Still would be the same. Nothing prevented the strongman from moving and executing. This event just doesn't favor tall people because they need to make a longer motion. Yet the rocks and keg throw favored tall so I don't see the issue....
@@flaviusfake271 nope, Thor is far stronger squatter than this machine allowed to show. Could mitch have won anyways on a regular barbell? yes, but no way in hell it would have been that big of a gap. It was ridiculous. On a regular barbell in training Thor was doing several reps with more weight than in this event.
@@flaviusfake271 Definitely not, you can see the athletes need to put their feet in specific spots causing awkward positions along with the fixed bar path. A free weight squat wouldn't have so blatantly favored the athletes with shorter femurs. That being said, I'm sure Brian learned from this event and we'll see lots of improvements next time.
I think the mistake was not allowing the competitor to move their feet. Everyone knows when you lift sometimes you have to adjust your feet placement after the first rep.
That machine depth lock should be regulated depending on height, Hooper squats depth were laughable, also wtf is that BS of telling the athletes where to set their feet, that's just ridiculous.
You see that the smaller guys have an advantage. The show was a Flop. First they arranged the barbells for press wrong, than they picked the wrong atlas stones which ended in a who has more glue on competition and now that crap. Bad competion Management, brian shaw messed it up
@@PeterMüllerchensTraumfahrtthe athletes set there feet and depth it’s just mitch squats more bent over with heavy load so he was meeting his set depth
IT IS, i bet during measurement he had the bar high bar and with low bar at the contest, and the Same height in the hole the hips are higher and Thies favorable leverages
Sometimes "less is more"... By far the most embarrassing squat failure in strongman. They could have done a perfect squat with a standard barbell, a giant circus barbell or at least the cambered bar like they did at the Arnold classic but instead made a total mockery out of it! Months of hard work to create a useless equipment. Please don't bring this event back.
Can't believe Brian Shaw is proud of this. Just blows my mind that he actually was okay with one competitor squatting inches higher than everyone else. Didnt matter if they were taller or shorter than him, he got to quarter squat while the rest basically hit depth. Wtf Shaw?!? Did you sell out as soon as you retired 🙄
Love strongman. Love Brian. Hate this event. The idea that some dude is gonna tell me where to put my feet to squat? That's not how that should be. I put my feet where I'm mechanically strongest, and you tell me if I hit depth/the squat is good. This was absurd and hard to watch.
They're putting their feet where they had them during a familiarisation session. They all got time under the bar to pick their foot position, it was recorded and they needed to stick to that position. I think the rational was that everyone could be loaded up in their best position and that there couldn't be any shenanigans with bar height. I don't think it worked though, I'm pretty sure Hooper managed to game his position during familiarisation, because there's no way if it was all the same every other athlete got down to one depth and he only needed a half squat. Maybe the others didn't play it right, but he definitely played the mechanism in some way. (Which there were no rules against, he won fair and square by playing the game better than everyone else)
@@laurenceT141He didn’t necessarily game the machine. I think there was an error in the set up. They had to manually set the bar height and depth and they could have messed it up. Terrible apparatus though, even if it had been done correctly.
@laurenceT141 Yeah I realized that as it went on, but it's still ridiculous in my opinion. Especially with an implement these guys are still trying to learn. It's just an odd way of doing it.
This event is a clear example that you can be Brian Shaw and still over complicate things to come up with stupidest shit. Judging was balderdash. Total disappointment.
Brian is a perfectionist. Since reality isn't perfect, striving for perfection ironically makes everything less perfect. Brian's show is designed as if the athletes are robots instead of humans.
I think the trick Mitch used was lowering the bar down his back, knowing its fix to the apparatus, rather than rest it in the traps.This gives him that 4-5 inch height differnce.
He said that they actually paid attention to his bar a position in testing and he had to put it in the same place in the actual competition. The issue was with him leaning forward more when squatting under heavy weight.
Maybe it was just the camera angle, but Hooper's butt didn't look like it was inline with his knees at depth??? How was he able to get away with this? Are you saying he's the only athlete with levers like that in the whole comp? Hips were higher than a Snoop Dogg concert.
Mitchell Hooper should have half the number he did since he only did half ROM over other opponents. Plus, deadlifts are conventional technique, why isn't the squats too with strict form ?
