Are Strongman competition the biggest meme ever? Those guys

It's not a bodybulding competition dumbass. Are you retarded?

>>40699496
Nice bait.

they ARE fat and unhealthy as hell, so they can brag about strength.

like roiders bragging about muscles.

natties looking for a balance of health and aesthetics is the only way.

>>40699825
Until this decade it was generally leaner, more athletic competitors that won WSM. Since the late 2000s the weights got a hell of a lot heavier, so you got the 400lb genetic freaks dominating the sport.

>>40699496
Most "competitors" have some form of autism.

>>40699906
Not really m8, strongman is probably the least autistic strength sport

>>40699825
It's a professional sport, all professional sports are damaging to your health.

Does Arnold Strongman check for steroids?

>>40700013
No major strongman competition tests for PEDs

>>40699496
Literally crossfit for fat people. Look at any criticism for crossfit
>dangerous
>stupid excercises
>no focus in training
>cult mentality
Add balding, and a big gut and you get strongman.

>>40700041
>no focus in training
lmao
Most strongman training is identical to general strength training. Events are only done once a week or so.
>stupid exercises
like what?

>>40700041
Yes. Achieving 500kg deadlift with no focus on training sure is a breeze.

But you're correct about the stupidity of it.
Not as stupid as crossfit. But few things in this world are.

>>40700081
>like what?
It would be easier to point out the movements that aren't retarded.

>>40699881
>genetic freaks
Uhh

>>40699496
>not wanting to look like Thor, thr Icelandic giant.

The fuck is wrong with you OP

>>40699944
Not golf

>>40700283
>implying PEDs will make you 6'8"

>>40699924
weightlifting is less autismo i'd say, at least those that are competitive lifters, not dyels who are 'weightlifters' because their non classic lifts are shit and they want to feel elite somehow
i mean eddie hall is the biggest deadlifter and he always posts stuff about being an animal and imagining bloody rampages and stuff to get hyped, which is kind of autistic but he gets a pass cos of his outrageous lifts. brian shaw is a but funny too

>>40700530
>because their non classic lifts are shit and they want to feel elite somehow
I hope you are aware that the classic lifts are judges under different standards than the big 3. For example, a 2pl8 clean and jerk is shite for an adult male lifter.

>>40700216
last years final had:
>frame carry (carry something heavy)
>deadlift (pick up something heavy)
>long bar overhead (put something heavy over your head)
>kettlebell race (throw 6 things that are heavy)
>plane pull (pull along something heavy)
>atlas stones (pick up 5 things that are heavy)
where exactly is the retarded part

>>40700562
117/145 come at me

>>40700577
and where does shit posting fall in that list you dyel faggot

>>40700562
i am. im saying ive seen a lot of gym goers in my time 'convert' to weightlifting and a decent amount of them do it because if they learn to snatch and clean and jerk (usually badly) they feel as if they've got something on the people who come in and just do a split or pl even if those people are stronger, happened already at my new gym after i spoke to a guy about why i do wl
im saying people who do that are pretty autistic

>>40700634
what exactly are you trying to ask me?

>>40700671
Well at least you can take comfort in the fact that dyel """""weightlifters""""" will quit WL too once they realize it's not the easy way out.

>>40699825
Fucking nattys Jesus Christ you're dumb

>>40700452

>golfer elbow

>>40699825
more like plers competing in 74-83 are the ubermensch you skelly nerd

>>40699496
No, they are really strong and fat. You are just fat.

>>40699825
>natties looking for a balance of health and aesthetics is the only way

Zyzz was the worst thing to happen to lifting jesus christ

>>40699944
Nope

Strongman dont live very long due the amount of drugs combined with the amount of food they eat

>>40701633
As opposed to men at the same weight who aren't athletes? Fuck off.

>>40700283
You take the same amount of PEDs Eddie Hall takes and you will not be anywhere near as strong as Eddie Hall

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>>40699496
>Those guys are just fat.

>>40699496
If their goal is to lift heavy, why not losing as much fat as they can without losing strength?

Less body weight at the same strength = more weight lifted... right? Honest question.

>>40702173
No, certain events require being as heavy as possible. Mass moves mass, as kazmaier likes to say. Brian shaw just dominated the Arnold carrying significantly more fat than he likely will for WSM.

>>40702173
What >>40702232 said
Also, at that weight any fat loss will result in strength loss. If you go in shredded but barely get the truck moving or get BTFO in the static events you might as well have not bothered.

>>40702074
Christ, Pudzian in his prime is fucking unreal

>>40700577
>plane pull
>atlas stones
>frame carry
yeah, not retarded at all
grow up motherfucker

>>40702481
What's retarded about any of those? Frame is just a farmer's walk, plane pull is obvious and atlas stones are just picking up rocks

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Jon Pall had the ultimate balance of strength and aesthetics

>>40699496
that guy looks like axel from twisted metal