A Brief History of the Log Lift World Record 

Can we all just appreciate that Savickas never said anything about being the first to do 200 kg or 500 pounds and saying that's all that matters?

I want Loz to narrate everything. He is really well spoken. Can he be the new Attenborough??? 😂

Poor Oberest, in his mind he was back and forth with big Z on the log...at least he has a good imagination

Z said in an iterview that he belived he could have gone up towards 240kg if he had focused only on the log sometime during hes best overhead years 2012-2015 before hes neck injuri. But he was going for the competition wins and not only the records like some of the athletes have a chanse to do these days :)

Not going to lie, I like the idea of felling a raw tree and then seeing would can pick it up. That's the heart of what strongman is.

Don't sleep on Luke Stoltman. A lot of hype about his brother, but he's gone strength to strength, especially since going full time on strongman. Also big props to the respect between him, Hicks, Iron B and all. Everyone pushing for the press cheers each other on and gives the nod unlike some other lifts we've seen recently.

Big Z the GOAT! A decade and a half for anyone to catch up with him. Another great video Loz.

Yo, Big Z truly hasn’t aged, he just gained or lost weight, he looks younger now than he did in 04’... Great video Loz, your commentary and narration is second to none!

Imagine if Luke gets the lift and the stream lags and Z can't give the down signal.

I get why things have had to evolve, but I love the old format of Strong guys from all fields, having random, irregular tasks thrown at them and seeing who copes best. I get why its an era that would be hard to replicate now, but I think in some ways it was better than what we have now? Not a criticism of the current guys, they are doing what they have to.

Fast becoming the 'voice' of strongman! Great video. Amazing to look back. Perhaps one of the most inconsistent types of record/event i.e. so many differing types of equipment used. Beauty of the sport I guess. Good job! 👍🏻

Little known fact. Big Z's 228kg WR was almost a Masters World Record. He was 2 months shy of his 40th birthday.

Z in 2014 was just an animal. That 205 kg for 4 at the Arnold was just insane. I'm pretty sure he was well above 230 that day.

This is a great video mate, love these little series of going Into the history of events

Quality content Loz! Craziest thing is that Big Z himself said that he could have taken the record up to atleast 240kg if he hadn't injured his neck a couple of years ago. I believe him. He is the GOAT after all

It's also to note that big Z barely used leg drive while being an amazing squatter too due to his powerlifting background. I think it would be cool if you did a history of Atlas stones or the plane pull if there's a way to do it.

Love it! Man, those 1980s log records are damn impressive, considering the logs they were using.

Loz, you can't imagine how much this series is doing for the sport!! I have watched all WSM final from 2000, all heats from 2010 and all Arnolds, ESM, deadlift and log championships I could find on the internet, but I always had a tough time keeping up with the history of records. Thank you so much for the video!!

Big Kaz bullying that awkward log up above his head is the equivalent of Evil Kenevil jumping over double decker buses on a bog standard Harley Davidson! I wonder how he would of done on modern equipment? Loving the history vids big Loz

Thank you Big Loz! I really enjoyed watching! I'm a big fan of strongman and have followed it for as long as I can remember, certainly before I even started training myself 35 years ago. Thank you for keeping it "real" so to speak.

4:49 - "Unbelievably, since that day in Moscow in 2005, Zydrunas is the only man to hold the log lift world record." Yeah this is incredibly impressive. I looked this up a few weeks ago when Oberst said that the WR went back and forth between him and Zydrunas, which I knew straight away was a load of bullshit. Always great to hear from Loz, not only is he one of the strongest (and among the most underrated) to do the sport, competing in an incredibly difficult era against Big Z and Shaw, but his videos are well presented and well researched. Always great to hear from a humble and honest man, particularly one who is elite at their discipline.

Thank you for these series keep them rolling! :)

Love this series of videos, cheers again big man.

Really cool video, thanks a lot. Keep them coming in this style big loz!

Great informational series Big Loz. Really love these videos. 💪

Your videos are so valuable to fans of the sport, thanks Loz.

Very good video. Hope to see others like it. Subscribed.

Great and very interesting video, definitely liking these "history of" videos you've been doing Loz.

