Training the specific events for strongman competitors is essential for success.  Although strongman contests are starting to become more standardized when it comes to event categories, each event is very unique in nature. This is one of the reasons why a great number of strongman competitors travel great distances on weekends to train the specific events with the load, time limit, distance, and any other specifications of their next contest. Overall, most competitions will have a clean & press, a deadlift, a carry, atlas stones and some sort of medley.

Clean & Press

Deadlift

Carry

Flip or Drag

Atlas Stones

Log

Car or Frame Deadlift

Farmer's or Frame

Tire Flip

Stones over Bar

Axle

18” Deadlift

Yoke or Conan’s Wheel

Sled Drag

Stones on Platform

Circus DB

Axle Deadlift

Husafell Stone or Sandbag Carry

 Duck Walk

Sandbag Load

Due to limited access to strongman implements and other training days; the question is what should competitors spend their time doing in the gym when not training events?  That brought me to this question I asked elitefts™ lifters, coaches, and columnists:

What are the best five barbell or dumbbell exercises that correlate to success in strongman?

If you could only do five barbell or dumbbell exercises and without knowing the events, what would you choose?