Comments by "wheelmanstan" (@wheelmanstan) on "Big Loz Official" channel.

  1. Was very cool and the idea of having to beat Brian on his own turf in the winter mountains is very cool. People can say Brian had the advantage because of the elevation but you can also say that the small 300lb guy has the advantage in the tropical locations. Every competition gives someone an advantage. Hopefully next year Mateuz, Martins, Tom will be there.
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  2. yeah I want shaw to win 5 but this stone-off stuff bugs the hell out of me, it's very dumb, should just let the top 10 guys through dependent on their total scores
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  3. Yeah the dude is 25, was an alternate and got 3rd!
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  4. and his last year there he was still capable of getting on the podium this year if he hadn't made just a few mistakes, mainly not doing a tiny bit more and getting that .5 points to keep him out of the stone off, on paper he at least makes the podium, that potential is still there, not that I think he should go for 1 more, but I think he still has a couple more shaw classics in him, I think he'll win this last one, how cool would that be
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  5. they should just go by total points and let the top 10 through, have the stone off between the 3rd place guys for some kind of trophy...I don't know, it's very unfair
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  6. Remember when that keg landed on Brian Shaw's shoulder and vaporized? Haha. Anyway, Bobby is awesome, a powerhouse..numb feet and all.
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  7. it's another damn exhibition mismatch, this crap is so annoying, it's like that jake paul giving older smaller guys just 2 months to learn boxing when he's been training in boxing for years...thor fighting devon is sooooooo weak, makes him look like a chicken
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  8. brian really has 5 titles and big z has 3, not that brian is better but let's be real about that sand bag rolling off the platform costing him the title
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  9. let's be real, brian has 5 wsm titles, his sand bag rolled off a platform, haha
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  10. I say give it one more year training with eddie hall or some legendary strongman and then retire, or just retire after this depending on how badly he does, in training he kicks butt but he can never put it together in comp now it seems, too slow, too careful, the heat seems too much..
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  11. Yeah his lack of training videos is very noticeable. He's very serious about this last one. I think he's in great shape. Not at his strongest, but WSM isn't all about strength. It's about speed and stamina as well and with a little bit of luck he can win it...and strategy. I mean I see it happen in tennis all the time, the luck of the draw. Not every one can make it to the competition, not everyone is always mentally in the right place, some will suffer injuries, some will make mistakes with..tacky, some events might favor you more..the stars align and if you keep showing up for the tournament you'll get the win. It ain't about who's the best that year but who's the best during those couple days. Brian is always top 5, with a little luck he could win it. Heck, bad luck certainly cost him his 5th.. It would be a great thing to witness. And I'd love to see him coach.
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  12. Great video from you two! Thanks! And no more stone-offs, please!
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  13. They gotta end this stone-off BS and just go by points. They have these men compete in a stone off even after we clearly see by the points who won. And in most stone-offs they end in a TIE, so they STILL ended up going by points! Bobby had a tacky issue and that cost him everything. And who the heck can win WSM after lifting a 400lb stone for max reps? Has that ever happened? I don't even think they podium. Guys dominate the heats yet those points don't count towards the main events. Why? The only time that would make sense is if the heats took place in different countries and the winner of each Heat earned a spot at WSM. I mean it's just so silly. The Heats should not be a separate competition. The Heats can still exist but just advance the top 2 and let them keep their points. If the top 2 are tied, THEN do the stone-off. Actually the stone off can end in a tie, better to just do something like a tire flip.
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  14. man these dudes are so fast now, and would be insane if novikov won this, he is killing it right now
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  15.  @jimllbreakit8537  imagine that, right after JF Caron retires
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  16. apparently 5.5 points isn't enough, wow
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  17.  @AlexanderMichelson  ukriane is full of amazing athletes, many in their prime risking everything to fight off the russian invaders, who the F has a problem with that? did you know the mayor of kiev is KLITSCHKO? this is comic book good guy vs bad guy stuff
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  18. for novikov to win it and bring that trophy to ukraine..well that would be better than shaw getting his 5th, imagine the morale boost his people back in ukraine would have, it would be amazing
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  19.  @scottessery100  yeah either one would make me happy, bobby getting a chance vs brian winning it all, I'd rather see bobby having a chance in the finals than see brian getting 2nd or 3rd, the stone-off is beyond stupid, we already see the top 10 scorers of the groups..so that's the finalists! or to make is more fair, have the overall top scorers go to the finals!
