After he was discharged, he returned to Cincinnati and picked up odd jobs ... It was like some guy who builds a rocket and it launches farther than any NASA scientist has ever been able to go.” ...

Competitors would pick one up at a time then try to push it down to the ground. The event came easy for some, like 6-foot-6 Tim Blakeslee, 33, of Waterville. “The strategy is to be a big guy and ...

but most of his exercises boil down to a millennia-old action you do every day—you pick something up, take it somewhere, and then put it down. “Strongman contests have been around since day ...

Strength is shown off in bodybuilding competitions, as well as strongman competitions ... He can also pick up and slam down just about any guy with pretty good ease. Go ahead and tell Big Show ...