2024 STRONGEST MAN ON EARTH FULL MANHOOD STONES EVENT

[@Nirsterkur]

King Hafthor Julius Bjornsson, THE KING 👑 OF THE STONES!!!

[@rp6699]

What genius thought Polished stones would be a great idea. Rubberized outer layer on textured stones is going to save a lot of time

[@lukeshuster5226]

and be the same for everyone. those guys at the end had a huge advantage with the stone covered in the tar

[@peytonscoggin3746]

Such a great event and get so much unnecessary hate because athletes made bad choices on weights and tacky. On the Shawstrength podcast Mitch talks about how all of the stones were perfect and everyone complaining they were “too smooth” were completely wrong. With that being said I would love to see a stone for reps event similar to the WSM stone off where we get to see who can do 400 or maybe 450 for the most reps. Would be an epic showdown between Thor and Tom for sure

[@florianmcslag7472]

Absolutely agree! Great event, heavy stones! And Mitch and Thor absolutely proofed, that it was possible - If you are strong as hell!!

[@soarin5814]

I agree. It all comes to strength. However there are differences in the stones. A fresh 450lb/200kg smooth stone is just different to a used 450lb/200kg stone or a rougher stone. Probably could be compared to making a deadlift PR on a bar with no gnarling vs a bar with gnarling.

[@jamesmaitlandstewart08]

37:12 for the King!

[@SwitchUpYt]

Looks normal height, walks over to crowd, crowd look like hobbits

[@iramiyahira8301]

Thor and his Stones!!! ❤😮❤😅❤

[@Mike_Levinson]

It's great to see Thor back in Strongman. In time, the strongest man on earth will become the best strongman competition. According to the athletes, it may already be the best. Because Brian Shaw loves the sport. His dedication and preparation, along with his team's help, will fix any issues going further.

[@jamesmaitlandstewart08]

Hafthor Bjornsson is the best thing that ever happened to the sport of strongman. I can watch him, Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps till the end of my time.

[@TheVanillatech]

Thor is incredible. He turned up over a decade ago and had SO MUCH potential but was just wild and emotional and made so many mistakes! Over the years watching him mature and train himself into what he became breathed new intrest into the sport for me. Part of me is sad that he quit to fight Eddie but hey - he got paid and Eddie did need to be taught some respect. I wonder what Thor could have done had he not taken those 3 years out during his absolute prime...

[@fremont66]

I would think rubber sleeves would do better than the sticky.

[@coyote6154]

They don't 😅 Stones are heavy as f...

[@cheesycarrotsoup]

Or ad texture to the stones. Polished stones are definitely a mistake.

[@fremont66]

@cheesycarrotsoup agreed

[@patrickcraig3631]

Incorrect.

[@jamesmaitlandstewart08]

@@cheesycarrotsoup That's an excuse made up by Tom fanboys. On the Shawstrength podcast Mitch talks about how all of the stones were perfect and everyone complaining they were “too smooth” were completely wrong.

[@brittanymcdonald6990]

Love having Thor back. And love how he's a lot more humble and mature.

[@TheVanillatech]

Thor has always been humble. Ever since he first appeared at WSM over a decade ago.

[@TheSLK66]

Thor, the king of the stones has returned

[@TheVanillatech]

24:40 when Terry Hollands says Brian is the only guy from this generation who can compete with Tom on the stones I literally spat out my coffee....

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

And he’s right. Before Thor and Tom , there was Brian until Arnold’s stop max stone

[@TheVanillatech]

@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Thor was king of the stones BEFORE Tom even ever competed. Not Brian. And Tom only became "king of stones" when THor quit strongman to fight Eddie. The moment he returned he was king again.

[@kalzonenu]

@@TheVanillatech You should be happy he got a win otherwise he would bitch and whine about cheating for another 4 years like sore losing sod he is. And no Tom definently is the king of stones, infact Thors been beaten on stones many MANY times. And his moviestardom is worse than lou fouringo for christ sake lol. Its a simple fact he will be a Kazmaier or Savickaz. Mitch however still has a chance of beating them all.

[@EmmerichSchmidt]

38:06 Thor goes to 550... no spoilers...

[@theronsokol8078]

wheres the rest? this stuff is incredible. blows my mind.

[@daltonmason62]

That guy at the end of the front row on the right side has a phenomenal beard!

[@YannMetalhead]

Great competition.

[@damienpalmer6235]

Just saw Brian Shaw tap Thor on the back and Brian looked small....then in another video on the tube of you...Brian makes Eddie Hall looms small.... Thor is a Mountain for real!!!!😮

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Give this event one more crack next year or add more stones?

[@ShinoxSturmreiterDesTode]

imagine he was not injured and pressing not gone!

