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OfWolfandMan
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Ive been watching this ALL DAY.I love it,but I need to get out of the house for a while lol.Notice that Bergmanis uses no belt!!That really amazes me.
OfWolfandMan
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I take that back..he may have had a belt on for the deadlift this year,but did not wear one last year.He just pressed all 4 logs in that event,with very little leg drive on the last one.AMAZING!
Amazing guys they are...
Pudz also gained about 20 pounds since last year...
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Pudz also gained about 20 pounds since last year...
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Backlash
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My wife and I watched nearly every show yesterday, for both 2002 and 2003. Awesome marathon.
I really did feel bad for Phillipi though - he got screwed on the stones. That first platform was too high for the shorter guys. I mean, I know that height is often an advantage, but when the stone is that light (220) and he can't get it up there, that sucks.
Also, I kind of enjoyed seeing Karlson go down in the finals after showboating so much in his qualifying group. There's a difference between giving the crowd a good show and just being arrogant and showing off (like in that giant farmer's walk).
I really did feel bad for Phillipi though - he got screwed on the stones. That first platform was too high for the shorter guys. I mean, I know that height is often an advantage, but when the stone is that light (220) and he can't get it up there, that sucks.
Also, I kind of enjoyed seeing Karlson go down in the finals after showboating so much in his qualifying group. There's a difference between giving the crowd a good show and just being arrogant and showing off (like in that giant farmer's walk).
Parabellum
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POLISH POWER!!
seraphElite
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Pudzianowski is fucking scary.... i didnt want him to flex to much cuz i thought his skin was gonna explode =/
I didn't miss any of it! Pudzianowski is a FUCKING machine! I LOVED it when he Puked on himself during the train pull!That was great. So how do you guys think Ronnie Coleman would do in WSM? I think he would do great in Squat, Deadlift, and Overhead press but I think he wouldn't do as well in other areas! What do you guys think? Mike
wannabebig1
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How come the U.S . never has a guy win all these guys are from europe... We need a strong man
wannabebig1 said:
I posted my thoughts on the Chat board...
You must have just cought the finals. We sent 5 guys this year and none of them made the finals. Hopefully I'll be at Pro Nationals where the top 5 guys make it to the Worlds. I'd love to be at the worlds in the next 5 years.
Everyone trains different. Mostly we lift 2-4x in the week then have a day just for event training.
I'd say that the average Pro Strongman takes around 1gram of test a week and that cycles higher and lower throughout the year. A pro of the past said that he used a gram a day of test with MANY other things to get ready for a contest.
I will be drug tested this year at some point as well as others in the U.S.
Remember that the U.S. gets 5 at the Worlds...I don't think that any other country in the world gets that many and there are a lot of countries. Most strongmen in Europe get full support from their government. Food, room, training halls, trainers, drugs, chemical assistants, etc... While we spend all of our time trying to catch our athletes doing something illegal...they spend their time trying to keep their athletes at the top level.
Also..our best athletes are making 6-8 figures playing in the NFL instead of competing in Strongman making 3-5 figures.
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TheOak01 said:
Ehhh...no offense to Mark...but he actually screwed himself.
He is 6' tall and there were other guys shorter than him that didn't have that problem...
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Wow Mark looked much shorter than 6' when doing the stones. I guess there were shorter people who did it better. I still felt sorry for him though, watching that interview.
Also, at least one other guy had the same problem. I don't remember who it was, but the stone kind of rolled back onto his head and dazed him badly; he was wondering around in a circle for awhile, couldn't find the other stones or something.
Also, at least one other guy had the same problem. I don't remember who it was, but the stone kind of rolled back onto his head and dazed him badly; he was wondering around in a circle for awhile, couldn't find the other stones or something.
Mark looked like he was having problems the whole time. I only saw part of the heat he was in, but saw him get completely tooled by the carry and flip.
Didn't look like the same Mark Phillipi as the year before.
I saw the Jesse Marunde pulled out due to an injury, but he didn't specify what happened. Anyone know the specifics on his injury?
Didn't look like the same Mark Phillipi as the year before.
I saw the Jesse Marunde pulled out due to an injury, but he didn't specify what happened. Anyone know the specifics on his injury?
JOKER47 said:Mark looked like he was having problems the whole time. I only saw part of the heat he was in, but saw him get completely tooled by the carry and flip.
Didn't look like the same Mark Phillipi as the year before.
I saw the Jesse Marunde pulled out due to an injury, but he didn't specify what happened. Anyone know the specifics on his injury?
He had dropped about 30+ pounds getting ready for Nationals, hurt his back BADLY, and went to Worlds 2 weeks later anyway. He is trying to market himself and make money at this sport...
In September he weighed 270. In December he was at 315...interesting huh?
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b fold the truth said:
Did he hurt his back in competiton? I saw him on the squat event, and he looked like he was in pretty bad shape.
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Maybe I mis-understood, but that sounds like he GAINED 45lbs from Sep to Dec. Did he drop weight from 315 for the Worlds? When exactly was the Worlds held? (I know they just started showing it on ESPN.)
JOKER47 said:
I believe that he was pretty beat up before Pro US Nationals in August. He had dropped to 270 or so by that contest and I believe that his back was bothering him before the contest. He re-injured it on the squat event at Nationals in August.
JOKER47 said:
Yes, he gained 45lbs from September (Worlds) till December. He normally competes at around 290 or so. Worlds was held 2 weeks after Pro Nationals.
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JOKER47 said:Thanks for clearing that up.
Did he drop all that weight trying to market himself? How did he expect that to help anything?
Give me a call next week...I'll give you the low down
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