@KasumovMedia nope, you can look at the referee thumb up on other squats except when Hooper did his, and he ok'ed them without waiting, look at Hafthor deep squat, how much he had to go down to get his reps.. big difference.
@yvan9616 nope, the exercise wasn't to squat deep, it was to make the bar touch the designated spot, and come back up. There were NO regulations on how to use your quads or your back. If someone could good-morning it, they would get the lift, too.
@@KasumovMedia Since ROM is not required it should not be called a squat. He won with brains (or accident) during the preparation session, not with strength. Thor would do 20 quarter squats had he gamed the machine during the familiarization day
@fruitgrapepwnage maybe it shouldn't have been called a squat... cant argue there. what would you call it? Bend your knees and lower your ass with the weight on your back?
I was so excited when they announced this event. Had high hopes. All went down the gutter. Hafthor did squats with 400kg and 5 paused reps with 380kg but unfortunately this apparatus did not allow to showcase his power. A lot zeroed and Mitch cheated. But everyone knows that Hafthor has the strongest legs in strongman and hope he will get a chance to prove it at ASC or Rogue Invitational.
Just like the car leg press. Over complicating does not equal impressive. When half the field can't get one rep you know your event is bad. Foot placement is probably the dumbest thing in strongman. Most go wide to use their quad strength only to realize under real load that warmup weight is not like comp weight. Also, static bar path you might as well squat in a smith machine. No way for athletes to correct in order to use their actual strength. If you're putting a powerlifting meet than do that, otherwise figure out how to do squat right...say like the Arnold. I have no issue with Hooper's squat, it's the 'measuring' that failed miserably and whomever recorded Mitch's foot placement might have wanted to look up at his depth. If the ref allows then it's the ref's fault, not the athlete. Brian, you may want to come back to the basic. I don't think I've enjoyed watching a Strongman comp like MvM the other week. None of the overly complicated nonsense that the SMoE\SC has turned into.
These guys apparently don't have a clue that depth makes a difference. They were all high (ok), but the winner was just ridiculous. Pathetically unfair.
You really need to get rid of the pre-determined foot placement nonsense. No way to know where your feet need to be until you're under the full weight. Cut your losses, scrap that apparatus, and just do a good old tried and true powerlifting style squat. Just use boxes full of money or something instead of plates to give it that strongman showmanship.
25:30 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 unfair squat... for some people it's half the amplitude because of their height... and for others it's up to parallel... what kind of unprofessional competition is this... very frivolous... in the end the leader who squatted the most did it precisely because of a shorter amplitude...
Насчет Хупер не достиг,это не правильно ,во первых там лампочки включаются есть красный зелёный ,когда достигаешь включается зеленый,просто он ноги по уже ставит,ища этого так кажется.Но в общем очень ужасное оборудование ,здоровье просто убивает ,это упражнение ,больше всего ,убивает внутренности живота
It is a bit hard to see, but it may seem that how the machine is built. It will "bind" if you do not squat very straight up and down. If the mounting points on what you are lifting would be on top of the machine instead of under it, it would possibly selfalign better, since you would pull it instead of push it. It seems like a good idea, but flawed execution.
As usual the fan boys will cry yet the other events favor Thor were perfect. 😂😂😂 Honestly some folks need to look in the mirror and look at the whole competition. Other comments also mentioned a squat in strong has been defined and rules were followed...so as usual folks whining aren't objective, knowledgeable or sportsman.
Brian, why do you allow Hooper doing half squats, look ate the comments section, we all saw it, its extremely obvious....Come on, whats going on here ?
Sorry but how is it possible to ignore that the angle of lower legs to quads look extremely different between Mitch and all the rest. His angle was way less with him in full squat position and the rest. There is a serious miscalculation with the foot placement and weight high between contestant. My 5 year old child even pointed out that Mitch does not go as low as the others, which means it was made easier for him. I really like him but somethings up with the organizers here. NOT FAIR.
I can tell before they even start who's going to zero. Feet way too far forward. With that stupid foot placement rule, it's not a contest of strength but just a gamble whether you guessed right where your feet were going to be under the full weight.
It was a stupid apparatus and it was set wrong. I think Hooper suffers for it. He could not squat lower than what ever it was set at so not his fault. Even though I think he does well even if set correctly, maybe even wins, we’ll never know now. Also, even without that controversy, I still would much rather see a squat that is not locked in one plane. I think it hurts some lifters more than others for some reason.