[@fremont66]

Z, Shaw, Hall, Best, Oberst, Thor, Licis all my top strongmen of all time, enter Hooper and thank God for another great strongman for years to come

[@bruh-tk2bo]

Best and Oberst are great but not at that historic level like Z Shaw hall and Thor

[@chillypeper777]

Oberst is the most mid lvl strongman from USA ever...

[@Adam-bw6dj]

Best and Oberst definitely can't compare to the rest on your list. Good strongmen and good guys but neither won a single major title or even an international title as far as I'm aware.

[@fremont66]

@@Adam-bw6dj True but they were great ambassadors to the sport and always spurred on the competition, great guys

[@Adam-bw6dj]

@@fremont66 Absolutely agree. Good additions to strongman and always had respect for both. Especially Nick, to be that strong at that age and remain consistent for so many years is incredibly impressive.

[@PirateCommander]

8:58 Presumably soccer instinct, because you're NEVER actually trapping a concrete ball of that weight thataways. I suspect he knew immediately to let it roll as soon as he did that and his ligament was spared.

[@TheVanillatech]

24:40 .... SERIOUSLY Terry? The ONLY guy in "toms league" of stone lifting is BRIAN? Ever heard of Thor Bjornsson? XD I mean I know at a Giants Live show that'd be standard, and GL's policy is literally to ignore the fact that Thor even exists, or to go so far as to actively defame him, but you should know better! Thor is King Of The Stones, and Tom was merely acting regeant until Thors return.

[@Mike_Levinson]

I was thinking the exact same thing as you. Strongman needs to be objective. Thor deserves proper recognition.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@Mike_Levinson Hollands knows everything there is to know about the sport. He's making it pretty obvious who his main donors and sponsors are with stupid statements like that...

[@Mike_Levinson]

@TheVanillatech Agreed. Such a shame.

[@jamesmaitlandstewart08]

Agreed. Terry is no Loz, always biased towards British athletes. Hafthor is the greatest stonelifter ever and it's not even a debate.

[@TheVanillatech]

@@jamesmaitlandstewart08 Terry is on the payroll of GL and WSM too. Thats the issue. Thats why Magnus - when pressed by Loz in his "Talking Strongman" series a few years back - also said that Thors 501 was illegitimate because it wasn't done in competition. Scared to lose his presidgious and highly paid role as a referee at GL and WSM gigs... The fact that politics even enters into this sport is a joke. Like a bunch of school kids angry that someone doesn't want to be in their gang. Thor should stay as far away from anything to do with GL or WSM as he can, especially after the secret recordings of the Stoltmans discussing the cheating and helping etc. Basically proving that everything Thor said was true, everything that we suspected was true, despite the sick amount of slander and defamation that Official Strongman and GL put on Thor (to this day).

[@satchycollins3985]

Thanks

[@Kragatar]

Seems like this was as much a competition of tacky application as it was strength. I'd prefer to see stones that can be lifted raw, with no tacky allowed. It's disappointing when sticky goo is the deciding factor rather than strength.

[@vojtechkorhon4159]

Tackyless Manhood Stones would be a cool event.

[@jamesmaitlandstewart08]

Watch this years Rogue Invitational for the King of Stones ONE MOTIONING all 5 Inver stones, raw without tacky!

[@TheVanillatech]

Blaming the taccy are we? XD Perhaps it's just that Thor is King Of Stones, and Tom only "borrrowed" the crown while the icelander was taking a short break to flatten Eddie Hall?

[@kevinarmstrong751]

What the hell ? I thought Tom was going to be the man in this event ?

[@JarerSaro]

Injuries not an excuse, they agreed with it, why compete in if they know they're not 100% so No excuses...

[@martinluterkingbarbosa8055]

Hupper has the speed Thor the height😮

[@Gndlf_TheOrange]

I think this show was unarguably the crowning of the strongest man on Earth as it was the heaviest by some margin. Maybe TOO heavy? Dropping the weights in aome events by 20% might have made it more competitive and interesting to watch? Who knows. Fantastic to watch though.

[@Vampire__Squid]

Its funny this is a very rare event, its only in this contest because Brian loves it.

[@troycote4503]

And A big shout out to Eddie Hall!😂

[@TheVanillatech]

I heard shes a KZbinr now?

[@Gurbejong]

The tacky should be gone from these events. The test here should be about who can lift the heaviest stones, not about who is the best at applying tacky. Get rid of the tacky and you're left with who can lift the stone.

[@lordsudbury]

I thought you weren’t allowed to go lower

[@gustavobentancort2257]

272kg x 2 reaL MONSTER!!

[@joseluishuamanlopez9963]

Las piedras estan muy resbalosas asi es muy dificil levantarlas .

