Power = Strength / Time
July 16, 2012 12:44 PM   Subscribe

"The barbell bent beneath its load, and Shaw’s body began to oscillate like a tuning fork. By the time his back was straight, his eyes were burning and blood was streaming from his nose, into his mouth and down his chin. But the lift was good." The New Yorker's Burkhard Bilger takes a look at the culture of strongman.
posted by downing street memo (5 comments total)

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posted by downing street memo at 12:44 PM on July 16, 2012


Also, missing link. Can you link to the article you meant to link to, at least? Sounds interesting.
posted by koeselitz at 12:46 PM on July 16, 2012


Also, missing link.

Be nice. He's just big-boned.
posted by hal9k at 12:47 PM on July 16, 2012


Ah, maybe this? But I don't see the double.
posted by koeselitz at 12:48 PM on July 16, 2012


A link would be helpful, wouldn't it!
posted by downing street memo at 12:48 PM on July 16, 2012


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