[Music] these rogue implements certainly have an artistic quality to them but if you've ever used a bar like this it is much different than a barbell that you would find in an everyday gym yes this barbell is made specifically for the deadlift it's longer it's about nine feet long and this let this length also means that there's more flex in the barbell and that that proposes that the strongman can actually lift more weight but actually also they have controlled that that flex in the barbell and overcoming that weight and the end with their brute strength after appearance n' did that last year as he lifted 1041 how to set the record on this deadlift bar there are five men who have lifted more than a thousand pounds and four of them are here in this field Brian Shaw Gerry Pritchett jean-francois korone and half Thor bjornsen the deadlift is the opening event the first of five events that will be contested here at the Arnold strongman classic each athlete will have three attempts and there is a little bit of a chess match that goes into this yes there is a test for the chess match but still you have to lift the weight just you select it's patience off of the floor to control flex that's the number one thing that you got to do because if you pull the bar quickly from the floor and you can't control that flex then it can get away from you and the second one once you get we get the bar to your knees is to overcome that weight but just brute strength it still is about it's still about lifting that barbell the deadlift certainly does look like a simple movement as you just heard dr. Crawford talked about it is a very complex movement a lot of things you have to keep in mind in order to be successful let's take a look at the past champions here and Brian Shaw's name shows up a lot he has won three Arnold a strongman Championships the most recent coming in 2017 Hathor Bernsen who is also here he won last year and he is the defending champion and a lot of money is on the line here in this competition the first place competitor will win 72 thousand dollars second place takes home 22,000 then we work our way down to 10th place every man here will take home some sort of prize money and there's also some big money on the line here in this event we'll talk about that more in just a little bit but we mentioned half the robe yards and Brian Shaw at the top of the show they are definitely favorites not only in this competition but also in this event but there are also two other men in the field here who could do very well in this event what is a little bit of a mystery the other though a sure thing the first is Gerry Pritchett this guy knows how to deadlift yes Gerry's of prodigious deadlift er he's got a world record in powerlifting in and he ded lived at 950 at the Santa Monica Armstrong man classic which showed a lot of a lot of potential for a much heavier deadlift Jerry is a an athlete who always comes prepared but the deadlift is his specialty Gerry Pritchett really knows this implement now one man we're keeping an eye on not because he's proficient with this but because he has struggled and that is the youngster Mateos Kalish Koski from Poland Mateos is a very dynamic athlete he does a lot of things that are that are unbelievable the stone lift last year was something that shocked the strongman world but also the the at the athletes that figure out the static events later in their career the ones that become most successful mateo skill is Koski making his fifth appearance here at the Arnold strongman classic he has never finished better than third last year he was fourth one the stone to shoulder with a world record performance with the two men who will be getting most of the attention here to begin with talked about them at the top of the show you're defending champion Hathor of bjornsen and Brian Shaw they've been here a total of 18 times won the Arnold strongman Classic a total of four Jordan s'en much younger than Shaw shot 37 and 1/2 Thor at 30 years old and half Thor bjornsen like you talked about it at the top Hill he has really rounded out his game over the recent years yes he has he's figured out the static events that being the deadlift and overhead press he was always great with endurance events and also great with with power events such as tossing weight over a bar or anything that had any kind of dynamic component to it he's a complete strongman now and that's showing because he sits atop the strongman world the two will square off in the opening event it's the first of five events that will be contested over the next two days and it is a packed house here at the Greater Columbus Convention Center as these people have gathered to watch some big weight go up and possibly some record-breaking weight to go up bill you've competed what's it like to lift in front of a crowd like this well this is the faithful these are the people that know this sport and they've come here to watch they know what they're looking at so these are the people that want to see the red meat of strongman which is going to be the heaviest lifts and the most unbelievable performances and we have the ten best athletes to show those off and we are starting off with really kind of a home run derby of this competition and that is the deadlift and I've heard you talk about it before that the deadlift is really lifted if you want to know how strong somebody is you make them do it everyone yes the deadlift is not just an event which is which those are someone's power we talk about power all the time which is force times distance and how fast you can do it but really what it is it's how it's held you can just move away being able to overcome a weight completely and however long it takes and that's what the deadlift defines typically it's the strongest man that can actually do the biggest deadlift but there are some there are some components to it that have to be mastered and honestly I always thought about deadlift as an event I had to practice because you have to get these fine balance points in the Santa Monica so I was able to talk with Brian Shaw during the event and we both agreed that you've got to have just that right place to pull the bar and if you don't get that place you can either have the bar in front of you or you can pull back a bit too much so let's talk about how this event event is actually going to go down they have three lifts last night they