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With March just around the corner, barring injury or the plague, these eight athletes will certainly wow any and all spectators in attendance on March 4 and 5th. If you’ve never taken the opportunity to see a strongman competition in person, you owe it to yourself to see this event. This is a first-class production with some of the greatest strength athletes of our time.
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The Arnold Strongman Classic annually features the world’s top strongman professionals in a two-day competition to determine the world’s strongest man.
Two-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion Derek Poundstone of Waterbury, Conn., will return to defend his title again in 2011, and will again face six-time ASC champ Zydrunas Savickas of Lithuania. Poundstone defeated Savickas in 2010 after Savickas returned from a one-year hiatus, The mighty Lithuanian won the Arrnold Strongman six straight times between 2003 and 2008. He also won the World’s Strongest Man in 2009 and 2010 and is considered by many to be the greatest strongman of all time.
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The following athletes will compete in the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic*:
Mike Jenkins -- 2010 Arnold Amateur World Strongman Championships winner
Mikhail Koklyaev -- Four-time winner in Strongman Champions League
Brian Shaw -- Strongman Super Series overall champion, 2009 and 2010
Brian Siders -- Six-time USAPL powerlifting national champion
Travis Ortmayer -- All-American Strongman champion, 2006 and 2008
Derek Poundstone -- Arnold Strongman Classic champion, 2009 and 2010
Zydrunas Savickas -- Arnold Strongman Classic champion, 2003-2008
1: Apollon’s Wheel – No change here for 2011. This apparatus is a 415lb (187kg) bar with specially constructed individual Steel Wheels that resemble vintage locomotive wheels on each end. The athlete is to pick up, and press the bar (to full lockout) above his head and return to the ground as many times as possible.
2: Hummer Tire Deadlift – Any purist strength athlete will tell you this has been the granddaddy of strength events throughout history, although this event is slightly different in design from its original design. Here, a specially constructed 14 ft bar with gym plates and Hummer tires is grasped and simply pulled from the ground as the athlete stands upright. This year the bar will start at 600 pounds (270 kg) and will increase in weight until there is only one man left standing. Wrist straps may be used with this event as it’s a test of overall strength and not hand grip power.
3: Circus Dumbbell – Last year, this very thick-handled dumbbell weighed in at 228lbs (103.5kg). Each athlete will grasp the dumbbell with one or two hands, then lift it to the shoulder, and with one hand only press it to full lockout above their head. This year, the format stays the same; however the dumbbell weight has been increased to 242lbs (110 kg).
4: Manhood Stones – This is a slight change from last year’s strongman classic. Two stones, each weighing 452lbs (205kg) and 535lbs (242.5kg) must be lifted over a 49” bar for maximum reps. The athlete may, however, choose not to lift the smaller stone and opt for the bigger stone only. This would negate any reps from an athlete choosing to lift the smaller stones.
5: Timber Carry – The “farmers walk” dates back hundreds of years to the old Scottish Highland Games events as a test of manhood. Last year the massive timbered frame weighed in at 875lbs. This year, athletes will handle an immense increase of weight to 1,003lbs. The apparatus will be carried, again with straps, 32 feet up an inclined ramp as quickly as possible. Speed, athleticism, immense strength and focus are paramount to success here.
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