A strongman is someone who exhibits strength through strength athletics. Strength athletics, also known as strongman competitions, are composed of a variety of events in which competitors have to move the highest weights possible, the winner being the one having the highest tally across all events. In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or similar circus performers who performed feats of strength.
Angus MacAskill was a notable strongman of the 19th century.
Brian Shaw performing the deadlift at the 2017 Arnold Strongman Classic
Strength athletics, also known as Strongman competitions, is a sport which tests competitors' strength in a variety of non-traditional ways. Some of the disciplines are similar to those in powerlifting and some powerlifters have also successfully competed in strongman competitions. However, strongman events also test physical endurance to a degree not found in powerlifting or other strength-based sports, such as carrying refrigerators, flipping truck tires, and pulling vehicles with a rope.
Strongman competitions usually involve non-traditional, often sensationalistic, challenges of strength.
A caber being tossed by Steven Labrecque at the 2000 New Hampshire Highland Games
Farmer's Walk
"Natural stone to shoulder". The stone weighs 165 kg
