The next step is to find a strongman gym, which will have equipment like atlas stones, yokes and farmer's handles for you to get a sense of the implements. Many of these gyms have introduction ...

It’s easy to overload the yoke with more than you can really handle, and when you do, all that weight is directly over your spine. The same principle applies to pretty much all of strongman.

4) Squat Rack Bar Holds For The Yoke Race The Strongman yoke race challenges competitors to carry an entire squat rack loaded with up to 1,500-plus pounds through a race course as fast as they can.

The first event they train for is the yoke walk into a farmer's carry. "Where you're gonna win or lose this is the transition from throwing that yoke down to picking the farmers up," says Hall.

Unlike Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting, Strongman competitions can vary significantly from meet to meet — including such events as a truck pull, a log press, a keg lift and the yoke walk.

Pole dancing, bodybuilding, powerlifting and a “Strongman” competition were front and center ... axle clean and press, viking deadlift, yoke race and atlas stone lift. Preston Walls, a heavyweight ...

The Strongman competition featured a tight contest ... to Mitchell's single victory (in the Yoke Escalator, a brutal sprint/lift combo race), but Mitchell posted strong finishes across the board ...

Strongman is a sport where participants perform ... McClelland carried an 800-pound yoke on his back a distance of 60 feet in 9.19 seconds. Next, he bear-hugged a 300-pound sandbag and walked ...