It seems that in Basque country, lifting and dragging aren’t the only ’stone-related’ sports enjoyed by the locals. When all else fails, they pick up iron rods and beat the c**p out of it too! To be exact, teams of three take turns to drill as many holes as possible in a stone block in 30 minutes - by hand. Have these guys never heard of RSI?!

Eagle-eyed strongman fans amongst you will no doubt have noticed Britain’s Strongest Man 2008 being televised on Channel Five (and, if you missed it, available on-line via Five On Demand). Heat 2 was broadcast on Wednesday 13th August and featured our very own Jay Hughes. Here’s a quick taster of Jay’s battle with Mark Felix in the wrestling.

Don’t miss heat 4 on Five this coming Wednesday 27th August at 8pm, featuring Oli Thompson.

That’s stone lifting to you and I - the Basque way. As part of the week long carnival that is “Aste Nagusia” in Bilbao, Northern Spain, a demonstration of Basque rural sports (or Herri Kirolak) takes place each day and includes such novelties as stone lifting, stone dragging (by men and oxen!) and hand stone drilling (a particularly grueling activity, more on that later). This guy is Inaxio Perurena seen here performing single-handed floor-to-shoulder reps of a 200kg stone cylinder. I’m told he’s 24 years-old and has a personal record of 285kg (though not sure if that’s single handed!). The man next to him is his father, Iñaki Perurena, a legend in Basque stone lifting with a personal record of 315kg

Read on to see the lift from start-to-finish..

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Click here for a slideshow of images from the recent London’s Strongest Man 2008 event at South Woodford.

..just chuck them on like Wayne Tunstall!

More photo’s from London’s Strongest Man coming soon..

A few heavy down pours failed to dampen the spirits of the competitors at today’s London’s Strongest Man event in South Woodford.

With novice, 105kg and open events being run side by side, no less than 31 athletes took part in the action that came thick and fast.

Read on for the overall results. Photo’s will follow later in the week.

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Who will be London’s Strongest Man 2008? Well if you take yourself along to Oakdale Junior School in South Woodford on Sunday at 11am you can follow the event in all it’s glory. This is the second year this event has been staged - the brainchild of Lawrence “London Boy” Browne. Powershotsmag will be there to capture the day and the results will be posted here on Sunday evening. If you fancy coming along, the event is being held at;

Oakdale Junior School
Oakdale Road
South Woodford
London E18 1JX

“Big Mick” Holding nailed first place at today’s Britain’s Most Powerful Qualifier - his first event of 2008. Rob Hughes takes up the story..

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Read on for a slideshow of images from the recent Southdown Strongman Challenge at Thakeham, West Sussex.. Read the rest of this entry »

The question is, how do I get into Strongman? Not literally of course, I’m quite happy just wielding the camera, but it is a question that - via google - often brings people to this site.. Read the rest of this entry »