World's STRONGEST Nation, is it USA or UK?

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

DONT MISS: World's Strongest Nation 2 DATE: November 18 , 2023 WHERE: Liverpool's M&S Bank Arena TICKETS @ giants-live.com/shows/worldsstrongestnation-2023

[@dannyclarke6669]

Already got my tickets ❤❤

[@Ryanb1998]

Can I watch the shit on KZbin ?

[@charles-mp9nt]

@@Ryanb1998 nope they suck in that aspect they don't air WSM until Christmas time Rouge is the best for giving us the live shows

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

@@Ryanb1998 livestreams of all our contests go on www.officialstrongman.com

[@Ryanb1998]

@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN thanks I will be trying to watch that live

[@nokneedownian8521]

Mark felix if there is any athlete that needs to be honoured in the kings new year honours list it has to be him

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

we agree

[@leroyjenkins8351]

No truer words have been spoken! A beast of a man!!💪

[@trifandi5238]

Thanks!

[@robmassey8148]

Now Terry Hollands has retired from full comps, this would be a great show for him to participate in this year

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

dont disagree - but this event really needed guys in tip top shape and Terry has had a major injury a couple years ago to his biceps. He can do some events and maybe you are right, but there are certain events he cant do and he wouldn't want to be a burden to the team if he cant do a number of events.

[@robmassey8148]

@Giants Live STRONGMAN that's why this show would be perfect for him :) I know before he had to pull out of Brits earlier this year, he wanted his son to see him compete one last time. Understand the injury meaning he can't do some events, but I bet he could still hang with the top guys in certain things, maybe like farmers walk etc 💪

[@petershortland478]

​@Rob Massey, that's if Terry wants to do it, Terry knows when it's time to call it

[@Ripplin]

YES! Was so hoping to see this, and this is sooner than I figured we would! Thank you so much! :)

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Thank you - it isn't a Mainstream TV show this year, so we thought it should be enjoyed as soon as possible on KZbin. Please share if you enjoyed it and help us make it even bigger show. The bigger it is the more likely we can get TV and grow the prize fund and the sport. Much appreciated.

[@paulbudford]

This format works really well. Great show everyone.

[@vardito10]

This was absolutely brilliant! Some proper legends here

[@corygalster]

An absolute joy to watch. This is such a good idea for a competition. Hope it becomes an annual thing. Would love to see it grow. Let’s bring in more nations. Maybe get those Icelandic monsters in there.

[@maticsimonic9673]

I think Iceland wouldn’t have enough top strongmen to stand a chance in such competition, but they could join up with Norway, Sweden and Finland and compete as Scandinavia

[@cato9939]

@@maticsimonic9673 Thanks for that comment ,i also agree i f thier are nations with fewer strongmen maybe 3 could team up. Again maybe latvia,lithuainia and moldova. Time to all join and have not just team spirit but world spirit👍

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it. great thoughts - thanks

[@bucktaylor4960]

Exactly,do the competition with more nations,how they compete now,they can’t be called strongest man or woman if only two nations compete!

[@danishmultichannel]

Hope they go forward with this concept in the future.

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

cheers

[@urbanmidnight1]

I don't, can us men just have 1 space/sport please. Male spaces being invaded by women. Men need their own spaces too! They're only doing this to get that ESG money.

[@Ian30rf]

I hope u guys do this more I watch a lot of strong man competition but this was one of the most fun events to watch thank u

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

our pleasure - thanks for letting us know

[@Noahboy8]

Gabi Dixson has some crazy grip strength!!!

[@user-cm9ef4fw7m]

naaa

[@julianhernandez6457]

Gabby is such a good strongwoman. Her grip is right at the top with women like Rebecca Roberts.

[@julianhernandez6457]

Gabby is such a good strongwoman. Her grip is right at the top with women like Rebecca Roberts.

[@mehallica666]

The Brits essentially forfeited two events, and still won comfortably. What would have happened had the Stoltman boys shown up? Wow!

