The Shaw Classic format was absolutely brilliant. 8 events that tested everything. The strongest man wins with no luck at all. Wish WSM would be the same.
Other than one event that someone 20 repped while others zeroed and a bag over bar that was more cardio than strength. Sounds like Shaw tried to bring some of that WSM flavour and the it suffered the same problems.
"Jerry Pritchett was a completely different man than who he was last year" Honestly Jerry is who I'm most gutted about in terms of injury. 2020 was like Jerry got new life in him, but now injuries just plaguing him and keeping him back. Same with Shivlyakov, just can't catch a break, constant injuries. Really hope the best for both of them.
Jerry looked down by about 50 lbs. He just looked lean and lanky. Him and Shiv need to chill out and recover for a while, do some bodybuilding style workouts for health, and then come back.
Strongmen being supportive of each other is one of the biggest reasons I follow this sport.Gotta best everyone else when they're also doing their best.
@@SkittleBuk1 nobody injured their spine . WUS had a 580kg yoke and nobody complained. 500 is fine with notice. Brian gave 5 months notice of events. So athletes had time to prepare for these weights. The WSM weights they use are just turn into a drag race. This a good weight.
@@hassanzafar6697 I recall that heavy yoke crippling guys. I might have misremembered the WUS injury situation but you end up with guys carrying injuries. Thor hurt his foot and it cost him a second WSM. And probably caused his retirement. 🤷♂️
Singleton will definitely be scary considering he won 3 of 8 events and was just coming off some shows recently too. Give him some time to work techniques with some old timers and he will definitely have a WSM in his future
@@Extrahello the fact that Evan has gotten so much one on one time with Kaz lately flies under the radar. You can't convince me Kaz doesn't wanna help create another dominant American in strongman.
Gabriel Rhéaume finishing the medley is bonkers. His overall performance wasn't top international level - yet - but in that medley he showed he came to play hard.
More awesome coverage, thanks guys 🙌 “Taking the win………No he didn’t” was hilarious 😂. Please don’t be scared to leave more “mistakes” in your edit - really adds character to the Loz & Liz vibe we all love! Best Wishes from Herefordshire x
I think its good that Brian placed high, but not on first place, so it does not seem odd to win his own competition again. (I think it is insanely hard to be competitor and organizer, but you know - it would seem kinda boring)
Like last year brian would of gave his prize money between the other athletes. Brian isnt doing this for money he us doing it for everyone else. Fans included. He is tryna put the sport on the big map
@@jspear8011 He’d still have the glory of the title and people would say he was picking events that suit him, he was benefiting from the advantage of training on implements, knowing the events sooner etc.
On JFs 4th stone, he loaded it onto the platform but it just got stuck on the edge. He tried to push it up and on, and fought it for a good few seconds before it fell. Unfortunately had to load the 4th stone twice, and therefore didn’t even attempt the 5th. Too exhausted. JFs 4th stone was very reminiscent of Derek Poundstone v Pudzianowski in ‘08 WSM final
Trey did 208 axle in training couple months back. So him tied first in the log didnt surprise me at all. He will be good for the record in a year or two for sure.
I watched it a few days afterward. Great show by all the guys. Trey was great. Really impressed with Evan Singleton winning 3 events. A lot of the law guys are so close to be complete and they are already winning events.
I was surprised with Brian in the dumbbells because he’s pretty much the best in the world at that event. I just can’t imagine all the stress from running and organizing the competition then to compete in it. Maybe that played a factor.
@@torstent8979 Probably both, from the planning vids he was posting up to the more recent BTS vids, I'd say he was running on minimal sleep getting everything running. This isn't to knock on his performance, but not having that 100% mental resource for comp prep definitely played a role.
JF's Log results were pretty amazing for me...he has gotten stronger for sure on that event. Wow! Kevin Fares with 20reps on the squat!!! Damn! B Shaw doing proper squat reps lol, he just took it too slow.
A bunch of the guys tried squatting it like a normal barbell squat. It seemed like Faires was the one who really pushed into it and treated it like a leg press, which is why he was so successful.
