One thing I noticed while watching this back was look how happy Rob Kearney is at 26:43 when Luke hits the winning lift for the log. They're competitors in this competition and Rob was right up the top of the table, and he was still genuinely thrilled for Luke to make that winning lift. The comradery and sportsmanship in Strongman is second to none, as well as Rob just being such a standup guy.
I think its nothing but logical that the Arnolds Strongman Classic is slowly becoming the main competition in strongman. Always heavy Events that really seperate the competitors, big prize money and a way better broadcast than wsm
Shaw's competition Strongest Man on Earth is equally good in my opinion. WSM was good for so many years but too much emphasis on speed. I like the max static events here.
Novikov’s technique on the dumbbell press is just spectacular. The way he almost acts like a spring in his leg to cushion the weight at the top. I think if all the competitors applied this technique then we would get some crazy results in this event.
@@amanginha6838 Put the object above your head. That is the mission. He drops under the weight to catch it, because he is smart. Should we expect the athletes to use no legs at all? Maybe do the event seated even?
I dont think other athletes can apply that technique sadly, Novikov is leaner and smaller so is easier for him to isolate the movement of his hips. Someone like Shaw, Caron or Thor wouldnt be able to tilt the hips to provide that spring like movement.
100%, he always seemed to be in the WSM finals and always won at least one event at every competition. He's been more consistent than some of the guys who have actually won the comps.
JF looked like he had more than 1000lbs in the Squat! Novikov was unreal in the dumbbell, I’d say it was historic Luke looked incredible in the log, just perfect technique Maxime on fire on the frame! And the champ, The Dragon, Martins finishing on a high note, winning the last event as usual, his 3rd time in a row winning on stones and beating Tom in all of them
Wow finally the competition we all wanted! The weights are heavy af, and the line up is all rockstars. WSM has it's place, but it's all too light for my taste. Max squat and max log and I was already sold. Fantastic showing for a lot of the guys too. Stoltman's log, JF on the squat, and Licis on the stones were all pretty awesome to see. Novikov put on a hell of a show as well, as expected.
Rogue you're the blessing in the strongman industry rn. While WSM and WUS deal with payouts and match fixing, you guys continue to deliver an amazing experience for both viewers and competitors. Can't wait to buy more products and eventually build a home gym with rogue equipment. Love y'all !!
yeah wsm is a farce and has been for a long time - eg that Od wilson robbery, say that as an Icelander. Thor told me personally that winning the Arnold meant more to him than wsm, not only because its more strength and power based but also its no bs trackrecord
What are you talking about cause that’s just totally wrong wsm is a good clean competition with some of the best athletes in the world and is run correctly.
The absolute best pure strength event I've ever had the pleasure to watch, absolutely incredible, thank you Arnold and all the people who made this happen.
My favorite back squat for max weight was 1981 WSM. Bill Kazmaier defeated Dave waddington with a squat nearly 1,000 lb raw. That is still one of the most impressive feats of leg strength ever done. I honestly don't know how many people in the world today could put 970 lb on a squat rack and come up with it with no suit and next to no wraps.
I will always remember this comp for JF looking like a Machine in the squat. I just wish he was pushed to 1,000+ as he looked good for it. Then Oleksi on the dumbbell, The Highland Oak on The Austrian Oak, little Rob Kearney suprising folks by leading after day one. Maxime with a Matueszesque Frame carry. Great competition. Martins being the perfect blend of size, strength and athleticism, as he preps for comps so well.
Add a timestamp in the description for the events and other specific chapters. This will make it more user friendly for people who want to watch specific events or skim through.
You can see how proud Luke is that his little brother won WSM, there's probably the usual competitiveness between siblings but there's no jealousy and nothing but love.
I started lifting about a year ago, and I have so much more appreciation of just how spectacular what these guys can do is. I'm watching them squatting literally ten times what I can, and it blows my mind.
Probably the most enjoyable competition in recent memory just because of the events. Absolutely no easy events, and all super heavy. The strongest men should have to lift the heaviest things, not lighter things at faster speeds
Amazing how different their strengths are in different events. Luke Stoltman made the others look ordinary in log press. Then can hardly move other things.
It always pains me when I see how some strongmen care SO MUCH about wsm, to the point that they even ignore other wins. WSM is only relevant due to inertia, from tradition or whatever. This competition was way more brutal. I die a little when in WSM you have someone finish 10th because he carried a freaking car tire 4.3 seconds slower then the event winner or whatever.
Jean-Francois Caron, Once again you have made an extraordinary accomplishment of Super Human strength, Thank you so much, I am even more proud to be Canadian. You ARE and WILL BE, the strongest man in the WORLD ! Thank You.
