Thor Bjornsson let's see what the young man from Iceland can produce
he's bouncing it like a basketball when you're nine on seven foot and your wing spans even bigger
you can wrap your arms around that big ball up an ultimate event at fedex is the stone to shoulder
you have to lift this Atlas Stone up and lift it up to your shoulder for a momentary pause
as many times as possible in 60 seconds, now Derek Poundstone how is this different than a normal
stone loading event, well for the athletes it's it's completely different event they have to train
it differently and it puts a huge strand of biceps because the difference is instead of loading onto
a box and now they have to generate so much force with the hips and their biceps have to
Mountain a grip on that stone they have to actually force it onto the shoulder
and actually become weightless for a second as it rolls up so the more power they put in
the easier to the shoulder but obviously the more energy they waste and you'll see them
do two three reps will feel kind of easy and then they're just gonna hit that wall
the true athletes four or five reps maybe six I'm saying six seven one or two guys might get
so that's the bar Frankie Sheun then also shirtless mind you with that chess rug it's
just as likely to get caught in his hair let's see what he can produce grip here is going to be vital
of course the first thing you do when you pick up a weight is you throw it over your shoulder here
that would be a disaster you've just got to get it onto the shoulder and then drop it as quickly as
you can Colin this is really hard work ¡yeah! you're absolutely right Martin it's very easy to sort of
hit it too hard with your hips and then suddenly it goes flying over the back of course you have
to be strong enough just to get it up in the beginning there's number three and just 20 seconds
gone so he still has 35 seconds to go 142 kilos that's easy to say 22 stone that's as much as half
the athletes in the field that you are repeatedly lifting to carry on your shoulder the stopwatch
is counting down as well you gotta wait for the whistle to make sure it's a clean lift
otherwise it won't count well just over 10 seconds to go there's number six he could win this
he has a tie for the lead can he make it seven he is there with three seconds to spare
and that looked fast as well as powerful that might be unbeatable
Derek Pundstone said it was about technique and you said Colin about pain threshold I think he didn't hit the
wall they Thor Bjornsson our log lift winner then see what the young man from Iceland can produce
and here having massive long levers is actually an advantage because it allows you to grip the
weight a lot better, his size makes that look a lot lighter than it is a lot smaller than it is
and again like the log lift it's the speed that's remarkable here
when you're 9 on seven foot and your wing spans even bigger you can wrap your arms around that big
ball coming up to 30 seconds he's on four and he's certainly on track to beat Frankie and he doesn't
look like he's tiring either, he's bouncing it like a basketball but he would still be
bouncing if he hadn't blown his knee out when he was in his teens six and he's got 15 seconds to go
as he gets it for seven one more to win it oh here we go he loves this doesn't he and they are going
to respond to him in kind eight is the winner as in the log lift victory for the Icelander
now the Mountain does it again, eight reps victory for Bjorhnson a second win then for the massive
Icelander despite the fact that at six foot eight he has to lift the stone considerably higher than
anyone else scheme takes second with seven reps to branch six but in the overall standings he's
still behind the Australian with thor nine points clear now at the top everyone down to Rob Frampton
in seventh place is still in with a chance of that final podium place of course for some there's also
the title of southern hemisphere's Strongest Man on the line that'll be decided in the final event