@@Micheldied He has an almost identical machine at his gym in Utah, when i saw the squat i had a feeling he would be contending for the win. Think he has put out him doing like 840-860lbs for 14 reps on instagram on it.
Loz, I really like that you say each weight in both units, Pounds AND Kilos. Or if you say just one, the other one is at least written on the screen. I bought and watched Shaw Classic myself and loved the show! But I had to keep calculating Pounds to Kilos all the time.
I didn't know anything about this strongman competition jazz but accidentally listened to one of your videos on a run once...now I listen to several a week lolz
I speak Polish so can watch Kieliszkowki's videos with no trouble, he said he holds JF Caron in high regard and always roots for him. Even when Kieliszkowski had to pull out from the Teams Strongman with Radzikowski, they got JF to replace him. I would not be surprised if they are giving tips to each other.
Content for Part 2 - HOW ABOUT TERRY HOLLANDS?! Smashed it on the commentary!!! I was shocked, wow when he let's his personality shine, he is totally amazing. Made the show for me TBH. P.S. - I wrote to Brian and Keri on the Elite Club, and also on IG, that ultimate commentary team for any proper Strongman Contest would be Big Loz alongside Big Tell!! Giants Live pls run with this idea, omg they'd smash it!! Marine Mike
I feel like the "Don't Drop The Yolk" rule is as much for the competitor's benefit as anything when it's so rare for anyone to make up extra ground after dropping the implement.
Bag Toss - eliminate the extra steps by increasing your launching power like Maxime did!! Just launch it from where the bag is!!!! Hell yeah!! I was surprised more guys didn't try this tactic
Im sad that shawstrength was having trouble with getting the content up... i waited to see the Loz video to see what happened. However freaking great quality for day 1. Brian and the team killed it
If I remember correctly, JF had the third or fourth stone 95% done and it fell. Once that happened and he had to re-do a stone, the culmination of all 8 events seemed to catch up to him. He attempted the fifth stone but couldn't quite finish. I haven't seen the final numbers, but my guess is that he would have won had he completed the fifth stone, even if it was slower than Brian and Trey.
Great show, you can tell the athletes are having a good time and it feels a lot more relaxed than WSM, WUS or Giants Live. However, they do have some work to do on the production side. When they start up day two and go for almost two full hours of video with a running commentary, and don't take time to mention who is injured or skipping an event, it makes for very, very confusing viewing. Also, the guy who was commenting alongside Terry seems like a nice fellow, but he consistently got names wrong, repeated himself a lot, and also mixed up competitors multiple times. If they get two experienced commentators, even if one is more there for color, it'd bring the total impression up a lot. Oh, and ffs put some numbers on screen so we can tell what weights they're on without praying that the camera will swing wide enough that we catch a glimpse of the sign. :p
The stream was way better than the live fan experience when it comes to information. We werent given times distances rep counts ect. It was cool to watch the show live and in person but it was almost impossible to follow along with results and standings. For a 250$ ticket I was pretty dissatisfied with the fan experience.
Trey also did finish the wheelbarrow and got a few pulls on the arm over arm. But afterward they ruled he didn’t finish the wheelbarrow by a few inches and his arm over arm was not counted. It was kinda BS because the judges should have notified him during the event the wheelbarrow didn’t make it before he jumped over to the arm over arm.
I was in a comp with a car squat with a frame like at the Shaw classic. Its ridiculously easy due to the leverages. Think everyone got between 15-30 reps (was only a kia picanto) Ideally you need adjustable height bar, set for each athlete beforehand to hit a decent depth, and a line so you cant have your feet too far forward really work with the leverage. Is an awesome looking event though.
Brian's performance on the circus dumbbell showed how exhausted he was from days of intense hard work, stress, and very little sleep. I think he would have done much faster on both bags and the medley, too, if he wasn't so exhausted.
We need an event that is similar to the farmers walk but just do it with groceries. We've all been there, guys. Nobody wants to do multiple trips having to get the groceries out of the car. Let's make it happen. Max out groceries walk.
@@atodaso1668 I'm aware. The Flintstone dead is also a deadlift, just a fun variation of said lift. What I'm saying is that strongman needs to switch things up a bit.
