IE10: Too Strong
I was really excited about this event when it came up. I’ve been hoping for a more atypical strength test for a couple of years now, it’s just a little more fun and less predictable. I was actually really hoping for atlas stones just because I think they’re cool and I thought it would be a good fit for the spotlight style event. This was pretty close!
What made it fun and a bit stressful is that no one really knew who would be good. After the announcement we got a crash course from a strong man and then everybody got on YouTube to study the hot tips.
When we got into the dungeon warm up area below the coliseum they were a few different bags up to about 300lbs. Our opening load was 240lbs. Most guys hit warmed up slow then hit some bags around 230ish and took a few stabs at 260. I lapped the 300 and only one athlete actually put it to shoulder in the back.
Things were pretty sloppy in the back and lots of athletes were struggling a bit with the weight. My coach told me...