Diesels,

 

I saw a video recently by a famous strength

coach, Zach Even-Esh, where he made the

statement that Strongman Training has become a fad.

 

I have to say I agree with him.  It seems that

just about everybody who wants to be strong

and powerful is flipping tires, lifting logs, and

carrying farmer's walk handles.

 

So, in the way, Strongman Training has become

a fad, in that everybody wants to do it.

 

If you are my age, then you remember other

crazy fads that have been popular in the past. 

For instance, I remember everybody wearing

jelly bracelets when I was in 4th grade,

Zubaz pants when I was in 6th grade, and

everybody had their jeans French-rolled

when I was in 7th grade.

 

These things were all fads and eventually

went away as fast as they showed up.

 

There is no doubt that Strongman Training is

fad-like in that many people want start doing

this type of training in order to reap the benefits.

 

However, in my opinion, Strongman Training is

NOT  going to go away any time soon.

 

There is simply too much benefit from using the

variety of different training tools like Strongman

Training provides.  The force production and

movement patterns are too close to what is

experienced on the field, court and mat to

abandon these types of training tools, and styles.

 

However, the fact remains that too many people

not ready.  Zach said he saw some people nearly

get crushed by the relatively light tires they were

flipping during his recent contest.

 

So, how then, can this be corrected?

 

The best way to correct this is by education,

and this comes in two parts.

 

Trainees need to  understand that they must

have first developed acceptable levels of

conventional strength prior to taking on

Strongman Training. 

 

In my opinion, if a trainee can not squat their

bodyweight for 5 repetitions on a regular bar

and squat at least 300 to 350 lbs to parallel,

then they have no business trying to flip a

legitimate strongman tire.

 

In my opinion, if a trainee is not readily handling

300 to 350-lb or so in the Deadlift, then they

have no business working with serious Atlas Stones.

 

I could go on and on giving guidelines like this,

but the idea is that the basic lifts must be mastered

and certain levels of strength must be attained with

conventional training methods before going on to

advanced ones.

 

After all, you must learn to crawl before you walk. 

 

Walk before you run. 

 

And run before you jump.

 

The second part of the equation is technique. 

You must have a good, experienced instructor show

you the proper way to lift the odd objects that

Strongman Training entails.

 

Even if you have reached the proper strength

levels to approach Strongman Training, you can

flush all of that hard work down the drain by

lifting Strongman Implements with improper form.

 

When it comes to Strongman Instructional material,

our Intro to Strongman DVD is the best on the

market.  We cover all of the most well-known and

beneficial  forms of strongman training and the

implements used.

 

So, when you are ready to rock some strongman

training, start here.

All the best in your training,

 

Jedd

 

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