Could work actually, farmer's walk for max weight with set distance. Have the competitors pick from a set of different items to put in some kind containers with handles, a nice risk vs reward gamble.
@@Txb4g - I'm not sure what you're comment means. What's not their fault? I've paid to see Strongman contests live, but I just don't have enough interest to pay to see it on TV or computer screen. I've seen Zdrunas live at that Arnold Classic a few times. I'm from Ohio. I paid every year to go....but it was live.
I agree to an extent on the squat, but since when is strongman about traditional squatting? I do think the technique requirements needed to be worked out a bit better on it, though, and that’s why it favored who it did.
some have also pointed out that while the same type of car was used on both setups, one seemed to have been a bit easier or at least behave a bit differently (maybe different suspension)
@@ipsojure2137 Brian's recap vid is out now. One had a different package resulting in a different weight. They fixed it and decided to run with it. I do agree though that if the weight distribution and suspension is different enough, it could've been a deciding factor.
I can see the shaw classic holding a prestige in about 10 years times, not comparing it to the arnolds but the way the weights tend to be much higher in the arnolds is why big z is better than pudzianowski, if the shaw classic continues to be big and awkward and a real test of strength then i can really see it being one of the top prestigious shows out there
But you have to remember they were not allowed to wear suits during that event only knee wraps and it was 817 lb. So in my opinion doing it with only knee wraps makes up for the lack of depth
Overall the Shaw Classic is the best strongman competition there is. Far ahead of WSM. Imagine that contest with Martins, Mateusz, the Stoltmans, Novikov...
People keep mentioning the altitude. Let me tell you, for ANY cardio type work it makes a huge difference. I regularly go hiking at altitudes in the 5000 ft to 9000 ft range (1500 m to 2750 m) and have adjusted to it. I had a friend visit recently who lives at sea level. He is very fit and goes running/jogging often. On one particular trail that I do a lot, I rarely (if ever) have to stop for a breather. It's just go, go, go. My best time is 1 hour and 25 minutes. When he went with me on it, it took us 3 hours.
These videos are the best social media resource for strongman...
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It's a pain being a strongman fan
The Shaw Classic format was absolutely brilliant. 8 events that tested everything. The strongest man wins with no luck at all. Wish WSM would be the same.
Exactly! The strongest guy won this competition. No questions about it.
WSM has in total more events. Groups + Final.
@@mikedeburgh4470 but the points from the groups don't matter for the finals and the final has less events.
@@Hesher93 And if your unlucky to be in a group with multiple top level guys, it can eliminate some very good athletes like Oleksii Novikov
Other than one event that someone 20 repped while others zeroed and a bag over bar that was more cardio than strength. Sounds like Shaw tried to bring some of that WSM flavour and the it suffered the same problems.
"Jerry Pritchett was a completely different man than who he was last year"
Honestly Jerry is who I'm most gutted about in terms of injury. 2020 was like Jerry got new life in him, but now injuries just plaguing him and keeping him back. Same with Shivlyakov, just can't catch a break, constant injuries. Really hope the best for both of them.
I think both of them may be too old sadly
Jerry looked down by about 50 lbs. He just looked lean and lanky. Him and Shiv need to chill out and recover for a while, do some bodybuilding style workouts for health, and then come back.
@@a-a-rondavis9438 yeah, literally thats what it is I think, years of contests have not been kind to their bodies, same with Janashia.
janasha too
Injuries have always plagued Jerry unfortunately, he would've been the goat dead lifter if it weren't for that
Hands down this was the best strongman event of the year love the format and the way it’s run
Strongmen being supportive of each other is one of the biggest reasons I follow this sport.Gotta best everyone else when they're also doing their best.
This comp is how WSM should be. Lots of events. Brutal. No easy events. Strongest will win.
Nah. Shaw Classic is injury central. Strongest spine wins the super yoke. Everyone gets arthritis
@@SkittleBuk1 nobody injured their spine . WUS had a 580kg yoke and nobody complained. 500 is fine with notice. Brian gave 5 months notice of events. So athletes had time to prepare for these weights. The WSM weights they use are just turn into a drag race. This a good weight.
