2024 SMOE MAX RAW DEADLIFT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

[@cisrael468]

So glad Brian is getting Loz involved this year

[@espenstoro]

Strongman isn't the same without Uncle Loz and Auntie Liz.

[@ora6925]

About time!

[@Dtmdeman]

Indeed always want to see Loz and Liz.

[@anthonylaudano9435]

BRIAN SHAW IS SO SMART

[@landonprien7575]

Same! So glad Loz is here!

[@michaelscaramellino743]

This is the best 4 people to be having these conversations

[@Ian-if2lf]

Would also like to see Big Z , Luke Stoltman, Mark Filix, and Graham Hicks do one of these

[@petershortland478]

​@@Ian-if2lf Big Z and Mark felix are not exactly talkative tho

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@petershortland478 Yeah, I noticed you didn't include Luke Stoltman in the "not talkative" group! 😆😝 Seconded!

[@PipleZiple]

​@@Ian-if2lf those are mostly current competitors.

[@VAHOSS]

​@@Ian-if2lfZ has absolutely zero personality

[@dahuterschuter]

SMOE is the best show of the year, you can tell it's run by athletes for the athletes and the fans.

[@hannibalb8276]

Yep. It should take the place of world's strongest man now that it's become such a poorly run joke

[@spokeen6249]

​@@hannibalb8276 why not have both

[@jetsum]

Yes

[@antoniocenteno1483]

WSM: For T.v. and whoever actually watches it. A joke. SMOE: Run by athletes for atlehtes and fans. ASC: By strenght conosiours for those who can handle it.

[@samuelsontraining]

Pritchett is sooooooo under recognised in deadlift names of achievement. He's lifted some of the top lifts in history.

[@HighMaintenancePS]

He’s not under recognised by me. He’s me of my favourite strength athletes. Just gets on with it and at the top of deadlifting for so long.

[@chillypeper777]

same goes for JF Caron imo

[@Aakash.Singh1]

​@@chillypeper777 JF caron is my favourite deadlifter

[@antoniocenteno1483]

@@chillypeper777 Caron gets more light to be fair, Jerry is the still reigning Raw record holder for strongamn and noone even mentions it, a record that has stood for 8 years.

[@dylanpiazza6358]

Mines Benni Mags but JF is right there, i love that man lol hes a beast and hilarious. ​@@Aakash.Singh1

[@neal520]

Terry just like 🗿

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

Exactly like that 😂

[@awallner1]

I love how Terry says Brian’s name. He’s digging for gold in those consonants.

[@stephenhagen8976]

This comment made watching the video so much funnier! 😂

[@Adamrawlifting123]

Haha! Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

[@daebreaker6212]

Its not even fair he can be that strong and that good looking. :P

[@kappaferret6052]

I'm happy that uncle Loz is finally coming to the Shaw classic this year. Him and Terry on the commentary table would be an absolutely lethal combo

[@Fruske1]

No one has ever accused Brian Shaw of being dumb. And he certainly isn't dumb. He's clearly showing us all that he is quite quickly learning from his previous Strongest Man on Earth competitions and improving the format and the competition year on year. Drawing from the experience of some veteran top level strongmen to improve his competition is not only smart, but also unites the strongman community. I always expected Brian to exceed World Strongest Man, to create a better competition and to give the strongman fans a more accurate picture of who the Strongest Man on Earth is. But I didn't expect him to do it quite this fast. Hats off to you Brian!

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Same here! I was thinking "Sure, he'll be the best in like 10 years, but he's got a long ways to go!" Nope! He's gonna make it in 5 at this rate!

[@SaulFemm]

Correct decision getting Loz and Liz out for the show 🔥

[@jameschristy9966]

He's one of the best on the 🎤

[@MeanBeanComedy]

​@@jameschristy9966Yeah, absolutely. His passion for the sport is phenomenal.

[@michaelwellman8752]

Love the round table talk, more of this!!

[@svmuscle7677]

it's weird seeing all of these guys retired, but it's one of the best things to happen to the sport

[@Vipinnnn17]

4 Deadlift World record holders at the same table

[@dean7968]

There were 4. Now there is only 1 Thor.

[@Vipinnnn17]

All of them had the record in the past is what i meant. ​@@dean7968

[@kwilcox417]

I did not know Loz had a DL record. When did he break it?

