Liz your behind the scenes coverage is the best and the fact that you’re familiar with all these guys speaks volumes about Loz’s and your involvement in the sport.
The banter between Thor's Strength Coach, Sebastian and Mitch is hilarious at (7:38). "We're hoping Mitch zeros" and then the ear on the door joke as a clapback by Mitch was brilliant! I love the modern camaraderie and rapport between the Strongman community these days so much better than the old Rivalry between Eddie and Thor.
It's great. The strongman community should be a bunch of guys just wanting the best for eachother. The ultimate win is when all the best are there, they have their best days, you share tips and tricks, and the best man wins. I think that's what most of them want. A win when someone is injured, or a win because you have some critical tech you keep secret, or you're misleading someone will always be a bit sour even if it's a win. I guess it also helps that they're all strong giants. They don't need to ego check and pretend to be tough. They know they are, and everybody else knows it too. So what's left is to just be friendly or atleast professional. :)
Then you clearly never followed strongman as Eddie and Thor didn’t fall out until after Eddie retired after winning worlds. Stop jumping on a bandwagon and do your homework. Eddie and Thor used to celebrate each others wins when they competed. Thor even went eddies house apparently. There was nothing but respect when they competed it was Thors tantrum after losing that soured everything.
@@commentwarriorTrue that, even after 2017 was not that bad between them given Thor's beef was with Colyn, but when the deadlift record got done in 20' shit hitted the fa
Loz and Liz, thanks for all your hard work! I'm looking forward to Oleksii back in the swing of things in the future. Would be great to see him up there battling the likes of Tom, Mitch, and Thor once he's regained his form!
Kudos to Brian Shaw for all the time and effort he's put into this competition. And kudos to Loz for again being outstanding with the commentary despite not an hour spent at broadcasting school. I hope Rogue takes notice that Loz can commentate 100% objectively even when some of the athletes participating are his clients...
Yesterday at the show was epic. Drama on the floor, Brian showing what a class guy he is, huge performances from some unexpected guys, and mistakes made. Cannot wait for the the rest of the show. Thanks for the BTS stuff. AWESOME!
@Chimpmanboom 375lb and 405 axel positions were switched sespite 4 ppl already going for it. Brian owned up to the issue and handled it very professionally
@@BuffPomsky But honestly as far as mistakes go that seems like a pretty stupid one to make. What was the solution for the guys that had already gone with the faulty set-up? I honestly think they should have scratched the event from the competition completely after that mistake.
@CleanfieldArvid they moved those 4 competitors to the end of the line to give them time to recover. I don't 100% recall but I think only 2 of the 4 opted to go for a second attempt when given the time to do. This decision, as Brian said, was voted upon by the remaining athletes when the issue was discovered. The issue is the weights are custom and aren't labeled. Just unfortunate, but it's realistically not all that important in the end for those particular 4 athletes.
I can understand that argument, Mateusz Kieliszkowski and JF are 2 of the best to never win WSM and I'm sure I'm missing others. The injury he got was horrible to see when it happened. I'm glad he is doing well. edit: I also like his pet cow.
One of for sure. But for me I’d say O.D. Wilson and Vytautas Lalas because they only “lost” due to rigging. Derek Poundstone third because he won two Arnolds and nearly won WSM, and Kieliszkowski after that.
Great seeing activity on strongman when I am dealing with a bad week stage four rectal cancer., love having a distraction from the crap going on in my life. Very happy to see this content.
I love the Shaw Classic because we get to see most of the stars in strongman community... Brian & Karen, Liz & Loz, Thor, Mitch, Stoltnan, Terry Holland, Nick Best, Eddie Hall (last year), Prichett, TRex, Trey Mitchell, etc.. Thank all of you for naking strongman great and finally popular ❤
Not just that. Just talking about the “Shaw Classic” and not just the “Strongest Man On Earth”, the contest does such a great job of filtering and finding the next best talent. Seeing how well Austin Andrade is doing so far, just proves how amazing this whole event has been for strongman.
yeah truly the mitch and thor era is really great for strongman! They're both working hard and don't have ill will towards another! Hopefully they can pump up the next generation of strongmen!
Nice to see Trey coming back into top form also. He's looking pretty darn competitive so far. Podium would be a stretch thos year may e but he's recovering well.
