Height and strongman

[SevereMedicalCondition]

Im only 5 3 and done growing. Im very strong naturally and i have good lifts. Will being 5 3 make it impossible to win at strongman? How much will it hurt my performance. My weight is a little low now but i know ill hit 180 within a year so thats not an issue.
It seems like i would have an advantage on things like sled drag and dead lift?
Thanks alot, and reps.

[anonymous]

You would be ****ed on fingals fingers, atlas stones etc. Your bodyweight is too light also to seriously compete imo.

[SevereMedicalCondition]

You would be ****ed on fingals fingers, atlas stones etc. Your bodyweight is too light also to seriously compete imo.

What bout when i hit 180?

[anonymous]

What bout when i hit 180?

most strongman competitors are like 285-400lbs i reckon? :s

[SevereMedicalCondition]

most strongman competitors are like 285-400lbs i reckon? :s

There are weight classes though

[WSUSTRONGMAN]

most strongman competitors are like 285-400lbs i reckon? :s

Your an idiot... dont comment on things you dont know about.... It is true that you'd be severely hampered in almost every event, but why not try... Do work

[WSUSTRONGMAN]

Usually 175 under (usually these guys are strictly amateur) 176-200 ( again strictly amateur) 201-231 ( these guys usually can be LW Pros) 231+ HWYs


Look up Grant Higa short strongman, Ive meet him, hell im suppose to train with him this saturday.. Ask him about it on marunde-muscle.com where everyone that comments is a strongman competitor.

[lifterg]

Being short does make a lot of events harder.
Max weight in things close to "typical" exercises (squats, deadlifts, etc) the short stoke doesn't hurt.
I am 5'6 and putting stones on a 48" box sucks because it is so high relative to my height. It can also make it harder to flip taller tires and I would imagine we would both be screwed at fingal fingers.
Go and have fun anyway. It is a great time. If your goal is to turn pro, it will be an uphill battle, but nothing is impossible.

[KingOfNorway]

thesunlessea, you have "i rape back" in your sig, is it a joke, or did you mean to write rep? anyways, its funny as hell

And who cares about his weight now? He can put on weight, its harder to put on height though..

[PeonLover]

It would be tough, since putting things onto platforms would prove to be very difficult, as would the fingers. But on the other hand at 5'3 180 lbs training weight you would be perfectly built to be an incredible 165 pound powerlifter

[ebric]

i believe you would do good on certain things like maybe tire flip, and sled but stuff like atlas stones might be harder since you might not have as much reach as others but goodluck on it if you try..you never know what you can do till you try

[WowWeakForum]

Im only 5 3 and done growing. Im very strong naturally and i have good lifts. Will being 5 3 make it impossible to win at strongman? How much will it hurt my performance. My weight is a little low now but i know ill hit 180 within a year so thats not an issue.
It seems like i would have an advantage on things like sled drag and dead lift?
Thanks alot, and reps.

Being 5'3" will make it practically impossible to win. You are at a severe disadvantage and I seriously doubt you will ever succeed. If your desire is strong enough and it's that important to you then you'll be a man, tell me to fluck off, and go out and win anyway.

[ryuten]

dude don't let height hold u back. u can still kick ass.
If anything, u would kick ass in the deadlift events and the farmer walks. all of those are shorter picks. and sometimes for the deadlift events, u might even deadlift the weight at 18" so it'd be an easy pick.

u dont' look that old. are u a teen? u'll probably grow taller in no time

[mochi]

check it

http://www.btinternet.com/~philip.j....stumpypage.htm

andrew "stumpy" raynes, 5'5", i've tried like hell to find more info about him, all i really know is what's on this page and the fact that he's "probably" retired.. big inspiration for the shorter guys (like me)

[breathingmurder]

What do you mean win??
Win at a local level?
Or win the WSM?

Just do your best. That's all you can do anyway. Whether people say you can win or not on this board won't change what you are capable of. You have to find out what you are capable of on your own.

[Battista]

just do it, who knows you might become some crazy short worlds strongest man lol

[AngeloBangelo]

I heard Raynes trained legs once in a while...

[cyberislanddude]

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Good luck

[Uriel_da_man]

There will be a couple events in which you'll be screwed from the start.

For example for tire flips, you'll probably need ****loads of lockout power to push the tire over since the tire is taller than you so you can't get it very high from the pull alone.

[Kiknskreem]

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Good luck

Positively relevant, f*ckface.

[Radok]

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Good luck

If you make yourself look taller, your odds of winning strongman contests are greatly improved, of course. What are your lifts on the big three? You look fairly muscular now, at 180 you should be pretty filled out and jacked.

[butthash]

maybe you should give powerlifting a try. being short won't put you at a disadvantage there.

[NHBBareKnuckler]

the problems you may face are all size related really, as far as I can see. Stones, I can imagine at some sizes might not be so easy with short arms but then just get stronger Bro, scre it.

You can shoulder stones but at some point the platforms my get to high. I've seem platforms almost as tall as me and I'm 6 feet tall. I'm not sure if thats the norm, i've not done a comp yet.

Bro have at it, screw it!

[Ausswolf]

Shortest champion strongman i've seen is Michael Starov at 5'11 claimed height.

[Dummkopf]

Isn't that one tool dieselweasel like 5'5?

[SevereMedicalCondition]

Shortest champion strongman i've seen is Michael Starov at 5'11 claimed height.

Raynes is 5 5

[spades885]

yea but a stacked 5'5

[AngeloBangelo]

Isn't that one tool dieselweasel like 5'5?

How old is that vid? DW has definitely come a long way since the first vids of him I saw. He's headed in the right direction and has a ton of heart (And is very resistant to injury apparently). But yeah, he's 5'5" and like 165-170. I think he just wants to get to 175 and just keep adding strength with little/no scale weight. At least, it'd make sense if he wants to compete in the lowest weight class.

[Ausswolf]

Raynes is 5 5

He never won a world championship like starov though. Theres alot of guys under his height that compete but none are champions. I think shorter guys have alot better chance at winning at powerlifting than strongman, like stumpy proved, although im impressed with his strongman results too.

[WSUSTRONGMAN]

Isn't that one tool dieselweasel like 5'5?

He lied about the tire weight, the one he used was 500 lbs... frame carry was not 700 lbs... what a ****