[@jaket2274]

@@kwilcox417he and Brian were tied for it at 430 or 435 kg way back in 2010. Brian and Z then broke it at the 2011 and 2012 WSM’s Edit: checked it, 2011 Brian and Loz tied for the WR at 430 kilos

[@PieProductionsOfficial]

@@kwilcox417London 2011 he broke the deadlift world record at the time

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Not the strongman deadlift talk we asked for, but definetly the one we needed, thanks to the 4 of you

[@chriswoyce6285]

Big Loz is a great commentator 👍🏻

[@scottyjones6401]

What has made this comp get so big so fast is that this show is for the athletes by the athletes. to have these 4 four saying I wish we had this type of event when we were competing shows you how much thought goes into the show.

[@Micheldied]

This is going to bring so much hype to the show. So glad Loz is on.

[@HighMaintenancePS]

The most exciting things ng about the Olympic weightlifting format in the deadlift is the chance to see competitors pick a weight to try and jump ahead of the guy in front of them. Awesome format.

[@HighMaintenancePS]

As a long term strongman fan caught up in the current deadlift and overall strength progression I clicked on this straight away. A real honour to have this star studded super qualified panel. Big fan of all you guys.

[@bdawg2513]

I can't wait to see this. I am flying out to Denver with one of my sons to attend. Will be our first time going to one of these.

[@BuffPomsky]

Great people to have on the table and cant wait for SMOE with this cast of commentators!

[@Detroiter18]

Terry's jawline can cure cancer

[@roobs4245]

He should have been the face of Gigachad.

[@Kiromony]

Bros mewingmaxxing

[@Adamrawlifting123]

I'm so stocked you're bringing Loz in to SMOE 2024.

[@elvisitor]

I saw WSM posted on fb "save the date". But I just scrolled passed it because I am Swedish and cant see it. This video however I clicked and enjoyed AND it got me hyped for the deadlift and the new format. LOVE IT! 👏👏

[@alimackerali9259]

Big loz mvp for strongman fans. Forgot to include liz 😮

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Yesss u got loz there 💪 him and Liz are the best. Would love to see more of this.

[@scottsuydam3349]

I love that Loz is actually involved here in SMOE Brian. Wow the best show in strongman with the best and most knowledgeable in the business along with Nick Best.

[@johnharrison974]

Fantastic to see the four of you chat. Big Loz and Liz is a great addition to SMOE

[@vikkibutcher1977]

The production of the competition will be elevated greatly with Big Loz involved! SO pleased to see him here!

[@N8SAY]

Man, you need to do this more often! So interesting and 4 knowledgeable guys.

[@spiritfingers98]

Something I'd love to see is a comp where there's an opportunity to gain more point by winning by more weight. So if you win an event and have max points, you could gain an extra point for breaking a world record and more points for just pushing it further. Or say on a deadlift 1 guy hits 502kg and wins, he could gain an extra point by going for 512kg

[@joebot9309]

no one is going to lift 502kg bro. Its a RAW event.

[@spiritfingers98]

@@joebot9309 you know what hypothetical are? And I said I'd like to see a comp. Not this specific comp

[@neal520]

@@joebot9309how would you feel if you didn’t have breakfast this morning

[@antoniocenteno1483]

@@spiritfingers98 Still, nobody going for 1pt just for putting on a record as crazy as 512KG deadlift

[@spiritfingers98]

@@antoniocenteno1483 I don't know. There's probably a few guys who can pick up these points and we've seen how close these comps can get. If you knew you were capable of getting a world record in an event you'd already won but you knew second place had better events coming up you might try to give yourself that cushion. It's an extra pay out for the record and more again if it bumps you up a place in the end.

[@Tim_flips]

What a fantastic prelude to the competition!

[@ridush14]

Love all these Pre-SMOE videos! Great discussions that build hype for an actual live show. Strongman fans getting spoiled!

[@Wicked_Carnifex]

Hope this is just part 1 of many

[@JBS7551]

8 if i remember correctly

[@michaelmullins1290]

This is amazing. 4 of the best to do many things. So many great points, and this is automatic hype for the SMOE! Way to go Brian. I think Thor wins this event, but it won't be easy. He's got a big target on him.

[@frederickknapp5340]

This should be done for every comp. These 4 breaking down the comp.

[@Eparker09]

So cool all of you together. Cool to see you Uncle Loz

[@JuanaLove6931]

My niece is a Kazmaier, so IMO, no one can beat Thor! Love the sport guys! Let's keep it going! Fans are everywhere but youtube presence is important. I know Rogue will always support. They're great people. I too support 💯! This sport won't ever go away but internet presence is a must. Love you all!❤❤❤

[@WillStopka]

No way anyone beats him. The arnold deadlift was crazy

[@wanderer_oti]

I mean who knows. There are some good deadlifters and it being raw could switch things up. Thor is probably the favorite but his win isn't a definite

[@um8778]

Always nice to see more Jerry, great deadlifter in his day

[@yadaroni]

Its nice to see everyone on the same page, focusing on getting the most out of all the athletes. There have been too many events over the years that put some at an advantage and others at a clear disadvantage. Whats best for the athletes and the sport, is to see the biggest numbers possible being put up.