For some reason I couldn't get the SMOE paid for this year, so here I sit watching this and hitting refresh on Strongman Archive. Thank you for everything ya'll do.
I think it was a brilliant comp! The production value even bested the quality of massive streamer Ludwig at his Red Bull sponsored event this past weekend. My only complaint would be on the man hood stones. I’m tired of athletes complaining/blaming/messing with Tacky the whole time. No tacky, or the same tacky for all in my opinion. Especially on brand new stones, it looked like my nieces nappy after one round 😂
I had to look away when Tom couldn't get the stone. New stones make that so much more difficult. Thor is absolutely crushing it and Mr Consistent Hooper is doing everything right. Can't wait to see what happens on Day 2
Honestly this is one of the reasons I don't like atlas stones very much, it becomes an equipment test with getting the tacky right. If the deadlift should be raw, why not raw/natural stones?
all other equipment was tested before the comp, If the guys were able to test the stones too then it would have been a fair event with everyone being given the chance to adjust tactics to the new equipment and not just those who go later, so its a bit of a thorn in the side of this comp imo.
@@Ian-if2lf In one of the pre-show videos, they did show that they had training stones as well as the competition stones, so I'm guessing they at least had a chance at least to check them out and see how the finish would feel.
such a fun show so far, favorite moments so far - ragg almost pulling 1011 and pushing thor - Evans coming out after the SNAFU and hitting four and getting the crowd going again - Tom hitting all five was electric - Mitch hitting all five and just beating Trey was electric - Maxime coming back from the dead - whole keg toss event - Thors WR “LETS DO IT” this has been such a fun show live and was totally worth the trip
@@dontyouworryaboutit_ To clarify for people also *spoilers*, he passed out from doing the axle but literally passed out on/over the log which was behind him, then got up and did the next log.
I think Thor is the only person who could not win this contest and I would still think he's the strongest man on earth. Incredible content. Thank you Liz.
@@wanderer_oti so who is the strongest man in the world right now then? I understand Thor is not the same athlete/strongman he was in 2018 but I still think he is one of the strongest men on the planet. Mitch might be the better athlete/strongman but he is not stronger than Thor.
@chrisbfreelance it wasn't ego though.. the stones were clearly slippy which everyone felt, it got easier for grip for the later athletes with tacky on the stones. It's unfortunate, but it wasn't ego... mitch learnt from it and did the 450 incase, the 550 had tacky on it for thor, if only Tom did what Bobby did and pre covered the stone in tacky would have helped massively. It wasn't a strength issue but a smooth stone issue as brand new unused stones unfortunately. Learning curve to tacky up new stones was the main thing.
@@NeuroLiftingTwo athletes lifted the 550lb stone that Tom failed BEFORE Tom attempted it, just pointing that out. I could see the 600 maybe being slippy but the 550 there wasn't really any excuse imo
Have to say *clears throat as masculinely as can muster* Loz is looking better now than he ever did in competition AND than any of the competitors do. Very healthy and very strong and got that look of venerability going on.
Hope the comp in general is going well! Bit gutted for Brian with some of the going’s-on, he’s seems a super nice dudewho really cares about the athletes, the event and the fans. Mega gutted for Tom in the stones. This could have been a legendary battle talked about for years to come.
@@Ryan-wx1biI disagree. It was a matter of strategy. For new guys I understand if it’s a tacky problem but veterans like Tom is no excuse. These guys are being tested like never before because other shows aren’t like Shaw classic or Arnold’s
Gotta question Tom, his coach, and his team for their continued lack of good strategy. Zeroing the log last year and the stones this year shows something needs to change on their end. Trey had a perfect strategy, which was then replicated by guys going later like Hooper and Thor. Love the spicy stoltman, but theres still improvement to be made.
@furnjohn Tacky is apart of strategy. It was interesting watching his video where he said he might practice in sleeves and skin going forward to add that in. Which seems to be him working on improving any way he can.
Great show but a few big issues imo: 1. Evan Singleton should have gotten that dead lift call. 2. In the overhead medley having the wrong Axle in the wrong place was horrible and Pavlo Kordiyaka should have been given some kind of point boost for lifting the 405 axle. I get that those things were outside of Brians control, and the axle was fixed as best they could but still this was a shame to see.
