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410klaWK · 11-17-2008, 08:58 PM

Okay so here is the deal. This frat at my school puts on a Strongman Competition every year. I have always wanted to participate, but powerlifting nationals were always a few weeks after and therefore I was unable to.

This year, however, PLing nationals is about a month before the SM comp so I was considering entering it. I am only bringing this up now so that I can supplement some SM exercises into my PLing routine.

I am a 181 PLer and as far as I know SM doesn't do anything with weight classes or coefficient for the smaller guys

I think this competition is only farmers walk, tire flips, car deadlift, and tow truck pull.

I was thinking about doing deadlift with resistance bands to simulate the car deadlift.

I have done tire flips once before on a small tire...and am working on getting a full sized tire (600lbs right?) to practice on.

So my questions are:

1) What can someone who has never done any real SM type work before do to prepare for a competition?

2) What are the standard rules on these lifts?

3) How well does SM and PL training cross over with each other?

11-17-2008, 08:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
410klaWK Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 58	First Strongman Comp Okay so here is the deal. This frat at my school puts on a Strongman Competition every year. I have always wanted to participate, but powerlifting nationals were always a few weeks after and therefore I was unable to. This year, however, PLing nationals is about a month before the SM comp so I was considering entering it. I am only bringing this up now so that I can supplement some SM exercises into my PLing routine. I am a 181 PLer and as far as I know SM doesn't do anything with weight classes or coefficient for the smaller guys I think this competition is only farmers walk, tire flips, car deadlift, and tow truck pull. I was thinking about doing deadlift with resistance bands to simulate the car deadlift. I have done tire flips once before on a small tire...and am working on getting a full sized tire (600lbs right?) to practice on. So my questions are: 1) What can someone who has never done any real SM type work before do to prepare for a competition? 2) What are the standard rules on these lifts? 3) How well does SM and PL training cross over with each other?