what's up guys this is Evan the T-Rex Singleton here and today we're going
to talk about the Cardiff World deadlift championships presented by Giants live
first event Max deadlift it's pretty self-explanatory it's going to be a
rising bar, the bar is going to be set for the starting weight of 400 kilograms and I can
honestly say I can't picture a single person in the lineup that's not gonna do it we've got guys
like myself Gabriel Peña, Ivan Makarov ¡uh! Pavlo whatever his last name is ¡uh! we just have so
many Fantastic deadlifters coming I don't see 800 not being, 880 not being a speed rep for everybody
¡uh! there's a couple of guys that are going to come in, I'm pretty confident that most of the
Field's gonna be able to pull a thousand I think that genuinely last year we had seven guys pull
over a thousand pounds at the world deadlift championships where I won and ¡um! ¡yeah! we had
seven guys pool I'm, I would I'm confident in saying we're gonna have more than that if not
the same amount this year, so it'll be a genuine Showcase of the best deadlifters in the world in
my opinion ¡um! pretty good chance my money is on Ivan Makarov to pull 505. let's just get that out
there his training has been really consistent he pulled 470 for a speed rep not too long ago
¡um! and we are about two and a half three weeks out of the competition now so a little bit more
time and then obviously kind of a deload week to recover I have a feeling he's going to come
in super, super strong my money's on Ivan to break 505. definitely you do when, when you, when you want
to achieve something as specific as 505 ¡uh! 505 deadlift I mean you think about it back when like
Thor and Eddie prepared for it they took the entire year and just focused on deadlift just
getting their deadlift as strong as possible so that way they were able to pull the World Record
it's not necessarily something where you can pull 505 and you've also done like three four
or five shows like previously before so this is really one of those things that
you kind of have to almost specialize in you almost have to be a deadlift specialist and
¡yeah! I mean there are a lot of guys that are going to be attempting 505 or at least a really
heavy deadlift and then doing the rest of the competition too, so you also have to take that
into account do you want the 505 or do you want to win the championship for you want to
win the whole show and that's, that's kind of where your head needs to be to pull 505. it's
it's not something you take likely at all ¡uh! there has to be that level of respect behind
the the mindset when it comes to going after a World Record like 505 kilos on a deadlift
¡um! you have to understand that because Eddie and Thor have done it there's almost like
there's almost like someone of a drop of respect for that weight you have to understand this is
the heaviest weight that anybody has ever put on a bar and lifted ever in the history of humankind
you have to keep that in mind because if you lose sight of that your training will reflect it and if
your training reflects it then competition day will definitely reflect it you just have to go
into it confident that you're going to pull it but at the same time you have to understand like no
this has never been done before so ¡yeah! honestly just respect to Bar respect the weights and
go out there and do what you said you were going to event two farmers walk into the loading medley
this is going to be a really good one we're going to have 150, 160 kilo farmers and that's
going to go straight into three Implement loading race we're gonna have a keg a barrel
a bag a sandbag and a tire big tire they're all going to range from 120 to 150 kilos give
or take and this is going to be really testing because obviously this is for the fastest time
so you got to be on point with your Farmers you got to go right into the loading medley and
you got to make sure that all of your picks your transitions your speed and everything is on point
this is really going to test not only strength but your speed your stamina and your endurance
I feel really good about this event I think this is event that I'm going
to get a lot of good points on ¡um! I'm confident that I will be first or second
¡um! I would say that also ¡uh! two people to look out for are Mitch Hooper we saw
that at World's Strongest Man, he's good, he's very good at moving with weights in his hands
¡um! and then obviously Oleksii Novikov I mean you can't count Oleksii out for almost anything to be
honest, he's just always on point, he is always hungry, he's always, he always does really well
event three 150 kilo log for reps this is another one that's going to be really exciting for me
¡um! I had a little bit of trouble at the Strongman classic because of my shoulder injury that I'm
still recovering from and still working on a little bit of nerve damage but I will say this
my log is a lot better than my circus dumbbell at the moment because I'm able to almost muscle up
the log whereas circus dumbbell you can't muscle a circus dumbbell your Technique has to be on point