About (1): absolutely not. I know it might look that way if you don't know the competition's rules, but his thumb was not touching his finger and it needed to. Ed Coan is the judge who wouldn't give him the lift by the way, so that's who you'd be saying was wrong. 100% correct call.
@@aarons3014 1. I think that rule is ridiculous when you ban figure 8 straps. 2. He only lost his thumb when the front reff told him he didn't have it and to re-lock in.
@@AllThings101those stone were brand new. They were so shiny, and (I'm guessing) slippery. It was causing lots of guys problems. He burnt himself out going for it n by the time he started switching his grip was going, going, gone. I felt soooo bad for him man.
@@AllThings101 miscalculation and ego imo. He should've started with a lighter stone. I heard that the stones were too slippy and also that people were having tacky issues, but Tom should've started lighter and got a feel for the stones. 4 guys got 550. Tom could've got it. He can only learn from that.
Love the comp and yes it was unfortunate the misplacing the axel was bad but it didn’t matter cuz Novikov wasn’t 100% either way. And máxime was given a chance to recover long enough
Maybe Day 2 Todd will let Loz actually share some opinions and great insight vs. interrupting Loz to provide useless soundbites or state the competitors' height and weight.
All the other competitions better step up their games!! SMOE is just better in every way! At least it seems better from a spectators point of view!? Especially with BIG LOZ on the mic!! 👍👍
If/when Thor gets his pressing power back, he will be super hard to beat. Also I hate that sometimes atlas stones comes down to tacky and not actual athlete ability. One of the reasons I don't like the event is that risk of "equipment failure"
Thor's fanboys really need to stop with this excuse. It is lame. Mitch is the best strongman for a reason, and he doesn't make excuses for when HE fails.
How do they choose who goes first, second, etc... at an event?? I feel like it makes such a huge difference knowing how yoir opponent did before you go...
Well done MMT i said ages ago you would be back and you just beat a new titan. stay at this weight and keep making that arm into a diamond right angle, keep uping your weights bro because the way you pull i think you are training right for it and should keep it up plus gain. Well done bro
The Axles wouldn't have been messed up if they didn't look identical. It's also a lack of spectacle. I'd like to see some wheels and plates hanging off of that Axle. There may only have been a 30 lb difference between the two, but they're so similar, the equipment guys and thus Brian was duped into thinking they were correct. This is kind've unacceptable at the highest level. No knock on Brian specifically, he's only the show-runner, and he'll always take the responsibility for it.
The atlas stone event was a disaster. I'm so sick of atlas stones: any event that relies on sticky stuff working perfectly is stupid. Let's see some natural stones with just chalk or no stones at all. The last good stone event I watched was the natural stones over hitching post at the Rogue.
Really poor to see so many no lifts on the stones, obviously I'm not there, but if other athletes have managed ok then there are limited excuses. Gutted about the medley order issue but neither of these issues is going to overshadow the great event Brian and team have put on, its really in a class of its own at this point due to how heavy it is, how many athletes and how many events, for me its THE competition and really separates the cream of the crop
Great weekend so far. Shaw Open, OSG Europe and SMOE. All great, the only problem was the livestream for SMOE. It sucked. All the other streams were good but SMOE wasn't. Stopped watching during the deadlift and watched it this morning.
Trying to catch up with the PPV I bought, but can't load Day 1 this morning. I was watching it last night just fine. Is this just temporary? Anyone else have the same issue?
Only surprise is Tom on stones, coaching would have made a big difference. His brother is probably bummed he wasn’t there. 1 and 2 are what I expected.
Any Day 1 recaps anywhere? I can't find a proper summary. (Lucas talked about his own 4 events, but I haven't seem some 3rd party give an overview of Day 1)
@janekpyrkowski8777 thanks, the numbers are in. Now to await all the details those tables cannot show from athlete/coach/reporters behind the scenes/at the event in-person.
