@@CalvinHikes Why does the future of strongman have to be just one person? Both Tom and Mitch are phenomenal, and the pair of them are setting up to be the next big rivalry in the sport, which is nothing but good.
@@CalvinHikes It's definitely both. Tom's 3 WSM titles puts him in a very exclusive club of only 7 guys in history. Him and Mitch can beat each other, depending on the day and the events.
@@espenstoro mitch has placed higher than Tom in 6 of their last 7 contests they competed in together...and only lost on the one where he injured his hands on the first event of the finals at the 2024 WSM.
@@Flyxolydian91 I think what sets Mitch apart from many of competitors in strongman is that he's looking to implement innovations or techniques from other sports to strongman. That is something, which really hasn't ever been a focus of a competitor like Tom Stoltman, Eddie Hall, Hafthor Bjornsson. The more usual way is to focus on perfecting techniques that are already used in strongman competitions and on getting bigger, stronger, faster. I think eventually Mitch will have a profound impact on the world of strongman and on how certain lifts are done in competition just cause what he does is better. I don't think Tom could ever have that impact.
Allthough Hooper is indeed a very good strongman and ahead of most of the others. I think one of the reasons is that he wins so much is because the average level of strongman went down. Thor took a break, Big Z and Brian were past their prime. Martins is not what he was, Matheusz had a lot of injuries, same counts for Oleksi etc. Of course there is also no Eddie hall who easily strict pressed the 216kg axle and obviously had more in him. Would be fun to have seen hooper compete in the age of the titans.
@@Demano_9000 that's still a debate. That could've been way closer than it was and probably Mitchell winning again, if it wasn't for his hands' skin tear in the first event. PS: Mitchell getting 2nd with that in mind is impressive on its own tbh.
You can see in his face..it is strategy. He does not do 1 thing that isnt planned or rehearsed 50 times..every bloody second he knows exactely what the plan is and then executes it as flawless as possible. That and his superior training methods and academic background give him an edge
Much like Brian in fact, he was also very good at breaking down every single detail in a lift. But Brian is extremely humble and doesn't tend to say much. (Not calling Hooper arrogant, I root for him, but he is definitely not shy of saying he'll do it).
@@jessejames6157 I believe he lives in Barrie where he runs his kinesiology clinic! Also welcome to the sport! Mitchell is literally a strongman all-star at such a young age. He has already achieved what other strongman dream of. Great to watch him represent Canada 🍁 . Take care brother!
Hooper will go down as one of the greatest of all time. I still believe he is currently the strongest man on the planet despite the title going to Tom this year. Excited for this rivalry to continue
@@BloodCover i def agree. He seems at least as strong as prime thor if not stronger on stones and faster for sure. I dont remember thors exact stone lifts but tom is insane.
Mitch is such a beast! I remember watching his CZcams on his first day learning how to split jerk doing like 1 plate per side.. now that knowledge gave him that edge to destroy the competition in axle press! Dope journey to have watched ! Inspiring af
Literally the first time I saw Hooper in competition you could see he was on another level. just raw natural all rounded strength. As long as we don't see any bad injuries, 100% will go down as best of all time.
I hope the Stoltman Hooper rivalry stays classy, one of the best things about the sport is how the competitors are ultra competitive but always show great sportsmanship
@@rossysossy I think Thor would win any loading race, husafell stone, and that thing where they go in a circle forgot the name. Any Frame carry and yoke would be really close, depends on the day. Thor should win pure strength events except pressing due to his injury, but deadlift, squat he beats Mitch. Also any throw over bar, truck pull, wheel of pain type events. Tom is king of stones and just beat Mitch recently. Mitch is good but I don’t think he is unbeatable, not at all
True sportsmanship by Mitchel just doing one stone to come in last in the event so the other competitors can beat him in a single event, true sportsmanship.
Weird there aren't more comments about that part. Sounds like he'd rather a tense rivalry than a friendly one. Can't tell if it's intentional or if he actually feels threatened. Either way they're both good blokes.