@ Not what I heard. You better have some strong evidence if you’re going to make that kind of allegation. So where can I see his initial set up photos? Because this is exactly the kind of unsupported allegation I was talking about. The faulty setup hurt Hooper more than anyone.
Everytime I see Hooper's squat I always get triggered. They supposedly measured his depth lower but he said he changed his squatting position from when they were setting the depth test and on the actual lift which basically circumvented his his depth on the actual event to a higher position. It may be the the competition's fault for not having that in the rules but Hooper doing that is pretty wack in my opinion.
ALL PEOPLE TELL MY t's just my opinion that Hooper does a shallower squat than others to the resting line, or did his glutes really not go as low as others, did they adjust the machine or what?
He leaned forward more hence his hip position was much higher but still hit the depth the machine required . Other guys were more upright .. He talked about it in his video many times immediately after the Shaw classic ..
Sędzia tak ułożył stopy hoopera ze stał prosto, a reszta miała dużo dalej stopy i ślepy widział ze Hooper 0 powtórzeń... Jak oni go windują jak tylko przyszedł do tego sportu to jest nie pojęte..
Like all the previous times, it might be within the rules but it makes the event pointless. Like showing up on skates for the 100 meters and going "The rules didn't say anything about this". The event loses the point because the best person at it did not win. What was the purpose then?
It's all about leverages and not pure strength. Nobody should order the athletes where to place their feet. This whole thing from the machine to rules to judging was a failure. They must do a free weight squat next year
Эй,загнивающий запад....как можно так судить? Как можно определить постановку ног у людей с разной антропометрией?? По моему ничего личного,просто бизнес..хупера этого тащат за уши,или яйца....но это не спорт,это политика,печально
For men that have crazy leg press strength, crazy how they use sumo squat form. Yes they are large men but they're making it to where no quads are used proportionally. Although that's why bobby was the first to rep it out because he was in more of a squat form using all muscles 💪
Brian, the machine is awesome. Looks amazing and having a screen showing how much force everyone produces is great. But you overcomplicated it. It is easy to fix. Let the guys adjust their feet and have judges judge depth instead of having it readjusted, and it will be great. Please think about it at least
Добрый день.Я знаю о медицине и физподготовке,и я вам сто процентов говорю,скем они согласовывались,когда создавали,это оборудование я не знаю,но этого человека надо посадить тюрьму ,это оборудование очень серьёзно убевает здоровье ,кто не знал,никогда не пробуйте такое поднять,просто обнаглели.С Ингушетии.Всем добра
If you use the banner behind them as reference, you can see that Hooper's squats actually do cover the same distance as the other guys. I agree he looks like he's not doing down all the way, but the bar doesn't lie.
Ya the bar maxes out on the bottom but look how high it travels with mitch just above the R then watch Thors his goes 12 inches or more higher then mitch his range of motion is way more.
@@Kragatar But the same distance doesn't matter because everyone has different lever dimensions. So he may travel 35cm but the guy going deeper will struggle more. Body mechanics are a reality they should just have to be parallel, and if you body doesn't like that, well tough luck.
@@Despond Bro he doesn't achieve full ROM, regardless of anthropometry. It was not a squat and obviously the event should not have been called "squat" event. Thor could probably do 20 half squats if he knew he could get away with it. Mitchell stole this one by chance (or brains) but if the machine remains I'm willing to bet he would not even be in top 3 next time.
I don’t know what you people are on about Hooper not going as deep as everyone else. If you just scroll around and compare the bar position in the frontal camera shots to the lettering behind I can’t find a difference in height. It looks a little different but I’m going to say that’s because of body positioning.
The Moose is a beast and theres no denying that but even he will have to admit the others were robbed when he watches this back and sees the depth they went compared to him. I agree with everyone saying this squat event was a shit show. Over complicated and unfair.
Well the rocks and keg throw favors tall and brute strength so I find it fitting that this event favor more balance, endurance and resistance. I didn't hear anyone whining like dogs about the rocks which were setup really high or keg throw which favor tall strongman. So I am sorry but seeing all this comments complaining like made me laugh. Type of people who want a fair fight in their favor. 😂😂😂😂
simpler it seems but maybe not. powerlifting style would require multiple judges scoring depth and then ultimately it's not really a spectacle is it. this is strongman we want something cool to watch. what would have worked though, is making it a box squat so you effectively hit a pressure sensor with your ass, that way everyone's hips have to go low enough. simple.