had to pick their opening lift and we will go from lightest to heaviest and this is where the chess match kind of comes in because you've got to know not only what you're capable of but you got to make sure that you're keeping your opponents in mind while you're picking what you're gonna lift yes it's so there are several ways this could go down this could turn into where the athletes just want to sort out the competition they're gonna pick weights that they feel that they're confident with and they can get to a weight that's close to the the record-breakers weight of 1041 1041 pounds and then go for the big bake 1,100 pound or the 500 kilogram lift later but inside of that there might be strategies which play themselves out where athletes want to save points or they actually want to do look at the competition itself and not go after the bigger lift which would be at the end of this or could be at the end of this the top three men the bottom of that graphic the top three men in this event will qualify for the rogue record breakers that is not part of the competition as far as points are concerned but the three top man will have a chance to beat the world deadlift record of 1100 pounds if they do that they will win $50,000 if they beat Thor bernsen's record last year that was set on the Elephant Bar 1041 pounds they will win $5,000 so right off the bat here we are giving away some pretty big prize money and points are great in this event but there are some men who are really going to be gunning for that 50 grand here absolutely and I love them Howell Nations this is because we're not just looking for an improvement in the world's record we're actually looking to go up by over 50 pounds let's meet the 10 men who will be competing in the 2019 [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] we're gonna fight over the next two days to crown one champion two events are gonna happen on this stage right now we're going to start with this one the rogue elephant bark headland and mark this is going to be a test of wills I think there's got to be success and winning and what's special it's thanks to one of our major host growth witness there is money on the line in this event now you break the third record in this event a 1041 pounds help I have our first person you get $5,000 on the spot but if you can live 500 1 kilo thousand dollars our next event the Musa Phelps told Gary and this is a strong man essential [Music] by the gas - I walk around as cheap in and meeting guys and drive as many as a grill so we get to see who stands up to competition absolutely and then tomorrow we have two incredible events both inspired by the namesake of this event Arnold Schwarzenegger himself if you haven't seen it tomorrow your money will be blown by our third event the wheel of pain it's 40 feet tall 20,000 pounds after that they will be tested by the Austrian of the log press which you know that is a beast of the challenge and then we're going to finish it out on the main stage tomorrow night and we will crown a champion with the final event the stove his shoulder and last year that event you were there that was unbelievable seeing it earlier in the competition I thought they were closing the event out with the stone to shoulder [Music] well right now I think it's time to meet the 10 athletes who are going to be competing morning blood sweat and tears from your entertainment are you ready to meet them mark you said we sport thrives on energy are you ready to meet your athletes then ladies and gentlemen let's introduce the team happenings who will be vying for the title of 2019 Arnold sports classic world Strongest Man first up out of Slovenia 26 year old years old six feet tall 330 pounds twice lavinia Strongest Man Mattias [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] last year let's see if he can win another one this is here and following in out of Canada a man who was of course in this particular event 35 years old 6 feet 2 inches tall 353 pounds seven times Canada Strongest Man and makes this stage from Estonia Rollo hi Nina this man is one of the better guys that we've seen in years past let's hope that he can perform as I put on last year I gotta say looking at these athletes we have some guys have some experience in this contest some guys have really sugar foot threat and this guy last year was explodes to be with the revelation 25 years old 6 feet 5 inches tall 330 pounds the Polish [Applause] [Music] he was you know I'm you letting you've seen before but now I need you to see him again maybe together one first aid from the United States of America and now coming to the stage [Music] interests recall in Mesa but everybody else knows him as a Siberian force me kya silica [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] these there is miss who hope the strongman for the regular deadly bar 500 rose ladies please [Applause] [Music] so first of all I'm gonna say you-you-you open market long party in the open bar but when you lifted 500 kilos back in 2016 I would appeal over something that honestly the most wrong is right I have brought one new to beat subscribe for 2500 Caleb off the floor was the hard to spend America in my life and as you saw you know I can I basically passed out got backstage I lost my sight my memory you know it's a very very dangerous I I can appreciate what it takes to move this gonna went off the hole so if anyone does it today I will bow down I will show all God for himself with a man like [Music] you ever thought about making the transition I have all the TV shows coming on waa something up machinery [Music] well you know you got a lot of fanfare over the last few years documentaries and this in my opinion the strongest [Applause] right lead for later [Music] without it I mean I pulled this on this bar couple years ago when I found it it just pulled me forward I find it harder than another bar but I feel as though they've kind of got a few mugs trained and I think it would have been very similar what end of the day it's a deadly it's a hell of a bar it shakes it forward it's going to be really excited to see what somebody goes on this today well I know if someone can match a mark on the self apart when you turn on the traditional bar they're going to get $15,000 but we were talking about this this is the first event there are five events tell us whatever 2016 we pulled that record how did you