@@voza-mj8hv Ever since Tom thought he won the Rogue invitational with his time in the final Atlas Stone event there, with his cocky little pose, only to have Licis beat him and win the whole thing... i've always enjoyed rooting against Tom. Tom is like that behemoth bully that is genetically bigger than everyone else but can still lose to someone who is a true student of the sport like a Hooper and or Licis.
If I didn't know anything about these strongmen and saw them in a lineup, there is no way I would pick Hooper to win. He doesn't look as big and powerful as some of those monsters, but dang, what an incredible athlete!
He was coming back from injury, and hurt his bicep at Europes in April. So it’s good to see him finish a full comp and complete the stone run which he hasn’t managed for a little while.
Hooper is so fn strong. Massive legs, and a back of steel. And the mental fortitude in the head to take all that stress and pressure, and squeeze the sh out of the muscle.
The fact that he set two, and equalled one, world record in one show is crazy (and let's face it, he could have easily smashed that third world record if he choose to do so). I just didn't think Strongman was a discipline you'd see such feats owing to how taxing attempting a record is in a single event, that it would almost by proxy prevent you from backing up to do it again.
Interesting to watch the axle press now compared previous eras. What I have noticed is that there is tendency to adopt part of the style of the Olympic discipline clean and jerk, with the leg split and jerk, rather than a straight arm press, where the legs do not initiate the press, as iron bibby has demonstrated .
I really like Hooper, he is a technician. BUT i LOVE Tom Stoltman on the stones. Jeez, 200 like butter. Looking forward to Lasha hitting 270kgs in Paris!!
I think Mitch has placed higher than tom in 6 out of their last 7 contests they both competed in....and Mitch only lost one as his hands were injured in an early event. But I think it is good that people like thor and tom push mitch to be better at everything instead of just one event.
@@daddynoah6210 Mitch tore his hands open at the FIRST event at the finals and could hardly perform at ALL the events after....that is why mitch placed 2nd, and why he beat tom at every event but the stones in the 2024 Strongman Classic, and beat tom at every contest in the last 7 contests EXCEPT the one he injured his hands.
@@interested3451 If Mitch hadn't jacked his hand up he would have likely won. If you look at contests over the last 2 years like JTF2dan suggests... THAT pretty much says it all... but perhaps only those of us with above average IQ's can read between those lines.
@rascalmatt6713 You really can't talk about "above average IQ" when you can't read between the lines lol, all I have stated is FACTS, ask any strongman what competition is the one to win, they will tell you WSM, Don't get buthurt because your "boy" is 2 wsm's behind 3x WSM Tom Stoltman who infact has done so with a disability his entire life !!!! Maybe when mitch "Jack'd" his hand u could have lent him yours for those nyt time shanks lol
One has to wonder what Eddie Hall could have achieved in axle press had he ever bothered to incorporate legs/form in his lift. His shoulder strength was nearly without parallel.
The axle record is in my opinion the most important record when determining someone's overall strength off of only 1 lift. So this is an incredible weight and achievement. However, there is a big difference between Iron Biby's strict press, and Hoopers Split jerk. Insane nonetheless, butttttt
the fact that mitchell just needed to do 1 stone in the final event is just insane and kinda hilarious
With respect to tom staltman, the future of strong man sports goes through mitchell hooper.
@@CalvinHikes Why does the future of strongman have to be just one person? Both Tom and Mitch are phenomenal, and the pair of them are setting up to be the next big rivalry in the sport, which is nothing but good.
@@CalvinHikes It's definitely both. Tom's 3 WSM titles puts him in a very exclusive club of only 7 guys in history. Him and Mitch can beat each other, depending on the day and the events.
@@espenstoro mitch has placed higher than Tom in 6 of their last 7 contests they competed in together...and only lost on the one where he injured his hands on the first event of the finals at the 2024 WSM.
