How did strongman get so popular? w/Alan Thrall and Joey Szatmary

Strongman is having a moment. More people are watching strongman related content. More people are involved in strongman training now, even if they don’t plan to compete. The bottom line is probably that it’s just fun, but is there more to it?

We asked our friend Alan Thrall (owner of Sacramento’s Untamed Strength) to come talk about it and bring national strongman champ Joey Szatmary (owner of The Lion’s Den outside Philadelphia).

• What do CrossFit and Strongman have anything in common?
• Who gets to compete at the Arnold? Or strongman nationals?
• Strongman competitions don’t have a standard set of events. Is that a good thing?
• Does being unhealthy just come with the territory?

You can find Alan at @untamedstrength on IG and on YouTube athrall7. Joey is at @szatstrength .

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