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July 2017

Giants Live is Back in America This Weekend

This Saturday on July 29th Giants Live the World’s Strongest Man qualifying tour is back on Main Street in Martsinville, Indiana. Watch some of the strongest men from 4+ countries compete in 5 events with the top 3 qualifying for the 2018 Worlds Strongest Man.

Strong Talk Podcast 88: Steve Barkley United States Strongman Nationals

This weeks guest is Steve Barkley who hosted United States Strongman 2017. Kalle & Steve talk about how it come about, everything that goes into hosting such a large event behind the scenes and more.

Official Strongman Games Events Released

Official Strongman and Train Strongman have already previously announced the three events in the online qualifiers but if you make it past that stage what 6 events will decide who are the Strongest Men and Women in world?

Strong Talk Podcast 87: Official Strongman Games

This week we have Lynn Morehouse of Train Strongman back on (check previous episode 78 for the first interview) to talk about hosting the “Official Strongman Games” and answering questions about how the online qualifiers will work.

Kalle Beck’s California’s Strongest Team Contest Writeup

Somehow,  Andrew Wickham convinced me to sign up to compete in California’s Strongest Team. promoted by Odd Haugen. So, why did I decide to compete in this contest; what was it like to complete a contest for the first time in over 3 years? First some backstory.

Official Strongman Games Online Qualifier Event 3: Farmers Walk

It is not just static lifts that will test who qualifies for Worlds Strongest Man but an old time test of strength grip as well.

Worlds Strongest Man 2017 TV Schedule

The wait is over tune in this Thursday to watch group 1 compete on CBS Sports

Official Strongman Games Online Qualifier Event 2 Released: Log for 3RM

Yesterday we learned the rules for event one “total tonnage” and now the second of three events for the Official Strongman Games have been released. Log for a 3rm clean once.

Official Strongman Games Online Qualifier Event 1 Released

After the news hit yesterday of “Worlds Strongest Man for every weight class” with online qualifiers all the talk has been. “What are the events and how do I qualify?” This morning the first event has been officially released and it begs the question how much total tonnage can you lift in 30 seconds?

Train Strongman To Host Official Strongman Games

Train Strongman headed by Lynn Morehouse announced on Facebook today that they will be hosting the “Official Strongman Games” which includes Worlds Strongest Man/Woman competitions for 7 different classes a long with an open mens Giants Live qualifier the qualifying series for Worlds Strongest Man.