The World's Strongest Man Takes On Shot Put Champion | Ft Joe Kovacs

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  @mitchellhooperstrongman · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @hannibalwantsahuggrande3433 · 1 year ago

  Giant men playing with balls. Peak content.

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  @Wham0 · 1 year ago

  He’s done around 400kg squat for 4 reps in knee sleeves, no suit, no belt, in a normal gym

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  @nandorsimon8349 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Once i had the pleasure to spot Joe Kovacs on Benchpress at my local Gym in Székesfehérvár Hungary in 2023. Joe was here for some shotput event. Even as a Hungarian top 10, 105kg powerlifter i was feeling puny. &nbsp;Joe was block benching for sets with the same weight as my squat worksets &nbsp;at the time like 200kg. It was mind blowing that after i squatted he repped the same weight &nbsp;on bench. That man is a monster. He also had a shotput ball in his gymbag he showed me 😂.<br>Huge respect to both of you guys.

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  @Nuffinnbutthetide · 1 year ago

  I feel like shot putters would be some of the best athletes to cross over to strongman, they would have the best athleticism and they have good static strength

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  @Answeriz42 · 1 year ago

  Joe did an amazing job coaching. I haven’t thrown a shot since high school and he explained everything better in under 20 minutes than I’ve seen coaches not be able communicate in a whole season.

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  @ChrisDrummondAW · 1 year ago

  I&apos;ve been waiting on this collab. Joe is one of the most underrated badasses in the whole business.

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  @bjf5027 · 1 year ago

  I was on the track team with joe back in 2008 and he was a freak back then. I remember him as a freshman sprinting the 30M faster than all the sprinters on the team. He also front squatted 5 plates and was easily able to dunk at 6 foot 1.

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  @RocketSauce666 · 1 year ago

  As a former college thrower, this was fun to watch. &nbsp;I could tell Mitch was a real one when we knew that he couldn&apos;t pick up shot put technique at a high level in 3 years. &nbsp;That&apos;s an athlete who understands what&apos;s involved. &nbsp;As Joe pointed out, he&apos;s been at it over 20 years and still feels like he&apos;s learning. &nbsp;The shot is so finicky because you have so little time to influence the implement and every little millimeter of position and and timing makes a meaningful difference to how far it flies.

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  @tomvandongen8075 · 1 year ago

  Geoff Capes (RIP) was a shot putter who became WSM; would have a nice circularity to a WSM becoming an olympic shot putter

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  @TheJohn8765 · 1 year ago

  I think Mitch would be good at almost any physical feat he put his mind to. He&apos;s coachable, does the research to find out what he doesn&apos;t know, and applies those lessons in a structured and intelligent way.

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  @louisgallagher2364 · 1 year ago

  do a video with ethan katzberg for hammer, he&apos;s also canadian and is the best hammer thrower of the decade

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