Every Lift From The 2023 Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift | Arnold Strongman Classic

Every attempt from the Elephant Bar Deadlift, Event 3 of the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic, now in a condensed edit with no lag time between athletes or lifts. Original event date: March 4, 2023, Columbus, Ohio.
With this challenge, each athlete has 3 attempts to establish a max weight (inside a 60 second time cap). The Elephant Bar challenge also doubles as a Rogue Record Breakers event.
Coming off a great showing in the Austrian Oak, the foursome of Trey Mitchell, Bobby Thompson, Mitchell Hooper, and Rob Kearney once again set the tone to start Day Two at the Arnold, as all four look capable of flirting with the 1,000 LB barrier.
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[@tylerrichlen3286]

"You're not going to pull that on one leg." Brian Shaw 2017 has entered the chat.

[@antoniocenteno1483]

*Mikhail Shivliakov gets mad

[@ShinoxSturmreiterDesTode]

the max third attempt 2023 was below the Thor's first attempt 2018 lol!

[@Nirsterkur]

This Elephant bar Deadlift should never be compared with the likes of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 ASC EBDL where *Hafthor: 1046, 1041, 1026, 1011, Jerry: 1031, 1006, Eddie: 1025, Brian: 1021, 1021, 1016 and JF: 1021* showed us what BRUTE STRENGTH is. In 2020 Hafthor retired, and 2021 RI saw a max pull of only 926, hence they changed the EBDL to T-Bar Squat in 2022 ASC and even gave them a suit and still only saw a max 966 "equipped" squat. In 2023 ASC they not only allowed briefs at the EBDL but also had the audacity to compare those brief-equipped lifts with Hafthor's World Record which was done raw. Having said that, I'm glad this year there will be no briefs allowed.

[@motchiman5423]

2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 was a legandry era of the arnolds!

[@neal520]

the arnold hasnt really felt the same since Terry Todds passing

[@tinymahuta]

These opening weights are embarrassing.

[@motchiman5423]

So true...I remamber when jerry opend with 970 lbs or something XD@@tinymahuta

[@Nirsterkur]

@@neal520 Dr. Terry is a massive inspiration to Hafthor. When he placed dead last in 2012 ASC, it was Dr. Terry who approached him and said, Hafthor you are a big guy, you can win this someday. He progressively improved throughout the years by climbing up the ranks being 8th, 7th, 5th and emerged the runner up by 2017. Then 2018 emerged and the rest is history! Dr. Terry passed away in July 2018 and he only saw Hafthor's 2018 ASC win with the 472 WR and him winning WSM in 2018. Unfortunately he didn't see Hafthor winning the World's Ultimate Strongman or the 1100 Powerlifting total with a 5 week prep, let alone the 2019 ASC win with the 474.5 WR and the 501 miss let alone seeing Hafthor as the 3 time back to back Champion. Hafthor has immense respect for Dr. Terry and he paid beautiful tributes to him by 1.) tattooing his slogan Don't Weaken in his upper shin, 2.) wearing Dr. Terry's own kilt which was gifted to Hafthor by Dr. Jan, when he broke his own Highland Games weight over bar WR with 20' 3" during last Rogue Invitational ¹, and 3.) sharing the story I said in my first para about Dr. Terry believing in Hafthor, after he won his 3rd consecutive ASC in 2020 while being interviewed by Arnold himself. --- ¹ For those who don't know, Hafthor broke that world record more than 10 times, ever since he cleared 19'5" in 2015 and to this day, remains the only man to clear 19'6" or higher.

[@silverbackgorilla2112]

Always a great competition. Thank you Rogue for covering Strongman.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Crazy that the winning weight was a routine, casual opener for Thor in 2018-2020.

[@Don_of_KingsFall]

For those saying that these performances dont compare to previous performances in this event. 1. This was the first time that the deadlift at the arnold wasn't the first event and was instead on the 2nd day. The athletes had done the wheel of pain the day before this. 2. Many athletes do not focus on top end deadlift strength the way Eddie and Thor did in their prime. 3. Pavlo, if he wasn't injured, probably would have still done 1k+.

[@Hesher93]

At ASC 2020 the Deadlift also was on the 2nd day (after 3 events instead of 2 and without briefs like they had 2023) The average Deadlift was 10kg higher then 2023 (with Briefs it would be more). And at that Comp you also had multiple injured athletes like Shiv, Pritchett. JF Caron didn't even do his 3rd attempted, cause he already secured 2nd place.

[@Don_of_KingsFall]

@Hesher93 which goes along with my other point. All those names you mentioned are retired, and few athletes today focus on heavy 1rm deadlifts like they did. Also if Ivan, Graham, and a healthy Pavlo were there the numbers wouldn't be that different

[@Hesher93]

@@Don_of_KingsFall Maybe, but you still can defintily compare the numbers and see that they are down. I was more arguing against your 1. and 3. Point.

[@Priimerra]

great vid

[@AngelMichael685]

Very good👍

[@Snowman3g]

Kevin faires is my favorite. Always given it his all.

