Talking Strongman

Vytautas Lalas enjoyed an incredibly successful career in Strongman, narrowly missing out on The World's Strongest Man title in 2012. He was able to redeem himself the following year when he went on to win The Arnold's Strongman Classic. 

On this evening's Talking Strongman I'm joined by Rongo Keene, the newly crowned World's Strongest Man Home Edition winner.

Rongo shares his incredible story, from starting out in Strongman to being imprisoned for a year just days before his first pro Strongman show. 

Rongo's story and his amazing comeback is a truly inspiring one.

Don Idrees is one part of the two man team that created The World's Ultimate Strongman, putting on their first major show in Dunbai in 2018.

World's Ultimate Strongman (fondly known as WUS) is renowned for it's excellent treatment of the athletes and Strongman fans, and for offering the most prize money out of all the major Strongman competitions.

In this episode, Don and I discuss how WUS got off the ground, the barriers they faced in earning the trust of the worlds top strongmen, some of the (often hilarious) problems they've faced along the way, and most importantly, why Don looks like a Bond villian.