A WILD Day 2 at The Arnold Strongman Classic 2024
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For me Mateusz’s performance on the tombstone was one of the greatest feats of strength I’ve ever seen, and imo the best one of the weekend.
Agree, unbelievable
Mitch on the axle
Agreed, it's impressive because any other result seemed beatable by the right athlete, but his stone perfomace will probably never be beaten or it will be very long before someone can.
That and Angelica on her stone event getting the stone to shoulder 4x when only one other athlete managed it once
@@lenisemicolon yeah the ease with which she got that stone up was mind blowing. Her's and Mateusz's performance on the stones were my favourite of the whole comp.
The 410lb stone is Mateusz’s baby.
That stone legit called him big poppa
I think it should be called "The Mateusz Stone" at this point. It's ridiculous how easy he makes several reps look when most other competitors can't get even one rep in.
Yea he's so far ahead when it comes to stone to shoulder, seeing others not get it off the ground really proved it, Mitch hooper was on fire tho
He has lifted it more times than everybody else combined, including the year he didn't even compete.
He stole the show with that event
Good to see Mateus back with a huge performance.
Mateusz is improving with each competition, I predict he wins the Shaw Classic. Unfortunately the other elite shows have too few events for him to negate his weakness at the moment.
I hope to see some good battles between Hooper, Tom and Mateusz going forward. Thor too if he gets his pressing back in the game. I was just so glad Tom and Mateusz got on the podium. All three of them being the only ones to 4+ the Appollons and then do at least the first two stones in that medley was huge.
Mateusz is very injury prone, I think he will get wrecked if he does the Shaw. Not glad about it, I like the guy.
Mateus did great
Seeing Mateusz happy behind the scenes is great, hope he can keep pushing on and get that WSM title.
Mateus performance on the stone medley was just as impressive as Thors deadlift honestly. Nobody even got close to him
The way he sits it on his shoulder looks like the most painful position the stone could be in as well.
I think Tom could be close. Maybe some of the others too. But it's really hard, especially for the more seasoned guys, to breach the mental barrier. If you know that even if you smoke that event, you'll end up 4th or 5th or whatever, then it's not worth the tax on the central nervous system, injury risk, mental fatigue etc. I'm very happy Mateus is one of the few that really gives it a lot of effort, win or lose, always grinding at it.
Mitch Hooper holding the Dinnie stones and staring at the crowd is an "I'm Him" badass moment
Loved it. Same for Mateusz on that last stone rep. Fuckin cool!
LOVED seeing Mateusz and Big Tom on the podium!!
Hooper’s strength doesn’t make sense. It’s ridiculous. He’s a phenom athlete.
He's definitely hacked his CNS, and now he's getting close to the other guys in size.
He was about the only guy using actual technique instead of brute force.
Reminds me of magnus ver. not the biggest or strongest but technically and mentally always finds a way to win he figures all the events out well also i think fitness came into it he clearly has more stamina than everybody else. Probably his marathon running background helping there
mitch knows about biomechanics other's just hitch and cheat and brute it so overall mitch has better technique. he does pt and stuff for a living
he is the best, most inspiring dude. Every time he wins like this it feels like winning Gold in the Olympics.
Coach loz killing it with Mitch. Cheers brother
I suspect Loz hasn’t really been coaching him for some time?
Highlight of the show was Mateusz posing with the last stone 🔥
Hey we finally got to see the award ceremony
Idk why they don't stream it it's important to see as a cool finale
Yeah, but i wish i could hear what Hooper said to Arnold at the end.
@@crazy10bears sorry for getting you out of your seat?)
@@BulkBrogan.agreed.. why stream the whole event but finish it before trophy presentation 🤯
@@crazy10bears hoopers video released this morning has the audio pretty clear
3 x 410
Damn Mateusz is a horse
Only 1 guy was able to lift the las rock , not only once but trhree times , He is on a different level at some exercises.