@@SkittleBuk1 A 500kg yoke is pretty standard for pro strongman shows. The Arnold Classic has had a super yoke weighing over 700kg before
@@sethticer5108 that yoke was so heavy that it stopped Big Z competing for years.
Things exist. Don’t make the mistake that they should.
@@hassanzafar6697 I recall that heavy yoke crippling guys. I might have misremembered the WUS injury situation but you end up with guys carrying injuries. Thor hurt his foot and it cost him a second WSM. And probably caused his retirement. 🤷♂️
If Trey improves his grip, he will be scary. Singleton and Trey have the future looking bright for 'Murica
Gabe Pena is right behind them too. We've got some great young guns on their way up.
Singleton will definitely be scary considering he won 3 of 8 events and was just coming off some shows recently too.
Give him some time to work techniques with some old timers and he will definitely have a WSM in his future
@@Extrahello the fact that Evan has gotten so much one on one time with Kaz lately flies under the radar. You can't convince me Kaz doesn't wanna help create another dominant American in strongman.
It was a great atmosphere being there! Loved all the events and lost my voice both days. Been waiting for your guy's commentary
Gabriel Rhéaume finishing the medley is bonkers. His overall performance wasn't top international level - yet - but in that medley he showed he came to play hard.
Newly crowned Canada's strongest man and first competition with the big boys. Did alright.considering the weights at this competition.
More awesome coverage, thanks guys 🙌 “Taking the win………No he didn’t” was hilarious 😂.
Please don’t be scared to leave more “mistakes” in your edit - really adds character to the Loz & Liz vibe we all love! Best Wishes from Herefordshire x
Been waiting for this all week. The show was amazing. Thank you for being here.
Woohoo, was waiting for your guys follow up! Love the breakdowns and perspective you guys can offer.
"No beard, no booty" if thats the rule liz set for uncle loz then i guess he'll never shave🤣🤣
Well, he does look a bit like Mr. Bean without the beard. :-P
@@MarkVrem thats true...haha
@@MarkVrem Now I can never unsee that😂
I was looking at that shirt too and was wondering what it meant
The mug is awesome too
I think its good that Brian placed high, but not on first place, so it does not seem odd to win his own competition again. (I think it is insanely hard to be competitor and organizer, but you know - it would seem kinda boring)
He also didn't pick his best events
As much as I love Brian I really hoped he didn't win again, just seemed like a bad look for the show. Glad he got second
It wouldn’t have been a bad look. He isn’t taking any money from it.
Like last year brian would of gave his prize money between the other athletes. Brian isnt doing this for money he us doing it for everyone else. Fans included. He is tryna put the sport on the big map
@@jspear8011 He’d still have the glory of the title and people would say he was picking events that suit him, he was benefiting from the advantage of training on implements, knowing the events sooner etc.
I love it that Liz knows her stuff big time. They make a great couple.
Loz and Liz make everything better!!
The way you narrated is like being there great work.💪💪💪
On JFs 4th stone, he loaded it onto the platform but it just got stuck on the edge. He tried to push it up and on, and fought it for a good few seconds before it fell. Unfortunately had to load the 4th stone twice, and therefore didn’t even attempt the 5th. Too exhausted. JFs 4th stone was very reminiscent of Derek Poundstone v Pudzianowski in ‘08 WSM final
Love you guys.
Thanks for the regular updates
Always happy to see you two. Keep up the good content!
Trey did 208 axle in training couple months back. So him tied first in the log didnt surprise me at all. He will be good for the record in a year or two for sure.
I love me big uncle loz and auntie Liz. When I don't bring a lot of Anger into my workout I often think of you guys :)
Finally, the video I’ve been waiting for!!! 💚
I watched it a few days afterward. Great show by all the guys. Trey was great. Really impressed with Evan Singleton winning 3 events. A lot of the law guys are so close to be complete and they are already winning events.
I was surprised with Brian in the dumbbells because he’s pretty much the best in the world at that event. I just can’t imagine all the stress from running and organizing the competition then to compete in it. Maybe that played a factor.
Maybe he overdid it in the prior events?