[@rushgush]

louis cyr of canada could hoist with 1 arm a wooden barrel filled with concrete to his shoulder. it weighed like 500lbs….

[@lordsudbury]

Lmao great opening line

[@gustavosousa9737]

Uhuu

[@douglasmarkwith]

When the best stone lifters can't even do it, you know there's a problem. This entire event was frustrating to watch and, honestly, very anti-climactic. They went a bit too heavy with the stones. It made the event rather disappointing.

[@daviesugo7641]

Or the athletes chose to go too heavy. Tom should have gone for a lighter weight. Thats on him.

[@Despond]

Was a bit sad seeing so many fail lifts not because of the weight but because of the grip.

[@sunepkichu5865]

Brian Shaw looks small 😅

[@Just_a_guy093]

when then announcers say this is a keystone event in strong man and coming up on half way through the show and only one stone is lifted... id say they made the stones to big... if its a keystone event then guys train it... so if guys cant complete or even do your event the event is flawed in some way or fashion...

[@torkela]

When lifting stone at 90, there was no glue on the hands.

[@iwilrage]

Stones are BS. The height needs to be adjusted according to the person hieght. A 6'8" guy bringing the stone to his waste is much easier than the guy who has to bring it to his chest.

[@josephsummers2427]

Thankfully there is only a 9" height differential between the shortest and tallest person here. At least that makes the playing field a little better.

[@cisrael468]

By that logic the starting height of deadlifts needs to be changed too

[@andreascristea3960]

​@@cisrael468 so true,imagine thor's deadlift by eddie's height standard

[@loud865]

Get taller stop cryin

[@rushgush]

these guys have nothing on louis cyr , they refuse to even do the back press… which louis did of 4300lbs

[@TheVanillatech]

These guys ain't got shit on my Dad. He once carried 7 bags of shopping home and didn't have to put them down ONCE!

[@DJsTeLF]

After rhis evemt isn't it clear: ban tacky and use chalk only?!

[@canyonblauch-chappell3491]

Have you ever lifted an atlas stone?

[@medvidekmisa]

well as you can see ar rogue strongman, they changed the stones to oval and no tacky, and its also very interesting :) i think it might be better even, but still, someone did something very wrong to these stones, obviously, as Tom Stoltman is best man in the world on this, still the tacky teared in a very weird way, cant say why rly

[@vpmcgeath]

The stones are just smooth because they're new, and unlike the ones they had for practice/warm up with back stage, they had no tacky to start with on these. Nothing "wrong" with them.

[@vpmcgeath]

​@medvidekmisa the oval stones are meant to be "natural". They're entirely different types stone lifts.

[@middleoftheroad1]

Maybe those stones are a little too slick! It's also an unfair advantage to go toward the end of the rotation. Those stones had that sticky substance all over them. The first guys had to deal with much slicker stones.

[@cisrael468]

Going toward the end of any strongman event has inherent advantages which is part of the reward for winning the previous event. This has been the case for every atlas stone event in history

[@middleoftheroad1]

@cisrael468 should any event be designed to give one competitor and advantage over another? The answer to that is, no. Go ahead and put the sticky substance all over the stones from the start so everyone has an equal opportunity.

[@daviesugo7641]

Every competitor had the opportunity to do that themselves ​@@middleoftheroad1

[@cisrael468]

@@middleoftheroad1 again, going last is an advantage in literally every event. Max distance carry means you can see how far the other competitors went. Max reps you know what number to shoot for. Atlas stone runs like giants live means more fresh tacky on the stones

[@middleoftheroad1]

@@cisrael468 you're missing the point. There is a massive difference between going last so you know what it takes to win the event versus the order making the event easier on some than others. The difficulty level needs to be the same for every competitor.

[@kalzonenu]

Comparing Atlas Stones to Deadlifts :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Its like comparing lifting a banana and a banana tree.

[@polarbear4612]

The sticky hurt some of the guys getting it off the mat and some it got a little stuck on their thighs and shirt.

[@denisg284]

What's the point of making so slippery stones so no one could normally lift it. Obviously last athletes put a tone of the stick on their hands that let them perform a couple lifts.

[@Tomm5997]

That's just how new stones are. If the first several athletes didn't use enough tacky then that's their fault.

[@ShiveringKnight]

why are you releasing these events once a week?!!?!?! RELEASE ALL THE EVENTS! tHIS IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOUR VIEWS. OR CREATE AN INTEREST OR SHARE IF YOU KEEP RELEASING THEM SO FAR APART

[@pilbomags488]

At this point, the phrase "Strongest Man on Earth" has lost all meaning.

[@daviesugo7641]

This was by far the heaviest competition of the year.

[@Couldhavebeensomeone]

You messed up Brian, with smooth unused stones

[@thegoodfight4874]

How did Thor lose the whole event?