do in the rest of the competition when I call the five indicates the warm Strongest Man I had to competition because it's such a huge me to surround it completely destroys your central obviously a huge party right today I would do you think that even if it's a really tough one I mean to get eat fish in my opinion you want to be doing this and his least lips as possible so the lips are the three eighteen or twenty four six five and I think all is the minimum in my opinion [Music] so here's the thing and Mark you've made this one and any I want you to tell every single person who's in here when you were doing that lift how it was [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] three lifts we've also been persuade by athletes are going to do when they come out here I want you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes Magnus is four-time world Strongest Man and Highland Games actually works to pull you forward [Music] using the straps strap is a very different lift in some ways than the done strap you see the athlete get his hips down no problem good let me have time he just wants to get an event in make sure that he's had a chance to fill the bar coming off the bottom you see how the bar does flex the end of those plates come off the come off last and that's what it gives that flex and that pulls you forward he has been dealing with somewhat of a hip issue as well said one looks like it's better not us Keller's Koski from Poland another man who looks to be the future of strongman trying to improve on his fourth place finish from last year's Arnold strongman classic he is also opening and 706 pounds different types of 796 from our two scalars class [Music] 796 looks great for Kalish Koski is his first lift is successful sometimes that can hold you up a little bit as the bar clears your knees that Earling can actually catch it but he did a very good job [Music] lexie Novikov competition these athletes and he sees like that he's talking to their Brian he's he's been a fan of and now he's competing against Novikov was here last year but he was not on this main stage to see how he handles the crowd here now he's talking to one of the officials yes that DN Wessels notice how many of the athletes are coming out of sock feet are very very low shoes what that does that decreases the length of how far do you have to hold the bar have a higher she won't like a running shoe that's another hitch half the pole and these kind of weights 802 for Alexei Novikov as he was just confirming his weight with the athletes had to declare their weight last night they did have one chance to change it after warm-ups today yes looks like he's making a fashion statement is he's getting getting his scraps ready there you know two for lucky number [Music] 820 is good for the youngster yes we have gone three for three so far yes Novikov looked Novikov looks a little relieved that he got that weight up I'm pulling a little bit of Shake in that that means his hamstrings are really he also has a very narrow foot stance and that narrow foot stance made and said he's going to have to pull that bar further many times for deadlifts that you see in penalty competitions but in the last several years there have been many of the strongmen athletes are now having a wider foot stance and the straps allow the strongman sitting back more you see he started to roll the bar the bar with this much flex that really doesn't help you that much with a stiffer bar like in powerlifting or a shorter bar rolling the bar back actually keeps that keeps the end of the hips active it actually makes it sort of a dynamic lift a little bit more off the bottom and I can tell you if your time it correctly it makes the weight feel a little bit lighter coming off the first six inches of the floor how does John Francis Walker own out of Canada he's the 2018 Arnold Classic Africa champion that's how we qualified this year and he is stepping up to nine hundred four pounds I'm making a big jump from Alexi Nova cops 820 he's in the thousand pound Club also wearing socks and korone drops 904 me he grabs his right hamstring there gingerly walking back to the bench ojf korone talking to Brian Shawn it looks like her own grab for his right hamstring after this attempt dropping his hip starts to pull and immediately stop as soon as the weight cleared the floor so the end of those plates as soon as those came off it looked like it was going to start very well something's happened to his hamstring we will have to see if that's something that will affect him the rest of the way but jf2 rolling right now looking at a tenth place finish in this event unfortunately if he doesn't if he's not able to come out hill he will get last place points for this the other piece of this if he does actually declare another weight and it's got to be pretty close to that one because you just want to get an attempt in we call it bombing out if you don't get it if you don't get a valid attempt in and he cannot go lighter because again weight cannot come off the bar he has to attempt more than his last lift yes that's a very traditional way to perform any strength competition once you put weight on you can't take it off Australia champion making his second appearance here at the next very good deadlift I really like his style as he setting up getting the straps on what you're gonna see as he sets his hips very firmly takes the slack out of the bar and pushes his feet down into the floor very hard I think it's a very smooth start first attempt to run a high level and that will cow get the weight on the bar for you but the most important thing for mindless and his first attempt is good which is very quickly very dynamic lift yes here's the flex the bar a little bit differently and then he actually pushes his feet down as we talked about goes too far to his knees pretty quickly isn't like it pulled him forward I bet he's been practicing with the bars complexity I was very impressed by his deadlift take a second to mention bill that knurling that you see that rough spot opposite of that smooth middle do a good job of scraping up your legs yes it does so deadlift bars are known for that any car with it with flex in it and what happens is that bar comes off the floor and goes right into your shin you notice that he actually had the bar an inch or so above in front of his shin when he started so when he pulled back