@@torstent8979 Probably both, from the planning vids he was posting up to the more recent BTS vids, I'd say he was running on minimal sleep getting everything running. This isn't to knock on his performance, but not having that 100% mental resource for comp prep definitely played a role.
Really appreciate the critique of the contest from you guys. Non biased and great perspectives. Very enjoyable to watch.
Really liked this vid, you guys were very concise
Huge congratulations to Trey
“Treyn” (train) Mitchell! Absolutely powered through.
JF's Log results were pretty amazing for me...he has gotten stronger for sure on that event. Wow!
Kevin Fares with 20reps on the squat!!! Damn! B Shaw doing proper squat reps lol, he just took it too slow.
A bunch of the guys tried squatting it like a normal barbell squat. It seemed like Faires was the one who really pushed into it and treated it like a leg press, which is why he was so successful.
@@Micheldied He has an almost identical machine at his gym in Utah, when i saw the squat i had a feeling he would be contending for the win. Think he has put out him doing like 840-860lbs for 14 reps on instagram on it.
So close to 100k. What can we expect for the celebration
Loz, I really like that you say each weight in both units, Pounds AND Kilos. Or if you say just one, the other one is at least written on the screen. I bought and watched Shaw Classic myself and loved the show! But I had to keep calculating Pounds to Kilos all the time.
Been waiting for this. Thx guys
Honestly I thought this event was better than WSM. It was simply amazing.
Newish subscriber here. Your channel is now my go-to for all things strength. You two make a great team! 👍
It would be awesome to see a series on techniques for these strongman lifts.
I really liked this show! everything so hard, what an achievement to win.
I didn't know anything about this strongman competition jazz but accidentally listened to one of your videos on a run once...now I listen to several a week lolz
You could even see from Brian's look on his face following the medley "I think the weight may have been a bit much..."
He was cooked after that!
I speak Polish so can watch Kieliszkowki's videos with no trouble, he said he holds JF Caron in high regard and always roots for him. Even when Kieliszkowski had to pull out from the Teams Strongman with Radzikowski, they got JF to replace him. I would not be surprised if they are giving tips to each other.
I loved the Medley, really separated the competitors which I feel most Strongman competitions don't do anymore.
Content for Part 2 - HOW ABOUT TERRY HOLLANDS?! Smashed it on the commentary!!! I was shocked, wow when he let's his personality shine, he is totally amazing. Made the show for me TBH.
P.S. - I wrote to Brian and Keri on the Elite Club, and also on IG, that ultimate commentary team for any proper Strongman Contest would be Big Loz alongside Big Tell!! Giants Live pls run with this idea, omg they'd smash it!!
Marine Mike
Terry did a great job.
I want Loz with Liz as commentary tbh
Trey Mitchell is the next big force in strongman. He’s young and will only get better with age.
Y’all have a great weekend.
Much love from Texas
Been waiting for Big Loz' reaction! Watched and paid -- worth it !!!
Evan Singleton fkng all night and keeping hicksy awake is top level gamesmanship 😂😂
There were a few athletes who opted out of the car squat. They also had major problems editing the first video.
I saw a video of Trey and Martins work out a couple of months ago. Obviously a beast of a man that Cowboy! 🤠
Love your guys commentary and perspectives!
I feel like the "Don't Drop The Yolk" rule is as much for the competitor's benefit as anything when it's so rare for anyone to make up extra ground after dropping the implement.
Bag Toss - eliminate the extra steps by increasing your launching power like Maxime did!! Just launch it from where the bag is!!!! Hell yeah!! I was surprised more guys didn't try this tactic
her shirt is awesome!
Im sad that shawstrength was having trouble with getting the content up... i waited to see the Loz video to see what happened. However freaking great quality for day 1. Brian and the team killed it
Thanks for the updates!
Your subscriber numbers have jumped again, Loz. Nearly 100k 👍🏻👍🏻
Loved watching this contest ! As always amazing video guys, keep that content comming ! :D
Yeah, finally! Spreadsheet video!🤘
Let’s get aunt and uncle to 100k!!!!!
Awesome thanks for the video !
