World’s Strongest Man 2009 Top Five Finishers

The guys who compete in strongman contests aren’t your average Joe.    If you read my piece on the events in strength athletics, you know that you couldn’t just pull a guy off of the street to compete (unless of course he wanted to have a stroke that day).
The top five finishers this year put on [...]

Written on January 24, 2010 | Posted in Bodybuilding, Strongman Competitions | No comment

We’ve Got Video! First Annual Axio Labs Strongman

Just in case you missed our exclusive coverage of the first annual Axio Labs Strongman Contest in beautiful South Africa, here’s your chance to experience more than mere words and pictures can express.
Check out the video to watch these beasts take on Africa stones in a medley walk, Atlas Stones for repetition, and other massively [...]

Written on January 22, 2010 | Posted in Features, Letters From the Editor, Strongman Competitions | No comment

A Strength Athletics Primer

In college we only had about sixty channels and no program guide, so when you found something interesting, you usually settled there.   My memories of freshman and sophomore years of college consisted of Iron Chef (on Food Network), Cristina (on Univision), and World’s Strongest Man.
I realize that not all of America is terribly familiar with [...]

Written on January 18, 2010 | Posted in Bodybuilding, Strongman Competitions | 2 comments

The First Annual Axio Labs Strongman Contest

Picture it, the Loskop Dam in South Africa.  Wait, you can’t picture it?  Well, that’s it right above this text.  Stunning, no?  Tell me you don’t want to be there right now!
OK, now that we’ve established that Loskop Dam is a place of unparalleled beauty, I’d like to remind you that it’s also full of [...]

Written on January 17, 2010 | Posted in Bodybuilding, Strongman Competitions | 2 comments