WSM 2017

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rooting for big z comeback

>>41553218
Who's the betting favorite? Assuming bookies care about WSM.

>>41554138
Brian Shaw, who's won the contest four times and is not old like Z, or Eddie Hall, who has the events in his favour (slow in moving events, but ridiculously strong if he's allowed to stand in one place).

where can i see this?

>>41553218
Thor
Shaw
Eddie
Z
Licis
Best

>>41554172
Eddie has won carry and drag at Europes and is a good truck puller. Shaw will fuck himself by refusing to wear equipment in the powerlifting events, where as everybody else will be suited and wrapped.

Z needs to get it. Changed his physique as he has been stagnating the past few years. He needs to get those 5 titles under his belt.

>>41555670
Never going to happen. Did you see him in the heats? Z is done.

I want Thor to win, just because GoT is on in a few months and it will bring more money and popularity into strongman.

>>41553218
Savickas is done for. He'd probably beat everyone in this list in his prime years, but his last performances were shit, dude's old

>>41555670
z did get too lean, rip

Flip and Drag: Thor, Shaw, Hall
Squat: Hall, Thor, Shahlei
Viking Press: Hall, Thor, Kieliszkowski
Truck Pull: Shaw, Thor, Z
Deadlift: Hall, Shaw, Thor
Stones: Shaw, Thor, Hall
It'll be incredibly close.

>>41555769
>thinking Z is going to beat Hall in the truck pull

>>41553218
Eddie got this

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>>41555670
>Changed his physique
yeah, exactly
this is not a strongman's physique

>>41555769
>zydrunas not winning a press competition
>zydrunas not even in the top 3

there's buying the "he's old and done for" meme and then there's being a full blow paste eating helmet wearing retard.

you are the latter.

>>41555812
He could barely do axle press

>>41553218
Thor.
He could have won it last year but he screwed up the keg toss big league.

>>41555812
Eddie is a better presser than Z in anything but the log lift now, and maybe that one too.

>>41555769
I think it would be stupid to count Licis out of the squat. In the heats, he did more reps than Z and Thor combined.

>>41553218
Shaw 1st, Licis 2nd, Best 3rd

USA USA USA

>>41553218
Brain shaw wins it all again, 2nd is a tossup, between Big Z, Eddie and Thor

>>41555885
Thor was just testing the setup. Watch the video.

>>41555829
True he fucked up the kegs, but he was mediocre at a few other lifts as well.

Didn't he come in like 4th or something?

>>41553218
are there videos of this ANYWHERE, or is it gonna be the usual 'broadcast it months after the fact' thing?

>>41556044
Lost by two points.
Second place.
He won Shaw in the Atlas stones but threw away the kegs and pretty much gave Shaw the win.

>>41556054
YouTube. No production though.

>>41556059
Huh, guess I must have been thinking of 2015. I do remember being impressed by how well he deadlifted at his height.

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This is Eddie Hall's progress over the last 5 years, I think he's gonna take it this year. The dude wants it more than anyone else and hes constantly improving every year.

>>41556158
The events are also perfect for him.

>>41553218
shaw is definitely taking the atlas event, and will likely win or come close to first in deadlift and squatting. eddie, if i had to pick someone, is almost certainly gonna take the deadlift, and might take the flip and drag too. he and Z are probably gonna fight for the viking press first place, but the press has always been Z's big lift iirc.

>>41556158
tbqh if anyone is going to beat shaw, it'd probably be eddie. shaw and hall are both guaranteed top 5, with at least 1 of them taking the podium. probably both, but anything can happen.

>>41556158
also, proportional to height he's the biggest (heaviest) guy by far there, 6'3" 400 vs. hafthors 6'8" 400 to compare

>>41556294
Actually, he's 190 kg now, heavier than ever. Don't be surprised if he wins the truck pull.

>>41556294
So he's the fattest guy there.

>>41556294
Hafthor and Shaw both weigh around 450 now.

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>>41555420
Why will Shaw refuse to wear gear?

Hall is now the best Viking presser in the world according to Kalle Beck and other strongman competitors. He will win that, the deadlift and he will undoubtedly win the squat. Three first places...

>>41556589
>he will undoubtedly win the squat

Did you see Licis in the heats? I'll say the Viking press and the deadlift are more certain wins for Eddie.

>>41556606
Eddie is a ridiculous squatter. Licis is good, but Eddie is just better at this point

>>41556606
Hall squatted 345kgx8 easy, 100% raw in trainers, doubt Licis could do that

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>>41556559
Nothing fits him lol

>>41557436
damn, this guy is huge, he participating in WSM too?

>>41555812
His back injury is too severe, he lost all his strength

any streams?

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>>41557449
Nah hes all natural and doesn't compete with roiders lol ;)

>>41556559
He thinks suits are cheating (but is fine with sleeves, straps, wraps, belts, shoes, glue, gloves, etc.) fucking hypocrite.

>>41557553
Which is obviously because his fat arse doesn't get a single kg out of a suit

>>41558676
Side by side, the Icelander is more impressive. No straps, mixed grip, makes it look easy.

Approximately 460 kg on both?

>>41558676
Big deadlifts done by big guys(4u). I dont see the problem!?

>>41558676
Lmao, comparing eddie to a guy with fake plates.

The federation benni was lifting in is notorious for their shit.