@@ArmandoGarcia-rc3uv He is only lacking the deadlift. That's literally the only thing that holds him back
@@ArmandoGarcia-rc3uv he is a phenom. And he has good sponsorships behind him. Do your research
There's no correlation to english speaking and being a better strong man😂 if he was English his deadlift would be the same, quit with the shite talk.@@ArmandoGarcia-rc3uv
What a ridiculous take, ever heard of Pudonowski or Big Z?
@@ArmandoGarcia-rc3uvHe is a phenom already, but with a glaring weakness he is slowly improving. He is also the people's champ and when he does win a major show it will be even sweeter knowing what he's been through.
I'm so excited to see what Angelica has in store going forward. She was so impressive. It looked like she could have done even more on the deadlift, she could have won by an even bigger margin.
I've always been more into strongman than strongwoman but your content with Andrea has gotten me started on it and I don't think I'm going to stop shouting about Angelica Jardine, possibly ever
Do you mean content with Andrea?
@@Natefirethemagnets ugh yes thank you! My phone doesn't think Andrea is a name .___.
IMO the women's division is almost more exciting right now. The men's is so well established at this point that we know who's good at what and we generally know the upper limits of what's possible on any given event. But the women's is still the wild West and people come out and unexpectedly demolish world records or come from nowhere with hype and pull something like Angelica did on the stones. We expect Mateusz to do what he does on the stones but to see one of the women come out and pull the same type of performance is awesome.
Oh Evan 😅 "I came here for one thing, to put on a show and to win!"
Thats two things man but i love the passion 😂
Technically he was correct... which was unfortunate for him.
Guy needs to concentrate on what he’s there for, do the showmanship once you do your job maybe?
😂Awww but we love him❤
Jear I think he overhyped himself oh the Axle Overhead Press.
@graememarsh Some people like to have a good time at work. He's a pumped up dude. Ur right tho. Gotta harness that shit at the right time
Great performances by Hooper and Mateusz. Hafthor looks like he ran out of gas. Martins looks like his head was somewhere else in this comp. Evan needs to decide if he wants to win or just be a crowd favorite. He hurt himself on the axle because he got too jacked up. Awesome job by Sam to get that dumbbell. I really like the pace of the comp with the Men's and Women's running intertwined. Sad that there was no wheel of pain.
Yup also Evan had to repeat a deadlift rep because he rushed and forgot to tie his straps. What a dumb mistake. He was clearly gassed out during the last 2 events.
Hafthor doesn’t have the upper body strength back for the pressing stuff yet, and he kind of knows it. He was saying in all his lead up vlogs that he could only manage maybe 1-3 reps on the Apollon and that the stone press would be a nightmare. It’s discouraging given how well his other events went, but not unexpected.
@@funkyfreshwizardryYup, and the stone trial format didn't helped. Last time he could jump stones and go for the second stone and the tombstone, now he was forced to do the first. Otherwise he would get second
I don't think Hafthor ran out of gas at all. His pressing is just not where it needed to be. The first stone is a press, if you can't get past that, you can't really do anything else.
Thor’s pressing strength definitely down from the pec tear, hopefully that comes back soon and we will see full Thor again! His deadlift on the other hand looks back to top form already.
Only 9.5 months since his surgery. It’ll come back in a few more months
Pec tear held him back big time! He would have been good for atleast another rep on the axle and the stone overhead aswell ,stone over hitching post would have been a piece of cake and he has shouldered that 410lb stone before, it would have been very tight between him and mitch without that tear
@@curvinh6289… Thor will never beat hooper in a comp.
@@craigchisholm924 if you say so buddy
@@craigchisholm924he would have crushed him in this one if it wasn’t for the pec tear and being 4 years retired lol.
Mitch was created in a lab bro. He has insane strength but what really sets him apart is 1. His endurance and 2. His attention to techniquE
And steroids 🤷🙈😡👹👹💀💀💀💉💉
@@craigmorgan4676that doesn't make him any different to his competitors. But he's training hard and smart, compete hard and smart and that definitely gives him an edge.