[@Ian30rf]

This was so much fun to watch and so many of my favorite competitors and some new to me and Gabi look like she was having so much fun wich made it that much more fun to watch

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

That was awesome can’t wait to see it next yr. Even though Brian will be retired, but maybe he can be a captain and just do a couple events like Eddie did

[@aaronlidbetter840]

Absolutely tremendous effort from all competitors!! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@LatinoAaron]

I'd like to see the following events: Squat for reps Bag / barrell over bar Stone to shoulder for reps Tyre flip race Yoke into log Teams: UK: Paul Smith Gavin Bilton Luke Richardson Shane Flowers Andrea Thompson Lucy Underdown Rebecca Roberts Rhiannon Lovelace US: Evan Singleton Wesley Clayborn Spencer Remick Gabriel Peña Ines Carrasquillo Nadia Stowers Gabi Dixson Hannah Linzay Also think it would be pretty cool to get other countries involved. Maybe not in the same show but you could have countries like Canada representing or Iceland as both countries have great male and female representation. Also would be cool to give the show even more layers by having a master on each team such as Nick Best and Mark Felix to make it even more inclusive. FInally, it might be nice to include athletes that do not get picked for most shows so they can show what they can do. Thought last years show was a triumph and is really something to build on. Well done to the Giants Live team!

[@jamesheyworth4370]

Fantastic watch. A great start to a rivalry I hope continues to push human achievements. Oh, big up the Roberts.

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. It's happenign again in 2023!! Licis wants revenge. Plus - How can you beat a USA vs UK strength competition! lol

[@Gajargon]

4-person Frame Carry, Partnered deadlift for reps, Partnered Viking Press, Whole-team arm-over-arm, Relay loading race

[@Starchaser63]

Really enjoyed watching that ..fantastic 👏

[@SPRDAVE]

eddie is awesome guy thumb up to eddie always .

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

So what athletes and events would you like to see in the 2023 rematch?

[@petershortland478]

Log Ladder Squat for Reps Deadlift for Reps Carry and Drag Super Yoke Atlas Stones Have the teams of 8, 4 men and 4 women but have an actual athlete as captain, but can only do one event so bit of smart tactics need to be made 🇬🇧 Luke Stoltman Captain Adam Bishop Graham Hicks Gavin Bilton Donna Moore Andrea Thompson Rebecca Roberts Lucy Underdown 🇺🇸 Bobby Thompson Captain Trey Mitchell Kevin Faires Evan Singleton Gabi Dixson Victoria Long Inez Carrasquillo Hannah Linzey

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

@@petershortland478 very well thought out. Though I think your comment on Eddie Hall is a little out of line - as his role as Captain was A/ succesful (yes he did get injured, but he go the victory for his team, which meant there was a very positive financial consequence for them.) His success would probably mean that the UK athletes would likely disagree with you; and B/ the role of captain is a hands-on role, that involves acting in year 1 as 'the coach', 'selector' and 'motivator'. Let's not forget that Eddie is a WSM winner with great experience, huge respect from his peers in competition, and was full of insights for his UK teammates to follow. Iso was Martins btw... He was brilliant. I dont however disagree with you regarding Luke. He would be a very good team captain. totally agree. Plus - Your athlete selection suggestions are outstanding. Im purely disagreeing with suggesting that Eddie is not an athlete still - Is that because he is too old? That cant be true as Felix is 56. Over 20 years older. is it because he came out of retirement? Granted it was a surprise but the facts suggest he handled it fine. besides leading a winning team, think it's fair to say he was competitive in what he did. He won one event and got injured in another which he looked very strong in. PS - interesting list of events you put down. How would you do the Atlas Stones in a team situation?

[@spokeen6249]

Terry or loz as captain. No Eddie please 🤞

[@hassanzafar6697]

@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN this year have more events that involve the whole team. Like tug of war and medleys. More events that require strategy. Rather than just single athlete events.

