Strength Stories 5: Jón Páll Sigmarsson

This special episode of Strength Stories commemorates the beefiest, burliest, most brutish of all skyr mascots, the fiery Icelander Jón Páll Sigmarsson. Siggy was a four-time World's Strongest Man winner, a record-setting powerlifter, and a national champion bodybuilder whose versatile strength was equaled by his competitive spirit and dramatic flair. Do not dare to call him an eskimo (if you know, you know). No seals were harmed in the making of this video.
Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

[@bobow7227]

550lbs with one hand strapless AND flexing his bicep is mind boggling. Rip to the GOAT.

[@storiedstrength]

I bought a bottle of nose torque off of eBay that contains a shard of Simgarsson’s spirit. If you rub it three times, he emerges to give you white lights on all of your attempts. Best $5,653 I’ve ever spent

[@randyspencer5937]

@@storiedstrength he will always be the best strong man

[@lesterthurtle9621]

Love your commentary , funny as hell and informative

[@JSStrength]

Came for the deadlifts, stayed for Ron Jeremy

[@dennisnordlund902]

Great stuff, you definitely earned a follow. You have the gift of speech. If the demons of the almighty algorithm looks on you with favor I’m sure you’ll go far.

[@storiedstrength]

Thank you, sincerely; this means a lot to me. Let’s hope the demons accept my beseeching. I am smearing bloody pentagrams on my monitor and praying to Wintermute

[@user-md1po9op4o]

ur mad funny. cant wait to see more videos like this :)

[@storiedstrength]

I really appreciate hearing that. Episode 6 of Strength Stories should be up by the end of this week 🤟🏼

[@JSStrength]

Not sure if anyone talks about it, but the last event that secured Sigmarsson his 4th title was changed during the competition

[@storiedstrength]

That’s wild. Would that be the 200 meter race with the 100 kg backpack?

[@JSStrength]

@@storiedstrength indeed. I don’t remember what the original event was, but it was the first in a looooong history of WSM favoring certain athletes (foreshadowing the Edward Hall episode)

[@everythingstrength1485]

Awesome video man 💯 might I suggest you continue to do strongman bios?

[@storiedstrength]

Absolutely. Thank you for the support!

[@KT-ym2ds]

Wow relly good

[@storiedstrength]

Hey thx

[@noahcowan-fw7kq]

modern day poetry

[@storiedstrength]

Glad someone agrees. When I told my boss I had to leave work early because I was the reincarnation of Catullus, I only ended up getting fired. Haters, man

[@everythingstrength1485]

Can we get a Mark Henry bio?
Vince McMahon told him if he did the competition and got 2nd place... he'd be fired💯 first Arnold Classic Winner in 2002.

[@storiedstrength]

Thanks for the request! Mark Henry is a legend; I’ll add him to the list. Right now I’m editing a video on two-time World’s Strongest Woman Jill Mills

[@holdencornfield472]

His name is literally sigmarsson

[@storiedstrength]

Salute to a fellow Warhammer enjoyer

[@SINdaBlock411]

If you need 5 GUYS to help you achieve a powerlifting record, IT DOESN'T COUNT

[@storiedstrength]

You mean Five Guys Burgers? They’re IPF legal

[@SINdaBlock411]

@@storiedstrength if you don't do it all alone, it don't count

[@storiedstrength]

@@SINdaBlock411 that is definitely a position to take. I appreciate your conviction