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  20.  @southwestgal7  you're probably right
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  21. They gotta end this stone-off BS and just go by points. They have these men compete in a stone off even after we clearly see by the points who won. And in most stone-offs they end in a TIE, so they STILL ended up going by points! Bobby had a tacky issue and that cost him everything. And who the heck can win WSM after lifting a 400lb stone for max reps? Has that ever happened? I don't even think they podium. Guys dominate the heats yet those points don't count towards the main events. Why? The only time that would make sense is if the heats took place in different countries and the winner of each Heat earned a spot at WSM. I mean it's just so silly. The Heats should not be a separate competition. The Heats can still exist but just advance the top 2 and let them keep their points. If the top 2 are tied, THEN do the stone-off. Actually the stone off can end in a tie, better to just do something like a tire flip. Am I wrong here?
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  22. Mith is scary good. He has it all. I can see him winning a few.
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  23. Such a well made video. Thanks! I'd like to see who lift the heaviest stone and the millennium dumbell. I remember Brian saying he believed he was capable of lifting a 700lb stone. He's done over 600lbs. And that dumbell, Eddie couldn't lift it. It's maybe 235lbs with a Thomas Inch. Eddie watched Brian lift it basically for reps. haha Eddie was very impressed.
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  24.  @speedy692  yeah but the bag was placed, it's not the same as throwing a barrel or atlas stone too hard onto a podium uncontrollably to get a better time, meanwhile Big Z and sitting in the water huffing and puffing, I'm just sayin'
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  25.  @Fankas2000  where? I just watched the event and that didn't happen
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  26. yeah it's crazy how you can't be your best even though you are the best, because you have to have great competition to challenge you to push beyond what you think is beyond your limit
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  27. Imagine putting that show together, in December during a pandemic...man that would be tough. I just with they had aired it live on Youtube. There must be a way to make it work where they can still earn money for all this. Everyone wants one of those Shaw Classic shirts with the names on the back. And quite a few companies contributed, so that's sponsors right there. I'm obviously no expert in any of this though. Love seeing Brian get a win...man people were so down on the guy after just a few somewhat low placings. Trey impressed the hell out of me.
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  28. maxine seems the type to take advice and evan not the type, maybe I'm wrong though, evan seems to have a lot of potential but ego can get in the way
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  29. could he uppercut though?
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  30. the only thing against mitch hooper is "how can someone keep up such a great performance". with novikov and hooper, they do so well that you just can't imagine them keeping that level of performance up..but maybe they can, they're absolute freaks, guys that size and agile being that strong is just crazy, if they can't pace themselves then Brian can win due to his consistency, hard to imagine trey and evan winning just yet, tom is hard to read but could always take it, maybe a newcomer wins it but the experienced prior champs will have to make mistakes
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  31. Basically the top 4 on day 1 are my top 4 picks and imo it'll be between Novikov and Trey for 1st. I'd actually love to see Novikov win it. Should be an epic battle for 3rd as well.
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  32.  @richardlawton1023  Will Brian attempt to lift a 500-600lb stone? I'm wondering if maybe he'll try.
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  33. I remember seeing him train with Brian Shaw and he seems like a smart very serious no BS strongman.
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  34. if only Eddie had been hydrated at those events..can you imagine?!!
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  35. Here's my off the cuff order of winners: What's yours?! brian trey mitch tom singleton novikov max Brian's really put together a fun and competitor-friendly comp.
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  36. evan went into anaphylactic shock, he's cleared for day 2 though, he'll be back!
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  37. Interesting how close Trey and Evan seem to be in every event. I'm guessing Brian and Bragg going first hurt them, surprised at those results. Pavlo really is a beast. Hooper's ability just doesn't make sense. Can he keep that performance up?