We all know Thor isn't at his best, cause when he was at his best, his overheads were great, on the log, axel, and dumbbell, also he retired, lost a ton of weight, did a different sport boxing, then gained a ton of size back and got back into it, which is very inspiring in all honesty, and still came second, but we all know Thor isn't at his best, and likely won't be with the overhead and been retired for a good few years ect, still dangerous, still can win comps, but at his full best I don't see it, Thor 2018 would've smashed this comp, hopefully thors overhead will improve, but his deadlifting and his throwing is still the best, but hopefully Thor will be that all round strongman that he was in 2018 it's a big ask but hopefully
What's surprising is that he's still the best or atleast one of the best when it comes to 1 repetition maximum anything and even at dynamic moving events with extremely heavy weights Arm over arm, he is a legit monster, moose's squats are questionable to me (for the first time i have ever questioned Mitch on something)
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Liz your behind the scenes coverage is the best and the fact that you’re familiar with all these guys speaks volumes about Loz’s and your involvement in the sport.
The banter between Thor's Strength Coach, Sebastian and Mitch is hilarious at (7:38). "We're hoping Mitch zeros" and then the ear on the door joke as a clapback by Mitch was brilliant! I love the modern camaraderie and rapport between the Strongman community these days so much better than the old Rivalry between Eddie and Thor.
Lot's of respect between the two, great to see! We want to see them oush one another!
It's great. The strongman community should be a bunch of guys just wanting the best for eachother. The ultimate win is when all the best are there, they have their best days, you share tips and tricks, and the best man wins. I think that's what most of them want. A win when someone is injured, or a win because you have some critical tech you keep secret, or you're misleading someone will always be a bit sour even if it's a win.
I guess it also helps that they're all strong giants. They don't need to ego check and pretend to be tough. They know they are, and everybody else knows it too. So what's left is to just be friendly or atleast professional. :)
Eddie and Thor was great too. Well at least before WSM 2017
Then you clearly never followed strongman as Eddie and Thor didn’t fall out until after Eddie retired after winning worlds.
Stop jumping on a bandwagon and do your homework. Eddie and Thor used to celebrate each others wins when they competed. Thor even went eddies house apparently. There was nothing but respect when they competed it was Thors tantrum after losing that soured everything.
@@commentwarriorTrue that, even after 2017 was not that bad between them given Thor's beef was with Colyn, but when the deadlift record got done in 20' shit hitted the fa
Mitch watching Tom zero the stones must have felt like Tom when he watched Mitch drop the frame at worlds.
I imagine its kinda like "I wanted to win, but not like THIS"
@@Krackerz92 haha I was thinking more like sharks smelling blood in the water
Yeah it kinda defuses your zeal when your rival fails in a non-hoped way
It’s nice to see Ortmayer in great spirits both mentally and physically😊
Without any doubt , the best competition of the year
What about worlds :(
@@AllThings101no one can even watch it
The manhood stones sucked till the end Thor is the new king
@@AllThings101wsm sucked compared to this they don't care about fans there
@@AllThings101 it does not compare
Man Sebastian has such great energy! Glad to see him in the video so much.
Loz and Liz, thanks for all your hard work!
I'm looking forward to Oleksii back in the swing of things in the future. Would be great to see him up there battling the likes of Tom, Mitch, and Thor once he's regained his form!
Kudos to Brian Shaw for all the time and effort he's put into this competition. And kudos to Loz for again being outstanding with the commentary despite not an hour spent at broadcasting school. I hope Rogue takes notice that Loz can commentate 100% objectively even when some of the athletes participating are his clients...
How is the camerawork? The past two seemed very amateurish.
It's actually excellent. The ppv is better in general than last time, but the camera work is spot on
Yesterday at the show was epic.
Drama on the floor, Brian showing what a class guy he is, huge performances from some unexpected guys, and mistakes made.
Cannot wait for the the rest of the show.
Thanks for the BTS stuff. AWESOME!
Drama on the floor? What happened
@Chimpmanboom 375lb and 405 axel positions were switched sespite 4 ppl already going for it. Brian owned up to the issue and handled it very professionally
@@BuffPomsky But honestly as far as mistakes go that seems like a pretty stupid one to make. What was the solution for the guys that had already gone with the faulty set-up? I honestly think they should have scratched the event from the competition completely after that mistake.
@CleanfieldArvid they moved those 4 competitors to the end of the line to give them time to recover. I don't 100% recall but I think only 2 of the 4 opted to go for a second attempt when given the time to do. This decision, as Brian said, was voted upon by the remaining athletes when the issue was discovered. The issue is the weights are custom and aren't labeled. Just unfortunate, but it's realistically not all that important in the end for those particular 4 athletes.