[@giovannicupello1977]

Please can we have Hafthor back?

[@lifewithyana2924]

Gabi Dixon is a BEAST. My goodness something about her gave me chills. Maybe because you can just feel that her energy is so genuine and beautiful, and then she has this strength about her. To go in as a woman in this sport at that. Amazing!

[@rfjohns4452]

Anyone takes up a career in strongman better be aware how damn hard it is. What type of job do you have to give 100% of your strength and end up in last place with little financial benefits. British really supports their strongman shows and that's great.

[@christopherprice3130]

That Was Absolutely Amazing ❤

[@mike2525-jg]

very good show of strength hope to see more like this love watching the women

[@MichaelBrown-wx6zq]

Same but they should be tested. Otherwise the whole competition is which woman is biologically closer to being a man... I also think the men should be tested but it's less silly for them

[@MultiDriven]

great video!

[@jasonricchio5139]

Donna Moore is a beast. Why is it that I am just now learning about her?

[@neelparmar252]

@@jasonricchio5139 yup

[@elvikingobarbaroja]

This was a fun contest to watch. ❤

[@jayreid3016]

Massive well done to everyone

[@paulwhitman8955]

Awesome show!

[@jhersonandrade9896]

eddie hall looks so small i remember him giant, even his legs and arms if it wasn't for his face i wouldn't even know it's him

[@stephen2583]

he lost about 100lbs between his world strongest man time and his stint as Thors punching bag.

[@sdqsdq6274]

@@stephen2583 lol , dude going into bodybuilding

[@stephen2583]

@@sdqsdq6274 No, pay attention, he lost that weight for the boxing match. Hes now putting weight ON before he starts bodybuilding.

[@NSD-fp9qj]

@@stephen258354-57 doesn’t seem like either one did too bad

[@Amateurstrongman]

Eddie should have been stopped halfway through his hammer hold. His arms dropped significantly more often than Felix's, but Felix got warnings and Eddie didn't.

[@beardedbjorn5520]

He was gifted an extra 15 seconds minimum, not the best reffing there

[@jsaucer510]

Yhea it's UK rules 😂😂😂 hard to watch.

[@armsofiron8145]

@@jsaucer510can I borrow some of that salt for my fries?

[@jsaucer510]

@@armsofiron8145 oh you salty

[@armsofiron8145]

@@jsaucer510 I’m actually spicy I think you’ll find

[@Bryanp1289]

This was incredible to watch! Hopefully Brian Shaw can join next year.. and add Iceland and Poland as two countries in the mix?

[@jamesfaraimo1221]

25-30% is a good range, you destroyed the myth of being a giant lol, so encouraging to listen to your podcast so inspiring ❤❤❤

[@Aladeide]

This format is entertaining

[@Stormkwiet]

Love the energy ❤

[@dknockaert]

Good show

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@amplify3735]

Sad for Eddie there as shoulders are his strongest part speedy recovery we pray. Well done team UK!!!!

[@mohammedmhd2800]

Awesome

[@michaeltuckerman6983]

There's a huge difference between Max and reps. I think there should be sort of a mixture. 2 reps for Max

[@b_rabbit435]

I find it hard to believe that the hercules hold was the same weight both for the men and the women considering how much better the men did at the other events with much heavier weights.

[@romanholcak7985]

Mark Felix Legende ❤❤

[@armsofiron8145]

That Felix never won the WSM title is one of the greatest tragedies in the sports history.

[@dileep-kumar]

Gabi Dixson.... Gentlemen and Boys...Gabi Dixson. Wow!👏👏

[@vgmlelle]

For some reason, for me, it just gets more awesome with UK when you think about that US has around 265 million MORE people to choose from than UK. (probably biased since I live in EU). That said I don't even know if you can look at it that way and i'm not trying to take away anything from anyone here, they are all incredible athletes and BEASTS!