No beard no booty that’s astonishing. What’s up aunt and unc
I was looking at that shirt too but I’m not sure what it means
Loz surely has both (no homo)
I'm glad the bold bearded belly club is getting some love in a world of 5% bodyfat vegan crossfit Justin Biebers.
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@@eiserneskreuz4616 liz is thicc. She got cake.
Heavy medley is what I like to see. Am i right in thinking they had a bag going up to 400lbs at one of the Arnold qualifiers? Just ridiculous power!
You are correct, the Arnold's Santa Monica had 300, 350, 400 for 30ft carry then over a bar.
@@kylerwoods4350 everyone but Grizzly zero'd the event. Grizzly accidentally threw a couple of spectators over the bar as well
Great video. Thanks you x
Was a great show to watch 💪🏽😎👍🏽
If I remember correctly, JF had the third or fourth stone 95% done and it fell. Once that happened and he had to re-do a stone, the culmination of all 8 events seemed to catch up to him. He attempted the fifth stone but couldn't quite finish. I haven't seen the final numbers, but my guess is that he would have won had he completed the fifth stone, even if it was slower than Brian and Trey.
Great show, you can tell the athletes are having a good time and it feels a lot more relaxed than WSM, WUS or Giants Live. However, they do have some work to do on the production side. When they start up day two and go for almost two full hours of video with a running commentary, and don't take time to mention who is injured or skipping an event, it makes for very, very confusing viewing. Also, the guy who was commenting alongside Terry seems like a nice fellow, but he consistently got names wrong, repeated himself a lot, and also mixed up competitors multiple times. If they get two experienced commentators, even if one is more there for color, it'd bring the total impression up a lot. Oh, and ffs put some numbers on screen so we can tell what weights they're on without praying that the camera will swing wide enough that we catch a glimpse of the sign. :p
The stream was way better than the live fan experience when it comes to information. We werent given times distances rep counts ect. It was cool to watch the show live and in person but it was almost impossible to follow along with results and standings. For a 250$ ticket I was pretty dissatisfied with the fan experience.
Trey also did finish the wheelbarrow and got a few pulls on the arm over arm. But afterward they ruled he didn’t finish the wheelbarrow by a few inches and his arm over arm was not counted. It was kinda BS because the judges should have notified him during the event the wheelbarrow didn’t make it before he jumped over to the arm over arm.
They needed a clear line for the competitors to see instead of an expansion gap in the concrete.
Thanks for the news 😎👍
been waiting for this one!
I was in a comp with a car squat with a frame like at the Shaw classic. Its ridiculously easy due to the leverages. Think everyone got between 15-30 reps (was only a kia picanto) Ideally you need adjustable height bar, set for each athlete beforehand to hit a decent depth, and a line so you cant have your feet too far forward really work with the leverage. Is an awesome looking event though.
The fact Brian came 2nd after losing so much energy organising the contest is amazing I felt. This was my favourite ever contest
Right and he still has to worry about it during the contest , what mental focus
Make sure you guys cradle the balls too
I've always thought he has the advantage because he picks the events and they compete local to him. Not the mention he is used to the altitude.
Kieliszkowski always says that JF Caron is his best strongman friend. They text every day.
Brian's performance on the circus dumbbell showed how exhausted he was from days of intense hard work, stress, and very little sleep. I think he would have done much faster on both bags and the medley, too, if he wasn't so exhausted.
Seeing Hicks log press 440lbs with zero leg drive was just nuts. That type of strength just doesn’t compute….lol
Almost 100k subs
Hey man I'm glad to see you and Liz back together after her dalliance with the Greek god Kyriakos,.
Beautiful 🙏
Does this feel like Brian passing the metaphorical torch to Trey Mitchell to start the rivalry with Tom Stoltman? Similar to Brian and Big Z
Loz just broke his Mack3!🤣
Gutted shivlakov is injured for the weekend, cant wait!!!!
Her hair is on point!
Lol Liz, thats the BEST shirt lol
The car squat was like a standing leg press
We need an event that is similar to the farmers walk but just do it with groceries. We've all been there, guys. Nobody wants to do multiple trips having to get the groceries out of the car. Let's make it happen. Max out groceries walk.
