2019 Arnold Strongman Classic | Husafell Stone Carry - Full Live Stream Event 2

[Music] [Music] [Applause] the 2019 Arnold strongman classic continues here at the Greater Columbus Civic Center in Columbus Ohio a jam-packed crowd taking in all things fitness I'm Sean Moulton alongside dr. bill Crawford we are through one event for events remain just before this evening here is where we stand after the deadlift that man Jerry Pritchett is currently tied for third he was able to make his opening lift and 974 pounds round two he went for 1030 pounds and was unable to complete it sort of hobbled off the stage he is still in the competition Brian Shaw takes second place he made 1021 pounds on his second lift trying to set a new record at 1,000 49,000 Brian Shaw just did not half for Jordan set the record in this event last year in 2019 1041 pounds in 2018 1045 today to win the event then he went after the big one 500 kilos 1000 105 pounds and gourds and almost had it and was that close to $50,000 but does get the event win and earns 10 points Brian Shaw one point bacteria Virginia Kyle Shinnecock tied for third shall they take the points add them together and split them and the dragon Martine thisis rounding out the top five the second of five events the Musa fell stone carry and we will be using a replica of one of the most famous strongmen implements in the world and this is a test that has been around Bill for hundreds of years yes the legend of the who Savelle stone courses through the veins of every strongman there are two points of success that I want to talk about one is having an efficient lift off the off the floor that means getting your hips down standing the stone up getting it up into your lap and starting to carry the second second thing to look for is breathing you've got to be able to breathe the supply oxygen to the lungs and to the into the body so that you can continue to carry when this test was first administered men would carry it around a sheep pen I've measured about 101 feet around we don't have a sheet pan here obviously so we will use the stage and this is the order of the competitors we go from last to first in the prior event jf korone was the only man who did not have a successful lift he bowed out of the deadlift without lifting any weight he will start movie followed by Alexey Novikov and we'll end with haftorah bjornsen who finished first the prior event but Alexey Novikov will actually be up first so this is a natural stones natural stones aren't made to be lifted in other words they're gonna have to read the stone and lifting most men that care that do the who spells don't Gary want to stand the stone up and then swing it up onto there laughter mr. at the wall some might actually just want to reach down and pick it up some they do they are allowed some time to look at the stone this is called reading the stone stone knows more about the natural stone knows more about how to how to lift itself than we do so you have to be able to listen to it in other words build a balance in your hands is there an area that feels like there's a little more purchase on it with your fingers you've seen the actual conclusive else own written books on this stuff I've carried that this one you said is pretty close this is very close they actually took 3d pictures and wrote made a who Savelle stone but importantly this is stone that with us with the stone that was brought from Iceland and then and into the actual rim of this inclusive else home they have to go around all of those stones j-f Cologne we showed you him who is going to be drawn from the competition you don't have the one event no cop-outs that's enough but now is Italy is moving you want to keep moving your feet moving your feet as you move your feet that's distance and you only have so much time to carry the stone it looks like he's rhythmically breathing you can see in and out in and out digging his fingers into the stone slowing down just a little bit [Music] pressive so far from the youngster his attempt ends once he drops it [Music] complete laps stone goes down they'll mark that pressive effort from alexei nova coughing his first appearance in the arnold shaman classic he was your amateur champion in 2018 can you talk about breathing quick feet he did both those very well on this attempt yes he did so see how he see it look at his face in-out in-out taking deep breaths in other words he's an arrhythmia of breathing make sure he fills his lungs with oxygen and that's very important too with this look the stone is on his chest and it's hard to do that some men will actually turn the stone instead of straight up there likes that's an indication of how heavy this thing is for and I'd say rather large men having to harness that thing up and drag it back to the start this is an epic event it's over 400 pounds just the lift itself of this stone is a fantastic lift and I'm sure these guys appreciate Novikov dropping it's so close to start they only had to drag it about 10 feet back yes I think someone's going to probably drop it at some point we are waiting for the official distance on no Vikas attempt it's shocking how close that is the actual elusive coastal some men will actually try to turn the stone 90 degrees and lift it a little more widely and that puts the stone further down and off your chest so that you can breathe some but most actually stand it up because you can get your arms around just a little bit more easily with that that that taller stance Magnus ver Magnusson legendary strongman here the head judge but Thao scalars Koski he's on the right of