@@Flyxolydian91 I think what sets Mitch apart from many of competitors in strongman is that he's looking to implement innovations or techniques from other sports to strongman. That is something, which really hasn't ever been a focus of a competitor like Tom Stoltman, Eddie Hall, Hafthor Bjornsson. The more usual way is to focus on perfecting techniques that are already used in strongman competitions and on getting bigger, stronger, faster.
I think eventually Mitch will have a profound impact on the world of strongman and on how certain lifts are done in competition just cause what he does is better. I don't think Tom could ever have that impact.
The Moose is cementing himself as one of the greatest strongman in history of the sport. That guy is just unbelievable good.
He's Already Top 10 In Just 2 Years Crazy
Yeah and 5 years of powerlifting.dude is a machine both physical and mental. Not even all juice in the world could achive that
Allthough Hooper is indeed a very good strongman and ahead of most of the others. I think one of the reasons is that he wins so much is because the average level of strongman went down. Thor took a break, Big Z and Brian were past their prime. Martins is not what he was, Matheusz had a lot of injuries, same counts for Oleksi etc. Of course there is also no Eddie hall who easily strict pressed the 216kg axle and obviously had more in him. Would be fun to have seen hooper compete in the age of the titans.
@@brentgroenendijk3692 hooper made like 3 world records on one event how average level went down lol
@@user-yy7nd7tq8z Do you even know what average means? You should watch some wsm shows from 2017 and earlier, you'll see what i mean.
Mitch is lighter than most of the field too, even crazier. Beast!!
They all grossly overweight
@@XDAG993 he put on a good amount of weight tho
@@mikemarc92 he hovers between 325-330
@@mikemarc92 he was 330 in the latest contest
Kordiyaka looking quite lean for such an event as well
Mitch, What a performance. Tom and Mitch what rivalry , we are lucky to have them.
And tom weighs like 100 lbs more lol
3 world records smashed, guys all by one man , crazy
Is hooper the best athlete in the sport currently or do you think Tom is the king?
@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN Hooper, Tom is a better Strongman but Hopper is the best athlete
@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN hoop is even better than tom
@@Demano_9000 that's still a debate. That could've been way closer than it was and probably Mitchell winning again, if it wasn't for his hands' skin tear in the first event.
PS: Mitchell getting 2nd with that in mind is impressive on its own tbh.
@@Demano_9000 why is Tom the better strongman?
You can see in his face..it is strategy. He does not do 1 thing that isnt planned or rehearsed 50 times..every bloody second he knows exactely what the plan is and then executes it as flawless as possible. That and his superior training methods and academic background give him an edge
Much like Brian in fact, he was also very good at breaking down every single detail in a lift. But Brian is extremely humble and doesn't tend to say much. (Not calling Hooper arrogant, I root for him, but he is definitely not shy of saying he'll do it).
And his peptide stack..
@@sekwar That nearly every other top level competitor uses.
Tom Stoltman on stones is just incredible to watch. He makes it look so easy.
Tom picking that 200 stone straight up is incredible wow!
He lifted the stone up like a crying toddler. Insanely strong on the stones
Production and editing on this video was phenomal. Well done! Amazing way to recap the show in less than 15minutes!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Super Hooper 🇨🇦. Big love from Toronto
Big up
I'm new to this. Is big homie from Toronto?
@@jessejames6157 I believe he lives in Barrie where he runs his kinesiology clinic! Also welcome to the sport! Mitchell is literally a strongman all-star at such a young age. He has already achieved what other strongman dream of. Great to watch him represent Canada 🍁 . Take care brother!
🍁 👍🏻 🍁
Kudos to the editor(s). Awesome video summarizing the event. I really liked the supercut of the wrecking ball hold showing everyone at different times
Thank you, i was hoping that would make it a little more interesting to sit through!
Kordiyaka 😮 running with that weight
Iron Biby's form was PURE shoulders
Get that man to jump and his PR would be unreal
Mitch Hooper speaks so well.