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Yeah I think a regular barbell would be better for next time
Still would be the same. Nothing prevented the strongman from moving and executing.
This event just doesn't favor tall people because they need to make a longer motion. Yet the rocks and keg throw favored tall so I don't see the issue....
@@flaviusfake271 nope, Thor is far stronger squatter than this machine allowed to show. Could mitch have won anyways on a regular barbell? yes, but no way in hell it would have been that big of a gap. It was ridiculous. On a regular barbell in training Thor was doing several reps with more weight than in this event.
They that was crazy…big fail for Thor he looked weak that entire event
@@flaviusfake271 Definitely not, you can see the athletes need to put their feet in specific spots causing awkward positions along with the fixed bar path. A free weight squat wouldn't have so blatantly favored the athletes with shorter femurs.
That being said, I'm sure Brian learned from this event and we'll see lots of improvements next time.
I think the mistake was not allowing the competitor to move their feet. Everyone knows when you lift sometimes you have to adjust your feet placement after the first rep.
Half squat at the hooper
Whoever who told Brian this machine was a good idea needs to be fired.
It was brian.
@@hammertimebc1934 then let's fire Brian
Half way Hooper
Yes,you are right.
Nobody @aussiebodie
Hooper half squats and he always gets the green light hahaha
yeah I was thinking the same thing like dafuq>
It's about how low the bar gets, not about his butt, so he made it easier for himself by leaning forward more.
yeah right, we don't want to hear this is a strongman squat and he moved the weight from A to B. We want to see the right dept. He has to do better.
YES,I don´t like that,if this is "SQUAT"...
Não só, a posição dos pés para alguns ficou confortável para outros não.
That machine depth lock should be regulated depending on height, Hooper squats depth were laughable, also wtf is that BS of telling the athletes where to set their feet, that's just ridiculous.
You see that the smaller guys have an advantage. The show was a Flop. First they arranged the barbells for press wrong, than they picked the wrong atlas stones which ended in a who has more glue on competition and now that crap. Bad competion Management, brian shaw messed it up
Ummm if you can't do a simple search, the athletes have designated their own foot position a day prior.
@@PeterMüllerchensTraumfahrtthe athletes set there feet and depth it’s just mitch squats more bent over with heavy load so he was meeting his set depth
IT IS, i bet during measurement he had the bar high bar and with low bar at the contest, and the Same height in the hole the hips are higher and Thies favorable leverages
Sometimes "less is more"...
By far the most embarrassing squat failure in strongman. They could have done a perfect squat with a standard barbell, a giant circus barbell or at least the cambered bar like they did at the Arnold classic but instead made a total mockery out of it! Months of hard work to create a useless equipment. Please don't bring this event back.
They need to scrap this garbage and bring back the squat from the Arnolds they did in 2022
Yeah, it was awesome!
@@paul_oliver_duggan29 Absolutely.
Now that was a real squat event!
This machine appears inefficient and overly complicated. It also seems to strongly favor shorter individuals.
squat favor by nature shorter individual
moose squat depth wasnt as deep as compared to others I felt
100% felt likr half reps 😅
Not a single rep should have counted
His reps were ALL at least 4-5" higher at depth then every other competitor. WTF?
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100%
Can't believe Brian Shaw is proud of this. Just blows my mind that he actually was okay with one competitor squatting inches higher than everyone else. Didnt matter if they were taller or shorter than him, he got to quarter squat while the rest basically hit depth. Wtf Shaw?!? Did you sell out as soon as you retired 🙄
Selling out would require a brain, it's clear he doesn't have one
Bruh both of you morons don’t have any brain cells. Hooper has already talked about this weeks ago. Stfu
Love strongman. Love Brian. Hate this event. The idea that some dude is gonna tell me where to put my feet to squat? That's not how that should be. I put my feet where I'm mechanically strongest, and you tell me if I hit depth/the squat is good. This was absurd and hard to watch.
They're putting their feet where they had them during a familiarisation session. They all got time under the bar to pick their foot position, it was recorded and they needed to stick to that position. I think the rational was that everyone could be loaded up in their best position and that there couldn't be any shenanigans with bar height.
