Strong men and women have been admired in many cultures for thousands of years, with stone lifting and carrying especially revered. The current sport of strongman developed out of the 1977 TV show ...

The fastest time to lift 5 Atlas stones and throw them over a 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) obstacle is 15.83 sec and was achieved by Travis Ortmayer (USA) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on ...