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JF Caron said he had never trained for strongman, just worked on the farm before a friend of his asked him to take part in a strongman comp, he came 17th out of 30 odd and beat all the guys from his region. 4 years later he was at world's strongest Man.
Mark Felix never deadlifted before his first comp prep, just lots of bodybuilding and back, he knew there was a 250kg deadlift so tried it and managed 3 reps. In comp two weeks later he pulled 14 reps.
Ronnie Coleman says be didn't really start taking bodybuilding seriously until he won his first Mr Olympia.
Strongman is littered with stories of guys who just started at an elite level. Caron, referenced an expert who said there are maybe 2000 guys on earth right now who could be elite strongmen.
I see these guys and have always assumed they are on all the gear, but I'm starting to believe guys, I'm starting to hope there's just super freaks.
As an aside, Laurence Shalaei is doing a series of interviews with strongmen, it's fucking great and there's a bunch out already:
Mark Felix never deadlifted before his first comp prep, just lots of bodybuilding and back, he knew there was a 250kg deadlift so tried it and managed 3 reps. In comp two weeks later he pulled 14 reps.
Ronnie Coleman says be didn't really start taking bodybuilding seriously until he won his first Mr Olympia.
Strongman is littered with stories of guys who just started at an elite level. Caron, referenced an expert who said there are maybe 2000 guys on earth right now who could be elite strongmen.
I see these guys and have always assumed they are on all the gear, but I'm starting to believe guys, I'm starting to hope there's just super freaks.
As an aside, Laurence Shalaei is doing a series of interviews with strongmen, it's fucking great and there's a bunch out already:
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