your screen that black robe shirt the youngster out of Poland his worst defendants now behind him and we know what this kid can do with stones yes polish athletes are traditionally great with these strength endurance events mariusz pudzianowski I've seen I've seen him compete also Sebastian winter another great strongman from Poland and they were both very very good with strength endurance events still waiting on the official distance from Alexi Novikov [Music] can't Laskowski has 60 seconds to get that thing [Music] lifted very efficient lifts as we said the very high what's up on his chest Novikov distance was 211 feet six inches as Kalish cos he gets to work constantly going around and around that's much harder than straight ahead and they use it in the world Strongest Man competition in the early 90s in Iceland that was a straight-ahead take this is much harder going around and around these turns each lab is 101 feet that is the same diameter little sheep pen that the Huson bell stone was carried and now Kayla's Koski is struggling a bit remember his attempt ends once he drops it now it's just trying to get as much distance as he can before that thing slips through his grip and the stone is down a little surprising I thought he probably was going to go a little farther so that really shows the the terrific first attempt by Nova Club McCandlish Koski taking a second before he stood up and grabbed his groin muscles a little bit doesn't look like he's too happy with that attempt you get he gets a great pick on the stone called a pick but he does put the stone quite high on his chest these are all things he's gonna learn as he goes as he gets further in this competitive life he moves his feet quickly which covers distance but then that stones high up on his chest and it didn't look like he was doing that rhythmic breathing so his muscles don't get the oxygen he starts to get lightheaded you lose your grip and the whole thing falls apart quickly Kailas Koski 112 feet one inch Alexei Novikov we are early we're only through two athletes but he has the top mark 211 feet six inches in matches Bell shock will be the third man to hoist the busa fel stone notice they allow them to have those little towels that have some some pine pitch on the but not not tacky there's not they're not allowing them to tacky up that would take away from the event and traditionally you don't want to use tacky terry Todd's vision for this event was to have historic events and do them in historic way just as the natural stone lifts that they'll do tomorrow night and his shoulder will not allow tacky to be directly applied but just the towels that they provide that the officials provide to them once again he has 60 seconds to lift that thing if he can't lift it they don't get to actually make an attempt so you have to get that stone up and lift it and right now he's struggling he's struggling because he's got his heels behind the stone if he had his heels closer to the front of that and tip of the stone it would be a little easier and that was the first thing you talk about efficient lifting bail shock has enough when I'll start his journey around that 101 foot circuit so we can see his face and see if he's actually looks like he is he's he's pushing air and in and out of his lungs pretty well there he goes he's got that rhythmic breathing going that rhythmic breathing's allowing oxygen to get into his muscles and keep him from getting lightheaded because that stones high up on his chest he's doing a great job though bail shock has the story on to his knees and that'll do it when it starts to fall apart that's it because your grip goes that's another piece of this whole thing you're digging your fingertips into the stone that's smooth and it wasn't made to be lifted barbells were made to be lifted they've gotten Erling they're balanced and when you throw enough 45 pound plates on it that really doesn't that really doesn't play it play all the way up that well so notice he he has the stone right in front of his foot and then he's able to swing the stone up when he gets it when he swings it back a little bit the weight of the stone is over 400 pounds it's a 186 kilogram stone weighs 409 pounds I believe the Husa fell stone that's that's roughly what the rooster fell stone weighs he is breathing rhythmically but watch this grip starts to go he replaces the stone higher up on his chest but all that pressure on their chest it's hard to take a deep breath and your grip starts to go and you get lightheaded and the stone goes down it happens pretty quickly what it does happen Bell shock was two feet shy less than two feet shy of Kalish Koski Bell shock 110 feet 8 inches Alexi Novikov still your leader 211 feet 6 inches is now Ron ohai ela will step up to the who'sa fell stone so that young man Novikov really put himself in a great position he was he was starting the event and look like well we're going to see a lot of guys do two to two-and-a-half to three laps and he was towards the bottom of the pack in that first event and with just five events you can't afford to have can't afford really to have one bad event but he has got to start digging himself out of a hole he wants to really move up the standings here now rano Hina starts to read the stone he's looking at it so if you miss read this stone what can happen is you you not get the good purchase on the stone you have an inefficient lift he just overpowered the stone very strong dead lifter everybody's going with that style of the stones really high up he's locking his fingers into it so having the snow more more