LABEL THE WEIGHTS. NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
Man seeing JF involved really makes me happy. Greatest to never win the wsm imo. Sucks about the injury.
I can understand that argument, Mateusz Kieliszkowski and JF are 2 of the best to never win WSM and I'm sure I'm missing others. The injury he got was horrible to see when it happened. I'm glad he is doing well.
edit: I also like his pet cow.
@@aeis3007 Riku Kiri as well.
OD Wilson and Mateusz for me
One of for sure. But for me I’d say O.D. Wilson and Vytautas Lalas because they only “lost” due to rigging. Derek Poundstone third because he won two Arnolds and nearly won WSM, and Kieliszkowski after that.
Mitch hooper is such a good guy
We love Travis❤ Great to see him. Aivars is hilarious 😂
Great seeing activity on strongman when I am dealing with a bad week stage four rectal cancer., love having a distraction from the crap going on in my life. Very happy to see this content.
Hope you recover soon. Brother. Keep fighting. We're rooting for you.
stay strong and recover well
Prayers bro! Keep pushing!
All the best, keep going, keep smiling
Fight ❤
I love the Shaw Classic because we get to see most of the stars in strongman community... Brian & Karen, Liz & Loz, Thor, Mitch, Stoltnan, Terry Holland, Nick Best, Eddie Hall (last year), Prichett, TRex, Trey Mitchell, etc..
Thank all of you for naking strongman great and finally popular ❤
Not just that. Just talking about the “Shaw Classic” and not just the “Strongest Man On Earth”, the contest does such a great job of filtering and finding the next best talent. Seeing how well Austin Andrade is doing so far, just proves how amazing this whole event has been for strongman.
yeah truly the mitch and thor era is really great for strongman! They're both working hard and don't have ill will towards another! Hopefully they can pump up the next generation of strongmen!
So glad uncle Loz & auntie Liz are there. Amazing show. We have the livestream & now Liz backstage video. Just awesome
Man I hope Thor gets his OH press back, he is an absolute monster in everything else!
Nice to see Trey coming back into top form also. He's looking pretty darn competitive so far. Podium would be a stretch thos year may e but he's recovering well.
Yeah Trey Is So Amazing 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
he really is a competitive athlete and let's not forget he won SMOE twice in the past!
For some reason I couldn't get the SMOE paid for this year, so here I sit watching this and hitting refresh on Strongman Archive. Thank you for everything ya'll do.
Love you guys ❤ Nothing like uncle Loz and aunt Liz behind the scenes 💪
Gutted for Pavlo and that he was so badly affected by the altitude.
I think it was a brilliant comp! The production value even bested the quality of massive streamer Ludwig at his Red Bull sponsored event this past weekend.
My only complaint would be on the man hood stones. I’m tired of athletes complaining/blaming/messing with Tacky the whole time. No tacky, or the same tacky for all in my opinion.
Especially on brand new stones, it looked like my nieces nappy after one round 😂
22:24 Uncle Loz right on with the prediction. Awesome seeing the planning and stress behind the scenes!
I had to look away when Tom couldn't get the stone. New stones make that so much more difficult. Thor is absolutely crushing it and Mr Consistent Hooper is doing everything right. Can't wait to see what happens on Day 2
Same mistake as log...idk y he dodnt have a coach or anything to help with planning. Mitch and thor did a very good job
Honestly this is one of the reasons I don't like atlas stones very much, it becomes an equipment test with getting the tacky right. If the deadlift should be raw, why not raw/natural stones?
all other equipment was tested before the comp, If the guys were able to test the stones too then it would have been a fair event with everyone being given the chance to adjust tactics to the new equipment and not just those who go later, so its a bit of a thorn in the side of this comp imo.
@@CleanfieldArvidcuz biceps are hard to reattach
@@Ian-if2lf In one of the pre-show videos, they did show that they had training stones as well as the competition stones, so I'm guessing they at least had a chance at least to check them out and see how the finish would feel.
Great energy at this show . Loved it .