you have to be feeling good so, this will be a pretty good event for me I'm looking to do pretty
well I would like to get I would like to get top three or four in this event I think it is possible
just gonna go out there and give it all I've got ¡uh! again I can't count on Oleksii Novikov I mean
his endurance as well as his strength is just so on point he's, he's always ready to go, he's
always killing it, he's always giving it his all so Oleksii is definitely one to watch for this
¡um! can't count out Hixie ¡oh! God his his log is just anybody who's seen, anybody who has seen any
any kind of Strong man capacity Hicks he compete is knows that his log is just on another level
it is completely ridiculous I can't genuinely, I can't see anybody beating Hixie in the log event
four the hammer hold this is a classic one that we're bringing back from last year last year we
did this and this year we're bringing it back ¡uh! it's simple you put your bar up again you're
back up against the bar you have your arms fully extended with no Bend and you're testing how long
your shoulders can hold a 65, 70 kilo hammer ¡uh! is it no it's not kilo, it's a pound, it's a good
test of ¡uh! shoulder endurance and how this this is a good mental, mental ¡uh! mental test in my
opinion because you're really testing how much you can fight through that pain and hold the hammer
without stretched arms as much as you can this is like a 30 kilo ¡uh! 30 kilo Hammer you have
to hold it with straight arms back up against the bar this is a hard event this is a grueling and
difficult event like a lot of a lot of guys kind of sleep on this event because they don't
see it as a real event or a full event but I plan on capitalizing on that because I want
to take maximum points, I've been training this event really hard I think that I can get easily
get top two in this one ¡um! and I wanted to watch this year is Gabriel Peña, he won this event last
year, he's very good at just being stoic and staying straight and keeping your arms like
tight and secured ¡uh! he'll definitely be one to watch for this another one is Graham Hicks ¡uh! I
hear Graham Hicks is a really good Hammer hold so we're gonna see who can fight the pain the most
you've had five Castle Stones Strongman staple it's in almost every Giants Live show ¡uh!
Strongman legendary event I mean you can't think about Strongman without thinking about Stones so
we're going to finish the show off strong I'm gonna got five stones in front of us ascending
weight descending Heights and we're gonna see who can load them the fastest pretty straightforward
¡um! I don't see a lot of guys beating me in this especially with this lineup I think I'm just a
little bit faster and if I'm not mistaken I think we're using the lighter set for this year so the
last one's going to be 180. I can manhandle 180 Stone so I think that, I think that, I'm genuinely I
think I'm the man to beat in this event but we'll see can't never count out Oleksii, Hixie stones or
really, really strong I mean he can one motion of 180 Stone I don't, I don't have the time for that
but I'm faster than Hixie so I think I'll, I'll Edge him out there
¡um! there there has been comments about me loading stones with a little bit of a disregard
for full control almost like a confidence that it's just going to go where it needs to
¡um! I do 100 percent load a stone to the point where I know that it will go in the hole
¡um! my hands come off a little bit sooner I'm already focused, focused on the next Stone and
focused on getting my hands off of the stone as fast as possible that I agree with I train that
way that's what I want ¡um! yeah that's that's exactly how I train that's that's what I'm going
for is to get all five Stones up with my hands off as fast as possible now if you watch any of
my stone runs I don't let go of the stone until I know it's on the platform and I know that it's
going to go in the hole you watch any of my stone runs the stone never rolls around on the platform
it never falls off or anything like that like once it's on the platform I know where it's going I
take my hands off of it I'm on to the next Stone I'm going to do everything in my power to retain
my first place reigning Championship status I want to I want to go back to the states after Cardiff
with another gold Trophy and that's exactly what I plan on doing I think that's definitely going to
be a battle between me and Oleksii it's usually what it always comes down to is me and Oleksii
fighting for first and second ¡um! I'd really like to see Hixie up there with me ¡uh! I love, I love
competing with hixie I love hanging out with Hicks he's always fun so ¡yeah! that would be my top three
all right guys that's my wrap up my predictions my thoughts and opinions on the Cardiff world's
open deadlift championships August 6th make sure to go to official Strong man.com to check out
the live stream watch Yours Truly retain his gold trophy so until next time Evan the T-Rex Singleton