@@craigmorgan4676 How does that set him apart from the rest when everyone takes gear? Your statement is thought out extremely poorly.
@@craigmorgan4676stupid comment
Its about time bro, first big injury and Hooper will be done.
Really impressed by Thor's and Matheusz' comebacks. Looking forward to their improvements in pressing/deadlift making the competitions more exciting to watch. But Mitch is going to be extremely tough to beat. He's chasing placements, not records during the competition. And his versatility, technique and endurance set him apart from the rest. I think the experience and techniques from all the different sports he did before strongman are a huge advantage for him.
Mitch had an unfair advantage...Uncle Loz as his coach!!! You gotta be proud. What a performance!
I know they were cut from these vids but damn the injuries this year - 5/23 athletes not making it to the final event, and several clearly limping across the line (metaphorically and literally).
And Inez clearly with a Broken nose..and still going on..
That happens every year at the Arnold's. It's a really heavy show, which means not only heavy events but heavy training. And I call the elephant bar the hamstring reaper, that thing is perfectly designed to tear a hammy right off the bone. It's fun and all but it carries a huge risk, you have to sit back into the lift and pull slowly through the hardest part of the lift which loads the hamstrings like a sumbitch. We've seen it for years.
@@poolpulse3447have you seen her insta from today... even worse now!!
Brilliant from Mitch.
Martins was way below what everybody seemed to be predicting, or maybe hoping. Sad to see Thor's overhead struggling so much. Hopefully he can improve on it for the Rogue and Maybe Shaw. Mateusz, that deadlift, if only he could...
Thor is coming back from pec surgery, so I think his pressing isn't there yet. The rest of his power is on point, though. He shifted that 1006 lbs like nothing!
Best part was when the 410 stone humbled Mitch with Arnold watching
Thor coming back and pushing Mitch in my favourite comp of the year was great. He'll hopefully improve that overhead and be an even bigger problem for Mitch in other comps.
Mitch is such a consistent athlete. He could become the best ever if he continues not competing too often and nailing his training.
Nah I don't think so, Thor pretty much gave career performances in the 1st 3 events and still was only tied for the lead with what was just another day for Mitch.
Even with a healed pec, he's dropping multiple points in the Axel (his pr is 4 I believe) any less than 4 he's dropping 4pts. He then has the stones to make everything up. No one is beating Mateusz, I don't see enough athletes there that he could hope to get between him n Mitch, probably only Tom.
This was probably Thors best chance to beat Mitch, I doubt he's gonna career best the 1st 3 events ever again.
Coming second for Mateaus again, BUT... ahead of Tom Stoltman, and ahead of Thor, has to be nicer feeling second than some. Were it not for the current phenom, would've been first. Great return for Mateaus, and for Thor. To lift that 1000lbs as he did, looking like he could literally rep it if he wanted - shocking. Highlight for me was the ladies winner just manhandling that stone to shoulder like it was a kitten. Many great highlights this weekend, and the Arnold's shows again that it is top tier when it comes to putting on events. Congrats to Mitch - winning with this line-up will be a talking point for decades to come.
Day 2 BTS within a few hours? That is why you two are my primary connection to strongman. Thank you so much, really appreciated.
Liz is our hero!
I think its fair for you to mention judging.
Andrea and 1 other woman had a few that were close, that were equal to what Lindsey had.
They also took 1 away from Thor where he was given the down signal.
Refs are human, but the lack of consistency does get old. And its essentially coming down to is the athlete holding it for a full second or more or not.
Melissa was done dirty. IMO, she had more control than Lindzay had.
Athletes just do their best within the given rules. Refs should be held to the highest responsibility. if they give a down, then it's a down!
I agree. Very inconsistent with the judging especially with the pressing movements
@@michaelfrench9062agreed. Some of Hooper's presses shouldn't have counted IMO
@@josh39684Which ones? On the axle? Only on his 3rd press was he a bit slow to find the balance after lockout. Which he did stabilise and was fine. All the others were proper and solid presses. And he seemed he could do another one if had a bit more time, didn't look like he was out of gas.