it does good it hits you right in the shin Ezra that's why I've really one of the things you want to focus on is being patient at the bottom let's live with this kind of are and trying to get just a little bit more just a little bit more time to push from the bottom here's where we stand so far we are through five athletes at the heaviest are just in the first round and we still have five more athletes to lift that's not surprising Brown oh is it's a very good deadlift er as we as we talked about he placed third in the deadlift world championships in 2016 here's Martines DC's with his first attempt he won the Arnold Classic Europe competition also won the Arnold Classic USA competition that was held a couple months ago in Santa Monica right there on the pier 420 kilos for leases that is no problem yes he was very patient so head judge Magnus ver Magnusson give the down signal sitting way back to pull the bar back back back back and that's exactly what the straps allow you to do and a little bit wider foot stance you could really focus on pulling back what that does it allows you to have your shins more upright it allows you to then use your levers to pull back from the bar one of the major mistakes that people make when they deadlift if they can't find that spot they end up forgetting that getting their shoulders in front of the bar and there are their knees in front of the bar when that happens it's very difficult to pull back it's not like a clean where you need your shoulders in front of the bar and then you can worse - where you need your shoulders in front of the bar posterior chain Labor's to get the car accelerated or the deadlift you want to sit back through it again this isn't just power this is strength the Siberian forest makalah schibler cough is a next 950 pounds for his first attempt 431 kilos [Music] this is quite a start for him we've seen in the past he has a heart [Music] no problem for Shimla cough 950 in the books for him and his opening lift one more look at that one so notice how he dips his hips and that gives him some dynamic gives him a little bit of dynamic force instead of pulling on the allowing the bar to roll back on to him with this much flex you really can't do that so he puts some dynamic opening movement on it by flexing his hips down half-door does the same thing I can tell you personally when you do that when you sit down as far you can feel your posterior chain particularly your hamstrings tighten up just a little bit it gives you a little bit of spring now we couldn't we forget we're in opening attempts so what happens these guys are very common coming trying to make sure that they can have a good attempt and then move forward we'll talk a little bit more about what happens when when there's more weight on the bar and what the crowd does for you and one of what an athlete's mental aspect goes for you that is Brian Shaw he has finished first or second year at the Arnold strongman classic seven of the last eight years from the second last year afterward Norton and his opening left will also be 950 pounds this is a man we expect to see in the top three and maybe make a run to that 500 kilo I'm with a very wide foot placement he tells me likes to wear some one of us should see a very flat shoe as the other athletes like to wear socks but he said for him he likes to really be able to push out on his feet [Music] 350 pounds for brian show [Applause] and that goes up easily very easily done so he uses two he's applying two of those principles he's actually rolling the bar back once our rolls the bar back flex his hips down and stands up very very easily that was a very commanding lift he's been practicing on a longer as I said he always comes prepare Brian Shaw with 950 pounds impressive lift for his first attempt and now you're defending champion ather abusin and the record holder in this event at 1041 pounds his opening attempt five more pounds in Brian Shaw he's going to go for 955 so that Stephan so me Peterson his coach Stephan so he is a world-class strong man in his own right place is HEIs [Music] after setting up he's had terrific training vitamist follow that on the the Internet [Music] he also has a very wide foot stance just like Charlie's to the tolerated similar setups after work göransson attempt number one 955 pounds [Applause] gravity is not a problem for that man with 955 pounds that goes up just like Brian Shaw is opening lists lifts so now the battle is started between Shaw and fjords and one more look at Jordans opening left they both do the same thing they roll the bar back they commanded that flex has been practicing who flanked with that bar the other thing too is they do that little hip dip and that activates our posterior chain it looks like dr. Lorenson another man we expect to see in that room record breakers event immediately following this event first of five events that these men will be competing in over the next two days more weight being added for Gerry Bridget who will go after nine hundred seventy four pounds okay so we're starting to see some of the some of the gamesmanship Gerry's really playing inside of having confessed placement possible and it looks like he's going to take a big leap at the end to strike he was to get that popped really striking that 500 kilos as he is it's a great deadlift we saw him full 950 at Santa Monica and it looked easier than the 700-pound point I think he might agree with that he looked great in Santa Monica we had Brian Shawn booth while he was lifting and if you watch Jerry Pritchett what makes him I think so good is it looks the same regardless of the weight on the bar and he has the same [Music] 174 putting his straps on he chooses a wide foot placement he pulls a little bit like Andy Bolton's Andy Bolton style where he does he uses the his lever of his hips of his back Pritchett right to work in 974 goes up [Music] Chief Richard is looking to be the third man to possibly get himself into that robe record-breakers say can you look at this this happen yes a little bit of a hip dip doesn't roll the bar back but notice how he kind of looks down as he starts his pull what that allows him to do is just pulled back back back he uses really levers not necessarily that that dynamic hip round one is done we had ten athletes go nine of them had a successful lifts and Jerry frigid had the heaviest lifts at 974 pounds followed by half