when you think strong man maybe certain
images come to mind maybe you've seen
videos of big strong men and women
picking up things like cars pulling
trucks and moving really heavy stuff but
what you may not realize is Central
Florida is home to some of the strongest
people in the country and this holiday
season they're working to get results
and smiles for kids on Christmas
combining competition with a big toy
drive okay we're not lifting anything
right so joining us now though it's
Allen collie the owner of iron house Jim
and Davenport and Allen welcome first
off thank you so much for being here I
know you traveled a little bit from
Davenport yes I understand that this
just may be the strongest Jim in Florida
that's what I hear no it is it is it is
right TM so what does that mean
I created the iron house Jim about four
years ago I thought I needed a place for
you know most people have like
bodybuilding gyms or commercial gyms
there's no place for the big strong guy
you know the big meathead whatever they
say but you know I created the iron
house for strong men only because I
enjoy lifting heavy objects like cars
rocks pulling trucks you know big big
dumbbells over your head stuff like that
that's more fun so what exactly is
strongman you know a lot of people I
think hear the term and throw it around
but what is what is that strongman is
more of like I like to say it's it's
probably one of the hardest sports in
the world today I believe I think it's
you have to be athletic as well as
strong fast it creates the whole entire
body has to be you know used grip back
legs everything at one time we're
looking at some video here so it's kind
of tell us what's going on with this
this is actually unders Beca Stan it's a
tired aging his deadlift I want to say
that was around a thousand pounds I
believe is that you lifted yes yes it is
yeah yeah that was in Rebecca Stein I
was fun right here's the log press
pressure of your head that was 340
pounds
Wow yeah take us back what take how do
you get to this level how will happen
how did this all start
how do you start I believe first hit of
a base strength before you get into
strongman I did it as in
football was over in high school in
college and I said I want to try
something different
lifting weights for getting old so I
said you know what let's try strongman
and I met a guy that lived in Florida he
was Scotland Strongest Man and he
introduced me a strongman and I have
loved it ever since and now I've pretty
much created a gym around it so so you
have a big competition coming up this
weekend kind of give us an idea what
what's involved in this competition sure
it's a Florida Strongest Man there is
going to be five events you've got a
carry event a lift event you've got a
running event you know any deadlift max
reps from any weight you know from I
think the lightweight ladies are doing 3
or 15 pound deadlift that's lightweight
yes ma'am and then the yes like the head
weight men are doing around 675 pounds
for reps so how are you helping kids out
this Christmas I do it as in I believe
every child should get toy for Christmas
I've always been a firm believer in that
you know a kid opening up a toy at
Christmas with that smile is just one
thing that I think is the greatest thing
ever I make you so the athlete has to
with their entry bring a toy and that's
how I generate the toys for the children
and I donate it I find an organization
doing it once a year
you know different organizations every
year so they can kind of like spread it
out so people who are coming out to
watch and support I'll bring toys yes
please you require it you should say
that you require is where is it I kind
of do I don't have right there bring a
toy whatever camera toy Davenport
Florida flora Strongest Man so how can
we come out and watch it's like I said
it's on it's in my gym in Davenport
Florida it's in like the Champions Gate
area we also go on my Instagram if you
want to iron house underscore FL you can
DM me for information on what to bring
what time it starts it's at 10 o'clock
we start rules are gonna be at 9:15 for
athletes it's actually a real fun day to
come out and see a bunch of people lift
heavy stuff I mean it's amazing though
when you start to think about just how
much you weigh versus how much you're
actually lifting I mean when you were
teaching us that deadlift of over a
thousand pounds it's just I mean is
there a mental game
to also play with yourself like I can
lift that well I figure you know if I
can lift that up everything else is easy
the rest of the day you know kind of
thing it's like the hardest part of the
day getting your workout in so our
executive producer Tara will be
participating how do you feel about her
chances this weekend everyone's got a
fighting chance
well no matter whatever anybody can win
on any given day I believe she had a
really good showing with her last
wrongly she does yes yes yes
can we arm wrestle during commercial
break whenever you ready only if you
give him the toy fine deal true D like
all right