He clearly was way above everone else on this (and overall), he had the strenght, stamina and efficient technique. Mateusz and Tom were amazing too, but they were not as efficient.
Sam is so much smaller than all the other competitors and served up total domination on that dumbbell. I think that and Mateusz’s performance on the stone are my highlights from the comp.
For any one who has not seen it, check out Luke Stoltman his livestream day two. The last 15 mins or so , after he knows Tom has made the Podium. Worth watching.
How can anyone not love that man. That was pure love and happiness. Most wholesome moment.
Brill to experience @@espenstoro
Rogue did a great job with the Livestream too. 👍🏻💪🏼 Thank you to everyone involved ❤️
Except for the commentary, "Dr" Bill needs to retire, bring back Loz.
The best behind the scenes coverage in Strongman..
Thank You
Angelica Hardin was a freaking awesome surprise. Swoops in on day two and impresses everybody
She has a chance to be dominate. Her sheer size is something the other competitors can't match. Add on some dedicated training and she could be unstoppable.
Rebecca Roberts is similar size I think, I hope Angelica goes for WSW open later this year
Jardine
It's the Era of Hooper, and I'm here for it.
Awesome to see how pumped the ladies get with a nice clean dumbell press
I’m ABSOLUTELY ❤loving the ladies! I do Jiu-Jitsu which was always guys. I would be one of few ladies on the mats. Now I am seeing more and more don the gi. So I love watching ladies kill these comps and being so excited ❤!!!
Mateusz on that stone is the highlight of the show. I hope that his IT band injury isn’t too severe and he can still compete this year.
Mateuz is not human not with what he did to these stones...he is a stone bender...well done moose!
Mateusz is the earth bender and Hooper is the Avatar
@simenandersen3262 well said my friend well said!
*Top 3 moments*
3. Tie between Hooper's axle and Hooper's Dinnie Stones
2. Mateuz's stone medley
1. Hafthor's 1006 lb deadlift warm-up
This crowd is fanstastic, I hope one day I can watch this event live. Greetings from Poland !!
What did Mateusz say he tore at the end there? Hoping it's very minor, that guy deserves to be healthy for a while.
IT band
Taking the responsibility for the dumbbell..what a coach. Overall awesome human uncle loz
Mateusz is slowly getting back next year could be big show !!
The most difficult thing about being a fan of strongman is choosing who you want to win. They're all such great guys all deserving of the win!
Hey Loz an analysis on this?
Thor lacking the flexibility to rest the axel his chest so when he dips for leg drive he either absorbs that drive in his shoulders or loses position (similar but different issue pressing the stone). Not sure if this is new since his injury or if he's always just been this way. Crazy shoulder strength to be able to do it that way
Best thing was Hooper calling in Arnold closer and than not even pickig the stone from the floor, imagine how that must have felt
Humble pie right there
Honestly, he needed that 😂
Subscribed! Congrats Coach!
Poor Andrea made a mistake on the dumbbell. Messed everything up.😏
Amazing show, congrats to Mitch but Polish terminator stole the show in my opinion. Thor looked phenomenal. Evan looks so close to being fully complete at every event.
Agreed! And Evan just needs to collect his mind a bit and not get overly excited
@@JBS7551 he reminds me a lot of Mitch. He just is a much crazier intense version. Lol. If he could calm down and be more methodical like Brian Shaw was like how Mitch is. I think it could really improve his performance. Mitch does a lot of what Brian did. Really thinks about every event. Always checking the equipment before the event starts. Still, he keeps getting better and better. I think he will be pushing Mitch in the future.
I was absolutely thrilled when I saw Thor get a second rep on the axle, so I was disappointed when he couldn't press the stone. Hopefully he is fully recovered for the Shaw Classic, which at this point seems like a pretty obvious target for him.