wolf urine Brian Shaw 6.now the athletes will enter their second weights and again we will go from lightest up to heaviest and there's a good bet that Jerry Pritchard will be one of the man happiness being done - so Shawn just to put this in perspective deadlift for the straps in 2011 was set by sternness viscous around 970 and here comes Jerry Bridget in an opening attempt it made it look fourteen and that would have been the world record just a few years ago and strongmen Jerry actually pulled the world's record in the in powerlifting a couple of years a couple years ago and it was on a second attempt because he had to rush off and catch a plane because the beam was running late he didn't even get his third attempt and he pulled a deadlift world record in parallel which means no strap across hand pull was one of ten men to go in the first round jf Peron was the only man who didn't have a successful lift entered himself on this attempt at 904 pounds he will be we do not know whether or not he will stay in the competition a hamstring injury a hip injury that's that's sort of like having a knee injury for running back or a shoulder injury for baseball that's really hard because that that hip flexion is dependent those hamstrings and as dairy prison demand right now everybody's good song yes everyone's been talking about half-door and in Brian's preparation for the deadlift but really I don't want to be too emphatic about this Jerry is right in that hunt Gerry Pritchett didn't have the best overall result last year but he is a great deadlift or these are your top two men from last year after up yours and on the left of Brian Shaw on the right Pritchett finished sixth in 2018 but we're starting off with an event that is definitely his strength now they're starting to get a little more serious you can see their their faces are a little more concentrated more concentration their face so when you're pulling a heavy deadlift there when you get to the higher weights there's the way that the deadlift looks and the way that the deadlift feels this is Pritchett opening lifted 974 pounds and that look that looked easy and it probably felt pretty good for them too so if you could get your first lift and that creates a lot of can't affect yourself from the tips look at his first lifted 974 pounds I don't think people understand how difficult that isn't Gerry Pritchett makes that look yes notice he uses his hips but he used them in a different way he really uses his hips to to keep to keep his low back in that position and he gets against the bar up to his up to his knee and then his back is in a great position just it keeps a very flat back position even if he looks down at the initial particle that's not negotiable some of the more experienced editors also sort of let there slow forward a bit and that's something that requires a lot of cracks we get into these heavier weights we found the 1980s that there was actually at the Greater Columbus Convention Center this was first-come first-served for a lot of the seating and these people were showing up early to be able to watch these ten this is round two great lift for Calais Cosby it seems to be limping just a bit one more look see we can see where flavored into trouble you really had the double hits that just a little bit that might have been what got him so notice how his feet are also closer together he's also got a more narrow hand stance over bars I think with this height he would be better served by having a wider foot stance that will cut down the distance also would help him use his levers that's terrific leaders Mateos killers Cosby's weakness is the deadlift if he wants to see alive next he is the rookie 840 pounds for Novikov it takes some time to develop your man muscles so these younger athletes are that lesson firsthand certainly has the most colorful Sokcho so and in the athletes helping with his first attempt today 20 in now [Music] [Music] we'll get the lift so two for two the youngster from Ukraine also with a very narrow foot stance and if you'll if you'll notice zero foot stance only inflection look where his thumb is his thumb is actually both of his thumbs are in front of the bar so he's using the strap completely to hold that bar - for Alexei Novikov 840 pounds good bojong's Bell shock will be up next six his opening you do have to admire this apparatus I'm in this implement these plates are just beautiful this is this is unbelievable got the white will white will dish just like the old New York plates did facts Rebecca in the 40s and 50s when they did bumper plates so that made a little less shock on the place but each and every one is handcrafted the Austrian oak himself right inside the plate those are beautiful that's as martine species who hit 900 here's bad Josh Bell check out of Slovenia watch out 260 pounds a restaurant in Slovenia where he sometimes works as an apprentice chef it probably halls a lot of big objects around that restaurant that's 860 that goes up easily a little bit of hip flex very smoothly done so any kind of hip issue you'd had previously it looks like that's been solved I think he's going to take a big leap because he had two very good attempts he solved a little bit of the problem with the Flex the bar he's probably going to take a pretty big jump meaning he's going to look at doing them probably close to 900 pounds rado Hilah from Estonia we'll be up next 950 pounds he was eighth overall last year at the 2018 arnold strongman classic six time estonia's Strongest Man yes Estonia the home of George Hackenschmidt beautiful documentary that was done by rogue addict again it's pretty amazing that men from countries that have traditions and strength find themselves on the high altar of strength the armature oh man classic state just as J up her own he himself also is from Quebec just like Louis Cyr so this tradition lives much these strong countries that have traditions some of the some of the athletes choose to the thinner straps something like the thicker shrimps serranos right for that is a tattoo that reads you want it then fight for it six years ago we tore his right Achilles tendon doctors told him he would just have to recover from it we had some surgeries Oh as a SIL injury he feels from time to time but here he is competing in the 2019 Armstrong a classic and trying to defend them 950 pounds from his second three attempts I love the