I don't think it worked though, I'm pretty sure Hooper managed to game his position during familiarisation, because there's no way if it was all the same every other athlete got down to one depth and he only needed a half squat. Maybe the others didn't play it right, but he definitely played the mechanism in some way. (Which there were no rules against, he won fair and square by playing the game better than everyone else)
@@laurenceT141He didn’t necessarily game the machine. I think there was an error in the set up. They had to manually set the bar height and depth and they could have messed it up.
Terrible apparatus though, even if it had been done correctly.
@laurenceT141 Yeah I realized that as it went on, but it's still ridiculous in my opinion. Especially with an implement these guys are still trying to learn. It's just an odd way of doing it.
Clearly this event needs to be revised, it can't be right with so many zeros even if Hooper tries to find reasons why this event is ok
If inconsistent hip height is ok, then this event is ok, but I would prefer more consistency
This gives the smaller man a huge advantage over a tall man who would need to be able to squat at an adjustable height!!
Next time just use a biiig circus dumbell like wsm or so ... maybe a thick bar with big wooden blocks to make it fancy
You want them to squat a circus dumbbell ?
@jackreacher2095 like those big ones they used at wsm ... search for big z squatting 330 kg 15 reps for example
@@jackreacher2095probably meant a barbell
Thumbnail should say QUARTER SQUAT EVENT rather than FULL SQUAT EVENT 😂
It is event that bar moves all the same like 35cm. This wasn't depth squat race I think ?
Amen... WTF was that. Smith machine squat.
@@kipponiexactly, and Mitch used it to his advantage, his IQ in this is what sets him apart from the rest
@@markd9580use what you've got💯....and just so happens to be extremely good at it😅
@@ismaelgonzalez2432 not proper in the gym, however, 💯 proper in this event.
A fantastic Smith machine half squat competition. WOW something to see at any gym.
This event is a clear example that you can be Brian Shaw and still over complicate things to come up with stupidest shit. Judging was balderdash. Total disappointment.
iit's not the judging, it's how they were set up in the prep
Yeah this event was definitely not a good idea.
Brian is a perfectionist. Since reality isn't perfect, striving for perfection ironically makes everything less perfect. Brian's show is designed as if the athletes are robots instead of humans.
Upvoted for 'balderdash'... consarnit.
@@alexbelevski3396Rule is to hit depth. Of the atlethes don't they don't get the green. The set up was shit too, but there is blame on the refs
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How much did you think before commenting this? Made my day.
the positions of the hopper legs and thor (and other athletes) are so different. It's amazing that thor can make 4 reps on this squat positions.
I think the trick Mitch used was lowering the bar down his back, knowing its fix to the apparatus, rather than rest it in the traps.This gives him that 4-5 inch height differnce.
He said that they actually paid attention to his bar a position in testing and he had to put it in the same place in the actual competition. The issue was with him leaning forward more when squatting under heavy weight.
Maybe it was just the camera angle, but Hooper's butt didn't look like it was inline with his knees at depth???
How was he able to get away with this? Are you saying he's the only athlete with levers like that in the whole comp?
Hips were higher than a Snoop Dogg concert.
They cheated for him Brian Shaw is one of his coaches
I know they’re trying to broaden the appeal of these events, but even casual observers can see how unfair and inconsistent this was
A con Mitchell's reps where shocking
Mitchell Hooper should have half the number he did since he only did half ROM over other opponents. Plus, deadlifts are conventional technique, why isn't the squats too with strict form ?
Because, genius, this is how these particular events were designed😂
@KasumovMedia nope, you can look at the referee thumb up on other squats except when Hooper did his, and he ok'ed them without waiting, look at Hafthor deep squat, how much he had to go down to get his reps.. big difference.
@yvan9616 nope, the exercise wasn't to squat deep, it was to make the bar touch the designated spot, and come back up. There were NO regulations on how to use your quads or your back. If someone could good-morning it, they would get the lift, too.
@@KasumovMedia Since ROM is not required it should not be called a squat. He won with brains (or accident) during the preparation session, not with strength. Thor would do 20 quarter squats had he gamed the machine during the familiarization day
@fruitgrapepwnage maybe it shouldn't have been called a squat... cant argue there. what would you call it? Bend your knees and lower your ass with the weight on your back?