[@TheAcidJazzSituation]

Missing Caron here

[@cisrael468]

Hope he comes back again. His recovery from his tendon ruptures was miraculous

[@user-lj5pp8uz4j]

Hoo is real badass

[@StrokaReviews]

Nice

[@Buchinator12]

Mitch barely didn't win but honestly he was pretty much the only one of the last few whose form was top notch all throughout, no hitching whatsoever, he looked like he could have put on 15 more pounds and still have gotten it

[@dennishenson7118]

Agreed

[@bmstylee]

They really need to look at doing something about hitching. It's kinda hard to call what Rob Kearny does a deadlift.

[@ashervirin9698]

@@bmstylee Its insane to critisize what Rob is doing considering he is so undersized but still manages to pull crazy weight, nothing is stopping the other guys from doing what he does, but he is uniquely talented in doing those movements, so why shouldn't he be allowed?

[@papasauce234]

i agree hitching is ridiculous but its allowed in strongman, because in strongman you are allowed to lift things pretty much however you want as long as you get it up, it is not a particularly strict sport, its not like powerlifting for example where you need 3 judges and have to meet certain criteria to get a good lift, if you lift it, its good 99% of the time in strongman@@bmstylee

[@PowerLiftingNewsUSA]

👏👏👏

[@shahrukhali4465]

Wow🎉

[@jamess.931]

8:02 my dude either sneezed or coughed out a hell of a lot of blood

[@nickgrignano5562]

How are the gonna let him get away with that????? @5:20

[@Plzreplyhello]

Cant wait till thor comes back.....thor b like hold my beer.

[@marcos78jz]

Kielich lekko poszło jak jasny gwint 😉🇵🇱💪

[@vaporcman1965]

Hey Mitch see 981 not 990.

[@jasonflett3587]

How is resting on the knees legal.

[@ehha21]

906 lb opener sheeesh

[@joeysavino385]

Even though Mitch didn’t win his pull was a lot more impressive. 5 pounds off went way faster and no hitch. He could’ve easily went up 20 pounds

[@classrd7466]

Waiting for 500kg

[@davidp2391]

Make deadlifts great again! Its been pretty meh for a while now.

[@TheGoodOlBoyzChannel]

They are a lot of young guys, it takes years to build a big deadlift up

[@BuffPomsky]

Thor returning is the push the new gen needs

[@Tomm5997]

Honestly we would have seen a thousand lb pull in 23 if they hadn't done the Wheel of Pain first.

[@markvilleneuve8609]

Mitch is definitely a better lifter he didn't have to cheat with his knees

[@runezachariassen8478]

How is it cheating if its allowed in competition? Are straps and suits cheating too?

[@LuckyMorrison]

5:10 weirdo

[@calehenriquedesousa5622]

bitelo...

[@beecj0]

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[@MRX-hp5lg]

Its just not the same as before

[@NS90xAurion]

No 1000 lb deadlift? Strongman are becoming weaker since 2019.

[@mahdimohamed8160]

Yeah they are weaker than ever

[@nike80nl]

Seems like it.

[@Nirsterkur]

It should be since 2020. Hafthor pulled 1,026 in 2020.

[@Don_of_KingsFall]

1. Few strongmen specialize in deadlift strength like Thor and Eddie did and instead focus on being more well-rounded athletes. 2. This was the first event of day 2 of the competition after the athletes had done the Wheel of Pain the day prior. None of these athletes were at 100%. 3. Pavlo probably would have still pulled 1k had he not been injured.

[@adamhandlin7418]

Well you gotta remember. The sport is not the strongest man, it's the most fit strongman. The strongest men? Big Z, Brian, Thor Eddie. Are they the fastest or most fit? No. Are they stronger? Yes.

[@TheEndlessRiver-]

Kieliszkowski cienki jak polsilver w martwym. Dlaaaczego

[@wiecek995]

No to chyba Jego "pięta Achillesa". Nadrabia w innych, dynamiczniejszych konkurencjach 💪

[@dunumike777]

What rob kearny does shouldn't be counted in my opinion he's pretty much resetting mid rep.

[@sethdaboss245]

What a joke Rob, not even deadlifting just hitchlifting

[@JonathanMartinez-gs7pr]

I almost though he was cheating with that. Not sure if they should allow that....Though to be fair there's no way I can even get close to lifting those weights now.

[@mattystewart8]

I dont care what anyone says, kearnys deadlift is not a deadlift. There is hitching and then there is that monstrosity of a deadlift

[@furezj]

This is what happens when you allow hitching. I think hitching, in general, is absolutely ridiculous.

[@joeysavino385]

He’s putting himself at a severe risk of injury doing that, so it’s his fault if he fucks up. But yes, it’s gross to look at.

[@tinymahuta]

It is the equivalent of an ugly powerlifting bench arch.

[@BK90109]

Yes I've always thought the same thing. There's a difference between hitching and whatever he is doing

[@BuffPomsky]

I agree. We should not allow any hitching at all. This also includes Kevin's 901lb, Trey's 941, all of Rob's lol

[@alexcroxton462]

These sucked