Great BTS, thanks Liz. Hadn’t heard much from Sebastian before, love the banter with Mitch. What a first day!
such a fun show so far, favorite moments so far
- ragg almost pulling 1011 and pushing thor
- Evans coming out after the SNAFU and hitting four and getting the crowd going again
- Tom hitting all five was electric
- Mitch hitting all five and just beating Trey was electric
- Maxime coming back from the dead
- whole keg toss event
- Thors WR “LETS DO IT”
this has been such a fun show live and was totally worth the trip
What happened to Max?
@@CleanfieldArvid he passed out on the log and got back up and then hit it lmao it was wild
@@dontyouworryaboutit_ To clarify for people also *spoilers*, he passed out from doing the axle but literally passed out on/over the log which was behind him, then got up and did the next log.
That Sebastian guy took all the pre workout.
Yeah man looks like hes bouncing off the walls here.
Some of the best behind the scenes so far, you guys look like you are having a blast.
I love this. Thanks guys. What a great supplement to watching the PPV. :D
Love Loz's commentary on the live stream, really glad you guys are there this year!
Good to hear Travis is doing well.
I think Thor is the only person who could not win this contest and I would still think he's the strongest man on earth. Incredible content. Thank you Liz.
I understand calling 2018 Thor the strongest because he was but i think people hold onto that too much nowadays. Hes strong af but not at his best
@@wanderer_oti so who is the strongest man in the world right now then? I understand Thor is not the same athlete/strongman he was in 2018 but I still think he is one of the strongest men on the planet. Mitch might be the better athlete/strongman but he is not stronger than Thor.
@CleanfieldArvid then how did Mitch win the Arnold's which is the heaviest show????
@@HeavyDutyHillbillyever torn a pec budd?
He most likely would be if his pressing was back. Can't blame the man though he is still coming back from a bad pec tear.
Watching trey at this comp reminded me why I love seeing him compete so much
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ,,AMAZING JOB COVERING SMOE 😁👍👍,,BRIAN SHOULD BE VERY PROUD HES DONE A GREAT JOB
Great recap of the day!!! Looking forward to day 2 👊
Love ya work maaaate 🇦🇺
So looking forward to the video from today!
Love the content and really love that your at this show commentating this year
When you compete in Colorado you have to take into account the elevation. It can affect one's whole strategy.
Tom zeroing on stones is the most shocking of day 1 imo
After two years on the trot now I hope this is an actual wake up call for him and Dan to be smarter, no point risking it all for ego.
@chrisbfreelance it wasn't ego though.. the stones were clearly slippy which everyone felt, it got easier for grip for the later athletes with tacky on the stones. It's unfortunate, but it wasn't ego... mitch learnt from it and did the 450 incase, the 550 had tacky on it for thor, if only Tom did what Bobby did and pre covered the stone in tacky would have helped massively. It wasn't a strength issue but a smooth stone issue as brand new unused stones unfortunately.
Learning curve to tacky up new stones was the main thing.
@@NeuroLiftingTwo athletes lifted the 550lb stone that Tom failed BEFORE Tom attempted it, just pointing that out. I could see the 600 maybe being slippy but the 550 there wasn't really any excuse imo
@@NeuroLiftingYet someone lifted that 550 on their first try
Hasn’t Tom done 600 before though? Like in training? I think he did a 600 a few years ago when he still had the abs
Proper heavy show, loving it
Have to say *clears throat as masculinely as can muster* Loz is looking better now than he ever did in competition AND than any of the competitors do. Very healthy and very strong and got that look of venerability going on.
Hope the comp in general is going well! Bit gutted for Brian with some of the going’s-on, he’s seems a super nice dudewho really cares about the athletes, the event and the fans. Mega gutted for Tom in the stones. This could have been a legendary battle talked about for years to come.
I think doing it after all those other posterior chain events was a bad move by Brian IMO. Especially if he wanted to see big numbers.
@@Ryan-wx1biI disagree. It was a matter of strategy. For new guys I understand if it’s a tacky problem but veterans like Tom is no excuse. These guys are being tested like never before because other shows aren’t like Shaw classic or Arnold’s
Incredible behind the scenes! More Pavlo please 😍
So many surprises. What an interesting day 2 we have in store!
Gotta question Tom, his coach, and his team for their continued lack of good strategy. Zeroing the log last year and the stones this year shows something needs to change on their end.
Trey had a perfect strategy, which was then replicated by guys going later like Hooper and Thor.
Love the spicy stoltman, but theres still improvement to be made.