They screwed up on the pad height for Markov on that 1st lift. He's well below 90 degrees. He went lower than everyone else which is why he struggled getting out of the hole. That wasn't his fault.
this competition is so tough, a bunch of the guys got zero points in some of the events and others went above and beyond. A 257 lb dumbbell 99.999999 percent of people couldn't even drag that around the room let alone lift it up lift it over your shoulder Novikov did it 7 times. Just incredible strength. Martins Licis doesn't look or act like he has super hero strength but geez he dominates. He has such a goofball personality. Just incredible.
I believe Martins is the best overall strongman of the modern generation. Shaw would win in the pure strength category, Eddie is the best static lifter, The Stoltman brothers are quick on Licic’s heals…. But for now, he’s the best overall strongman over the modern era
The strongmen of old would hoist platforms with people. An older WSM had a carry event and a squat with that format. They should bring it back. What a spectacle.
Once again i want to thank you wholeheartedly that you provide all the competitions for free on here. Keep it up!
It wasn't free for me being there in person cost us almost $3,000 for the whole weekend lol 😂😆 but it was worth it and I'm definitely going again
@@jameschristy9966 🙂 once in a lifetime . lol
I lifted reverse grip bench press 150 kg. Can you?
jap it is truly appreciated!!
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One thing I noticed while watching this back was look how happy Rob Kearney is at 26:43 when Luke hits the winning lift for the log. They're competitors in this competition and Rob was right up the top of the table, and he was still genuinely thrilled for Luke to make that winning lift. The comradery and sportsmanship in Strongman is second to none, as well as Rob just being such a standup guy.
Very true!
Gentle giants
Luke and Rob are good friends as well right?
The whole bench. Rob, Evan, Dan the coach, Kushi jumping up and down, and Big Tom standing in the back just looking satisfied.
Love it
Yes, quite a contrast from Kaz, who lacked sportsmanship back in the day. But he has more than made up for it since.
I think its nothing but logical that the Arnolds Strongman Classic is slowly becoming the main competition in strongman. Always heavy Events that really seperate the competitors, big prize money and a way better broadcast than wsm
All due respect, is not slowly doing it, it´s been a while since the Arnold´s have taken as the main competition of strongman
Seems way more honestly done than WSM
The only thing WSM hast over its competitors is the name. The Arnold is where it's at
Arnold is an embarrassment to America, they need to change the name of this competition, f#ck his freedom!!
Shaw's competition Strongest Man on Earth is equally good in my opinion. WSM was good for so many years but too much emphasis on speed. I like the max static events here.
Novikov’s technique on the dumbbell press is just spectacular. The way he almost acts like a spring in his leg to cushion the weight at the top. I think if all the competitors applied this technique then we would get some crazy results in this event.
this is not true power, but only cheat about power, where is his power in stone to shoulder
@@amanginha6838 the same can be said to other athletes in other events. People have strengths and weaknesses.
@@amanginha6838 It's literally the definition of power. Olympic lifts are pure power and Novikov's technique resembles Olympic lifters techniques.
@@amanginha6838 Put the object above your head. That is the mission. He drops under the weight to catch it, because he is smart. Should we expect the athletes to use no legs at all? Maybe do the event seated even?
I dont think other athletes can apply that technique sadly, Novikov is leaner and smaller so is easier for him to isolate the movement of his hips. Someone like Shaw, Caron or Thor wouldnt be able to tilt the hips to provide that spring like movement.
Shame to see that Caron got injured, guy is one of the most consistently well performing strongman in history.
100%, he always seemed to be in the WSM finals and always won at least one event at every competition. He's been more consistent than some of the guys who have actually won the comps.
He is a great strongman, no doubt. Look at the traps on that guy. Incredible lifts.
JF looked like he had more than 1000lbs in the Squat!
Novikov was unreal in the dumbbell, I’d say it was historic
Luke looked incredible in the log, just perfect technique
Maxime on fire on the frame!
And the champ, The Dragon, Martins finishing on a high note, winning the last event as usual, his 3rd time in a row winning on stones and beating Tom in all of them
It may be time for Tom to give up his King of the Stones title to Martins!
Wow finally the competition we all wanted! The weights are heavy af, and the line up is all rockstars. WSM has it's place, but it's all too light for my taste. Max squat and max log and I was already sold. Fantastic showing for a lot of the guys too. Stoltman's log, JF on the squat, and Licis on the stones were all pretty awesome to see. Novikov put on a hell of a show as well, as expected.
@Memer Dreamer please go touch some grass
@Memer Dreamer that counts 😂😂 I do the same
Thank you guys so much for still putting this content out on TH-cam, this does more for the sport than one might realize.
What a pleasure listening to Big Loz give commentary, absolute legend.
P.s. Thanks for posting this Rogue, much appreciated.