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  38. i love that it's a winter-mountain-heavy competition
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  39. And remember Dec12 is the Shaw Classic. Check out the lineup! Zydrunas “Big Z” Savickas, Mateusz Kieliszkowski, Robert Oberst, J.F. Carron, Rob Kearney, Adam Bishop, Terry Hollands, Jerry Pritchett, Maxime Boudreault, and Brian Shaw
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  40.  @herrrobert5340  not sure, but I never count these dudes out, they recover very quickly, heck the biggest obstacle is passing the covid test
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  41. I'd rather see something different happen with the log lift, so many zeroes, like allow them to have a chance at every log. I'd rather see the car press replaced with some sort of squat, with that circus barbell thing. Maybe have a tire flip replace the bag toss and have the bag toss as a bonus round for cash. And maybe the arm over arm implement can be something like a dirtbike, something with a weight we can understand. The stairs at the end was a BRILLIANT idea, and Brian+Mitch showed us why. Luckily the Evan mistake didn't affect his placing. Alexi looked..like..happy out there. As a non-strongman and just a spectator, I really liked that standing press machine. Brian was very hungry to win this..I mean he was shouting to pump himself up and everything. *That wheelbarrow was 800lbs at the handles. 350lb sandbags, if anyone's wondering.
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  42.  @Ogilla  hey I don't disagree
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  43. yeah this is why i hate the group stuff, bobby wins all that but if he loses the stone-off then shaw gets through 1st and 2nd placers should immediately go to the final if anyone should be in the stone off it's the 3rd place guys or guys that are tied actually the athletes should all be placed in order via their total points and the top 10 should go to the final, why doesn't that happen? that makes the most sense! luke got a great group :P
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  44. I am sooooooo tired of much larger, much younger guys with much more boxing training boxing as if they're actual boxers. I'm so tired of seeing it.
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  45.  @larskarl5069  do you know if pro boxers ever do that? I know some tennis players will do it when they swing
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  46. mitch and novikov have that unicorn power, they're not very big but they can move weight like nothing, insane, imagine if mitch had experience with the lifts, he's never lifted a car or pulled a bus etc..haha, a lot of this stuff and this pressure is new to him, nowhere near his peak I think we see who 1 and 2 will be, but I think Novikov wins this for Ukraine. I think Licis and Brian will battle for 3rd, I just don't expect Hooper to keep up this level of performance the entire run when it's his first time here and he's so inexperienced, anyway it's fun to make predictions even if they're totally wrong
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  47.  @rdad4121  isn't that why he stopped doing the Arnold? that bouncy stage+elephant bar kept screwing up his hamstring, I just remember for a year or two thinking "if this contest has an elephant bar then brian is screwed, he just kept tweaking it, I think the last time I saw him deadlift a lot was back in a garage with jf caron and caron hit his PR, I think they both got 1,000, JF was back from an injury and I think Brian tweaked it after that but yeah for years brian hasn't been any threat at deadlift, but his deadlift was still good enough, this recent WSM was good, he just kept making mistakes, like strange mistake an experienced guy shouldn't be making, maybe the heat affects his thinking these days+age causing fatigue+maybe the pressure.. I don't know, look at how well he does at his Classic, not just against his competition but against himself, he shines there, I think when Tom, Novikov and Hooper are at this years Shaw Classic then we'll really get to see just how strong Brian still is (knock on wood)
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  48.  @thorthewolf8801  yeah but that was very recently, he hadn't competed there in a few years, last year was 2019
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  49. He's his biggest enemy, risk=injury, but with age comes maturity.
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  50.  @beardedbjorn5520  that's a shame, especially after the luke situation at wsm
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  51. You two need an intro, like an 80's theme intro. Ever see that show Bosom Buddies with Tom Hanks? Do that please. I'd laugh so hard.
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  52. Shaw's competition is the best imo and since he's so accomplished/passionate/respected by the competitors..I think the athletes see that winning this competition truly proves who the strongest is, yes winning WSM will change your life (money and fame) but when you talk about respect then it's the Shaw Classic I think Brian (along with the other strongmen on social media gaining audiences) will bring the sport to the next level, like the way The Ultimate Fighter basically saved the UFC.
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  53.  @WickedZZzY  in many cases speed is a big deal and that irks me but when a guy stops lifting before he's out of time then the speed didn't matter, reps are..debatable as far as strength goes, it's strength but it's also stamina, I still think when it comes to lifting the heaviest objects it's brian who wins, seeing him lifting heavy on his History channel show showcased that, but this show is also about reps and movements and all that, still..it's kind of a good thing, imagine if an andre the giant comes along one day and no one can beat him, haha
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  54. he's the roger federer of wsm, not just because he's maybe the best, but all those other attributes, and yeah he's really going for his 6th, a sand bag rolled off a platform and that's why he lost that 5th, haha, it's silly
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  55. Haha, I see the disadvantages at times when Brian Shaw lifts. His arms and legs are so long!