straight up and down will actually make it higher up on your chest you see he's got a really doesn't have his fingers from crept in and the stone that's more than four of his wrists so having having to keep his feet moving he's breathing rhythmically it appears that he did get past the other two athletes Rana Hina looking to move into second place as the Alexey Novikov still have the top mark after that attempt but I love like you said just overpowered this thing and then was able to keep a pretty solid grip for most of his trip yes he really didn't read the stone that much he just really reached down and picked it up because of such a strong man see his fingers are really having difficulty they're sliding backwards he's trying to get some get some air into his lunge but the stone so high up he starts to slow down the grip starts to go and he almost did be crew a favor and put it right back in the starting square so they may have to move that thing a couple of feet before the next athlete comes up yes now imagine going to moosa' fell where it's cold it's outside and that ground is broken up it's up and down it might be snowing it might be raining so these guys have a nice rubber mat and an indoor track to run on so that does give some advantage and for people who don't know about this stone in Iceland the actual who Savelle stone is it's akin to a National Monument yes it is there's actually a monument there now that that has an explanation about the stone and Iceland again in English and it's illegal to deface or remove the stone from the site so they know it's a national treasure and the ice endures are very proud to talk talking to Honduras goodman sin to peter governments and also to healthy artists and they're very proud and Magnus Magnusson Magnussen that this stone is here and as Kerry is being done in strong we're waiting on a score update from all the athletes as they make sure everything is being calculated correctly and that's Martines bcc's v athlete to take on the who Sibel stone and he is off to a very fast start yes they're all doing the same way straight up and down I'm thinking that taller purchase on the stone Macy's with one lap down that's 101 feet good foot movement look at his mouth he's moving air in and out of his lungs I called that myself a steam engine when I was carrying stones breathing like the train and VC's and that's been about the mark where most of the athletes have started to see their grip slip other than Alexi Novikov now notice very good lift so watch now he's pulling breath in pushing breath out he's not just passively breathing he's forcing air into his lungs and out of his lungs into his lungs and out of his lungs even though that stones pressing against his chest and then this stone starts to slide down notice his fingertips and your whole your whole being is just your fingertips in that stone and trying to go one more step in one more step the Kyle schifflet cough is up next looking to move up the overall leaderboard that's a that's just a little bit of pine tar on that towel it's not pine tar directly applied really it's more of a drying agent it just gives that smooth stone some a little bit of a little bit of stick to the forearm and somewhat to the hands I'll be interested to see how he picks this stone again no one's actually turned it sideways that 90 degrees sideways where it can wider and that keeps the stone further down on your chest and that actually allows you to breathe instead of having stone straight up and down schifflet cough is up next we will have all the scores at the end of the event as it is taking time for them to calculate everything exactly they're avoiding every inch matters in this event he stands a stone up very efficient lift very nicely done locking the fingers that's another approach simple acabas off on his first lap 101 feet every trip around this track moving his feet quickly hopefully hang onto his fingers he is breathing well he's got one lap down he's slowing and the grip goes right there silikov cannot catch the other man that we saw go before him it's just so tempting to want to pick that stone up and lock your fingers you would think that that would give him a better grip and it seemed that his grip failed more quickly than the other athletes I would agree Shawn now watch he's notice how he had had it right between his feet swung the stone back and it shot right into his lap very efficient now he locks his fingers and what that does it puts the stone even higher up on his chest see his hands are starting to dirty his hands are starting to slip he is breathing well but his feet slow down it stones up on his chest there you go now he doesn't have he doesn't have an option once his fingers slip apart and your fingers will stick to the stone more effectively then they'll stick to each other unless they're locked but even that doesn't always play itself out Gerry Pritchett will be up next currently tied for third place overall with schifflet cough I really agree with having to start with the stone flat on the ground for years they were doing stone caries and different implements where they would start off with a barrel so that the athlete didn't have to actually stand the stone up remember the Africa stone that was used and he's gonna have a good start this stone right up [Music] there goes Gerry Pritchett this look like he's breathing to rhythmically the scripts already starting to slip he's slowing down swinging out so we get around that corner so many athletes right in that little pack you just needs a few more feet to make a lap I think riches almost gets