I've just had time to get round to this. Cool setup but gosh, Hooper clearly not at depth! This was a huge disappointment 31:31
NON VALID SQUAT CONTEST BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I was so excited when they announced this event. Had high hopes. All went down the gutter. Hafthor did squats with 400kg and 5 paused reps with 380kg but unfortunately this apparatus did not allow to showcase his power. A lot zeroed and Mitch cheated. But everyone knows that Hafthor has the strongest legs in strongman and hope he will get a chance to prove it at ASC or Rogue Invitational.
If it's in the rules, it's not cheating. It's that simple
@@xaviermitchell578 just because it has rules doesnt mean it was a good event or a good idea
@TungstenLion I don't think it was a good event. Too many zeros and bad pretesting for the athletes
Hooper got away with quarter squats and he was the only one Shaw shook hands with. I have lost all respect
Total bullshit
I love how excited Shaw seems to be about improving these competitions for the athletes, and thereby getting the real deal numbers
Hoopers reps
Halfish rep smith machine squat. Genius!
Just like the car leg press. Over complicating does not equal impressive. When half the field can't get one rep you know your event is bad.
Foot placement is probably the dumbest thing in strongman. Most go wide to use their quad strength only to realize under real load that warmup weight is not like comp weight. Also, static bar path you might as well squat in a smith machine. No way for athletes to correct in order to use their actual strength. If you're putting a powerlifting meet than do that, otherwise figure out how to do squat right...say like the Arnold.
I have no issue with Hooper's squat, it's the 'measuring' that failed miserably and whomever recorded Mitch's foot placement might have wanted to look up at his depth. If the ref allows then it's the ref's fault, not the athlete.
Brian, you may want to come back to the basic. I don't think I've enjoyed watching a Strongman comp like MvM the other week. None of the overly complicated nonsense that the SMoE\SC has turned into.
Lame.
Where is the depth?? I prefer a normal squat than this
Yes different depths ? I think they measure only what bar moves like 35cm for all ?
These guys apparently don't have a clue that depth makes a difference. They were all high (ok), but the winner was just ridiculous. Pathetically unfair.
Hooper IS A SWINDLER. Shame on this competition....Grrrrr...
Quaintest Smith Machine ever.
Really need to do test runs with these new events before using them in the competition.
You really need to get rid of the pre-determined foot placement nonsense. No way to know where your feet need to be until you're under the full weight. Cut your losses, scrap that apparatus, and just do a good old tried and true powerlifting style squat. Just use boxes full of money or something instead of plates to give it that strongman showmanship.
25:30 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 unfair squat... for some people it's half the amplitude because of their height... and for others it's up to parallel... what kind of unprofessional competition is this... very frivolous... in the end the leader who squatted the most did it precisely because of a shorter amplitude...
For the most athletes it wasn't even full range of motion.
Shameful event … hooper was the only one who did not hit 90deg on ANY squat
Насчет Хупер не достиг,это не правильно ,во первых там лампочки включаются есть красный зелёный ,когда достигаешь включается зеленый,просто он ноги по уже ставит,ища этого так кажется.Но в общем очень ужасное оборудование ,здоровье просто убивает ,это упражнение ,больше всего ,убивает внутренности живота
There was a bottom to the machine so there was no way he could reach 90deg even if he wanted to. There was something wrong with the setup for Hooper.
It is a bit hard to see, but it may seem that how the machine is built. It will "bind" if you do not squat very straight up and down. If the mounting points on what you are lifting would be on top of the machine instead of under it, it would possibly selfalign better, since you would pull it instead of push it. It seems like a good idea, but flawed execution.
Mitchell Hooper, definitely had a smaller angle in his legs while squatting, I would estimate he had 5-10 degrees less. Not according to the rulebook.
But more angle in his hips.
hip dominant squatter
What rulebook?
Oh boy, comments are about to go wild
As usual the fan boys will cry yet the other events favor Thor were perfect. 😂😂😂
Honestly some folks need to look in the mirror and look at the whole competition.
Other comments also mentioned a squat in strong has been defined and rules were followed...so as usual folks whining aren't objective, knowledgeable or sportsman.