[@BoDiesel]

If he improves more, he may be on par to compete in arnold classic or world strongest man. Very impressive lifts but worlds strongest is very competitive.

[@meganjensen2239]

So excited to see Andrea Thompson compete (even if she is on the UK team, lol).

[@kucuser]

What a bs juding at the hammer hold, Hall should have been stopped at 53 seconds.

[@TheSamiswellcool]

Cry more 😘

[@kucuser]

@@TheSamiswellcool if you see somebody crying you give him a hug not a kiss.

[@maticsimonic9673]

Wasn’t Magnus judging?

[@mattferrigno9750]

Not sure what you're looking at but you can't even spell judging correctly even with auto correction.

[@blackmass1082]

You're right, MvM messed up.

[@b_rabbit435]

Neither. The strongest nation is Iceland. Per capita they have produced 100 times more strongmen than either country.

[@High_Hearted]

Great watch, gutted UK lost Bilton was slow off the mark for the final event I think this cost the team overall

[@FCBcubano]

I watched this live but I forget wasn't Rob oberist ment to be captain

[@frederickknapp5340]

Eddie lost the hammer hold, look how soon he was lower than perpendicular

[@beardedbjorn5520]

They gave him an extra 15 seconds. Trey was rock steady the whole time

[@mohdagos7043]

Butuh usa

[@lukemorel5172]

Would have been cool to see oberst captain the USA just for the shit talking with Eddie but still amazing

[@vananon51]

Awesome to watch...except that I think the scoring was biased in favor of the UK...

This comment I expect to be erased, someone just has to say it. Isn't that suspicious that Dixson attempted the men's weight and got further than top 5 world's strongest men like Martins, Faires and Bobby? 200 kg per hand for her, and she wins over grip superstars like Martins? Very strange. Specially in those days of female empowerement being shoved up your noses. . If you've ever trained grip on farmers, it's such a small muscle group and so dependent on hand size (more mass against the handle generates friction), that if you go from 100 to 110 kg per hand it already becomes a different ball game. How a woman is holding 200kg per hand and defeating Martins? Again, strange.

[@brendanrichards3159]

Perhaps it is just applied physics. People with a longer wing span have the columns leaning further, making them heavier. I don't know what the practical difference would be, but I suspect there is a pretty big advantage to having a smaller reach.

[@spokeen6249]

You're right I heard Colin telling the staff to turn down the gravity when it was the females go!

@@spokeen6249 There's a number of ways you could get misled and not even knowing it, examples: A) the angle of the pillar may be different for the women's attempt, resulting in less weight at the handles. That may be true even for Dixson's attempt and Colin simply didn't tell you that. B) How many times you've seem Colin exagerating status, like saying a 6 foot 5 man is 2 metres high, or a 185 kg man is rounded up to 200 kg? It's all tv show. They can tell you anything you want to hear. . In times of female empowerment, it's a "great story" to say that 1 woman has beaten several male superstars at the same weight. Were you there to measure the angle of the pillars? Were you there to even check if they didn't remove any plates inside the pillar (I assume it does have plates inside). You weren't. You're just believing Colin, which has a known record of exagerating things and creating agendas, rigging in favour of fellow competitors, etc. . C) Use logic. On every other event, women's weight was 50% down. Why would only ONE event (Dixson's attempt) be at the same men's weight, while at the same time, all other female athletes except Dixson used the allegedly female"s weight? Dixson may have well used female's weight, and the presenter simply didn't tell you that, and you believed what he said.

@@brendanrichards3159 I'd entirely agree with you, but they have stated times before the event is measured for individual athlete's height, so that the pillar gets adjusted at the same angle for every athlete, thus meaning consistent weight accross the field. I was not there to measure the pillars, obviously, so can't tell by the images if she is hanging the pillars any more upright than the men. For a more indepth comment, please read my comment to Spoke en right below this one.