Loz has really found his place in commentary, really happy for him! Life after strongman 🙂
Rogue you're the blessing in the strongman industry rn. While WSM and WUS deal with payouts and match fixing, you guys continue to deliver an amazing experience for both viewers and competitors. Can't wait to buy more products and eventually build a home gym with rogue equipment. Love y'all !!
yeah wsm is a farce and has been for a long time - eg that Od wilson robbery, say that as an Icelander. Thor told me personally that winning the Arnold meant more to him than wsm, not only because its more strength and power based but also its no bs trackrecord
WUS is an honourable company. WSM and *Giant Live are the fixers.
There's match fixing in WSM? That would explain the Thor bogus cheating allegations.
What are you talking about cause that’s just totally wrong wsm is a good clean competition with some of the best athletes in the world and is run correctly.
I agree with WSM but I strongly disagree with WUS. These guys have done good for the sport, they have raised the price money to a totally new level
The absolute best pure strength event I've ever had the pleasure to watch, absolutely incredible, thank you Arnold and all the people who made this happen.
Novikov's Dumbbell is God tier 🇺🇦👑
I don't think he's stronger, but he has good technique.
Novikov lifted that dumbbell like it was full of air. Guy straight up paused for a drink.
He is on another level for sure. His technic is incredible.
My favorite back squat for max weight was 1981 WSM.
Bill Kazmaier defeated Dave waddington with a squat nearly 1,000 lb raw. That is still one of the most impressive feats of leg strength ever done.
I honestly don't know how many people in the world today could put 970 lb on a squat rack and come up with it with no suit and next to no wraps.
Watching a competition like this gives you a different perspective in life, always do the outmost best in life no matter how hard it gets.
Insane competition, incredible video production - congrats to all the competitors and big thanks to Rogue.
24:11 That guy going crazy in the back for Licis is just amazing. Cracked me up
Holy hell Mitchell that log press was a battle. Good lift dude
I will always remember this comp for JF looking like a Machine in the squat. I just wish he was pushed to 1,000+ as he looked good for it.
Then Oleksi on the dumbbell, The Highland Oak on The Austrian Oak, little Rob Kearney suprising folks by leading after day one. Maxime with a Matueszesque Frame carry. Great competition. Martins being the perfect blend of size, strength and athleticism, as he preps for comps so well.
As I await the coverage of 2023… I’m enjoying this immensely!!
Could you make these 1 hour or 1.5 hours and cover all the lifts possibly? Thank you so much. Great as always!
Lets goooooooo !!!!!!!!
Thank you Rogue !!!!
Thank you Arnold !!!!
And a big Thank you to Oleksii Novikov for showing up !! God bless Ukraine
Thank you for providing this content in a condensed format. Love it!
42:44 you just gotta love Romark man. Seems to be more happy than Martins himself and comes flying in
These highlights not showing all of Carons squats is ridiculous.
He flexed on everyone else for sure
@@pazful Massively
getting pumped for 2023 show!
WSM could definitely take some pointers on how to run a strongman show from the Arnold Classic and is the true contest to determine the WSM
Add a timestamp in the description for the events and other specific chapters. This will make it more user friendly for people who want to watch specific events or skim through.
Thank you Rogue for all that you're doing for my favorite sport!!
Rogue is the only equipment I'll ever buy
Novikov's stone lift , wow!
You can see how proud Luke is that his little brother won WSM, there's probably the usual competitiveness between siblings but there's no jealousy and nothing but love.
From someone who already watched it live, thank you for uploading this
Such a good show. Can't wait for the Invitational to watch live.
Love how excited Arnold was at 25:55 at Trey’s lift, he loves this
I started lifting about a year ago, and I have so much more appreciation of just how spectacular what these guys can do is.
I'm watching them squatting literally ten times what I can, and it blows my mind.
Anyone else feel admiration for their families that had to feed these guys growing up? Must have been an endless task.
Lifting more weight than other guys in front of an enthusiastic Arnie must be such an amazing feeling. Go Luke!
Martins left no doubt. Reminds me of the Mountain in 2020 I believe
Love the Arnold's! A real strength competition instead of a rigged cross fit comp. Great job Rogue.
Why rigged?
@@mindrover777 ask Bryce.
@@joemama7163 Dallas Howad?