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  56. and tray is back from achiles tear, i guess martins will never make it... mitch all the way, too smart fast and durable
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  57.  @bdegrds  heck a bigger factor, I hate to say, is his decision-making, he sometimes just makes bad decisions or uses a bad strategy, or like this year he said he forgot to take the necessary deep breath before doing the conan's wheel, he screwed up and got sweaty hands on the that atv-grip hold, he'll pace himself too much and end up doing a stone off due to missing out on half a point, I'm just an armchair viewer but with his bus pull he's always way too high and his squats are too slow and I think what he really needed was someone like Eddie Hall or Licis to coach him, guys like Licis and Hooper are so damn strategic and smart about technique, not that they don't take risks and risk injury, but that's what it takes to win WSM now, one huge and common mistakes champions make is sticking with their same coaches and diet and brian made that mistake, his diet obviously sucked and his coaching..well it looked non-existent
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  58. he needs a new coah, his new diet helped and now it's time to hire a former wsm to coach him, imo, champion tennis players hire champion tennis players to coach them when they seem to plateau and it gets them back to winning
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  59.  @bryque2282  haha, maybe, hafthor has great speed for his size unlike brian he should train with martins I think, if just for a few days, he's very smart with how he trains, eddie would be a great coach too I bet, if he wasn't so busy, imagine
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  60. I really like seeing the guys lift random heavy objects, especially stuff I think strongmen would love to try and lift or would feel fortunate to have a chance to lift. Like how many pennies could you lift, how much beer could you carry, or a lift done the way the ancient people did it with ropes and pulleys and all that. That would be a cool theme. A WSM at the pyramids or one of those ancient sites like Stonehenge would be ultimate.
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  61.  @Casshern_Sin  plus arm surgeries
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  62. Do pro boxers ever do that? I mean in pro bouts you'd never hear it I guess, but some must have yelled with boxing, like how some players do when swinging a tennis racket.
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  63. yeah he's Ukraine on his back and in his heart, he's giving it everything, he's a freak of nature
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  64. wow, those are favorable events for him, and events I'm excited to see
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  65. He's.. ..the one.
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  66. This is great. I wonder what Brian Shaw's plans are after retirement. He has those gyms..I wonder if he'll be training some guys.
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  67. WSM has a history, it takes place all over the world and happens just once a year. The Shaw Classic is basically the high elevation mountain strongman comp and I think that's where it will always take place. I think there's plenty of months in the year for all these competitions to co-exist, like the 4 tennis grand slams which are all equal. WSM can only defeat itself. If it becomes a competition with light events guys can speed through then it's no longer the WSM because clearly that's not what it's trying to find. If Shaw Classic is the comp with the most legit heavy events and gets all the top strongmen..well then if you want to know who the world's strongest man really is then look no further. This years Shaw Classic might just tell us who the WSM really is. The WSM competition is kinda turning into the world's fittest strongman comp because stamina and speed are such a factor. Another thing hurting WSM is the heats and tie-breaks. They gotta fix how that takes place. Shaw Classic is very straight-forward without the BS. I do wonder if some dirty games might be played to prevent Shaw Classic from getting all the top competitors there at the same times. At the end of the day though, the Shaw Classic should be bringing more fans to all the other strongman events. It's just more publicity. This isn't like a grocery store moving across the street from another grocery store. It's more like a grocery store moving to an area that needs a grocery store because the other store is an hour away.
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  68. Brian and his red iron mad scientist are creating some very fun contraptions. I always look forward to seeing them. This might be the best show ever. You have all the TOP dogs (how many WSM champs?) lifting massive farm equipment and barrels and logs and the largest stones..it's legit. No groups and stone-offs and running through these events. Anyone think Brian will attempt a stone? I'm hoping he has a fun bonus grip challenge comp..grip gantlet.