>>41558729
I think these are 460kg yes.

>>41558732
Neither do I, but Benni is a more fun guy than Eddie

>>41558754
How so? Not so bad as to lie about the weight, surely? Anyway, the both lifted 463kg on the same bar one year.

I would like Hall to win because he's from my town and wants it.

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Shaw is going to just beat Thor

Hall is going to do so shit on a couple of events that his high scores in other ones mean he can't place

Big Z won't do great but its great to have him there

I'm hoping Hall gets it, I just want him to get it at least once.

Kieliszkowski is going to have a promising career.

are these guys even healthy

>>41553218
>>Laurence Shahlaei
>Nick Best

Stop it.

>botswana

I don't know much about the other guys other than Z and Shaw, but I'm rooting for Eddie because of that documentary. He's a madman.

>>41560816
Not at all lol but that's the price you pay for the feats of strength they perform.

>>41560519
I feel like this is the most likely outcome desu

>>41555315
This

>>41557553
suits are cheating
obviously on the needle
rusrs?

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>>41555704
This is completely fair. I also love Thor, he's somewhat sold out but in admirable way that makes me like him more for popularizing strongman. I would love to see him take WSM at least once, but Brian is a fucking machine. He won't lose, because he is the goddamned best.

>>41562378
Brian is shit, hope he dies. Eddie has a chance this year. Everythign is heavy and the moving events are not necessarily bad for him.

Tbqh, I'd like to see someone other than Shaw win it just to mix it up a bit. Nothing against Shaw, he's a fantastic athlete. Would love an upset like Europes last year when Big Loz won it

1. Brian Shaw
2. Hafthor
3. Don't know. Won't be Hall though

>>41555769
Zydrunas will win the press but not even come top three in anything else.

>>41560519
This will happen unless something unforeseen happens. I think Shaw is a humblebragging passive aggressive piece of shit but he knows his strongman. Hafthor just isn't good enough(might be he could be but I think his other business activities take too much away).

Hall is barely even human when it comes to static strength but he will be outclassed far too much when he has to actually move.

>>41560613
Yeah in a few years he will be the new king when Shaw gets close to 40.

>>41553218
1. Shaw
2. Hall
3. Z
4. Thor
5. Kieliszkowski

>>41556589
Shaw beat Hall in DL for reps last time tho.

>>41557553
Admirable desu. Winning without something that you think is cheating or advantageous is an ultimate proof of dominance.

>>41558769
Lie about the weight? Did eddie not actually do 500kg?

>>41560816
Noooo they are not.

>>41563561
He did do 500kg. That is not what was in question. The guy I replied to say Benni's lift was with fake plates. Because it was in a competition with an organization that is known for their shit.

>>41563453
Lots of people seem to hate Shaw. He seems nice but a little passive aggressive yeah. Some people say he influences the judges. Any examples of him being unlikable?

>>41563575
His whole persona is unlikable.
>ASC is rigged
>Zydrunas fell over so I should win even though I didn't

>>41563617
What is ASC and what incident are you referring to with Z? I don't follow super closely

>>41563692
Arnold Strongman Classic
One year there was a sandbag carry in WSM that they did in a pool. Zydrunas fell over while doing the event. Later Shaw has said that he should have won the title that year, because Zydrunas fell over.

Now, you should know they tied that year and Zydrunas was given the victory based on a countback or w/e they called it. Basically, he had more event wins and therefore got the title.

>>41563717
Oh i remember that event but not what Brian said. Honestly kinda bitchy. Countback seems fair. Weird how a guy so strong can honestly seem a bit...beta???

>>41563513
Two years ago. He went after Eddie as well so he knew how many reps he had to do, if they had gone head to head then he probably wouldn't have beaten him

>>41563972
Because he's a phaggot. He started seeing Mike Jenkins's widow before he was even cold and a lot of people who used to train with him now don't because of his personality. Mike Burke doesn't even speak to him any more

>>41553218
Hafthor & Shaw (duh)

>>41564014
>phaggot
>being this much of a nigger

Get the fuck out out of here summer faggot. Reddit is more your speed.

>>41557449
Huge? Wait until you see him in real life. He's a monster.

>>41564014
Yeah i thought that was weird when i realized who she was but i assumed they were like best bros blood brothers and he felt Mike would have wanted it

>>41555885
Licis made an amateur mistake and pushed it too hard. He'll be a little burnt in the finals. Thor was playing it smart for once and got the points he needed to continue.

>>41553218
>Flip and Drag
Björnsson, Shaw, Hall
>Squat Lift
Hall, Shahlaei, Licis
>Viking Press
Hall, Savickas, Kieliszkowski
>Vehicle Pull
Björnsson, Shaw, Hall
>Deadlift
Hall, Shaw, Caron
>Atlas Stones
Björnsson, Shaw, Hall

>>41563551
You're missing the fucking point. You don't take a knife to a gunfight. You don't race Indy with 87 octane. You don't play Augusta with rented clubs. And you don't squat 700 lbs AMRAP without a fucking suit.

I go to the same gym as Eddie and I can say with certainty he's winning press and deadlift. I can't talk for the rest of the events because I've not seen the other competitors but I know nobody will be winning those events but Hall.

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>>41565463
Does he exist in real life?

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Why the fuck are they in Africa?

>>41565463
What kind of presses have you seen him do?