You can see how the shows, the competitions, the people and overall the sport is reaching new highs! Amazing time to be alive following the sport!
The moose is a generatilnal talent hes gonna go down with legends
I have no comprehension of the depths of meaning generatilnal is, but I approve.
@@Demane69 Generational?
To be in the position of "I want a world record, so I'm just gonna go and get it" is crazy OP.
Hooper is an absolute beast. Also, Pavlo just running with the conan's wheel wtf.
Hooper will go down as one of the greatest of all time. I still believe he is currently the strongest man on the planet despite the title going to Tom this year. Excited for this rivalry to continue
The edit for the wrecking ball hold was fantastic. What a performance by the Moose.
Thank you!
Hooper is definitely my favorite strongman competitor
Tom 1 motion lifted that last stone lol
He’s a beast isn’t he
@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN sure is lol. Alot of strongmen cant even lift the last stone much less do it in 1 motion 😂.
he made it look about 100kgs lighter than it is lol
@@mikimiyazaki Tom is the stone king
@@BloodCover i def agree. He seems at least as strong as prime thor if not stronger on stones and faster for sure. I dont remember thors exact stone lifts but tom is insane.
Mitch is such a beast! I remember watching his CZcams on his first day learning how to split jerk doing like 1 plate per side.. now that knowledge gave him that edge to destroy the competition in axle press! Dope journey to have watched ! Inspiring af
Hooper must be channeling the spirit of Louis Cyr, he even looks like him! :D
uh...no he doesnt.
Hoop is a beast. Everyone was sleeping on him back at that Arnold, and he's just been delivering since.
Which arnold? The last one, or the three he won before that 😂
Nah I knew this guy was going to be something special
Nobody is sleeping on him dude
Watching the Iron Biby 217 kg was crazy! Just a pure overhead press!
@@inkf2846 barely counted
@@Tokin-qo6csit counted
The future is in safe hands with tom and mitchell. So excited for future strongman.
I practically shake with the anticipation of watching Mitch and Tom batlle it out in the years to come! What a time to be alive 😊
Literally the first time I saw Hooper in competition you could see he was on another level. just raw natural all rounded strength. As long as we don't see any bad injuries, 100% will go down as best of all time.
Hooper & Tom are just a different breed. I don't expect anything but one of the two of them on every podium they truly gun for over the next few years
Hooper is a beast man
I hope the Stoltman Hooper rivalry stays classy, one of the best things about the sport is how the competitors are ultra competitive but always show great sportsmanship
They respect each other regardless. All good men
For power to weight Hooper is off the chart's!
These strongman competitions are so freaking cool!! I love watching these!!
Mitchell is gunna be nearly impossible for anyone to beat for a long time. Hes the strongest,most athletic, and well rounded ive probably ever seen
tom showed its possible, and if thor ever gets his pressing strength back he will be the favorite
@@lunaretic3 both too slow. Their would have to be something really just for pure strength for one of em to win which they rarely do anymore
@@rossysossy I think Thor would win any loading race, husafell stone, and that thing where they go in a circle forgot the name. Any Frame carry and yoke would be really close, depends on the day. Thor should win pure strength events except pressing due to his injury, but deadlift, squat he beats Mitch. Also any throw over bar, truck pull, wheel of pain type events. Tom is king of stones and just beat Mitch recently. Mitch is good but I don’t think he is unbeatable, not at all
@@lunaretic3 I don't think he'd win loading. Husafell would be close . He got killed in frame carry/ yolk last time they went against each other
@@rossysossy killed? Thor got second or third didnt he?
True sportsmanship by Mitchel just doing one stone to come in last in the event so the other competitors can beat him in a single event, true sportsmanship.
why are strong men so kind and gentle??
They’re just good guys, they’re all so big and strong they don’t need to pretend to be a alpha
@@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN so true!! very true..and also they dont get irritated because of low calorie diet..but what you said is 99% the reason.
