His profile has also led him to become an advocate for LGBTQ people. He won a major strongman title this year, had Arnold Schwarzengger congratulate him on his wedding and has qualified for the 2020 Arnold Strongman Classic, the most prestigious event in his sport. What sets Kearney, 28, apart is how unabashedly out and open he is about being gay and having a husband while also being an elite athlete.
He’s also gay, married and proud of who he is, so much so that he bills himself the “ World’s Strongest Gay.” If either of them do, it will be Savickas himself making the call.Rob Kearney is one of the world’s strongest men. We will see if either of these strongmen can match or break the log lift world record held by Savickas.
Kearney will be attempting the world record lift for the first time in a competitive setting this weekend. Stoltman has attempted a world record log lift before, but was unsuccessful. In what looked like a mirror image of his first attempt, he was unable to stabilize the clean and had to call it a day.Īlthough Hicks has to sit out the event this weekend, it is safe to assume that he will challenge the record at some point in the future. He made a second attempt at 3:10 in the video. Hicks was unsuccessful with that lift after failing to stabilize the clean. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: British Log Press RECORD 220KG! Graham Hicks ()Īt that event, he attempted a world record log lift with the same weight that Stoltman attempted in season one of “Feats of Strength” - 230 kilos (507 pounds) - it takes place at 1:44 in the video. His lift was successful and if you haven’t yet seen it, you can check out our coverage below: The difference was, rather than a world record attempt, Kearney made an American log lift record attempt of 215.8 kilograms (475.75 pounds) using a split jerk technique.Ĭoming into that event, Kearney already held the American record and sought to further it. Similar to Stoltman, Kearney also made an appearance in season one of the “Feats of Strength” series for a log lift event. We’ll find out if he can capitalize this time around and join his brother in the strongman record books. Stoltman will have the advantage of experience in the event as he has attempted this record on this stage once before. Hit a 215kg log and made it look harder than it should have been! Shoulder is almost all good again. 3 weeks to put 15kg on. In the caption, he gives an update on his recovery from a shoulder injury and that the lift appeared more difficult than it actually was for him: A post shared by Luke Stoltman – Highland Oak on at 10:59am PDT
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