Whatever the case, Mitch brought his A game and deserved to win.
Props to Angelica Jardin, I thought Thompson had it in the bag with Victoria out.
I thought his next competition was the Rogue Invitational?
@@josephaugustinerhodenhiser1353 I really hope he does the shaw classic
Always thought Mitch would win and was so pleased for Mateusz and Tom. Wow! What an amazing weekend. Hope all the injuries heal quick❤.
Mateusz tombstone lift was the greatest show of raw strength. Hands down .
Mitch is amazing, he's good at everything.
Big loz' coverage was amazing too.
Poor Inez, her face looked so painful on the stone carry. What a warrior to even keep competing with a broken face. Ouch!
Andrea is amazing. Day 1 she was insane! She should be so proud of her achievements. Sometimes you gotta take a risk and sometimes it doesn’t pay off but next time you come back stronger because of it 💪🏼❤️
Honestly think Mateusz is one of the strongest men in the world to not have won a worlds title. In some events he definitely is the best in the world currently
Thank you for bringing us online fans this great footage-at one point there were 325K viewers-and I would have gladly paid $50 to watch the whole show along with the live audience. But Loz and Auntie Liz saved the day yet again, and I’m immensely grateful!
Congratulations Loz. The way Hooper competes reminds me of you at your best: Your awesomeness of your body moving in space, athletic ability, speed/force, ability to rise to higher levels under pressure, and sheer force of will, and focus on technique.
I always believe in tom❤
It was really good. I kind of liked last year better but this one had more suspense for sure.
Wow Mitchell hooper is something special. I mean we have seen it before with novakov and licis where they look unstoppable. But if hooper can keep this going. Jeez that'll be amazing
7:32 has to be one of the most badass things ever done in a strongman competition lol. Putting on a show for the fans, and the ultimate "fuck off" to the other competitors 😂
9:20 that's insane, just 20 years ago the men were doing the 172lb inch dumbbell for reps. Doesn't look like the handle diameter is adjusted for the women either (is it?) - absolutely incredible strength!
Mateusz $25k for 2nd place? Hooper $80k. That is a huge difference 😡
What mateusz did on the stone was mental feat of strength, but is it a good view for the fans when 90% of the rest can’t lift it? I’m not sure
Mateusz's dominance on the stone to shoulder is just preposterous. Most guys can't get a single rep and the guys who can can't manage to do two. We've seen Mateusz do between 3 and 5 every time he steps up to it. Imagine winning any other for-reps event by reliably getting 4x as many as all the next best guys. It's inconceivable. Not only should they rename the stone after him but they should engrave his face on it. So he's staring down everyone who ever lifts it, daring them to match him.
It really seemed like Andrea was panicking with that dumbbell. It was there, but the moment there was any wiggle she would bail. I felt really bad fornher after that
I feel like the entire strongman community needs to come together to improve Mateusz's deadlift
Mitch on that stone walk, cheeky so and so. But balls bigger than the dinnies to do that. Seems Coach Loz's advice on the split jerk paid off to. Wonder what would happen if the manhood stones medley was the first event.
Great hearing from Jerry 💪🏼
Takeaways:
I attended with silver passes, night and day different compared with WSM. I'll definitely be back.
Hooper is a FREAK. Well deserved win.
Martins was off form.
Mateus was on form. He did excellent on every event, and made improvements on the deadlift. Looking forward to seeing him later in the year.
Thor gassed out. He should have had second place.
Evan and Andrea exploded, should have done better.
Tom did really well. His save on the dinnie walk was crazy.
Bobby did very well, considering his competition and these events.
I think this comp would have been better with slightly different events . The dumbbell for the women, dinnie and stone medley for the men weren't great, but still it was very entertaining.
The Arnold is the standard that all other pro shows should try to emulate. Great fan experience.
Why did Evan withdraw?
looks like he tore his callouses pretty bad on dinnie stones
Fairly certain he hurt himself cleaning the axle because he was too jacked up . He high pulled so aggressively it looked like something in the elbow region went.