way solidly locks his hips as before scars [Music] righto Hilah hits 950 pounds it's very happy I don't know if that's a personal best for him but he's very happy with that so far that sets him up to get a bigger lift he's setting his hands use this uses a fairly narrow hand and hip placement foot placement he gets his feet gets his feet together I just love the way again now he walks his hips into this lift it really does that lift that lifting style pushing his feet down looking down when he starts to live excellent live so he's looking down till he gets the bar to his knees and then he just looks up and that's a style too many power lifters use Island 954 athletes here in the second of three rounds so commanding that flex allows him to pull more weight because I believe he got just nine with only nine hundred pounds but at the Santa Monica show without this longer bar fighting off the bar again making sure everyone's safe and these guys have seen each other's blood time they trained together here's parties theses his second attempt 970 pounds four pounds last and frigid lifted around water and nine 70s junk for the dragon that is a personal best for him every point counts and he's moving himself up there are four more events after this a lot of hip flexion notice how he bounces that bar heavily into his shins but he's got those it's got those knee wraps that cover them to offset that that really a violent pullback lisa says certainly one of the more animated athletes in the field he does not hold back after that lift and now mikhail sholokhov second attempt for him looking to tie Gerry Pritchett frontally fat Bridget has yet to lift in the second round his first lift look really really good so this should be a solid lift world but again there's a way that lifts look and in the way they look the lifts feel so it's hard to tell what's going through mathletes head when they're getting through the second third attempts Russian maybe as a barista that's why where's that third overall last year than 20 I think one of the things that always jump out about me with this athlete is he really commits himself he is committed to making this lift let's lift the tie Jerry Bridget [Music] [Applause] and simplify with the blood running from his nose that is common for him he has that problem 974 pounds solid off the off the bottom controls that flex gets it to his knees and has to shake it a little bit to get it back and then the blood coming out of his nose he did that last year like I said he really commits he doesn't that doesn't bother him Shelagh cop making sure that the maintenance crew stays busy they are cleaning the bar we for you we have we Bandar brothers for he completes with me today [Music] and these guys are really close you can see them on the side talking to each other saying you know good lift or you know maybe do this or that Brian Shaw is up next and we're moving into the thousand-pound fluff now 1021 pounds on the bulges 40 pounds less than half for his top dark mark that he put up last year of 1041 pounds and now things getting serious for Brian Shawn round two setting up the big wide foot placement Shaw locked in and ready to go 1021 pounds on the ball and Brian Shaw stands up 1,000 21,000 on his a personal best for him on the elephant bar and here we go bill yes that was just a second attempt so he's going to put another big attempt on his third attempt in the competition I don't think he's even thinking about the 500 kilos right now he's thinking about competition points pushes off the floor gets it to his knees efficiently pulls back no wasted movement Jerry Bridget gets the follow van and Jerry frigid is adding weight to the bar [Music] 1030 pounds where Jerry Pritchard is Brian Shaw now has one flip remaining leave now Brian Shaw I believe this would be a personal best for him as well on the old so now we're getting into the big prey locking into these big dead days ten-thirty ones actually his first the best not quite as personal best but this is still just a second attempt here comes frigate approaching the 1030 pounds look at all the cameras coming out in the crowd this is a big moment here early in this competition a really long strap getting right to work and Bridget comes up limping so 1030 does not go up for Jerry Bridget [Music] one more look 1030 pounds there was a lot of Shake in the bar at the beginning I think he just have the spots that are pulled in forward and I think that that's what's happening for the a police then they did pull the bar a little bit more quickly than and that's the best investment that's the issue with this car is it's got a control that shake the other thing is that that you've got to overcome what your body's telling it what to stop going after our Puritan up max he has the record on this implement at 1041 pounds he is looking to change that with only his second live one thousand forty five pounds on the bar for the mountain this would be a new world record spawn the Elephant Bar this is only as a second his second attempt this shows that he is ready getting some Icelandic Viking Berserker going lowering all inhibitions 1045 pounds and a new elephant bar world record at stake right now for the man they call them out half Thor bjornsen and only the second round he has one lift remaining after this [Music] give me a break how easy is that in a new world record 1045 pounds for the mountains I mean come on bill that is ridiculous that was very very impressive that was very very impressive I actually am almost speechless by that people he pulled that bar from the bottom and there was almost no doubt as soon as he started the poem this is a new world record he beats his mark from last year and look how easy this is absolutely he's got that pull back he dips his hips posterior chains activated he's looking down gets it to his knees pulls back he's got all those components down he is your new leader your new world-record holder and we have one round to go as Georgeson will gets a well-deserved rest as we get set for round three here are your standings after aborting Brian Shaw second Jerry Bridget could not get 1030 pounds with is still in third place overall mikhail sholokhov of martine species rounding out the top five sixth place right Brian's 1021 looked good but it wasn't that that would appear that easy anyway as we expected the battle between the two favorites starting early