Amazing work Loz! It really helps seeing the full picture of strongman from the early days to now. Records will be broken in absolute terms but that moment in time and the context, that’s fascinating to revisit!

Really well done Loz appreciate your knowledge

great video as always keep up the good work Loz

Fantastic video Loz! Looking forward to more of these history videos. I would love to see you cover stones, frame carry, car walk, etc.

Great video - your insight is always appreciated 👍

Love this segment log lifting is my favorite event in strongman and I excited to see what happens tomorrow Thanks 😊

Loz, this was done beautifully. Your soothing narration and editing was top notch. Please continue this series. Could you do the car walk next? Some of my early childhood memories consist of eating cereal in the morning watching you dominate that event on WSM.

I think Luke will get it. He’s been looking solid in his training doing 225 x2 and a 228 for a single. Looking forward to seeing him, hicks and biby try for 231 plus at Europe’s when this virus is done with

Great enjoyable well researched video Loz 👍

Well done Big Loz, Realy love your Videos! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Should do an Atlas stone video next Loz! In my opinion it's the epitome of Strongman contests and shows sheer brute strength to lift one. Fantastic feat of strength

Really enjoyed this video!

Great video Loz!

I love this series Loz!

Great video mate. The log's always been my favourite. I got a way to go yet! 💪🏼😎👍🏼

Loving these videos by Loz, top bloke and great strongman. 👍

love these history vids

Look at all of Bill Kazmaier's record lifts at 1:15, 1:57 and 2:25. Even though he didn't have to do it this way, it looks like he opted to handicap himself somewhat just to prove how great he was by trying to adhere to more strict overhead press rules by using next to no leg drive at all (everyone else at the time and since was/ has been using as much leg drive as they can). Just imagine what he could have achieved if he wasn't trying to nearly strict press all of his lifts like that and if he wasn't having to deal with the much more awkward (larger diameter logs forcing the lifters to have to lean back much more just to find a decent balance point, etc) and more primitive equipment they all had to face back in the day.

Man the handles from the early 2000s were AWKWARD lol so far spaced. Hugo Gerard was such a monster, really was set to legendary status, just got really unlucky with injuries :(

Awesome work Loz!

Awesome video Loz :-)

Great video. Thanks.

Would love to see more of these, Loz!

great video Loz ! I have followed strongman since day 1 in 1977 and the log record has always been a fascinating journey of progression to watch for me. Big Z has to be the man to give the log 'crown' to up to now, but there have been many good log lifters over the years. Awesome stuff and thanks for the video. Hope you and your family are doing ok.

Im loving these history videos

Really interesting video. Very insightful to the history of the sport. Credit to you :)

Awesome video! That really put into perspective how dominant Big Z really was. I think a history of the Atlas stones would be a great addition to the series.

MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS WOULD BE GREAT, I LOVE THE HISTORY OF STRONGMAN

I think you have to do the McGlashen stones next, and how they made a 308 lb one for the 86 wsm. Only 3 guys were able to do it. Now Toms doing 630 👀. How they changed names to atlas stones in the 90s. Tacky usage.

Great stuff, Loz...

Keep it up Thank you very much champ

Really enjoyed that loz 👍🏼

Great vid loz

Great video, looking forward to hear commentate Luke’s attempt.

Great videos. I wonder how much of this history you already knew and if anything surprised you when you researched it. Maybe the history of the half ton lift before Eddie, Hummer tyres and seated deadlift etc.

Really enjoying these videos Loz! And the amount of time and dedication you put into the research on each event really shows. Would be great to follow this one up with a history of the axle press world record! Really curious what Kaz could have done with the logs of today Bill was such a beast 💪 That man was so far ahead of his time, and probably the only athlete from back then that, with modern advancements in the sport that modern strongman have at their disposal, could hang with, and possibly even beat, the top guys of today Kaz definitely is the living legend of strongman! And in my eyes one of the best of all time (Still say he would have had 5, 6, maybe even 7 WSM titles if they didn’t tuck tail and run to let someone else win... And even though Kaz had pretty poor technique, the incredible amount of pure raw power and strength he had to press those up like that...it’s breathtaking even today!! And I have to admit I think it’s more enjoyable to watch a raw press than a press with leg drive. A raw press really shows how powerful the shoulders of some of these tanks of men really are) I have to give an honorable mention to Eddie Hall He so nearly took this record with a 230 in 2018 He successfully pressed and locked it out, but unfortunately Eddie couldn’t stabilize it well enough to have it count because of an ankle injury And with Ed’s axle press record I personally feel Eddie was the strongest man overhead, narrowly edging out Z which is no small feat But Z had better technique of the two of them (Eddies way of lifting is so reminiscent of Kaz. Little to no leg drive at all, just pure raw pressing power 💪 not the best and certainly makes it harder to hit huge numbers, but it’s so much fun to watch) I personally feel that Luke will take the record, but I bet Biby will take it from Luke less than a year later. And Mateusz will be one hell of a force to watch here as well. I bet those three will bounce the record between them for the next few years And never know, Big Z might just come back to play around with the record once more as well 💪 Someone really needs to name some military equipment after a few of these guys lol