That's the farmers walk
@@atodaso1668 I'm aware. The Flintstone dead is also a deadlift, just a fun variation of said lift. What I'm saying is that strongman needs to switch things up a bit.
Could work actually, farmer's walk for max weight with set distance. Have the competitors pick from a set of different items to put in some kind containers with handles, a nice risk vs reward gamble.
Nice t-shirt. Nice
nice shirt Liz 😂
FINALLY !!!
At the show they mentioned few of the competitors including Singleton and Peña did not attempt the car squat for health reasons s
Can't wait to see some footage.
You can’t unless you buy it
@@CWPWWRESTLING nothing wrong with paying for a good strongman show. most sporting events are not free
@@MsStevo2000 - I have an interest in Strongman, but I'm still not there enough to pay to see it on TV. I would pay to see it live, but otherwise, no.
@@jasonito23 not their fault if you aren't willing to support the athletes.
@@Txb4g - I'm not sure what you're comment means. What's not their fault? I've paid to see Strongman contests live, but I just don't have enough interest to pay to see it on TV or computer screen. I've seen Zdrunas live at that Arnold Classic a few times. I'm from Ohio. I paid every year to go....but it was live.
I agree to an extent on the squat, but since when is strongman about traditional squatting? I do think the technique requirements needed to be worked out a bit better on it, though, and that’s why it favored who it did.
some have also pointed out that while the same type of car was used on both setups, one seemed to have been a bit easier or at least behave a bit differently (maybe different suspension)
@@ipsojure2137 Brian's recap vid is out now. One had a different package resulting in a different weight. They fixed it and decided to run with it. I do agree though that if the weight distribution and suspension is different enough, it could've been a deciding factor.
I can see the shaw classic holding a prestige in about 10 years times, not comparing it to the arnolds but the way the weights tend to be much higher in the arnolds is why big z is better than pudzianowski, if the shaw classic continues to be big and awkward and a real test of strength then i can really see it being one of the top prestigious shows out there
I'm very glad to hear there was so much technical difficulty! Serves you right
2021 Shaw Classic Results
1.Trey Mitchell - $21,000
2.Brian Shaw - $15,000
3.J.F. Caron - $12,000
4.Kevin Faires - $9,000
5.Evan Singleton - $8,000
6.Aivars Smaukstelis - $7,000
7.Bobby Thompson - $6,500
8.Adam Bishop - $6,000
9.Maxime Boudreault - $5,500
10.Konstantine Janashia - $5,000
11.Graham Hicks - $4,500
12.Žydrūnas Savickas - $4,000
13.Gabriel Rheaume - $3,500
14.Gabriel Peña - $3,000
15.Jerry Pritchett - $2,500
17.Mikhail Shivlyakov - $2,500
Awesome
Graham “1000 Pound Rotter” Hicks. New branding.
Small correction: Trey didn't have to beat Brian on the atlas stones to win, one place below would have done.
But you have to remember they were not allowed to wear suits during that event only knee wraps and it was 817 lb. So in my opinion doing it with only knee wraps makes up for the lack of depth
My wife wants me to ask Liz where she got her shirt? ...lol
Part of strongman is the skill, so the squat not favouring the traditional squatters is not a bad thing.
Overall the Shaw Classic is the best strongman competition there is. Far ahead of WSM. Imagine that contest with Martins, Mateusz, the Stoltmans, Novikov...
We gotta get them all healthy first, sadly. Pretty sure everyone in that list would show up for a comp if they were all healthy and available.
People keep mentioning the altitude. Let me tell you, for ANY cardio type work it makes a huge difference. I regularly go hiking at altitudes in the 5000 ft to 9000 ft range (1500 m to 2750 m) and have adjusted to it. I had a friend visit recently who lives at sea level. He is very fit and goes running/jogging often. On one particular trail that I do a lot, I rarely (if ever) have to stop for a breather. It's just go, go, go. My best time is 1 hour and 25 minutes. When he went with me on it, it took us 3 hours.
The altitude will kill you if you haven't trained in it. I've been to 12000ft and any amount of activity will drain you extremely fast.
Yep, your body adapts to what you do to it. I'm sure the altitude change killed the cardio for everybody but Brian lmao.