# worlds strongest man competition

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-man-competition/386386>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-man-competition/386386 "2007-01-02T05:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-strongest-man-competition/386386/21 "2007-01-04T15:20:32Z")

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[QUOTE=The Scrivener]  
…do most of these guys just work out with weights and then just hope that their strength will transfer well to the skills involved in carrying a car, lifting a pair of cars, hurling beer kegs, etc.?..  
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A good number of these strongmen workout with unusual equipment. During my heavier-training days, I met a fella in Virginia who had a replica [Husafell Stone](http://www6.mailordercentral.com/ironmind/prodinfo.asp?number=1358) in his yard. He also had a few round “stones” all weighing upward of 250#, enormous sandbags and a THICK bar on which to load weights.

To this day, I still work out with hand-grippers that require close to 200# of pressure to close.

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