A young Bill Kazmaier Brilliant footage Great narrative

Would love Luke or Graham to get it, both great guys. Good work again with the vid Loz!

Nice job!

Great video Loz! Maybe you could do one on the evolution of truck/plane pulls, or arm over arm pulls.

Great recap. Log is a great event.

I love learning the history of it ,hopefully you will make more because no ones breaks it down as well as u

More of these videos! Love the history. Atlas Stones, keg toss (weight over bar), and any of the "for reps" records would be great!

Awesome vid

Max weight is all good, but Zydrunas's 2015 Arnold Strongman Classic performance where he pressed the Austrian Oak (~204 kg) 4 times overhead will always stand out in my mind. No one even came close that day.

A very interesting video I think yoke history would be a good one

Congrats on getting that announcers gig Loz, you did a great job at the deadlift event.

Great vid loz. One of our own and one of the best strongman we have. Will you do a vid on your own technique on log please. We need all help and advice we can get. Keep it strong

Thst was great, thank you.

I really wish Biby's recent unofficial record couldve had the same set up as Thor's deadlift. That would've been an amazing event and a 5kg jump in this event is just massive. Plus it looked like he had much more in the tank. But I'm hyped for Luke's attempt. He's one of my favourite athletes and I'd love to see him break 230.

1980... when the Log Press was pressing a log. Who'd a thunk it? Kidding aside, greatly enjoying these vids Loz. Please keep them coming.

Everybody talks about the deadlift but I think the loglift is the ultimate feat of strength.

Big loz you are making this sport interesting.... Huge respect to Big Z 👍👍

I remember watching strongman as a kid if Z is on that tournament he always wins every event there is.

I love these series!

Now you have to do a history of the stones Loz!

Zydrunas is the GOAT. No question about it. For the next "history of" video, how about the record that the other Stoltman is going for? I wonder how the stone record has progressed, and how early they did single stone lifts as opposed to the last and heaviest stone in a series being the record.

Great!

Please do more of these videos

thanks a lot for the video. could you do something similar for the atlas stone press exercise shown for the first time at the European Championships 2020. Please like to see.

Awesome video. I've always been curious about the history of the log lift. Bill kaz was insanely strong throwing those logs with just his front delts after the lifts. I always wonder what he would have done if they never banned him but also if he was in the big z era, which imo was the peak of wsm competition.

Awesome video

exellent big lad

I think maybe the Cyr DB records would be interesting. Or just single arm OHP records. LOVE THESE SO MUCH

The circus dumbbell progression could be a very interesting video

More videos like this! (history of records)

With that smooth voice, you should be doing ASMR videos too 😂. Brilliant video BIg L... very interesting... Weldon 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

More videos like this! I'd like to see the atlas stone, but wouldn't be against a video focused on the squat lift and bench press even though they aren't strongman lifts

Rewatched your excellent video and saw the "no lift" Very funny. Suggest you give credits at end of your upcoming videos

Can't wait for the history of Atlas Stone video..

Can you please do a video on the Truck/buss/plane pull? I know it is harder to set a proper wr I those events since the vehicles are all different but nothing is more iconic to the sport than those heavy vehicles in a WSM final. I remember 2015 18 wheeler and 2016 Hercules plane besting all of strongest on earth, no one could complete the pull those years.

Great video, I just received steel log for my home gym. It's my toy to build upper body shaped like Hafthor