Time for an u120kg weight class?

martinb said:
thing is I agree, and we all want to see guys giving 100%, but there are different ways of doing that
we all remember Aholas nose exploding deadlifting, but then in the next event he would be showing unbelievable endurance in a medley, nearly dieing at the end. We would see DIFFERENT skills/attributes
seeing someone do a max log, a max dead, then a 430 yoke, is all the same imo

ursus said:Nothing personal.... but watching Shane run with a weight that is far too light for him compared to someone close to dying, giving there all, with nose bleeding pain ,and a feat of strength unseen to most of the human race with half a ton on there back and theres no comparison !!!why pay to watch an event which some average guy out the crowd could do ?
Each to there own tho, just my opinion .

chaos said:
Totally with you on this lady bits! That's what I used to love about watching strongman as a kid (and now), you could see blokes giving it there all, passing out, nose bleeds etc you knew that only the best could do that and that they were giving there all.

Stetec said:Lets get some clarity: Do we have 90s, 105s and opens because thats where the majority are weight wise? Open is another word for unlimited really and as has already been said, there's too much of a void jumping from 16 stone is to competing with potentially 30st beasts. There needs to be a stepping stone to level the playing field. Either that or move all weight classes up a bit, ie: 100, 120 then 'opens'. That way theres not too many classes to dilute it. Thats not to say comp organisers can't throw on other comps and call them what they want size related or other. Time to move with the times. Top strongmen are huge where as they didn't use to be as much. So move the categories up to suit.

chaos said:
Ahola was an absolute beast and awesome to watch, that's the sort of athlete i wanna see! Plus he had that david and goliath thing, he was fairly small but could outlift some of the monsters! he was the complete strongman package! Forgotten the point i was trrying to make now

Gra_Bul said:
I knew why I loved you JP
I agree in part in part with Robbo, as long as the weights are still ''moderately'' heavy in the agility stuff, I think running around at 100mph with weights that can to quote the the famous twins ''snap all your s**t up'' is dangerous, I think moderate to heavy events means you have to get your head in gear and try your best otherwise it can all go wrong, if its very light you can take it steady so to speak and may have a bit of a complacent attitude and not respect the weight, and thats when things go wrong, im not talking increase it by 50kg, its just lets say not having a medley start with a 60kg keg or sandbag make it 80-90kg for 3 items and the last one 100kg plus and all of a sudden its gets more interesting, I love Robbos's attitude though he likes to make his time up on the transitions between items in medleys, which is where I think the speed and fitness comes into play.

Gra_Bul said:
ive been saying this for a while but people throw the dieting down card, 105's would then drop to 100kg to win BSM lets say, and then u90 lads would be pushed out of the sport.
I think and I keep saying it that the yank system is the best way to go

Gra_Bul said:
I knew why I loved you JP
I agree in part in part with Robbo, as long as the weights are still ''moderately'' heavy in the agility stuff,

slimsim said:
But was it really like that when you were a kid. (Christ, that must have been in the pre-Capes and JPS era - Eugen Sandow a favorite of yours was he?!! )
From what I remember when me and my family used to watch WSM when I was growing up none of us thought that the feats of strength were mediocre by any stretch of the imagination, yet now, 20 odd years on, we have u90's lifting heavier weights and saying they are too light.
To further what Macroth says, the average guy in the crowd, if not a strongman, would not be able to bench 60kg, squat 80kg or deadlift 100kg. To watch someone run with 270kg is beyond their comprehension, just as watching someone waddle with 330kg is. Yeah, keep some heavy/max events but make some more athletic. It'll keep injuries down, keep competitors in the sport longer and still looks bloody good to watch

Stetec said:
Easy to say at your size.

JC said:
this would be my big fear
I would have no interest in SM if we went back to medleys, with for example, 300KG Tyre x 8 Flips + 260 Yoke x 20m + 100KG Farmers x 20m
Dog s**t IMO

JC said:
this would be my big fear
I would have no interest in SM if we went back to medleys, with for example, 300KG Tyre x 8 Flips + 260 Yoke x 20m + 100KG Farmers x 20m
Dog s**t IMO