Thread: What type of training do these guys do in the Worlds Strongest Man Contests?

Mariusz Pudzianowski 3x champ

yep thats him

I thought he was done last year for drug violations and actually lost his title as a result?

He has won 3x and I have not heard of any drug suspensions. Most of them are roided up, the drud testing is the same as any sport.....just so the public will think the sport is clean....they don't really try to catch anybody.

I hope he wasnt busted because he is awesome. He is a testament to the power of muscle compared with the other fatties.

He has won 3 world strongman titles. Last year he came in second though. He was busted for drugs at other contests but not either of his WSm wins (as far as I know).


As far as how they train you can go to his web site and look at his program. I believe Magnus Samuelsson has one also.

They train a lot of legs and posterior chaing obviously. Some of the guys include olympic lifts in their program while others do not. They train overhead presses a lot since there is no bench press event in WSM. Everythign is overhead. they are big on biceps training since you need to have strong biceps tendons to walk with the farmers walk implements, deadlift heavy weight and do the atlas stones and hercules holds. Besides their gym lifts they train events a lot! That is a big part of their training. They have to get good at the events and know them in and out and not only get there strength up on them but their endurance as well since WSM events aren't a single rep, usually they go on for a number of repetitions or a set amount of time.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

I just saw the guy from Poland win his 3rd year in a row. Usually, some huge guy with a high fat % wins, but this guy is big and cut. I was really into this one cuz USA was right behind this guy.

Anyway, for these guys to train for this event, what type of training do they do? Power Lifting? The guy that one might as well be a bodybuilder.

Here's his official site

http://www.pudzian.pl/english/index2.php

And here is the training page of Svend Karlsen's website.

They train every fucking day

I was talking to this strong man competitor. He was saying that he trains by taking a big, heavy weight and lifting it. Then he lifts it again. Eventually, he grows stronger.

Originally Posted by 99hawkins

They train every fucking day

pretty much. From what I have seen and the ones I have spoken too they train 5-6 days a week.

Originally Posted by P-funk

pretty much. From what I have seen and the ones I have spoken too they train 5-6 days a week.

WHy are they not overtraining? Juice?

Originally Posted by AKIRA

WHy are they not overtraining? Juice?

That, plus their backs, legs and grip are all very difficult to tire out. Grip can be trained quite frequently because the forearms generally recover quickly. Their back and legs are incredibly strong and probably used to the 'abuse,' if you will. If you look at my workout, my grip, back and legs are worked hard each day I train - four days a week. I use very low volume though, because I'm not taking anything and quite frankly couldn't handle that frequency at a higher volume like they can. They've also been training for years and need more training than most to shock their muscles. This is just speculation, so half or more may be wrong, haha.

Originally Posted by AKIRA

WHy are they not overtraining? Juice?

Sure, that helps. However, most of these people have improved their work capacity greatly over the course of several years. This is why they are elite; they are able to handle training at such a high level of intensity and effort on a frequent basis.

Not everyone would be able to handle such training methodologies. A;so, if you noticed, 2 of that guy's training sessions were just some cardio for an hour. I train a total of 6 days per week, but only 3-4 involve heavy resistance training; the other 2-3 days per week are cardio, although often involving very high peak heart rates during each session.