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

We have no reason to take down your suspicions as we found it hard to believe ourselves. That fact is it's true - there is no illusion going on here. TBH - It's a huge surprise to us, as well as most of the women taking part as well that they were much closer to the men than they imagined. Gabi was extraordinary. So please dont damage what she achieved with rumours or suggestions - though it is understandable. But it's simply the way it is. In fact, what we must conclude after seeing this is (seeing as there isn't much data on female grip strength/holding grip strength in particular) that female grip is not as far off males as before this show we all would have likely assumed. So please don't think we are trying to somehow pull the wool over the strength world's eyes or that we are falsely trying to power women through some sort of deceit. Why would we? The fact is it is the females themselves who have gone out there and shown us their ability. Assumption is the mother of all ...... So we mustn't assume they are that much different than men in a number of possible strength tests. And if as a result of this testing it is somehow empowering them - then great! But they are the ones who are empowering themselves through their ability. That is simply the way it is. It happened how you see it and its as simple as that.

[@aeternapreliator]

Eddie hall went right thru the pain barrier to the other side on the hammer hold there for sure. Still a chamion still world class 💪🏼👍🏼

[@POOCOMESFROMFOOD]

we need an australian version already, come out here and get Australian strongmen vs the brits

[@mosu9133]

Amazing, the women was fantastic just wow!

[@ShattyGaming]

such a shame for Eddie there on that viking press, i think he puts up 20 there maybe more, who knows

[@DeckerFI]

Eddie's "Fook yeah" is great 😄

[@DennisGr]

really well done to the brits, sadly my country of germany is not relevant internationally, though we have some guys i consider strong. thanks to the internet i get to enjoy all the content anyway.

[@quelandil5738]

Who was the most successful on an international level? I remember kohlruss and gordzielik making it to wsm heats some years ago

[@vardito10]

It's surprising really, I'd expect Germany to have many elite strongmen, come on get those weights lifted haha!

[@Christian-vq8rd]

@@vardito10 No kidding. There are lots of athletes, Germany has a large population, and they have money. It's super surprising how little Germans have done in Stongman.

[@Christian-vq8rd]

Heinz Olesch back in the day.

[@Christian-vq8rd]

@ryze9153 Which is surprising.

[@AnimateIndia-gl2qu]

i think that the best performer was for both the teams was mark felix and gabi dixson

[@boogeyperson316]

What happened to Graham Hicks in the log press event?

[@petershortland478]

Graham Hicks unfortunately during the week had flu didn't quite recover 100% but was still able to do 2 events

[@Prod.Z3RØ-g59]

ive never heard mark talk before and wow that caught me off guard

[@Mister008Gaming]

USA should’ve won the hammer hold. Eddie was below parallel for quite some time and that should’ve been a DQ.

[@jsaucer510]

Happy someone noticed

[@singhk7240]

Eddi Hall

[@Saskatchetooner]

Gabbie 🎉🎉

[@jamesheyworth4370]

Shame Remick had that drop, as he would have got the extra point and made the contest a little tighter.

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

which event ? the farmers he dropped it but I think he still did the fastest time of any US athlete

[@jamesheyworth4370]

@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN, yes , but if an athlete records the overall fastest time(which he would have) A bonus point would have been awarded to team USA. Just saying shame, as it was a 4 point gap instead of a 2 point gap at the start.

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

@@jamesheyworth4370 good point!

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

@James Heyworth or I should say - it would have been a good Team point! lol

[@aeternapreliator]

Where was Brian shaw and watching the log press im lookin for Luke stoltman

[@nomadflbh]

This was a great watch!🙏🏾👏🏾😤✊🏾🫡

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

very kind of you to say so - thank you !!!

[@incamoran9532]

I'd like to see Bobby Thompson's excuse book of reasons to give for going off when he can't do the task.

[@Ian30rf]

I know we are supposed to have a favorite teem but I just couldn’t I loved them all

[@wastelander89]

Very impressive mark Felix

[@kJ922-h3j]

I mean given that the USA has over 5 times the population to work with compared to the U.K….