WSM is rigged to the gills
What? Don't talk nonsense this is a great event but it's not as complete as strongest man but the coverage and access to watch is much better
This is my first time watching the Arnold Strongman & now I’m hooked 💪🏼
Jeg ser med fra Danmark EU ,jeg er en dame på 66 år ,jeg elsker strongman ,tak for at vise det ,jeg har ventet længe på det 👍🙂🤗❤️
Алексей Новиков 👍👍👍, ты наш красава, реально лучший👍👍👍👍
Probably the most enjoyable competition in recent memory just because of the events. Absolutely no easy events, and all super heavy. The strongest men should have to lift the heaviest things, not lighter things at faster speeds
Luke. Tom 👍 👍
Luke 싱글벙글 인터뷰도 멋져요
모두들 최고다 👍 🏋♀️🏋♀️
인간의 한계가 어디까지 인지 보여주는 멋진분들
다들 최고의자리 에서 부상없이
시합 잘 하세요 🙏🙏
I didn’t think Arnold would actually b at his own events but he was there
Novikov killed that overhead dumbbell!
I love how Romark is not only Martins's buddy, and content creator but also his biggest fan
7 presses on the dumbell is amazing
Thank you for the content. Thanks for pushing strong man forward.
You inspiring future Wsm by mnaking this so easily available. thank you this
Arnold makes great sport events.
thank you so much for this production!
JF made that winning squat look so easy.
Watched this before, now again! 👍👌😎
Amazing how different their strengths are in different events.
Luke Stoltman made the others look ordinary in log press.
Then can hardly move other things.
They were doing squat for max back in the Kaz days. I'm excited to see this.
Good grief JF made that look weightless.
This was great! really enjoyed it.
Daayyyyyyuuuummmm!!! 😲 Novikov with that stone! I don't think I blinked that whole time!
This is an awesome group of people who does this wow
Thankyou for providing this. Appreciate it alot
Big loz needs to commentate at worlds
Thank you for putting this up!
Licis is so gifted it’s insane. Dudes muscles must be as dense as diamonds.
Thanks for posting.
It always pains me when I see how some strongmen care SO MUCH about wsm, to the point that they even ignore other wins. WSM is only relevant due to inertia, from tradition or whatever. This competition was way more brutal. I die a little when in WSM you have someone finish 10th because he carried a freaking car tire 4.3 seconds slower then the event winner or whatever.
Por qué no participó en esta competición Eddie
Eddie retired 4 / 5 years ago
@@J.c410 ahh. ok thank you..
If this ever comes to Australia I would love to see this in person.
Brotherly love is at its best between the stoltmans tom taking it easy for his bro
the fact they can even get that log over their knees is absolutely insane.
Feels bad for J.F., but glad for Martins. (Sad to not see Brian, but Bobby did well.)
This is Amazing!
Jean-Francois Caron,
Once again you have made an extraordinary accomplishment
of Super Human strength,
Thank you so much,
I am even more proud to be Canadian. You ARE and
WILL BE, the strongest man in the WORLD ! Thank You.
Incredible that Rob Kearney despite his relatively smaller size can do those lifts.
"Because I'm from Ukraine". Really a great answer. Slava Ukraini!
Martins licis baby we need one more
we were waiting for this. Thanks @ Rogue Fitness
I have always wanted to see him win, he is a beast.
Them Stoltman brothers are remarkable
I rate this production!! So on point!
They screwed up on the pad height for Markov on that 1st lift. He's well below 90 degrees. He went lower than everyone else which is why he struggled getting out of the hole. That wasn't his fault.
Thank you, Rogue!
I would love to see Arnold’s alternate the elephant bar max deadlift and this Tbar max squat.
this competition is so tough, a bunch of the guys got zero points in some of the events and others went above and beyond. A 257 lb dumbbell 99.999999 percent of people couldn't even drag that around the room let alone lift it up lift it over your shoulder Novikov did it 7 times. Just incredible strength. Martins Licis doesn't look or act like he has super hero strength but geez he dominates. He has such a goofball personality. Just incredible.
I can't lie
licis
Novikov
And
Mateusz
Are my favorite strongmen definitely Mateusz
Parabéns a todos atletas.
THAT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH !!!!! 🏋🏾♀️💪🏾
licis is one of the best of all time, no one can dispute it
These guys are incredibly strong.
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing it.
I know Kieliszkowski did not compete here but how the ef he did 5 reps with the stone... how?
1st 2nd 3rd these guys are all CHAMPIONS
👍👍🙏🙏
I believe Martins is the best overall strongman of the modern generation. Shaw would win in the pure strength category, Eddie is the best static lifter, The Stoltman brothers are quick on Licic’s heals…. But for now, he’s the best overall strongman over the modern era
great show
this competition is awesome because it's of the best strongman in the world
Novikov is something else.
Without the suit the max that day would of been 880-900. They use the suit to make numbers higher for the crowd and wow factor. Can add 100lb to lift.
Oh this was great! Thanks❤️
AWESOME!!!
The strongmen of old would hoist platforms with people. An older WSM had a carry event and a squat with that format. They should bring it back. What a spectacle.
Congratulations to Martins! 🎉 🙏🏽😊