there that was his goal and he is upset at himself and came up sort of favoring his right leg a little but not putting a whole lot of weight on that thing and they were working on that leg after the deadlift what a warrior but look straight up and down swings it back gets a good lift very efficient and when you have a banged-up hamstring in this event how does that affect you carrying that stone well it starts to tighten up and then it starts to affect your lower back and then wants to fall for sees he's falling for because his hamstrings tight plus it's a pleasant 400-pound slick slab of stone not quite one total lap of 101 feet for Gerry Pritchett so I'm crazy and holding that right leg aloft and not putting a whole lot of pressure on it Gerry Pritchard has broken the stage okay these men looked at make that Moosa fell stone look light but again it is 400 plus pounds and he dropped its sharp edge down and see the impact and it definitely made quite the dent yes all that focused energy right in one spot I'm sure they've come up with a solution the road crews always very they could step over it they could discontinue the event and say but this is just part of what's happening now but also safety is also a concern the surface where you carried and Iceland it's not actually a smooth surface either completely we have just two athletes remaining as seven have gone the field is now down to 9 as jf korone withdrew from the competition after what looked like a hamstring injury in the elephant bar deadlift and this is where we stand coming into this event with haftorah bjornsen locking up those 10 points for the win and event number one Brian Shaw in second all by himself than Gerry Pritchett and mikail lock off splitting the points for third and fourth they add those points together and they divide by 2 that's how they figure out the 7.5 and really this is this is no surprise oh no we're through just one event we're in event number 2 but no surprise that that man Brian Shaw and Appleyard Zand are on top of the overall leader yes I would agree and these are both giant athletes so an event like this where they have longer arms they can get it maybe let the stone right a little bit lower they have they have prolific back strength and leg strength to carry this stone this is such a fantastic event for a strongman competition [Music] what it is is this primal and Shah who has been at the Arnold strongman Classic every year since 2010 he has finished first or second seven of the last eight years and he has won this competition three times a great champion for sure Nielsen holds the world's record then the largest Atlas stone ever lifted so he knows a little bit about stone living but this is again a natural stone the Shah is one of those athletes who didn't start as a strongman he actually was a basketball player he attended Black Hills State University on a full basketball scholarship and during his time there he said he was hooked on the weight and that path kind of led him to strongman said he has always possessed what he calls brute strength and that will be on display in this event yes he's quite good with odd objects I'm just trying to mentally get a place where he can step around that and not actually step on that that area of the stage where it's a little bit soft here's the thing too Brian Shaw was warmed up ready to go then we had a delay how does that affect these athletes mention it can't affect him some they put a piece of plywood under to shore up that that floor but he's a professional he'll just build it let's get himself ready and keep moving forward it's really not something that's in his control to get upset about so now we just focus on what he can actually do to do his best for this event so going to full laps and put him in very good placing would make him the leader if we can get all the way around down the straightaway here at the two lexie Novikov was the first man out and so far unofficially you carried that thing too far list Brian Shaw key from him is not necessarily beating Novica it's beating the man who's going to come up next and that's half Lauren's very nice pig and he's actually talking up the walkers fingers [Music] see if that strategy works now his fingers come apart he still has his hands on the stone his feet his breathing look he's good good breathing pattern rhythmically breathing in and in and out he's done a lot of caring events Shaw looking like he's starting to slip a little bit he'll get through one lap and then drop that 400-plus pounds stone well now we understand why the Rousseff fell stone carry such an epic test of strength carry that stone completely around the Sheep spin and lost in all this right now is the fact that Alexi Novikov a rookie so far has carried this thing the farthest he was first out yet very very efficient live for Brian locked his fingers good luck it seems like that he does have the option of his finger slip apart let slip apart you can you can still get his fingers on the fingertips on the stone for his placements it starts to slide down fighting for every point the raster abortion is the last man remaining and all he does need to do in order to face me hang on to the overall lead as complete a lap yes and this is a strategy does he go for the event win and put a couple of points ahead or Z conserve energy and just be one more point ahead of Brian and that's his choice Oh LLL unders that when he picks it up feels like it's going well that he can carry it more than two laps being that he surmised them does that make this event mean reward to him certainly and he's been