@flaviusfake271 This has nothing to do with Thor bro lol
@@flaviusfake271 you are the one crying about how Thor's fans upset you
Bjorn that was impressive 👏 the length of travel. Moose was wicked good
This ruined the full show
Mitchel reps are half reps
some do really deep squads and some do halfs ? How is this fair ?
Most embarassing event in strongman history
Brian, why do you allow Hooper doing half squats, look ate the comments section, we all saw it, its extremely obvious....Come on, whats going on here ?
thor being the tallest he goes down the lowest so it wasnt fare to thor
What made you think uploading this would be a good idea? 😄
It was a disgraceful event. Just read the comments!
If he reads the comments, uploading it was a great idea. See that we all hated it, why we hated it, and get ideas on how to do better next time.
Maybe it was just the camera angle, but Hooper's butt didn't look like it was inline with his knees at depth???
Sorry but how is it possible to ignore that the angle of lower legs to quads look extremely different between Mitch and all the rest. His angle was way less with him in full squat position and the rest. There is a serious miscalculation with the foot placement and weight high between contestant. My 5 year old child even pointed out that Mitch does not go as low as the others, which means it was made easier for him. I really like him but somethings up with the organizers here. NOT FAIR.
I can tell before they even start who's going to zero. Feet way too far forward. With that stupid foot placement rule, it's not a contest of strength but just a gamble whether you guessed right where your feet were going to be under the full weight.
Worst event since the brick race from 1990. Sorry Brian, did not expect this from you.
We all can see the machine not working well, lack of success prove it, Period !
It was a stupid apparatus and it was set wrong. I think Hooper suffers for it. He could not squat lower than what ever it was set at so not his fault. Even though I think he does well even if set correctly, maybe even wins, we’ll never know now.
Also, even without that controversy, I still would much rather see a squat that is not locked in one plane. I think it hurts some lifters more than others for some reason.
Mitch changed the bar position from the initial testing. That is how he cheated.
@ Not what I heard. You better have some strong evidence if you’re going to make that kind of allegation. So where can I see his initial set up photos? Because this is exactly the kind of unsupported allegation I was talking about. The faulty setup hurt Hooper more than anyone.
They are making them place their feet way too far forward ... Making it even harder ... It's insane.
I mean, it was a smith machine squat, but no one was allowed to say it
Everytime I see Hooper's squat I always get triggered. They supposedly measured his depth lower but he said he changed his squatting position from when they were setting the depth test and on the actual lift which basically circumvented his his depth on the actual event to a higher position. It may be the the competition's fault for not having that in the rules but Hooper doing that is pretty wack in my opinion.
Maybe hooper's coach advised that.
ALL PEOPLE TELL MY t's just my opinion that Hooper does a shallower squat than others to the resting line, or did his glutes really not go as low as others, did they adjust the machine or what?
🤔 why were Hoopers squat depths so much higher than the rest of the competitors???
He leaned forward more hence his hip position was much higher but still hit the depth the machine required .
Other guys were more upright ..
He talked about it in his video many times immediately after the Shaw classic ..
Sędzia tak ułożył stopy hoopera ze stał prosto, a reszta miała dużo dalej stopy i ślepy widział ze Hooper 0 powtórzeń...
Jak oni go windują jak tylko przyszedł do tego sportu to jest nie pojęte..
A glorified smith machine squat that just didnt work.
Too much over thinking
Like all the previous times, it might be within the rules but it makes the event pointless. Like showing up on skates for the 100 meters and going "The rules didn't say anything about this".
The event loses the point because the best person at it did not win. What was the purpose then?
The purpose was to show us how brain dead Brian is
WHAT A SCAM!!! Hooper does half reps while everyone else goes all the way down, how is that fair? No wonder they were booing him!!! CHEAT!!!
They aren't booing they're saying "moo" because he'd called the Moose lol
He's*
they can do more weight with the machine in theory...some guys had some trouble with it but that's as expected I think
It's all about leverages and not pure strength. Nobody should order the athletes where to place their feet. This whole thing from the machine to rules to judging was a failure. They must do a free weight squat next year
Sorry but this is a ridiculous and overcomplicated event ...
Mitchell hooper not one good rep!!!!! Joke
Omfdz how can they be real sqats from mitch shamefull!!!!!
Fake muppet mitch cringy!!!
Sometimes you're too dumb and thinking you're smart, garbage equipment choices.