Dedication at its finest 💪
Good work Hooper. Good work.
Winning or losing is the same if you show class and good manners like a great leader
That is what losers would say. Especially english people in football:)
He’s the evolution of strongman . We’re proud of him in Canada
Mitch is an amazing athlete. Undoubtedly one of the goats. And all done in such a short period...ridiculous that is 😮
Hooper is a true competitor.
Should win a few more WSM titles!
Beating iron biby' s record made Hooper a top tier strongman
I would have loved to see Mitchell and Stolman go against Thor, Shaw and Hall in their prime
Hooper was a class of his own. Kordiyaka was on fire.
Hooper isn't human. He's some kind of alien.
the technique for the axel press was crazy good. like a clean and jerk
Respect from Germany!! 🎉
Tom a bit salty at 10:20 to justify 2nd place to himself but the way Hooper dominated this comp was pretty incredible
Those interviews were done the night before, so tom hadn’t come second by that point
Weird there aren't more comments about that part. Sounds like he'd rather a tense rivalry than a friendly one. Can't tell if it's intentional or if he actually feels threatened. Either way they're both good blokes.
@@voza-mj8hv Ever since Tom thought he won the Rogue invitational with his time in the final Atlas Stone event there, with his cocky little pose, only to have Licis beat him and win the whole thing... i've always enjoyed rooting against Tom.
Tom is like that behemoth bully that is genetically bigger than everyone else but can still lose to someone who is a true student of the sport like a Hooper and or Licis.
Tom is sweet really and him and mitch are friendly. Mitch can be just as cocky but we played him as the underdog for this film
Nothing new, Tom always makes excuses unless he wins.
Kodiyaka ran with that 200kg sack of stones as if he was carrying a grocery bag
Tom vs the 200kg stone was epic 💪
It never gets old!
You know Tom Stoltman had "Light Weight baby!" In his head as he lifted those stones.
Mitch and Tom remind me of one recent rivalry...
His mom must of loved him come grocery day 😂😂😂 homie get all the bags plus his parents in one trip.
If I didn't know anything about these strongmen and saw them in a lineup, there is no way I would pick Hooper to win. He doesn't look as big and powerful as some of those monsters, but dang, what an incredible athlete!
Hooper is probably the best at cleaning the axle, just insane
Damn good editing. Made it epic.
Thank you 🤩
What’s happened to Novikov? He used to be quite dominant in strongman.
He was coming back from injury, and hurt his bicep at Europes in April. So it’s good to see him finish a full comp and complete the stone run which he hasn’t managed for a little while.
He’s the evolution of strongman
Hooper must be beating the sponsorships away with a brush. Super likable and that pizza duster what a combo.
I might squat 900lbs bench press 600lbs deadlift 500lbs @. 200lbs body weight... But I couldn't do what you guys are doing... Keep it up boys'!
Forget how strong Mitchell is, I'm blown away by how athletic he is. Just an all around athlete
"Speed! Power! Determination! BANANA!"
Stoltman one-motioning that last stone was insane.
I like the music in this video.
Go Hooper! 👏 Amazing work, everyone.
Tom vs Mitch will be a very interesting rivalry to see. I genuinely do hope for Tom to be the one to match or break Mariusz's record.
Hooper is so fn strong. Massive legs, and a back of steel. And the mental fortitude in the head to take all that stress and pressure, and squeeze the sh out of the muscle.
Mitch looking strong af
iron biby is literally pressing the 217 at the start and i mean: PRESSING
I love how the first guy is like “😃🤚” after lifting 1025lbs and looking like this “🍅”
The fact that he set two, and equalled one, world record in one show is crazy (and let's face it, he could have easily smashed that third world record if he choose to do so). I just didn't think Strongman was a discipline you'd see such feats owing to how taxing attempting a record is in a single event, that it would almost by proxy prevent you from backing up to do it again.
