19/07/2026
8 slides with a lot of words, engagement with this will be awful! If you’re at all interested in strongman please persevere to the end and tell me your thoughts!
It’s something I’m quite passionate about, Strongman is unique in that it sits somewhere between a sport and a spectacle.
Any sport that starts as a circus act was always going to be odd!
I’ve thrown a lot of random thoughts into this post, hopefully it’s some level of coherent but if there’s anything I’ve poorly explained or you disagree with let’s open up the conversation!
Some professional federations like Official Strongman Games deserve a shout out for their online qualifiers that massively help athletes make that transition into higher level competitions but there’s still a long way to go before Strongman is treated like a professional sport and not just a tv show at Christmas.
That’s where the amateur level comes in people like Evolution Strength and Fitness Aylesford The Cell Promotions Go out of their way to keep the sport alive hosting competitions for little to no reward!
If the amateur level competitions stop happening, the professional level will follow and will be back in car parks instead of stadiums!
Support the smaller promotors and gyms before it’s too late. So many strongman gyms have closed down in the last few years, if there’s no opportunities or spaces for athletes to develop then there’s no future in the sport!