Эй,загнивающий запад....как можно так судить? Как можно определить постановку ног у людей с разной антропометрией?? По моему ничего личного,просто бизнес..хупера этого тащат за уши,или яйца....но это не спорт,это политика,печально
For men that have crazy leg press strength, crazy how they use sumo squat form. Yes they are large men but they're making it to where no quads are used proportionally. Although that's why bobby was the first to rep it out because he was in more of a squat form using all muscles 💪
Brian, the machine is awesome. Looks amazing and having a screen showing how much force everyone produces is great. But you overcomplicated it. It is easy to fix. Let the guys adjust their feet and have judges judge depth instead of having it readjusted, and it will be great. Please think about it at least
Love SMOE but I hope that this doesn’t make a comback
Добрый день.Я знаю о медицине и физподготовке,и я вам сто процентов говорю,скем они согласовывались,когда создавали,это оборудование я не знаю,но этого человека надо посадить тюрьму ,это оборудование очень серьёзно убевает здоровье ,кто не знал,никогда не пробуйте такое поднять,просто обнаглели.С Ингушетии.Всем добра
Hahahahhahahahahhahahahahaha
my quads got destroyed just by watching the moose
Worst event ever!
squat 250 x 6 packs of beer!!
Am I the only one who sees that thumbnail picture and looks like hoop has ginger balding hair and he looks like he’s 60 years old😂
This is joke Hoopers half reps.
If you use the banner behind them as reference, you can see that Hooper's squats actually do cover the same distance as the other guys. I agree he looks like he's not doing down all the way, but the bar doesn't lie.
Ya the bar maxes out on the bottom but look how high it travels with mitch just above the R then watch Thors his goes 12 inches or more higher then mitch his range of motion is way more.
@@Kragatar But the same distance doesn't matter because everyone has different lever dimensions. So he may travel 35cm but the guy going deeper will struggle more. Body mechanics are a reality they should just have to be parallel, and if you body doesn't like that, well tough luck.
@@Despond Bro he doesn't achieve full ROM, regardless of anthropometry. It was not a squat and obviously the event should not have been called "squat" event. Thor could probably do 20 half squats if he knew he could get away with it. Mitchell stole this one by chance (or brains) but if the machine remains I'm willing to bet he would not even be in top 3 next time.
Hand showing, feet placement, fixed depth, the fact that the motion is ENTIRELY cut in two parts.. What a disaster..
Anyone who doesn't think this massively irks Shaw doesn't know anything about him . He was pissed 100 percent
It's his own show, you're saying he has no actual power and can't change the event design ?
7 of those guys look identical same exact hair and beard
I don’t know what you people are on about Hooper not going as deep as everyone else. If you just scroll around and compare the bar position in the frontal camera shots to the lettering behind I can’t find a difference in height. It looks a little different but I’m going to say that’s because of body positioning.
I thought Hooper was a good sport man, I take it back should be ashamed for these.
This was trash
when 3 of the strongest men on earth cant lift 811 lbs then the problem is in the machine... these guys easily squat 1000
I know what event won’t be in 2025!
The Moose is a beast and theres no denying that but even he will have to admit the others were robbed when he watches this back and sees the depth they went compared to him. I agree with everyone saying this squat event was a shit show. Over complicated and unfair.
This feels like Brian was trying to reinvent the wheel, a regular barbell would be simpler and more fair
Well the rocks and keg throw favors tall and brute strength so I find it fitting that this event favor more balance, endurance and resistance.
I didn't hear anyone whining like dogs about the rocks which were setup really high or keg throw which favor tall strongman.
So I am sorry but seeing all this comments complaining like made me laugh. Type of people who want a fair fight in their favor. 😂😂😂😂
@@flaviusfake271 a regular squat also favors the short dudes, no need to reinvent the whell with this machine that clearly didn't work.
@@eladrio2311this worked just fine for anyone who was smart enough to set up correctly.
simpler it seems but maybe not.
powerlifting style would require multiple judges scoring depth and then ultimately it's not really a spectacle is it.
this is strongman we want something cool to watch.
what would have worked though, is making it a box squat so you effectively hit a pressure sensor with your ass, that way everyone's hips have to go low enough. simple.
Agreed.
Could've used a large hack or in-line squat machine. Something tested more than Nick Best.
Love Mitchell Hooper but the title is wrong for him.