Greatest lifts I've seen! 0_o
Super hombres de realidad les felicito desde España
he should have done 9 on the deadlift. Regardless, Mitch is absolute legend at this point
@@TIWofficial He wanted to secure 1st place more than he wanted the WR
OK, now we ALL believe Mitch Hooper is for real !
Interesting to watch the axle press now compared previous eras. What I have noticed is that there is tendency to adopt part of the style of the Olympic discipline clean and jerk, with the leg split and jerk, rather than a straight arm press, where the legs do not initiate the press, as iron bibby has demonstrated .
I really like Hooper, he is a technician. BUT i LOVE Tom Stoltman on the stones. Jeez, 200 like butter. Looking forward to Lasha hitting 270kgs in Paris!!
now that brian is retired i think Mitchell is my new favorite.
“He came here like a cut snake” 😂😂 ive never heard that phrase can before
Pissed off and a point to prove makes for one hell of an athlete
They really need to get the license to play the Wheel of Pain music from the Conan soundtrack for the wheel event.
I just lifted 2 garbage bins into the back of my truck last week. Probably like 40lbs each, so I'm pretty much in the same boat with these guys.
Nice work!
I think Mitch has placed higher than tom in 6 out of their last 7 contests they both competed in....and Mitch only lost one as his hands were injured in an early event. But I think it is good that people like thor and tom push mitch to be better at everything instead of just one event.
@@jtf2dan Mitch tore his hand in wsm but Tom would have won anyway he was significantly ahead
@@daddynoah6210 Mitch tore his hands open at the FIRST event at the finals and could hardly perform at ALL the events after....that is why mitch placed 2nd, and why he beat tom at every event but the stones in the 2024 Strongman Classic, and beat tom at every contest in the last 7 contests EXCEPT the one he injured his hands.
@jtf2dan @jtf2dan Mitch placed second at WSM because Tom Stoltman won. Tom has 3 wsm's Mitch has 1, that pretty much says it all I think.
@@interested3451 If Mitch hadn't jacked his hand up he would have likely won. If you look at contests over the last 2 years like JTF2dan suggests... THAT pretty much says it all... but perhaps only those of us with above average IQ's can read between those lines.
@rascalmatt6713 You really can't talk about "above average IQ" when you can't read between the lines lol, all I have stated is FACTS, ask any strongman what competition is the one to win, they will tell you WSM, Don't get buthurt because your "boy" is 2 wsm's behind 3x WSM Tom Stoltman who infact has done so with a disability his entire life !!!! Maybe when mitch "Jack'd" his hand u could have lent him yours for those nyt time shanks lol
I think that when Moose got that axle press he said “duck yeah” (I read his lips)
INSANE VIDEO AND EDIT
Thank you❤️
Hoops strength is like magic, absolutely next level. Does it easily too.
Mitchell Hooper actually ran marathons before he started training for strongman. That's pretty impressive to me.
When Mitch was talking about beating himself I was cracking up thinking 🤔 I beat myself every day 😂😂
Lol I love ya brother, but you really do look like the thumb during the wheel event 😂 Stay safe Hooper, awesome job!
Hooper , set his goals months ago and proved himself to be the world's strongest man + 2 world records , very impressed congratulations Michael.
One has to wonder what Eddie Hall could have achieved in axle press had he ever bothered to incorporate legs/form in his lift. His shoulder strength was nearly without parallel.
🔥🔥 class
These are true demons!!!! Holy shit!!!!
The axle record is in my opinion the most important record when determining someone's overall strength off of only 1 lift. So this is an incredible weight and achievement. However, there is a big difference between Iron Biby's strict press, and Hoopers Split jerk. Insane nonetheless, butttttt
I want to see Lasha try this
So do we!
Go the big kiwi RAGG.wow wat a effort.proud kiwi here.😊
WSM is all that matters. Tom knows this and that is why he does not waste is energy.
I'll be curious if other strongmen start adapting some of the powerlifting techniques Hooper uses.