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2012 World’s Strongest Man Bus Pull

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Here are some videos from the 2012 World’s Strongest Man Bus Pull. As if it wasn’t hard enough the guys had to overcome and uphill start. Terry Hollands won this event in 42.97 sec. Zydrunas Savickas made it in 55.35 sec. If you look closely you can see that he is not actually pulling, but using […]

Zydrunas Savickas 220kg Log Press World Record 2012 World’s Strongest Man + Super Yoke

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Log Press time at the 2012 World’s Strongest Man. Zydrunas Savickas and Mike Jenkins were the only ones who took a shot at 220kg World Record Log Lift. Big Z got it. 2.5kg up from his previous record. According to Randall Strossen, Mike came close, but couldn’t fininsh the lift. At 210 kg four guys were […]

Brent Willis, George Leeman, Dan Green Deadlifts

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Some huge deadlifts coming in this Sunday. Brent Willis pulls 387kg (854 lbs) and George Leeman gets 379.5kg  (837 lbs) at the UPSA Deadlift Invitational. Dan Green 306kg x4 from a deficit. By the way, if you were interested in Dan’s training split, he posted it in a comment on YouTube. Monday: Squat (heavy) Tuesday: Overhead Presses […]

Miika Antti-Roiko 200kg Clean & Jerk

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Meanwhile in Finland … Miika Antti-Roiko hits a 200kg Clean & Jerk. Remember in London at the Olympics he did 180kg @94kg. He was sent there on short notice. At the time he had been in the army for 2 months and therefore couldn’t tain as much as he would like. Nice to see him […]

Shane Maier 175kg Snatch

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Here is what Shane Maier is up to these days. The 175kg snatch is a 5k PR. Missed the first CJ attempt at 205 (not in the video), nailed it on the second attempt, and then went for 215k. Goal was to attempt 220 but missing that first attempt threw him off track. He’s looking […]