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Strategy wasn't the best but I think the tacky issue was more damaging. With the right tacky he probably could've got that 600 stone.
@furnjohn Tacky is apart of strategy. It was interesting watching his video where he said he might practice in sleeves and skin going forward to add that in. Which seems to be him working on improving any way he can.
@@Nolan-55 tacky is a part of equipment not strategy.
@furnjohn if it was standardized you could make that argument. But there's a bunch of different tackys....choosing right/wrong is strategy. 🤣🤣
Great show but a few big issues imo:
1. Evan Singleton should have gotten that dead lift call.
2. In the overhead medley having the wrong Axle in the wrong place was horrible and Pavlo Kordiyaka should have been given some kind of point boost for lifting the 405 axle.
I get that those things were outside of Brians control, and the axle was fixed as best they could but still this was a shame to see.
About (1): absolutely not. I know it might look that way if you don't know the competition's rules, but his thumb was not touching his finger and it needed to. Ed Coan is the judge who wouldn't give him the lift by the way, so that's who you'd be saying was wrong. 100% correct call.
@@aarons3014 1. I think that rule is ridiculous when you ban figure 8 straps. 2. He only lost his thumb when the front reff told him he didn't have it and to re-lock in.
Thank you Liz and Oz this was perfect.
Best footage i ever seen!
Gutted for Tom.
What on earth happened? How didn’t he get a rep on the manhood stone? He has every world record
I feel so bad at all those screaming for him at (21:00)
I think he has a tacky problem, maybe wrong tacky
@@AllThings101those stone were brand new. They were so shiny, and (I'm guessing) slippery. It was causing lots of guys problems. He burnt himself out going for it n by the time he started switching his grip was going, going, gone. I felt soooo bad for him man.
@@AllThings101 miscalculation and ego imo. He should've started with a lighter stone. I heard that the stones were too slippy and also that people were having tacky issues, but Tom should've started lighter and got a feel for the stones. 4 guys got 550. Tom could've got it. He can only learn from that.
Sebastian would make a great commentator
Uncle Loz as commentator adds a whole new level of legitimacy to a competition
Brian would’ve been absolutely gutted at that axle blunder. Sh*t happens. Fixed it. Moved on.
Thanks for great coverage!
great stuff!
Love the comp and yes it was unfortunate the misplacing the axel was bad but it didn’t matter cuz Novikov wasn’t 100% either way. And máxime was given a chance to recover long enough
4 crazy events still coming😊
Maybe Day 2 Todd will let Loz actually share some opinions and great insight vs. interrupting Loz to provide useless soundbites or state the competitors' height and weight.
Brian Love It Man Shaw 😀
Thanks 👍
The strong man /women community is the best
All the other competitions better step up their games!! SMOE is just better in every way! At least it seems better from a spectators point of view!? Especially with BIG LOZ on the mic!! 👍👍
Hey! I see my family in your video!!
A new King of the Stones.
Calling out the mishap with the logs - shows Brian's integrity. Unfortunate that it happened, thought
Awesome footage!
If/when Thor gets his pressing power back, he will be super hard to beat. Also I hate that sometimes atlas stones comes down to tacky and not actual athlete ability. One of the reasons I don't like the event is that risk of "equipment failure"
Thor's fanboys really need to stop with this excuse. It is lame. Mitch is the best strongman for a reason, and he doesn't make excuses for when HE fails.
How do they choose who goes first, second, etc... at an event?? I feel like it makes such a huge difference knowing how yoir opponent did before you go...
Order from previous event
Athetes go according to their placement in the previous event, reversed. So if you win, you go last, etc etc.
The Moose is the man to beat!! IMO the dude is gonna be the 🐐 one day
Go Mitch, Go Thor!
Crazy that Thor wins 5 out of 8 events and still doesn't win. Mitch is Mr Consistency.
Do you guys know what that spray they used was? On Mitch’s knees and once earlier on a tshirt. It seems like an aerosol grip spray?
Wd 40 to get it off and some industrial can (Mitch has made a video on this specific topic a few weeks back on his channel)
Well done MMT i said ages ago you would be back and you just beat a new titan. stay at this weight and keep making that arm into a diamond right angle, keep uping your weights bro because the way you pull i think you are training right for it and should keep it up plus gain. Well done bro
You and Liz should do a couples battle against Brian and Keri.
