History
The concept behind "The World's Strongest Men", as it was originally named, was developed in 1977 for CBS. In 1982, CBS sold the rights to the BBC, who in turn sold the rights to TWI. In recent years, the competition has been broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2.Initially, eight men representing various sports and strength disciplines were invited to compete against each other in unique events designed to test each individual to the fullest extent. The earliest events were relatively crude, but new ideas were introduced over the years. Some events had a basis in both power lifting and Highland Games heavy events, and others were created based on mythological feats of strength.The 2006 com1401 petition ended in dramatic fashion, with Phil Pfister edging out Mariusz Pudzianowski in the final event, the Atlas stones. Pfister became the first American to win the event since 1982, and the only American to win the event outside the USA.2008 saw the World's Strongest Man competition return to the United States. Phil Pfister and debutant Derek Poundstone were both favorites with the home crowd.
The concept behind "The World's Strongest Men", as it was originally named, was developed in 1977 for CBS. In 1982, CBS sold the rights to the BBC, who in turn sold the rights to TWI. In recent years, the competition has been broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2.Initially, eight men representing various sports and strength disciplines were invited to compete against each other in unique events designed to test each individual to the fullest extent. The earliest events were relatively crude, but new ideas were introduced over the years. Some events had a basis in both power lifting and Highland Games heavy events, and others were created based on mythological feats of strength.The 2006 com1401 petition ended in dramatic fashion, with Phil Pfister edging out Mariusz Pudzianowski in the final event, the Atlas stones. Pfister became the first American to win the event since 1982, and the only American to win the event outside the USA.2008 saw the World's Strongest Man competition return to the United States. Phil Pfister and debutant Derek Poundstone were both favorites with the home crowd.
But Mariusz Pudzianowski (2002, 2003, 2005 and 2007 winner) retained his title with a narrow victory over Poundstone in the final event, the Atlas Stones, reminiscent of his own defeat to Pfister two years previously. This win ensures Mariusz holds the record for number of titles with five.World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics.
Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year. Competitors qualify based on top placing at the World's Strongest Man Super Series events or are invited based on a top placing in selected national or international competitions. Thirty contestants take part across five heats; the top two in each go through to the ten-man final.Currently, the event sponsor is Met-Rx, and the top prize is known as the RV Trophy. The event has a number of rival and parallel competitions with which it is often confused including the Strongman Super Series (producing the World Champion) and the IFSA World Championship (run since the IFSA parted company with WSM). However, these are separate competitionsChampionships by countryAustralia, Estonia, Faros Islands, Fiji, France, Germany, Grenada, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Russia and Samoa have all placed in Top 10 but never won a medal.Guiltiest Sports Show: World's Strongest Man
My secret ambition in life is to become the World's Strongest Man. I have spotted my competition -- manhandling tractor tires and hoisting Volkswagens -- at odd hours of the furniture at IKEA. Night on ESPN2, and I am convinced that with a few minor modifications, I can grunt, hurl, and heave my way to the title.First, I will need a powerful name. Something Norse or Icelandic to intimidate Magnus Ver Magnusson and the other lumbering Vikings who do battle in this TV hernia-fest. Henceforth, I shall be known simply as Hochmus Von Hochmansson.Next, I must beef up my once-a-month jogging regimen with manlier activities, like bending a two-foot iron bar around my neck or pulling a twin-engine airplane across a melting-hot tarmac, like they do on the show, among the highest rated on ESPN2.
I respect the way these Ivans and Evgenys tackle life. No Fiat is left unturned. No caber left unloosed. No platform full of busty bikini models left un-squatted. And while these may be no substitute for more mindful pursuits -- say quantum mechanics or cooking with eerily -- they are, in their own curious way, an inspiration, a reminder of what one can accomplish with a shoulder harness, some industrial-strength rope, and a string of six stretch limos on a 100-foot course.
So while my path may be long, my muscles will be many, and my diet shall become rich in turbo-crab milk shakes and triple-decker cheeseburgers, topped off by a bushel of lingo berries. And besides, if all else fails, I'll always be able to get a job unloadingCurrent strongest man: Mariusz Pudzianowski
As you can see by this photo Mariusz Pudzianowski keeps a lean "bodybuilder like" physique.
