Sydneys Strongest Man 28th of June
 

It's finally here.

This Sunday I'll be competing in my first big Strongman Comp.

Training has unfortunately been a bit disrupted recently due to work and a minor injury but I'm still looking forward to getting out there and having a crack at it.

We've got 38 amateurs across 3 weight classes plus 4 Pros making it the biggest comp ever run in Australia.

Video etc to follow

Good luck!

I'll second that! Good luck!

Excellent stuff Don. Best of luck and enjoy yourself.

All the best,
Arden

Comp report

venue - a parking lot on a fairly significant slope so the carrying events were run uphill over a 25m course

Lot draw - drew number 6 and ran against the current national champ all day

Event 1 - super yoke 245kg / 540lb - 16.1sec

fairly good run with this but i dropped it a few metres from the line and lost a second or so picking it up again.

Event 2 - 90kg / 200lb log for reps

3 reps - very big awkward log and a lot of guys struggled. will need to get a bigger log to practice on.

Event 3 - 220kg / 485lb Axle DL for reps 9 reps

Pretty bad run at this. I used my own ironmind straps and they slipped on the knurling. should have used the figure 8 straps provided!

Event 4 - Farmers walk 115kg / 255lb 25m straight run 13.75 sec

lots of people dropped these, the grip was thin and knurled but freshly powder coated or painted and reasonably slick. I was happy to do it in one run.

Event 5 - 130kg / 285lb stone over bar for reps 3 reps, missed 2 more i should have got.

only my scond time with the 130kg stone and previous PR was a couple of HARD singles

Overall 9th out of 14 in a very competitive field

Video shortly

Excellent job Don. You trained for it showed up and did well! Nice first comp.

Video of the strongman comp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIkMHpPhbMk

Hey Don,

I met a guy from the competition named Ben in my university's gym today.

He asked me a few times to remind you that he beat you. So consider this me doing just that. :)

Impressive stuff in the video. Nice work.

Very funny,

just for that next time i see Ben I'm going to try and drop something on him.