World's Strongest Man Vs 2x World's Fittest Man 

I think it’s more their familiarity with split jerks, strongmen generally aren’t very good at split jerks, despite it being superior biomechanically

Kearney is a good example of it as well, as are a lot of U105 guys. It's more of a coordination movement than a strength one though.

Too bad she's 17

Give it a couple of years and some roids and she'll have a jaw like an anvil

@@GreatNeal85a little child

​@@GreatNeal85how do you know he's not 17?

Just 12 months separate her from illegal taboo sick bad to fair play lol what a world we live in.

That's not how that works, strength and endurance are always a trade-off. He would have to lose a lot of top end strength to become competitive (which he can of course afford). But he can't just "add" aerobic capacity and stay as strong as he is.

@@Pletzmutz Well, I thought that was obvious, but fair to bring it up. Generally, strength is by far the toughest element to acquire, thus giving him an advantage for finding his perfect composition when slimming down.

I think his issue would arise in the Olympic lifts too. Those take a long time to learn properly so I could see him flunking out of those events.

@@PletzmutzI’m not sure how familiar you are with Mitch, but he was a marathon runner before he started training for strongman, and his ability to move quickly in certain events is a big part of what helped him edge out the other WSM competitors to become the champ. So sure, he would lose some top end strength if he was in the kind of shape he’d need to be in to compete in CrossFit, but it’s not like he’d be starting from scratch with his cardio. He’s already VERY fast for someone his size and with his strength level

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It was a joke she’s not his daughter

yeah, I was like wtf the guy is 24, how the hell...

some do. in theory it is the most efficient movement, but hard to perform to it's full potential on a log, so it's generally only people who come over from oly lifting who do it. it also seems more common in the lower weight classes, but in the opens it seems like most prefer to just build strength and push press rather than invest probably years of training into a split jerk technique until that finally becomes better for you than the push press. especially because strong shoulders have more carryover to other events than the ability to split jerk. lower weight classes and crossfit people are more limited on the amount of strength they can build, so that in return makes it more useful to invest a lot of time into learning a slightly more efficient technique rather than compensating with extra brute force edit : look up koklyaev vs big Z log pressing, that visualizes the difference quite nicely

Because it's difficult with a log and requires much more mobility and stability. Koklyaev and Kearney are the two guys who were quite successful with it, but it's not a secret trick you can unlock to make your log stronger.

I don't have an answer, but you should look up 2022 world strongest man log lift group 2 (which also happens to have Mitch in it (he was 1st overall in the group, forcing Shaw to his first stone off)) Bobby Thompson is kind of the opposite of doing the split stance, and he came first in the log lift. I think everyone else uses their legs at least somewhat, but he didn't even use his legs, and he won the event with 8 reps. Mitchell came 2nd with 7 reps.

Some do.

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Tough, CrossFit games are over and we’re right back into strongman content.

They all kinda blend together, don’t they? It’s like “wow that guy is in really good shape, but not the best at anything in particular. Cool”

Thats legal log press form

Maybe he likes it? Do you alter your appearance just to please other people?