Brian Shaw is gonna try to chase down after fjords in round number three everybody else is basically going for positioning and points in this event as we get ready for round three and Brian Shawn looks on let's take one more look at this world record left it takes it takes a long pull back on the bar perfect timing he just got all the components right he just got all the components right that was perfect after bjornsen has just fired up after that the record is the big record 500 kilos 1,100 pounds given what you have seen so far today bill and you think that record is in danger yes he told me last year the English 500 kilogram Lauren that's great but it looks like he's set up himself pretty pretty well to at least make a very strong run and he went ahead of the competition so that was going to be interesting to see what Ryan does for his next attempt does you get just a bit more than this and and understands that half the work and try to make too big of a jump is half tour going right after the next big attempt being the 500 kilograms isn't playing for the points now we're waiting for weight selections we are through two of three rounds the opening event of the 2019 Arnold strongman classic the first of five events that will be contested over the next two days this is the most prestigious and the heaviest strongman event throughout the year and that man Brian Shaw looking to reclaim his title last year second overall to half their appearance in Brian's favorite saying to people is you don't always have to be the strongest but you do have to be the smartest and he always proves that here's what these two athletes have done over their careers 18 total appearances here at the Arnold strongman classic between the two shot got started a little bit earlier than bjornsen they've won four times between the two of them Shaw older than yours and at 37 years old but half Thor last year really established himself as the man to beat and Brian Shaw really wants to reclaim his title as we are set for round three in matches Kayla scoffs key is up first interestingly he's put his feet out a little bit 871 pounds on the bar for Kayla's Koski this would be a best live for him [Music] and kalish Koski will get it now although he is not in contention for the win in this event that is going to be a big confidence builder for this kid absolutely it's another step forward it's another step forward so you got a you got a personal best he did put his feet out look his feet are just a little bit further than they were previously he had a good push off the floor and he had to pitch it back but it's a good lift and he gets some applause on the left of your screen for Brian Shaw he said he would love to have Kayla's Koski at his gym and help train him in the deadlift yes and again that shows that that there is a Brotherhood this is rarefied air that these men are trying to be as strong as possible and redefine how strong people can be really and in that quest only just totally strong been understand that's about Josh Bell shock looking on prepares himself for his third and final if Alexi Novikov will be a max 884 pounds another very talented youngster making his first appearance here at the Arnold strongman class he was your ammeter champion last year that's how he earned his way into this competition going for over 400 kilograms is a must for any strongman they used to be a really a watermark but now it's just sort of live that gets you into the upper edge is a watermark especially for a 23 year old [Music] that lowers your inhibitions lower your inhibitions allows your nervous system to cut loose any sort of control that says stop doing this throw yourself forward into it another old trick was to drink a shot of whiskey before a big day that way go on this I've seen in this competition whatever you need to do I've seen it before [Music] Novica 884 pounds [Music] just cannot get into his knees and then overcome the weight and he will bow out but a good opening / forwards for the rookie Alexey Novikov his best lift 840 pounds one more he has very narrow foot placement it with the narrow foot placement he's got his feet pointing Warburg so if he even pointed his toes outward a lot of great power-ups and dead lifters have they can have that close foot placement but they point their toes out that allows you to activate your quadriceps water it's actually a pretty good quad exercise with with their feet straight and knees pointing forward like that it just turns into all hands bringing back Novikov goes to 4-3 not judge Bell shocked up next making the jump from 862 890 1012 these are very likeable laughs that I'd love to see him get this closing in on 900 pounds he knows this is over 1/4 kilogram left and carefully selected wait because he's looking for point placement and unlike many of the other athletes [Music] there's a 91 production and that will count not Josh Bell shotgun a slovenia perfect three for three in the elephant bar Desmond beautiful we talked about anything it takes punching himself in the forehead to get himself fired up there we go they think it's his focus going lowers his inhibitions and he commits he really gets that far past Aziz quickly I think he had more in the tank question righto Heinlein will be up next as Belle shock takes a break his event is 979 279 pounds the man from Estonia I mean again it's kind of ridiculous that we're little laissez-faire about the fact that he's pulling close to a thousand pounds this is a fantastic dinner and like you mentioned this was a marked man not very long ago was seen as possibly unreachable yes the world record the strong man rose right notice he's got those dick wraps against us on the shins so he's gonna pull that bar against his shins detection sometimes that that actually causes a little more friction as the neural just like me raps some of these things are trade offs [Music] [Music] we'll get that solid hip placement and get this the I won't get it to go and you will go to 4/3 this opening of that great effort he had his knees just in front of the bar when he started the lift even though he corrects that hole and get those knees more solidly place we got the cop bitch either way 974 that means species because silikov has changed his way they do have the option to do that in this flat around they can make one change I really like the sequence of events because deadlifting great