03/08/2026
Newbury’s Strongest Man 2026 🥈 2nd Place
What a fantastic day of competing, ran beautifully by Overreach Barbell Club and my fellow competitors were brilliant all the way.
Worked my ass off this prep, wanted to bring the best I could to the day and I’m very happy to have come away with 2nd after a tough joint 1st place with Jimmy Ryan ending in a tie break.
Event 1: Max axle, points for cleaning as well as pressing. Most I pressed was ‘only’ 120kg, missed the 130kg which frustrated me, but still managed to clean up to 140kg which is a PB in its own right, especially on the savagely thick and less than forgiving axle. 🥈
Event 2: 390kg x12m yoke. 20.41s and 🥉 place. Maximum effort, what else can I say 😂
Event 3: 110kg log carry and press every 10m for 30m, 31.66s and 🥇
Event 4: Sandbag to shoulder ladder - 90/110/130/140, chuffed to hit the 130, gassed out on the 140. 🥇
Event 5: Ukrainian deadlift for reps - 6 reps, man I was cooked by this point 😂 4th
Thank you to the family and my friends for coming to support me all day in the heat, special thank you to , my absolute rock (and stellar photographer for the day!) , and the best brother & training partner, love being able to share the comp floor with you Mike Riches
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