A strongman handbook

Back weight walk, also known as yoke walk

-Walking with a heavy weight on the back
farmers walk
-Walking with weights hold by the hands
Atlas stones
-Putting round stones on elavated platforms
Pulling
-Trucks
-Cars
-Boats
-Trains
-Airplanes
Sometimes for any pulling event there is a support rope
which contestants can use to pull themselves forward
Pushing
-Car
-Small truck
Loading race
-Walking weights toward a loading platform
Overhead press
-Pressing overhead
Fingal fingers
-A long weight that needs to be lifted and walked until it flips over
Power stairs
-Lifting and carrying heavy weights up a stair
Squat
Squating
Deadlift
Deadlift
Car deadlift
Log deadlift
Axle deadlift
-The axle bar is a lot thicker than a normal bar
making it harder to get up
A very strong grip is needed for this
Bench press
-Normally this is a special form of bench press where a box with a
bar can be loaded with extra heavy material after completing a repetition
Keg toss
-Tossing a keg over a cord or stick
Car carry
-Carrying a car and walking with it towards the finish line
Hercules hold
Husafell stone
Duck walk
Log throw
Giant dumbell press
Also called the circus dumbell
Stone circle
-Holding a heavy weight with the arms and then walking
around in circles
Car flip
-Flipping cars
Tire flips
-Flipping large tires
Log clean and press
-A heavy log that needs to be lifted off the ground and then above the
head
The log may not be rested on the head while pressing
Axle clean and press
-The axle is harder to clean as the bar is a lot thicker
Hip lift
Hip and thigh back lift

Some strongman first practiced powerlifting,

body building or even olympic weightlifting

Early strongman events also feautured:

Bending iron
Wrestling
Sumo like wrestling

Famous strongman events:
WSM
Worlds strongest man
Arnold strongman classic
World muscle power classic

North America's strongest man

Under 105 kg contests:
World championships u 105kg

Team strongman events:

IFSA world team championships
World's strongest team

Training for strongman:

-A simple way of training is just mixing up and doing some events
in training that fit wel together
-Together with some other strength trainings

-Powerlifting training and event training

can also be done

-Some even train somewhat like body builders they have days where they

train their arms and back and days where they train their legs
And some times mix it up a little. But offcourse they do lower reps and a lot more 1 rep maxes.

Other strongman feats:

Frying pan rolling
Wrench bending
Nail bending
-There are special hardened nails

For iron and steel bending:

There's a lot of technique to bending iron
Like the placement of the hands on the iron.
The iron can also be placed somewhere on the body or against the body
iron can for example be placed on the upper leg while the hands push down
There's a lot of different techniques and styles to bending iron.

The early strong man or old time strongman;

Did feats like lifting heavy weights, bending iron, breaking chains,
hand hammering nails into wood, Pulling or lifting with the teeth
and one finger pull ups and a lot more.

Tip:

Eat good and rest wel if you practice strongman