The Axles wouldn't have been messed up if they didn't look identical. It's also a lack of spectacle. I'd like to see some wheels and plates hanging off of that Axle. There may only have been a 30 lb difference between the two, but they're so similar, the equipment guys and thus Brian was duped into thinking they were correct. This is kind've unacceptable at the highest level. No knock on Brian specifically, he's only the show-runner, and he'll always take the responsibility for it.
Next year, I am there live.
The atlas stone event was a disaster. I'm so sick of atlas stones: any event that relies on sticky stuff working perfectly is stupid. Let's see some natural stones with just chalk or no stones at all. The last good stone event I watched was the natural stones over hitching post at the Rogue.
Thank you for the coverage. How's the altitude treating you?
Ok, I think! The jet-lag has us both a bit messed up with our sleep though.
Really poor to see so many no lifts on the stones, obviously I'm not there, but if other athletes have managed ok then there are limited excuses. Gutted about the medley order issue but neither of these issues is going to overshadow the great event Brian and team have put on, its really in a class of its own at this point due to how heavy it is, how many athletes and how many events, for me its THE competition and really separates the cream of the crop
Well done to every athlete!👏 Gutted for Tom😥
Is it possible to see full competition video or is it possible only for amateur?
pay per view livestream
Big Loz: THEY CALLED ME A MAD MAN
22:24
Great weekend so far. Shaw Open, OSG Europe and SMOE. All great, the only problem was the livestream for SMOE. It sucked. All the other streams were good but SMOE wasn't. Stopped watching during the deadlift and watched it this morning.
Trying to catch up with the PPV I bought, but can't load Day 1 this morning. I was watching it last night just fine. Is this just temporary? Anyone else have the same issue?
Same issue, day 1 wasn't available first thing and now shows as available but won't play
@@esson77 yeah it sucks
@@esson77 Seems to be fixed now!
@@eladrio2311 Seems to be fixed now!
Yo Lozzi!!! I need that shirt IMMEDIATELY! “Smash & Pass” epic gym shirt
Only surprise is Tom on stones, coaching would have made a big difference. His brother is probably bummed he wasn’t there.
1 and 2 are what I expected.
Lolz looking like a bronze beast…. But then Brian stood next to him lol
Im guessing Eddie isn't there?? I thought he said he couldn't make this one but wasn't sure
Any Day 1 recaps anywhere? I can't find a proper summary. (Lucas talked about his own 4 events, but I haven't seem some 3rd party give an overview of Day 1)
Go to strongman archives.com
@janekpyrkowski8777 thanks, the numbers are in. Now to await all the details those tables cannot show from athlete/coach/reporters behind the scenes/at the event in-person.
I'm knackered 😂😂😂😂
What happened with the medley??
18:30 that conversation tells me that they didnt know the point system, mitch was 5 up after the keg not 3
Wish we could get a liz feature on the livestream commentary
Would be great to replace Todd with her.
My man getting a nice tan!
13:09 he should of known about the high elevation situation and arrived sooner to adapt
💪💪💪
What happened that Brian called out?
Looking at points from day 1. What happened to Novikov? Did he withdraw or just not doing good.
Didn't do stones as didn't want to risk his Bicep. Was poor on other events TBH clearly not fully fit
He really shouldn't be there
We all know Thor isn't at his best, cause when he was at his best, his overheads were great, on the log, axel, and dumbbell, also he retired, lost a ton of weight, did a different sport boxing, then gained a ton of size back and got back into it, which is very inspiring in all honesty, and still came second, but we all know Thor isn't at his best, and likely won't be with the overhead and been retired for a good few years ect, still dangerous, still can win comps, but at his full best I don't see it, Thor 2018 would've smashed this comp, hopefully thors overhead will improve, but his deadlifting and his throwing is still the best, but hopefully Thor will be that all round strongman that he was in 2018 it's a big ask but hopefully
What's surprising is that he's still the best or atleast one of the best when it comes to 1 repetition maximum anything and even at dynamic moving events with extremely heavy weights
Arm over arm, he is a legit monster, moose's squats are questionable to me (for the first time i have ever questioned Mitch on something)
If a guy called Big Loz refers to you as "the big man" you must be pretty big.