Strongman, like any strength sport, can be programmed intelligently, allowing an athlete to reach their zenith for that time in their life. No training style has allowed me to do that quite like the conjugate method.
This competition was preceded by my dad’s unexpected death, a delay in his death certificate, and burying him the Monday before my wedding. It’s been a tough year, and my training and diet reflected that. Still, I did pretty well all things considered.
At the end of June, I won the 220-pound weight class and overall middleweight division at the United States Strongman Nationals in New York, earning an invite to compete in the 105-kilogram World’s Strongest Man in Liperi, Finland. It was enthralling to be at the competition for the first time.
I’ve competed at nine different national championships across four different weight classes and three different divisions, including both amateur and pro — but I’ve never won. Until now.
This article provides a list of some of the various and sundry factors that help contribute to winning a strongman or strongwoman pro card.
I only trained the events once or twice each and hadn’t hit competition weights on any of them. But I hadn’t done a strongman competition in 2017, and between PT school and my relocation to Virginia, I wasn’t giving up the chance to compete.
My first trip to Scotland coincided with my first Highland games experience. Here’s how my day went.
This past weekend I made the trip down to Brute Strength Gym in Norfolk, VA to compete in my first Highlander competition.
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Get your country boy on with Andy Deck as he goes through his farmer walks workout.
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At this competitive Mid-Atlantic strongman slugfest, it was a battle for top placing.
Andy Deck takes second place at Maryland’s Strongest Man Contest.
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I headed down to Crossfit South Arlington in Virginia to the new home of The Edge 2.0 on Saturday morning for Barry’s contest.
My ears got bumblebees in them, legs went to jello, vision began to shrink down to a tiny dark tunnel and everything got tinted red.
In training I was repping 165 pounds for sets of four per arm, but I wasn’t able to do the whole series all in a row the one time I was able to set it up at Brute Strength Gym.
I love competition and competing in strongman gives me a focus for my training, goals to strive for, and periodic tests of how I am progressing.
Video compilation of the March 2011 Arnold Classic Strongman Competition.
Andy Deck, representing lightweights worldwide at the Arnold Sports Expo.
Andy first got involved in the sport when he helped run a competition at Virginia Tech University as an undergrad.