Circus Strongman - Valentin Dikul

[Dan C]

http://www.juggling.tv/vaults/view_v...440e4da0b65a70

[Dan C]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqxEfB5-Lv8

Pretty frickin awesome. I like his showboatness in the first clip. Kind of like old-school wrestlers.

So tell me Dan, are you a Valentin Dikul candidate in training?

[Dan C]

That cannonball bit seriously has me thinking. I liked the twirling of the barbells too.

Luke and I have done similar shows; just on a much smaller scale... with much lighter weights... with feats that weren't as cool.

Performance strongman is definitely a rare art.

Performance Strongman - that is super cool! Who were the last Americans to do something similar? Bill Pearl and Chuck Sipes are the only two that come to my mind. I'm sure there were probably others but there was never much press available for them. That is some amazing footage.

Do you know how much the KB's, cannon balls, and barbells weighed?

I think you should go for it Dan. That is a great story of you and Luke on Halloween night a year or two ago. Just goes to show you there is an audience for it. People can appreciate the strength and skill involved with these feats.

Halloween Strongman

I say "You can do e-e-e-t!".

[KickerNine]

This is really funny. According to the "estimated" figures provided for his powerlift weights, he squatted 990 pounds with no spotters, benched 572 raw with no spotters, and set a new world record for the deadlift at 1012 pounds.

Is the strongest man in the history of the world? YES!