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  69. I'd love to see Brian trying to set world records after he retires. Grip records and a few static lifts, Millennium dumbbell particularly. Some coaching and armwrestling in between and really building up the Shaw Classic into the huge and highly respected competition it could be. I can see it happening in famous locations, places like Mount Rushmore, the Grand Canyon, Sequoia Forest, Niagara Falls..who knows. WSM just seems like a competition that will always take place at the beach now. haha I really want to see Tom and this next Shaw Classic. This will be one to remember.
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  70. I think you're right about Brian being overly-careful which costs him. I've seen it a lot, but he knows his body. I mean he wraps his whole body up to prevent injury nowadays. I used to say that he needs to work on his technique like Martins who is a master at it..but there Martins is injured. haha heck so many are injured right now maybe because they're trying to speed up their lifts too much.
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  71.  @hmcdonut  well that sucks, I thought he was still just dealing with a previous injury
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  72. I think Novikov will be the man to beat. I think he wants this win more than anything and he was killing it at WSM.
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  73. shaw and pena in a stone off, my prediction haha, shaw would get that, also felix is old enough to be hooper's grandad, haha, respect!
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  74. yep, i got the same picks
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  75. It's terrible what WSM does to the actual fans. I mean airing it like this is only really for the folks that are flipping through channels. Fans want to see it live. With social media though and the popularity strongmen are getting on youtube though, I think change is coming. I'll try and just wait to see the results of each event when it airs. Anyone know if Brian Shaw is still putting together his own strongman competition?
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  76. licis, tom, hooper, novikov are next level, strong and fast I hope brian pulls off the impossible..this 1 last time poor bobby...
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  77. I can't imagine retiring while you're still hitting PR's, so I think it's a good decision. I mean if you recover from the injury then why not. So is Thor competing in this WSM? Too late, right?
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  78. shaw has incredible grip strength, he grips the ungrippable, it's crazy seeing him not dominate those events, small guys are killing it now, watch brian's speech though, on his channel, love the guy
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  79. eddie does a tv show where basically he travels the country seeing if he can eat giant burgers etc, if they added evan to that show it would be gold
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  80. Funny how people, since day 1, have counted Brian Shaw out...WHEN HE PLACED 2ND LAST YEAR! Still...how about those Ukrainians right now?! Wow.
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  81.  @joshuaeason3426  27 already? yeah i forgot about brian, but he's only 1 place behind the 2020 wsm, and as an alternate
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  82. that is an odd name for a strongman to have, but then again T-Rex arms could curl 430lbs
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  83. c, d, zinc
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  84.  @Salta0monte  yeah I forgot about that, I forgot the names, looks like a strong combination, worth the money
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  85. Will it be heavy? Let's just say it'll feature tractors.
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  86. After seeing JF doing those deadlifts and that hummer tire deadlift at the Shaw Classic..I almost thought he was bulletproof. What a beast! He's making the right decision. In life there's things like this that happen, like the universe deciding for you to move on to something else and if you listen to it everything works out.
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  87. So STILL no Tom and now Licis...kinda weird. Unfortunate..anxiety and injuries I guess. Still, GREAT lineup and the Shaw Classic, as far as I'm concerned, is the heaviest most legit competition now. Heck there may be a day where there's a house filled with young Strongmen like that Ultimate Fighter show competing against each other. Brian Shaw and entertaining strongmen like yourself using social media are gonna bring this sport to the next level.
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  88. With people like you, and athletes with such large personalities putting this sport out there with social media..I think the sport will get back to live TV broadcasts. Maybe I'm wrong but it's kinda felt like the sport went on life support for a bit, at least when covid hit. I can't recall ever watching it live but I do remember the days of watching it on TV when Met-RX and Ultimate Orange were basically the only two supplements on the market. haha Man that was fun to watch..the strongest men from around the world battling it out in front of people from the deepest corners of the world. It was like a strongman kumite/Bloodsport.
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  89. This is crazy. We just saw a pro basketball player get beat up by a youtuber... I mean if it were the start of the UFC then yes I'd love to see it, but now it's a bit like watching that giant Bob Sapp fight skilled martial artists in Japan. A mess. I just hope it's not a big guy chasing around a boxer who picks his shots well and waits till Thor is tired so he can then KO him. Non-boxers seem to always fight like that. I'd rather see him be defensive and focus on countering.
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