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See, for example, Alfred Mallwitz's article "Cult and Competition Locations at Olympia" p.101 in which he argues that the games may not have started until about 704 BC. Hugh Lee, on the other hand, in his article "The 'First' Olympic Games of 776 B.C.E" p.112, follows an ancient source that claims
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There is no set rule about what specific events will occur in a contest, except that to prevent single-event specialists from gaining an advantage, each event will be different (a single contest will not include two squat events, or two overhead lifting events, for example). Normally, a strongman
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event whereby five spherical concrete stones of increasing weight are placed on top of podia of varying height, beginning with the lightest stone lifted to approximately a normal person's head height. Alternatively, the stone is lifted over a bar for
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Some of the disciplines have similarities to each other and although it is very difficult to master more than one, some athletes participate in several of them and perform at world class levels. Weightlifting consists of two main lifts
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At present day, Strongman takes the bulk of the strength athletics domain, owing to involving both standardized and non standardized tests of strength, as well as for its highly diversified nature.
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that there were twenty-seven Olympiads before the first one was recorded in 776. There are no records of Olympic victors extant from earlier than the fifth century BC
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to their acts such as bending iron bars, breaking iron chains worn around their chests, and lifting heavy objects. Famous strongmen from this era included
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contest comprises five or six events, though at the top level of competition, seven or eight events may be held. Among the most common events are:
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is the collection of strength sports which measure physical strength, based on both: non-standard and historical implements as seen in
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competition, still described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strength athletics.
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Strongman competitions usually involve non-traditional, often sensationalistic, challenges of strength.
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The concept behind "The World's Strongest Men", as it was originally named, was developed in 1977 for
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The show was enough of a success that it began to be replicated in other countries, such as
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for his services to sport, was the head coordinator of the competition from its inception.
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Competitions that modern strongman events are modeled on,
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Strength competitions pre-date written history. The first
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A caber being tossed by Steven Labrecque at the 2000
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Strength athletics in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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Index


Strongman
Highland games
Powerlifting
Weightlifting
snatch
clean & jerk
squat
bench
deadlift
stone put
Scottish hammer throw
weight throw
weight over bar
caber toss
keg toss
sheaf toss
deadlift
vehicle pull
log lift
axle press
stonelifting
stone carrying
circus dumbbell press
yoke carry
farmers walk
squat
basque circle
loading medleys
grip events

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