that he's been to the mister fell snow them and carried it so he this is an event that he would be able to have some insight into this for sure here are your official top three Alexei Novick off the youngster from Ukraine with a carry of 211 feet 6 inches Ronald Heimlich his second followed by Marty's DC's Novikov the worst he can do right now a second place and that will help move him up the overall standings that's fantastic so the reason they used that Snorri the farmer used this and at the sheep pen that we always talk about is because it didn't have wood to make a gate when he sheared his sheep so he took this slab and put it up against the opening of the sheep's pen and he started carrying it and lifting it up onto the stone wall and that was called stirring strong every lipid Heuer hamster jerky could actually lift it up onto the taller part of the wall full stirrer full strenght that you could pick it up and carry completely around without putting it down after appearance in the overall leader after the first event the last man to carry the stone and trying to beat the rookies mark Alexei Novikov 211 feet six inches [Music] giorgia mauling that stone to his chest and he is off on his first lap very quick foot movement getting some rhythmic breathing going coming to the first very long strides one lap down for bjornsen and looking like he's going to stay in the overall lead with three events remaining now can he track down the rookie Alexi Novikov yes he's vying for that first-place finish he's making a statement here he comes all the way around this one's going to be close as the stone is down for half through bjornsen and one thing is for sure though he will be your overall leader after two events maintaining national pride [Music] the first time I went to Iceland a six-year-old woman at the hotel that I was going to stay in asked me why I was there and I told her the stone she didn't ask what's known and she gave me directions you know what the stone means over there the stone is nice of those stone Muhsin owens crea headland which means the pin slab in Iceland and it looks like half Torbjorn s'en may have edged out Alexi Novikov but that is unofficial if that is the case bjornsen will go two for two when the both opening events and after twenty total points heading into the second and final day very effective pick super super efficient it knows exactly where he needs to put his hands so not only digging your fingertips and you're locking it in with your chest so what you want is a silent upper body and walking it in with your upper body and moving your legs quickly keys to success and that was it we are waiting on the final results of this event but better news for half the reports in is that because of that performance he has put some significant distance between himself and Brian Shaw on the overall leaderboard we just don't know how much yet but your inton looking like he has gone two for two on day one and just edging out the worki Alexei Novikov O'Mara waiting on the official results is half for bjornsen who won the Arnold strongman Classic for the first time in 2018 making a statement on day one very much so if you can understand if you can understand what this means to pick up this stone and be able to carry it and here he is first competition Musa fell stone these from the Ukraine is not from Iceland but notice how he got his hands a little bit lower on the stone and he breathed really rhythmically he practiced this he's moving his feet because every footstep his distance impressive from Alexi Novikov who will take second place in this event and even more impressive that the man he finished behind was half Thor Jorn s'en the defending champion huge confidence boost for Alexi Novikov as we wrap up the first day of competition at the 2019 Arnold strongman classic just one of the many attractions here at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus Ohio has fans from around the globe gather here once a year and basically make this place the epicenter of fitness for a weekend one more day of competition remains there are three events that can certainly shake up this leaderboard and I know we're all looking forward to seeing the opening event of day number two that will be the wheel of the beam the most unbelievable and epic implement that's ever been made and strong here are your final results as half-door bjornsen wins his second straight event beating Alexey Novikov by more than seven feet Brian Shaw who was in second place overall finishes in eighth and Jerry bridget is in ninth that makes him very commanding lead that's a big shake-up Brian Shaw will have his work cut out for him on day number two if he wants to catch the mountain here are your overall standings now after two of five events have Torbjorn san a perfect 20 points Ron oh hi Ella and Marty's leases are closest to him but they are seven points back Brian Shaw goes from first all the way down to fourth and Pritchett sliding down the leaderboard as well he goes from tied for third with McAuliffe down to seventh but day number one of the Arnold strongman classic belongs to half Thor bjornsen he sets a world record and the Elephant Bar deadlift 1045 1045 pounds for the new world record and then he wins the Husa fell stone carry action continues tomorrow here at the Greater Columbus Convention Center at 1:00 p.m. Eastern and we open it up with the wheel of pain thanks for joining us today everybody for dr. bill Crawford I'm Sean woodland and we will see you on Saturday

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Published: Fri Mar 01 2019