[@CoreyLambrecht]

My son and I will be there. Looking forward to it.

[@michaelkirkland6573]

My favorite part is idea that the round system isn’t too complicated for the viewer to follow. Correct! Thank you to team Shaw for doing it this way, instead of the Arnold Classic way

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Thor is definelty the favorite to win the Deadlift. However, he might have jumped of the 505 ship for this show, he has mentioned he rather do it equipped and he is focusing on winning the whole thing. However he is still going for the raw record wich is 465KG by Jerry. So it will be likely he goes like this: 420KG for the opener (The one he has to make); 455KG for the win (The one he should make); 470KG for the record (the one he want to make).

[@BrockGrimes]

Don't forget Mitch...this is gonna be a good comp

[@wanderer_oti]

Hitting a raw 505 would finally settle all the talk for sure though.

[@trc7343]

@@wanderer_oti that would almost equal eddies 500 if he did 505 raw at this very meet in my opinion

[@chrisbusinelle7276]

Yeah...you can forget o'l Thor buddy...He's going to get stomped into the dirt in this comp. let alone get anywhere near a podium. He's there for celebrity...thats it

[@Vipinnnn17]

505 raw would be a more unbelievable feat than Eddie's 500. IMO

[@caseylecarlson]

Loved hearing all 4 of these guys in one convo! 👏👏👏

[@michaelholder98]

Great idea and super excited to see rest of these series!!! But man you may want to post these on your main YT channels too!!! They’ll get A LOT more pub and hype! Marine Mike 🇺🇸 💪

[@milannabsangster2512]

Nice having Loz involved!

[@johnsterling8808]

This is a fantastic format. More of this type of video

[@larslindqvist1320]

As I see it Brian is the smartest and most committeed, most serious of all strongman I have seen. Also modest and humble, very easy to like him.

[@filiplofgren8023]

Brian seem to remember 2019 asc wrong, thor pulled 1046 as his 2nd lift. His 3rd attempt was 1100

[@Vipinnnn17]

He was talking about 2018 i guess.

[@zackrodriguez9000]

I hope this happens for each event! Fantastic hearing the strategy and experience.

[@mprovin7320]

didnt expect a 25 min video with all of these guys!!

[@HighMaintenancePS]

And this format is WAY better. Like the weightlifting. This just works better for the audience and the athlete. Makes for a better comp.

[@tentoesdownchristianity]

This is a great crew to talk about this

[@GRD211]

The more these guys are involved in strongman going forward, the better. Great discussion.

[@marybuster5349]

This is the best SMOE competition. This year is fire 🔥

[@divicospower9112]

Raw deadlifts are far more better. Thanks Shaw to bring this competition. Also, he was so much right with what he did in 2016. I would have done the same.

[@BR-qw5tb]

Great group of guys, really enjoyed this, glad he didn’t include Eddie.

[@tomhiggins875]

I love raw lifting events because it is closest to the way humans have been lifting for centuries. The closer it gets to see heavy, lift heavy the more I usually like it.

[@BeanoSco]

Brilliant conversation, more plz.

[@benkutz5209]

OH MY GOSH HECK. YES. THIS IS AWESOME PLEASE MAKE THIS PART OF RHE BUILD UP!

[@soultronik5520]

This was amazing. Hope to see more of this. Insight from the greats

[@LatinoAaron]

As a fan, I concur that the battle between the guys is waayy more exciting than just seeing the record.

[@jakesimpson4201]

Love this group of guys

[@AtlasSiłacz]

Man, I love it when reasonable men who know what they're talking about have rational discussions and are completely justified in changing things that weren't going so well. This is so refreshing! Why can't things be the same in politics? Instead you have sheer madness. Greetings from Germany.

[@adaptiveandroid2685]

We NEED more of these

[@TmB799]

This was a gud listen sum gud events an being dun in the right way we all wana see big weightslifted an hopefully sum records too wud b even better great guests big bri especially big terry hollands real onest an genuine gud guy shud ov won atleast one or 2 worlds strongest man too....dam...still pisd off he neva but still was such a gud strongman an person!!!!!! Come on big tommy bring this title bk to the u.k.!!!!!! Bigup from bidzy westmids gypsies England 🙏🏻💪💪👊💯💯👍

[@DarrinHouse-ic3eo]

Brian’s show is the best one!