He was looking at wrist i thought
Evan is all talk. Way too hyped at every lift. If he didn’t rush himself, he could do a lot better. He needs to take a sedative.
@@SvenTheShoeBuyerliterally. If he just calmed the fuck down and remembered techniques, he'd be podium on most shows. He's a freak, he just needs to reign it in
That was awesome such a great competition. Massive well done to everyone, had me on the edge of my seat! Aunty liz and big loz such great ambassadors, thank you both ❤
Over long careers, Big Z & Brian Shaw have proven to be the greatest (also given how amazing thejr competitors were such as Eddie, Halfthor, etc.), but Mitch Hooper has had the most phenomenal start to a professional Strongman career that he is on pace to be the GoAT...
Brawo Mateusz forma jest, oby tak dalej.
Mateusz' finish on the stones is like a scene from a superhero movie
Hooper got arnold up out of his chair for him to not be able to break it off the ground.lol
Yeah. That was pretty hard to watch....
He had his epic moment with the dinnie stones and look at the crowd. Should have kept it at that
You don't become great by playing it safe in fear of embarrassment
@@daviesugo7641 I'm trying my absolute best to like mitch because he has a long dominant future ahead of him if he stays injury free, but he does make it tough sometimes. Lol
@@curvinh6289 I will be completely honest. I don't hate Mitch, he seems like nice guy but honestly I hate seeing one guy dominate. It doesn't make it fun to watch, especially since everyone in this sport is so likeable. I want Novikov to win WSM again but I also want Mateusz to win, and Thor, and Mitch and Tom and Singleton, and Trey, etc lol. Basically I want everyone to win.
And you will never be able to deadlift 410 on a bar but I still won't laugh at you for it, show some class kid
That was a joy to watch. love the behind the scenes stuff.
The body slam Hooper gave the axle was awesome
Thank you for that guys!🙏
Hafthor had a pec tear on the left side and have told everybody that his overhead pressing is not yet up to par. But the commentators seemed surprised when his overhead pressing always failed towards the left side?
They needed Big Loz on commentary.
Thank you Loz n Liz for taking me there.
Loving it !! Can’t wait to get back into strongman again ❤
I'm a long time strongman fan, but I can't remember if Thor had a good overhead in the past.
From what I recall Eddie was quite ahead of him in axle and such. Hope he gets the strength back, and perhaps more importantly the confidence.
Love Mitch, would love him more if he did the last stone and did a flex like Mateusz to celebrate his victory.
He should have lifted all three stones at once and juggled with them. Missed opportunity.
Loz your the best commentator ever Jerry was good, but this doctor and women commentators were allfull
Angelica! Wow! Such strength!
Mateusz performance on that natural stone it's out of the world it is an incredible demonstration of power ! giants like Thor and Stoltman were not able to even lift it from the ground !
Seeing that medley I knew it was Kieliskowski's to lose lol what a monster. Killer day! Congrats Moose!!!
I might be wrong here - love to be corrected if so - but is part of Mateusz's problems with deadlift purely down to limb proportion? Not like I can properly measure sat here at home but he looks to have a long tibia relative to his femur? Either way best one off performance of the show has to be the stone medley, three is just unreal. Mitch was the worthy winner though, overall just incredible outright winning so many events and not placing outside the top 3 in any event. Plus good to see Hafthor back, assuming he recovers from his pec injury he will be a big problem, kind of amazing to see him coming back so strong frankly.
Well done to Mitch! He's such a well-rounded athlete. Just one thing, when you get Arnold to get on stage at 28:20 to watch you lift the stone, you better finish! Mateusz was a monster on the stones! It's admirable to come from 8th until 2nd. Thor had a good show until the last event. It's ridiculous how quickly he picked up strength. I was very surprised with the non-performance of Licis. Evan is Evan. He likes to talk a lot, but he usually drops out with the big shows.