He follows and bodybuilding and strength training routine that keeps his body fat low helping with endurance. Before he entered the strongman Mariusz was involved in bodybuilding, boxing, martial arts, weightlifting and power lifting. See more information about the worlds strongest below.About the worlds strongest man
The world’s strongest man is an international competition held by the World Class Events (WCE) at the end of September each year. The world’s strongest man competition decides who the strongest man in the world is.This site keeps track of what's happening with the world’s strongest man and has information about the competitors including the strongest man in the world. The current world’s strongest man is Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland.
You can find Mariusz Pudzianowski's details on this page.The information on this page will be updated after the next world’s strongest man competition is held this September. You will find current information about the strongest man in the world (Mariusz Pudzianowski) on this page.World’s strongest manMariusz Pudzianowski has been competing in strength sports since he was 16 when he entered his barest bench press competition where he bench pressed 160kg! Within two years he had already increased his bench press to over 205kg.He competed in his first strongman competition in 1999 but it wasn't until 2001 that he became known when he finished 4th in the worlds strongest man competition. Mariusz then returned to become the strongest man in the world in 2002 and 2003.Mariusz Pudzianowski won the 2003 competition by a record margin. His huge muscular strength, power and endurance proving too tough for his competitors.Mariusz Pudzianowski is well loved in his home country of Poland and is considered a national hero for his achievements in strongman, bodybuilding, boxing and power lifting.As An Older World's Strongest Man.
As a 54-year-old World's Strongest Man, I like to think I've aged with dignity and grace. But as I enter my golden years of dead lifting 17,000 silver dollars, I realize that you must approach life with a certain amount of acceptance. Acceptance that you just can't walk up to a Mack truck filled with 40,000 pounds of coal, strap yourself into a harness, grab a rope, and start hauling anymore. Christ, these days I'm sore for a whole week after pulling 20,000 or even 15,000 pounds of coal. Sometimes, depending on how my old bones feel in the morning, I have to replace the Mack truck with a smaller dump truck, or a tractor.Unfortunately, with the way my muscles stiffen up nowadays, my time of competitively hauling heavy-duty flatbeds and fire engines are long past, and can only be relived by watching old home videos or ESPN2 at three in the morning.It's tough not to reminisce about your days as a younger World's Strongest Man when you get to be an older World's Strongest Man like myself. I remember in wilder times my strong-man friends Geoff Capes, Lars Hedlund, and I would get together and toss a couple dozen 50-pound kegs over a 14-foot steel wall with ease. Now when we get together, it's like watching a bunch of nursing home patients let out for their daily recreation period. "Can we lower the bar to 7 feet?" Lars will say. 
"Thirty-five-pound kegs today?" Geoff jokes.Sure, we'll laugh at ourselves while we foolishly try to act like the young strongest men we once were, but I've always felt that underneath that laughter is an undercurrent of deep uncertainty. I wonder if we'll ever experience the same kind of fulfillment that came with lifting and placing 350-pound concrete balls onto chest-high platforms. Will anything ever fill the void left by no longer being able to lift a really, really large log over our heads?These are the kinds of things I think about when I'm sorting through boxes in my attic and I find myself unable to bend a steel bar around my neck as fast as I used to.I guess when you get down to it, what really bothers me is, now that I'm an older World's Strongest Man, I finally see how our society celebrates the World's Strongest youth, and pretends like its World's Strongest elders don't even exist. I get it. No one wants to pay to see a guy get winded after turning over only two cars. But sometimes I start to wonder if anybody even cares about me anymore, or remembers that there was a time when I was the young, massively built Adonis waddling along a dotted line with a 400-pound metal pot between my legs.MET-RX WSM 2008 finalists are
Derek Poundstone – USA
Jason Bergmann – USA
Pfister – USA
Sebastian Wenta - POL
Terry Holland – UK
Tarmo Mitt – EST
Ostlund – USA
Mariusz Pudzianowski – POL
Arild Haugen – NOR
Travis Ortmayer – USA
Dave Ostlund - USA
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