MILO Journal: Weight Training and Fitness - Strongman training and odd lifts - from barrels to chains

MILO Articles by Topic: World's Strongest Man and Strongman

 

Barrel lifting 3.4, 4.4
Farmer's walk, sandbag walk, anvil carry 4.1
Thick bar training 4.3
Goerner deadlifts 4.4
One-hand deadlifts 5.1
Sledgehammer workout 5.2
Sand bags 5.3
Eclectic strength training 5.4
Sword training 6.1
Farmer's walk 6.3
Chain drag 6.4
Bent press 6.4
Muscle flexing 7.3
Club swinging 8.4
Resistance bands 9.1
Medieval training 9.3
Farmer's walk 9.3
Strongman: getting started 10.1
Medicine balls 10.2
Stone lifting 10.2
Farmer's walk 10.3
Strongman training 11.2
Sled work 11.4
Odd objects 11.4
Stone lifting primer 12.4
Stone lifting for reps 12.4
Strongman training 13.1
Hammer swinging 13.1
GPP training for strongman 13.2
Mace swinging 13.2
Broken dumbbells 13.3
Training macrocycles 13.3
Log design 13.4
Odd lifts 14.2
Chain pulling 16.1
Warrior workouts 16.2
Pulling sleds 17.1
The single-hand deadlift 17.1
Log lift 17.2
Zercher squats 17.2
Draft horse training (Piper/Waller) 17.3
Truck pull 17.4
Pool training 18.1
Strongman circuit 18.3
Conditioning for strongman 18.4
Hip power 19.1
Running and striking 19.1
Weight of water 19.4
Kettlebell vs. barbells 20.1
Stonelifting preparation 20.4
Heavy bag circuit training 21.1
Wild strength 21.1
Prevent biceps tears 21.2
Carry heavy equipment 21.2
Training like a warrior
21.3
Stick wrestling
21.3
Mas wrestling technique
21.4
Train outdoors 22.2
Crowbar throw 22.3
Controlled fatigue training with KB's 22.3
Tire flipping 23.1
Injury and strongman training 23.1
Mas wrestling techniques 23.2
Strongman alternatives 23.3
Training for mas wrestling 23.4
Upper back training 23.4
OCR training 24.1
Grip for mas wrestling 24.2
Sandbag training–OCR 25.1
Functional training by Steve Justa:  
   • Concrete and rocks 6.4
   • One-arm lifts 7.2
   • Barbell pull into shoulder 7.4
   • Barrel lifting 8.2
   • Barrel work 9.4
   • Truck tire leverage lift 11.4
   • Bone density 13.3
   • Pulling concrete blocks 13.4
   • Backwards dragging power 14.1
   • Walk-about training 14.2
   • Raw brute strength 14.3
   • Walk w/ heavy weights 14.4
   • Lifting heavy odd objects 15.1
   • Keg loading 15.2
   • Isometrics for speed–strength 15.3
   • Carrying heavy shafts 15.4
   • Building core strength 16.1
   • One-arm drag 16.2
   • Off-balance training 16.3
   • High-rep isometrics 16.4
   • Developing brute strength 17.1
   • Curls 17.2
   • Strength at a light bodyweight 17.3
   • Getting the body ripped and toned 17.4
   • Dividing up the body 18.1
   • Bike riding 18.2
   • Crazy workouts 18.4
   • Scrapping iron 19.1
   • Resistance training 19.2
   • Explosive exercises 19.3
   • Sandbag press 19.3
   • Maximum gym work 19.4
   • Russian strategies for heavy lifting 20.2
   • Gym strategies 20.4

 

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