Structured Strongman Session Highlights: 31 Jan 2009 - Tyre Flips

Coming off a very competitive Strongman Smackdown, the Team Iron Behemoths members all had something to prove during this week's tyre flip session.

Members who competed in Strongman Smackdown all bettered their timings; for those who did not show up, it was about redemption.

Weixian flips a very decent 01:21:96


Today's Commendable Mention, Wei Liang and Glen, who flipped the tyre in respective personal best times of 00:50:26 and 00: 43:08. Impressive!

Strongman Smackdown Highlights: 24 Jan 2009

This past week, Team Iron Behemoths held its inaugural Strongman Smackdown at Hong Lim Park. Kudos to our members who showed up, stood up and were counted. They did pretty well for themselves.


The competitors battled it out in 3 strongman events: the 250kg Tyre Flip, the 240kg Sled Pull and the 100kg Farmer's Walk (click here for more contest details).

The first event was the Tyre Flip, where contestants had to flip a 250kg tyre 8 times in the shortest time possible.

Jon Boey

Spencer

Manyu

Anand

From the Czech Republic, Nick

They then moved on to the Sled Pull, where contestants had to pull a 240kg sled over a distance of 15 metres in the shortest time possible.

Yoshida

Anand

Yusri Bin Ali, Winner of the 2007 Strongman Challenge, pulling the sled!

The final event for the day was the Farmer's Walk, where competitors had to walk 15 metres in the shortest possible time, while carrying two 100kg logs, one in each hand.

Yoshida

Jon Boey

Spencer

Kevin

Our Guest-of-Honour for the day, MuscleWar Champion 2009, Jonas Tam. Before handing out the prizes, he gives us a preview of the upcoming Nationals and hits a few poses...

... with the ladies...

... and some of our members, like Anand and Jon Boey.

So after a long, sweaty, hard-fought battle, the Top-3 places went to:

Hiroshi Yoshida (2nd Runner-Up)

Yusri Bin Ali (1st Runner-Up)

And Nick, our 2-metre-tall Winner of Strongman Smackdown, who also happened to win the lucky draw - a 5lbs Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Gold Standard! Guess it was really his day.

Structured Strongman Session Highlights: 10 Jan 2009 - Sleds & Deadlifts

Team Iron Behemoths welcomes our latest member, Van Sternberg, who is among the Top-10 competitors for the 2008 HomeTeamNS Strongman Challenge.

Van farmer's walks 100kg

Van pulls a 313kg sled in record timing.

Van deadlifts 190kg.

As we draw closer to Strongman 2009, our members step-up their game.

Vinod gets one of the fastest timings on the 240kg sled.

Yoshida deadlifts 4-cookies. Well done!

And Glen, today's Commendable Mention, who, when we last saw him deadlifted 130kg. This week, he broke through the 3-plate and deadlifted a personal record of 150kg.

Structured Strongman Session Highlights: 3 Jan 2009 - Farmer's Walks & Squats

For the first-time, our members try out the competition style Farmer's Walk logs.

Our members, Jon Boey and Weixian in action.

Today's Commendable Mention, Ryan - the youngest member to attempt the competition style logs.

Yoshida valiantly attempts a heavier weight than the rest.

Our members then take part in reverse 'keg-shot puts' in an attempt to win a Hog Breath Cafe voucher. Pictured above are Weixian and Goi. It was Weixian's day as he wins it by throwing the shot-put ball the furthest!

We then move on to squats for our Powerlifting Club.

Glen squats 2-and-a-half-cookies.

Wei Liang front-squats 2-cookies.

Vinod gets it deep in the hole.

Introduction

Greetings, Behemoths.

Finally, a place where you all can flaunt your weekly improvements and let your friends track you as you get stronger by the week. This is the only "online-stats" portal that counts - and it is endorsed by the strongest men in the country, Team Iron Behemoths.

Welcome to the Team Iron Behemoths Members' Structured Training Log.

What is Structured Strongman Training?
Simply put it's how we Behemoths' train. 3 passes of a chosen Strongman discipline to reach your personal best timing while minimising the risk of injury by not overdoing it. We structure it for optimum performance and we structured it for ourselves initially. Now it is open for everyone!

This training log will feature weekly updates and highlights on our sessions. Members who do especially well and impress us will be featured under our "Strongman Spotlight" section.

Also coming up is a "Hall of Fame", which will feature the top 10 performers in the 3 main strongman events - the Tyre Flip, the Sled Pull and the Farmer's Walk, and the big 3 powerlifting exercises - the squat, the benchpress and the deadlift.


For non-members, this is your chance to scout your competition for the upcoming strongman challenge, just don't get too demoralised though (that being said, you can always join us and you'll get better as well - as the old saying goes: "if you can't beat them, join them!").

This blog will showcase our members, who are up-and-coming strongman competitors.

And you could be one of them!

So get ready to be blown away by rapid progress!

This is the Team Iron Behemoths Members' Structured Training Log!