complementary exercises these guys are pulling big deadlifts and they've all been training with carrying slabs and shoulders let's go limping is said their their debt these deserts I know training heavier with the deadlift and focusing on them but I think they're very complimentary Arty's theses up next and this is a huge lift for him 1,001 pounds turn himself into that exclusive 1,000 pounds room Amanda [Music] he is as a result of that tutelage 1,001 pounds can become a six-man to lift four digits feces will not get it to go in the club stays well gets his hips down guess the bar started barely broken off around another day for deadlift training I'm still a very young athlete in terms of top-level competition he did pulled over 900 pounds a couple of years ago with the army now McHale should the cop will come up next one thousand five pounds silikov we're looking to finish inside the top in this opening events that come up nicely for the rest of the competition total commitment he will continue to pull silikov cannot give 1005 to go the Siberian for snagging the crowd let's showing how that mythic that number has got to get in there back to once you put four digits did you know that as a competitor that's got to get into instant inside the brain good he had a good start on that a little bit quick more quickly than he's been he wasn't his patient on that he was trying to get a little more gas going on it yes the fans are aware of 1000 now big events that happen the US this would be a rich this would be a record for Brian Shaw with the elephant 1049 pounds after our yards and just set the Newmarket 1045 that was in round two and he has yet to lift so he could trade records here Brian Shaw looking to set the new world record on the elephant bar but remember Hathor bjornsen has yet to go he's visualizing his lifts he's thinking just looking up he's saying okay I've got it he's got a checklist in his head I'm certain he's got a checklist in his head in other words he says he's going to get to speak a certain spot hands in a certain spot can feel a leverage point he's gonna push that with his feet to focus on getting that board wait for the top he's checking off with his head what has to happen here Brian Shaw looking to jump now throw up your Chi for first place in this event set a new elephant bar world record in the process yes he really wants this [Music] will we see another record 1040 five pounds for Bryan Shaw getting upset getting himself set up he's had all year to think about last year when he had a chance for the third deadlift to take the lead [Applause] and Shah falling forward over the bar on that attempt it will not go for him and that means it half-door bjornsen is the winner of this event with one lift remaining so every one more look at Brian Shaw and as the crowd salutes him everybody's got their phones up trying to record history a little bit of flex in the bar those leverage points are so hard to find that bar pulled him forward notice he pulled back as he started to pull back the bar got caught against his shin mark bar gets caught against your shin I can make your hips go forward a little bit so half Thorbjorn C is your next man and he is going to go for that magic number eleven hundred pounds five hundred kilos is the Marquis needs to be this is a fifty thousand dollar lift he's getting ready to make he already has the Elephant Bar world record he set that in his last lift at 1045 pounds he can set another one with his third and final lift and take home 50 grand in the process this is absolutely a story absolutely okay they're going to go through their ritual to get him mentally ready to start this bull all this training all this thinking about this goal of lifting over 500 kilograms setting the all-time world record not just the elephant bar deadlift record but the all-time world record in the deadlift from from the ground so we've equipped the thousand-pound mark now we're in the 1100 after bjornsen staring at history and 1105 pounds getting the crowd behind him as he lies up for his third and final attempt $50,000 [Music] for Hathor bjornsen for all the marbles here it is at the knees at bjornsen cannot get it blood coming from his forehead that's how intense that effort was he sets the Elephant Bar dev deadlift record he wins the event but the mountain cannot best the Beast and the record remains in any halls possession for the time yes it does but what you did good but what he did get was an important win for points here's one more look at what it would it would have been history his hips came up just a little more quickly than they have on the other lips patient off the floor his hips came up a little more quickly after Lorenson looks like it strike himself from the forehead to sort of get himself psyched up and then when he started to live I started to believe Jordan wins the event 1045 pounds in a new elephant bar world record Brian Shaw will finish second Gerry Pritchett despite the fact that he didn't make a third lift will tie for third with Mia Kyle shimla cough markings feces the top-5 one record is set and it was haftorah bjornsen and this was the lift that did it 1045 pounds gotta say I was hip place was just a little bit lower with that Hathor Bernsen on just his second left best the mark that he sent last year by four pounds and earns ten points in the process Brian Shaw will get 9 Pritchett and Shiva cough seven and a half each that's the third and fourth-place added together and then split that's why at seven point five of our team's basis finishes in fifth one event down and one record has already fallen here at the Arnold strongman classic and it belongs to that man after abuse and Jerry printed with a strong showing as become the guy oh look off did well or events remain though and the mountain has the lead stay with us here the Husa fell stone carry event to is up next at the 2019 Arnold strongman classic
Is this the result of so much pressure that the capillaries break or something??
Skip to 1:23:00 in video. It’s the final lift of the event.
damn. guys like this can't possibly live very long.
So if his blood pressure was high enough that it burst through the fucking skin in his forehead, wouldn't it be bursting all through his body? Like that can be the only capillary that broke.
"Have they told you who I am?"
"Some dead lift"
Skip to 1:23:00 in video. It’s the final lift of the event.