rep and one guy win with 2 I am all for testing athletes to the limit but too much emphasis on "max static strength" at the moment and a slight shift in event choices would make the sport a little less boring to watch and safer for athletes Yep, I always liked the idea that guys from other strength sports could compete in strongman and it would show the best alround strength athlete. That strongman was not necessarily a series of predictable events and therefore took guys out of a comfort zone to mix it up. Now with standardized equipment and emphasis on weight I think the spectacle is poor and people outside the hardcore aren't interested. | ||
| drew | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 19:58 |
 I thought Joplin choked on a sandwich? Member 616, 8404 posts SQ 180, BP 130, DL 220530.0 kgs @ 78.8kgs UnEq | robocop said: If you look at the event choices for the last 5 years of 105s we have always tried to test the boundaries, but at the same time always kept a good balance of events. We have max log and heavy deadlift this year but frame carry, truck pull, and sand bags test other dimensions of strength that static movements don't I love to see some epic lifts but I see that in powerlifting, that's not strongman, I want the total package, static, grip, mobility, endurance, stamina, technical ability. For me this is the whole point of strongman, it was created to pit athletes from all backgrounds against each other to see who was the best alrounder. I think contemporary strongman is loosing touch with this at an alarming rate See now I agree with you up do a point. I think wsm been super heavy is great, I would like to see some more random events though, which the super series sometimes bring My gripe is with qualifiers/regionals etc been too heavy dull and unoriginal But I suppose that's not what you said so ignore me  | ||
| martinb | | ... | 09-05-2012 @ 20:13 |
Grass fed Member 1147, 7710 posts SQ 220, BP 185, DL 272.5677.5 kgs @ 113kgs UnEq | robocop said: If you look at the event choices for the last 5 years of 105s we have always tried to test the boundaries, but at the same time always kept a good balance of events. We have max log and heavy deadlift this year but frame carry, truck pull, and sand bags test other dimensions of strength that static movements don't I love to see some epic lifts but I see that in powerlifting, that's not strongman, I want the total package, static, grip, mobility, endurance, stamina, technical ability. For me this is the whole point of strongman, it was created to pit athletes from all backgrounds against each other to see who was the best alrounder. I think contemporary strongman is loosing touch with this at an alarming rate Imo strongman now is almost unrecognizable to 15 years ago, not in a good way But our opinions are very much in the minority | ||
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