Brian Shaw Benches 91-Kilogram (200-Pound) Dumbbells for five Quick Reps Earlier than His Closing Strongman Contest

Shaw didn’t share the rest about this explicit exercise, however that set alone confirmed that he’s feeling good about his prep for the competition. Strongmen don’t usually incorporate bench press movements into their programming as a result of a lot of the urgent occasions are overhead lifts. The Shaw Basic will characteristic a bench press variation, which is why Shaw is including the motion to his coaching.

This isn’t the primary time {that a} legendary energy athlete has examined their may towards the imposing 200s. The feat was made well-known by bodybuilding nice Ronnie Coleman when he pressed them, each on a flat and incline bench, for reps throughout considered one of his Mr. Olympia coaching movies again in 2000.

Since then, the feat has additionally been carried out by the likes of energy athlete and health influencer Larry “Wheels” Williams in addition to 2021 Arnold Classic bodybuilding champ Nick Walker. Nonetheless, there was a notable distinction with Shaw’s set which he identified within the caption of the put up.

“What number of lifters in historical past who might bench the 200lb dumbbells might truly carry them from the rack and get them into place with out assist?”

Because the video confirmed, Shaw does primarily performing a brief farmer’s walk, unracking the weights and strolling them a number of steps to the bench earlier than starting his set. The earlier athletes who’ve accomplished the train with these large weights have usually laid into place on the bench whereas a number of spotters hand the lifter every weight, aiding within the setup.

Shaw additionally ended the set after the fifth repetition when he clearly had extra within the tank and didn’t seem to wrestle to completion. Within the put up caption, he shared that this was a strategic transfer.

“Simply because everybody will remark that I didn’t do extra reps… this was a working set and never a set of max reps. It’s okay to simply practice with out having to max out for each video.”

Moreover making ready for his ultimate competitors as an athlete, which requires a reported weight loss plan of round 10,000 calories per day, Shaw continues his work because the present’s promoter, aiming to make the 2023 Shaw Basic the perfect model of the competition but. It will likely be the fourth straight yr he places this present on and he upped the ante by asserting that the winner will earn a brand new official title — The Strongest Man on Earth.