WSM | MARTINS LICIS WINS THE SQUAT LIFT | BEATS THOR AND BRIAN SHAW AT THEIR PRIME 

Brian was only 36, but I will say this was after his hamstring tear

@@simondean5227 Yeah, Brian never fully recovered from it. Even today he's noticeably weaker at deadlifts and squats because of it.

Big Z and Marius probably only other ones probably better than Shaw. Brian's never fully healed and time hasn't been on his side.

Colin knew this he was referring ha ha

And Brian was recovering from a torn hamstring, so he wasn't in his prime either, hafthor could've put up 9 or 10 and Brian could've put up 10 or 11

@@superricrock4792 Brian has been recovering from a torn hamstring for about 10 years lmao - that he got deadlifting weights that he will never be able to lift again (Hint: that's why he does not do the Arnolds or WUS lol).

@@joebot9309 Dude, half the comments you make on strength channels are just hating on Brian Shaw, we get it, you don't like Brian, but this comment thread is wsm 2019 we're talking about, don't act like he had all the time to recover, a torn Hamstring muscle belly takes more than 3 months or even a year and a half to heal, when Jerry Pritchett tore his hamstring, it took a couples years for him to recover to peak strength, and if you want to be smart, Brian tied with Tom Stoltman, who can pull 440-450 kg standard height, so Brian is by no means weak, and what about Martins licis, he isn't going to wsm and is training for just the Arnolds, is he washed up too, is he a excuse, No, so chill out man.

@@superricrock4792 whats hateful about what he said? are you really that soft? honestly...

Without a doubt !! I bet he'd crush these guys just in his sleep.

Injuries have caused time to catch up with him unlike Big Z. He and Marius probably only other ones that can be mentioned in same sentence with Shaw.

At least he made solid lifts in training and set several personal records during the run-up. Just because he did not win does not mean he was not at his best. I think he was at his prime, but that level is increasing every year.

@@strongmanknut thats fair enough, but you cant really say thor was at his prime, dude competed with a torn ligament in his foot

@@declan9686 All right, you say that, but when the others win, Martins may have some injuries himself, it is important to give them a little creds when they actually win over athletes who have dominated for a long time.

@@strongmanknut Brian had a horrible hamstring tear at the Arnold’s just before this, so he was still coming back from a horrendous injury. Obviously Thor was also dealing with a plantar fascia tear which is why he kept stumbling

@@strongmanknut I'm not saying its a small feat, beating Thor and brian is a big deal, prime or not. And martins is a really solid, and well balanced strongman, otherwise he wouldn't have won. But in the end of the day, Thor was injured, and he wasn't

Han har ingen svakheter. Så lenge han er skadefri så er han farlig 🔥

:D

TIIIINS

agreed, almost seems like he doesn't much care about strongman anymore? IDK hopefully I'm wrong because he used to be my favorite!

Same. He used to put so much time into going through technique and knowledge of strongman events, now his channel is kind of a joke.

He'll be back in a couple of months don't worry

What many people misunderstand is that when you talk about Brian Shaw being on his Prime in 2014-2016, you think of his rankings, that he won the WSM. But you then forget that the level increases for every year and if you see what he did in his training just before WSM 2019, then he was strong as hell. MARTIIIIIINS!

Thor is his prime the day after tearing his plantar fascia?

Not entirely sure, martins has always been really good at squats. And this bar isn't comparable to a regular gym bar since it is way thicker and the weights apparently don't rotate

@@quelandil5738 true, but Thor’s training was using an axle bar, which is similar to this setup. Also Thor had a 440kg raw/wraps squat in-comp 8 months before this and a disputed 460kg squat in the same PL meet. Don’t get me wrong, Martins is absolutely the 2019 WSM, and this 1 event wouldn’t have changed that

@@JPqbss yeah thats all true. That 460 seemed good

Martins would have won it regardless. He's just a better squatter in competitions. Has more in the tank. Stamina wins at the end in these events

'Nothing against martins' then something against Martins. He WON, staying injury free and lifting through injuries are very crucial parts of the game.

It would have been interesting to hear what Brian thinks about this, yes.

When Big Z was at the top, he was insanely strong in squats and loglift!

Wasn't it even 15? It often gets used to compare to Eddie's best squat at wsm. They both did 15 but Eddie was at 700 and z at something like 740lbs

@@quelandil5738 yeah I think it was 15 people talk about Eddie like he's actually accomplished a lot in strongman but he's a one hit wonder Big Z is the strongest man to ever walk the 🌎 not only for his 4 WSM wins but 8 Arnold Classics with 6 in a row

What many people misunderstand is that when you talk about Brian Shaw being on his Prime in 2014-2016, you think of his rankings, that he won the WSM. But you then forget that the level increases for every year and if you see what he did in his training just before WSM 2019, then he was strong as hell. MARTIIIIIINS!

@@strongmanknut Brian Shaw did improve his strenght in the recent years, but at the cost of his conditionning. He's no way near as fast as he was when he was younger. That's why people don't like your title... He has what people say "old man strenght", but lack in mobility compared to "his prime".

@@yan3066 Yes, I might be more in agreement with that. But still there were high expectations for Brian, and little directed at Licis, so I think the title is fair. Because he was simply a machine. Brian has posted training videos where he did squats and no one saw this coming. Hope Licis can compete in WSM again!