my name is ¡uh! Iron Biby and ¡uh! I'm 29 years old, I'm from Burkina Faso, West Africa and in
we are Glasgow for the World Tour Finals and I got the opportunity to have a go at the World Log Lift Record
and ¡uh! I would like to thanks gent life and also my fellow competitors
Luke Stoltman and Graham Hicks for giving me the opportunity to try to break the log lift record
so those three past weeks were really hard because my father passed away but also I did my best
to be at the Europe Strongest Man in the World Log Lift Championship in Leeds and ¡uh!
this was a nightmare a lot of travel restrictions and ¡uh! I had to go to Turkish they fly me back
home and then ¡oh! it's a long story but I made it just at the end of the show
at least I was there to take pictures with all my friends and ¡uh! you know everything is a blessing
I'm lucky and they get, I'm lucky that they give me an opportunity to
break the record tomorrow in Glasgow ¡yes! and you know usually like you said I always come for
¡uh! the record attempt and I get close to the record, I usually get close and then it
it doesn't happen and this time I promised to my father that no matter what happened I was gonna
get the access record, so I did everything I could and thank God, I made it and it was the best day
of my life and the best day of my father's life too, he kept watching this video every single day
so I'm really proud about it and it gave me an extra confidence
about breaking records you know, and you know breaking a record is different feeling when you're
not used to it, you cannot do it, you can be strong but you don't have the mindset to break a record
so I believe now I have the mindset to break any kind of records
¡uh! I believe that you know records stay forever you know, but usually when I compete
¡yes! I want to record but I want to win the event first you know, I want to be crowned the champion
of that event and then I'll go for the record so the main goal is usually like the first title so
when I get that I go for the record and I will do the same thing tomorrow I will be focused,
because I know if I live 207 I will be winner so I will take it seriously and as soon as I get that
I will go for the World Record and finger cross I believe I can do it. Last year in 2020 I was
ready because in training with my metallic lock, you know it's different wood log is usually
harder so I was able to do 233 on my metallic lock, so it's not the same condition you at home
you live whenever you want incompetition is different and this year to be honest, I didn't get
enough training, because as soon I went back home from Royale Albert Hall
a few weeks later or one week my father passed away so I actually lost weight about
about this story and I couldn't train, so it's a mind game now, when I get back to UK had two
log lift trainings and the second one I was able to do 223 kilogram and I'm saving the record
for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will be really emotional and ¡uh! I told my young brother to
you know to watch me because sometimes when you're too much emotional it can be hard
for you know, for the lift of course it can make you strong or it can make you weak
so I need to really play with my emotion but I can feel I will be so much emotional and
it's a main thing I will make sure that I use the emotion
as strength at least to deliver a new World Record because it's been a while
everyone are attempting to break this record and it's not happening and ¡uh!
I think tomorrow will be the day I'm going 200 it's a blessing to be part
of this story you know of this legacy and and this record was there for a long time
and just chasing this record it's a blessing for me and I will make sure that I get the record
and I take care of it for long run, bring it to another level and ¡uh! of course
I have to stay humble about it too you know and that's what I will do take it
gently to another level. It's a good question and personally the main goal for me tomorrow is 229
World Record and I put my hundred percent focus on it and after that
I can talk about what I will do or what I want to do in the future
and ¡uh! yeah I have to really respect this record and just think about what's happening
tomorrow because it's a big deal yes it's a big deal, really hard record to break and ¡uh! you know
I just have to stay focused for it, ¡yes! I would like to be remembered as the ¡uh!
one of the greatest shoulder pressers in the world that's something I like you know having ¡uh!
shoulders like planets being able to press anything up in the air, so I do believe I'm
one of the best shoulder pressers in the world the world is really big we never know maybe somewhere
there is someone that ¡uh! that don't have like internet that is strong so I like to use this one
like one of the best presser in the world but ¡yeah! I think that's what I would like to say about it
and I will keep working hard and there is no limit right if I can press let's say seated
military press 300 kilogram one day I will do it and I believe my frame I'm not in my pick
when it comes to shoulder press I can't even feel it see like I didn't even train for the log,
you know I had like bad weeks emotionally and I was still able to press 223 so think about if I train
more and more I can deliver a better performance and now I'm working more on my massage therapy
physio and it's making a really big difference in my lift for many years because I still feel young
looking at Mark felix he's like over 50 and I feel young so ¡yeah! as long as you take care of your
body and you know you don't take so many risks, I think I can compete for a long time, Mark Felix
is a legend and he's absolutely amazing man and I would like to have his calm, he's so calm when you
go for his lift everything and Ithink it's one of his power you know and you know he his mind
is powerful because if you think you're old you're gonna be old so I think he's so fresh in his mind
and I really admire him and ¡uh! you know it gives us young outlet motivation just watching him doing
like great lifts so it make me think and feel like I can do strong men for long years
so he's a motivation for me. Luke Stoltman and Graham Hicks are really nice people
and ¡uh! you know just think about what they did, right now and ¡uh! they didn't take the trophy
because they wanted me to have the chance to win the title you know because they know
I'm capable of doing it and you know I really appreciate it of them it's a really great
mindset of sport so all I can say is thank you to them so I'm really, I really appreciate it
especially in this time I'm having really bad time emotionally that's the time that you know
who likes you or who doesn't like you so they have done a great job and I really appreciate it
and I will make sure to deliver a good performance tomorrow, tomorrow non-stop I will just keep going