[@dancinginthedark666]

Iceland!! Jon Pal Sigmarsson, Magnus Ver Magnusson, Hafthor Bjorsson... with only 300.000 of population in the island..

[@jordanbeech12]

Gabby Dixon did amazing

[@d.b.o.c.6852]

Eddie then thor now all these guys 😮😮😮 gettin real

[@elitevirus2281]

the women smashed this what great idols.

[@adammartin5630]

Mark felix falls asleep during static holds

[@Demidar665]

The ones in greece that hercules would have done it with are like 13-15 tons each

[@jamesaird8478]

12:34 what the hell was that for a remark 😂

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

lol genius from Neil Pickup!

[@cory1705]

How do they choose whom is to represents their country?? I'm actually surprised Brian Shaw wasn't apart of this!

[@Vipinn17]

Whoever they were able to afford ig.

[@Mikeb8134]

The Brits picked the US team to go against rigth?

[@Lalala-uu6do]

Hall was like I don’t care drag him 😂😂😂😂😂 01:09:51

[@kuldeepkumardinodia6347]

🙏🙏

[@user-xe9ro9ws2h]

Ukraine or Lithuania?

[@charles-mp9nt]

Big Z

[@koushiksunar3477]

💪💪💪💪💪

[@huntermaskiewicz2318]

I'm not even going to finish watching this.

[@smk11685]

Gabi dixson is one of my new heroes 🤙🍻 grip is one of my favorite strengths and she rocked the Hercules hold 💯 keep up the good work young lady 💪

[@bradturner1995]

yes bro! awesome bro! iron bibbey is my favourite though...

[@edbergduran4798]

Bilton looks like a massive Joey Walker from KGATLW

[@paulthomas9271]

Why did the American on the log press go it alone unchallenged?

[@dwight1788]

Now this i think if the girls hold the same weight as the guys in the Hercules hold them the hammer hold should be the same weight as well

[@icyhotcutz2387]

25:30 I was like wtf it's that lol

[@jsaucer510]

😂😂😂

[@amadeoDT]

How about us or uk vs rest of world

[@narayankulkarni5378]

Whatever US and UK both are brothers and sisters

[@jsaucer510]

Big congrats to Gabby Dixon she deserves a platinum medal just for showing up. She murdered the UK women. USA did not receive the respect they deserve. You All Were Awesome. And Great Job Nadia Stowers ❤.

[@mattbrown3303]

That would have been more interesting if they had Brian Shaw there.

[@giovannicupello1977]

It's Iceland!

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

You are absolutely correct. There is more then a very good argument for Iceland being 1 of the top 2 greatest Nations of strength (in terms of WSM success anyway) Absolutely, and without doubt you are right. Jon Pall, Maggi Ver and Hafthor - say no more because that's 9 titles right there. However, we went with the UK and USA because of 'depth of quality' over pure historical quality, Iceland has won an astonishing 9 WSM Titles, but in terms of volume of top guys - or to be more exact - the 'number of different WSM winners from one nation' means that Iceland falls short on the total number of WSM winners in comparison to the UK and USA. Though the 3 they have came from a population of less than half a million people, which is insane. The answer to the most title winners is the UK and USA, who have had 5 and 6 respectively, over the near 50 years it's been going on. BUT lets not forget what made this clash unique is 100% of the population was represented. This is a male and female team contest- and when you add in the question of 'who is the most succesful at the sport of strongwoman? ' That is when the USA and UK become even more voluminous, in terms of WSW and WSM title winners combined. Hence the decision to go with these two in a shoot out for a W.S.Nations contest . Hope that makes sense?

[@BeforeThisNovember]

How was the USA captain allowed to do the Hurcules when he wasn’t coming off the farmers walk, when everyone else was? Seems unfair

[@ashliselberg5444]

Eddie participated in the hammer hold. Seems one-sided of you to only complain about licis participating.