That lineup is unreal looking forward to wsm this year could be even better than arguably the best lineup in 2017
Hooper is everything we had hoped Kiels would be without that weak deadlift. Hes good to amazing at every event.
I cheer for everyone, im a fan of all strongman but Hoopers getting to the point where I just want someone else to win! 😂😂
Was a close show for awhile, tied after 3 events!
Congrats to all, I think the entire top 5 should all be happy with their results for various reasons.
Hooper can’t compete with keils on stones tho
Yea hooper is absolutely insane! Although he is not unbeatable! If thor gets his overhead back to 90% mitch will have his hands very full
@Mathis218337 but it's an entire competition not 1 event. Finishing top 3 or 4 on every event is better than winning 4 and being terrible on the 5th. Evidence: 2020 Arnold's with Kiels.
@@Nolan-55 sure hoopers the best overall. Just saying each have their strengths. To be honest this comp seemed a bit repetitive. Two frame carry events (timber and dinnie) and two ohp events. No squat events or sled drags/truck pulls or throws or stones
Not a huge fan of the events this year.
@@Mathis218337 should have thrown bag over bar in there
Mitch not only super strong but he seems to approach the sport far more analytically than most. Hhe maximises what he is capable of lifting not only by strength but applying optimal technique. Look at his axel hes lifting that in the most efficient way while Mateusz is simply muscling it up.
thx Loz, great recap!
I feel rogue can learn from giants live, the commentary during the live stream was fine and it took away from the energy of the crowd. Didn’t even know records were broken during the stream.
Well done to hooper an amazing job and good strength give Thor another year of training so he doesn't have to think about his peck and these 2 will have great battles of the yrs to come 💪💪
I still love watching Evan compete. Hope he never quits
BIG question that bothered the hell out of me while watching: Were you under the impression that Andrea could not drop down to a lighter dumbbell after failing the heavier one? Cause Melissa did just that, and it was allowed. She failed the heaviest one first, then dropped down on the next attempt. Very confusing rules that no one seemed to fully understand, and inconsistent refereeing did not help the matter. Sorry for Andrea, she had such a great first day.
Aside from all that: Fantastic coverage! This behind the scenes content adds another dimension onto the show. It was a great experience, and loved seeing Mitch have such a battle with Hafthor throughout.
I wondered the same, even the commentators gave inconsistent explanations there but several athletes dropped down, I think the only case for not dropping down was once you started to rep so it was just a bad call all around for Andrea
What an absolute rollercoaster event the Arnold’s was. As a fan it was fantastic. Thor was back, and for the fans that was always going to be a highlight. The Terminator was back with a bang, not quite back to his old best yet, but his performances on the axel and stone medley was amazing. Let’s hope his improvement continues and no more injuries. I have started feeling almost sad when I see Big Tom compete now. One minute he excites and then another time he doesn’t quite deliver. I would love to see him achieve his potential even if he never wins another WSM. But to continually see him not achieving that potential is frustrating to say the least. He has potential untapped as of yet. We only see snippets of what he is capable of and he has the potential to dominate like Thor has and Brian Shaw and Big Z. As for The Moose, what can you say. Great athlete, insanely strong, well rounded, ferocious competitor and definitely the most cerebral strongman out there. An absolute pleasure to follow on social media and a bigger pleasure to watch him compete. Team Loz did good there.
The womens performances were up there with the mens. So exciting to watch and great to see them getting the exposure on the big stages they deserve. Lucy Underdown was a revelation. What a performance. A shame she fell just short at the end. But she must take encouragement from this performance. Stroll on Arnold’s UK. I was bitterly disappointed for Andrea Thompson. She is a beast, and I love following her. I felt her pain on the dumbbells, which I thought she would smash. Can’t wait to see her come back and show what she can do in two weeks time at the Arnold’s UK.
As always THE best background coverage by Liz who has made this her own. The only thing missing from the Arnold’s was commentary from Big Loz.