[@petershortland478]

Mat Ragg, Mitch Hooper, Bobby Thompson, Tom Stoltman (if he doesn't do much promo material). At one point I did think about Oleksii but I don't see him do deadlift without a suit often. If Graham Hicks was here, he would absolutely challenge

[@Nick-gg6tg]

Calling your weights is 💯 how it should be.

[@um8778]

Terry doesn't have a body, he's The Head from Art Attack 🎨

[@dandychiggins7240]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielnewnham8561]

THE most stacked lineup

[@gurrag78]

We have seen Tom do 4x400 on a comp. with a suit. Gotta be pretty good?

[@jaket2274]

Very early predictions (based off of performances at the Arnold where they had suits): No one lifts over 1000 raw besides Thor and Mitch will be second with Bobby third

[@jaket2274]

Also Matt Ragg and Lucas Hattan could be surprise upsets

[@simondean5227]

​@@jaket2274Matt could beat Bobby and Mitch

[@trevtkd]

Now THIS is an epic strongman round table. Would love to have these three guys commentating the show.

[@baldymagoo]

Jerry, Brian, Loz and Terrys MASSIVE head

[@Nick-gg6tg]

Raw! 💪🏽

[@norwoodlk2002]

I wish brian would use a texas barbell for the deadlift the quality of their bars are much more Superior then the Rogue bar

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

Great colab/ podcast .

[@WillStopka]

That's brilliant format

[@bringmemyflail1321]

Terry's camera isn't zoomed in. He's just that huge.

[@larslindqvist1320]

4 intelligent well-spoken serious strongman 💪

[@ScourtasFitness]

The strongman roundtable is incredible!!

[@tomhiggins875]

Please make sure to measure the weights with calibrated scales so there are no arguments over what actually was lifted.

[@schwartzy65]

Is the show going to be livestreamed on youtube?

[@DorlaVegas-cw2kz]

Mr Shaw: V Lalas is a down to earth strongman with an large following of hard core gym rat's. We / I would like seeing him at your event. He talks to us openly. Please find a place for him. He's AWSOME. Thank you

[@wooljunkie29]

Strongman royalty right there!

[@BrockGrimes]

I always wanted to see Jerry pull at max power, but like he and Brian stated the format for the lifts would hose em. Oleksii Novikov can pull a bunch too people forget

[@WishMeLuck123]

This is going to be awesome! 👍

[@wheelmanstan]

I wanna see what the new contraption will be (hopefully)...and maybe award a belt instead of a trophy? I'd say trophy sword but the UK seems to have basically outlawed plastic spoons at this point. A hammer trophy is cool.. just a thought. OR maybe a replica York plate trophy with something on it.

[@anthonyzhang4918]

holy shit, I didn't realize that Jerry's 465 was raw!

[@Gndlf_TheOrange]

These 4 to make a unified ruleset for strongman 👏 👏 👏

[@mediaproof960]

Gonna be an intense battle. Keep the buildup coming guys. Biggest one yet!

[@busabros2480]

please please please!!!! can you show lbs and KG on screen live as they happen. really helps us understand the weight. me as a uk fan am tired of constantly having to have my phone by me to google kg conversions lol

[@fkubiggness]

What a round table

[@Jules-vf1zq]

Absolutely huge let's goo

[@Mike_1947]

Hafthor has pulled 480kg raw in 2020 before the Arnolds.

[@TIWofficial]

if you wanna push Thor invite Graham Hicks

[@svenmuchow-tiktokads]

The problem is Graham is insane with his deadlift, but historically I wouldn’t place him as an elite overall strongman

[@Nirsterkur]

What will be the Weight increments? Will you go like ASC? 1,001 and in 5 lb increments?

[@petershortland478]

I reckon they give athletes the choice

[@justbestronggym]

More of this 👏

[@jocephuscomedy]

Breaking a Deadlift record, or any record, on the first event of the first day is very risky.

[@BuffPomsky]

There should be a separate reward for breaking the record like they did for the rogue 500kg one. Otherwise, there is too much risk since theyre not gonna risk the competition for one event. Thor already mentioned that he isnt going for the record this year anyways

[@Nolan-55]

Not 505, but he might go for the Raw record which is 465~1025lbs.

[@frederickknapp5340]

19 minutes in and I just noticed. Brian, Loz and Jerry are shown chest up and Terry just his head. Did Terry do this to make them feel good because his chest is so big and cut? Or did he just not adjust his camera?

[@jaket2274]

Well he definitely wouldn’t have made them feel bad but I feel he just isn’t used to video calls like this, Brian/Loz/Jerry all have podcasts or KZbin lives that they use those rooms for while I don’t believe Terry does