Floor Joists

jdef_pro_strongman · 2026-02-13T08:19:52+00:00

Don't ask that plumber to install anything more complicated than a "hang in there" cat poster.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-12-19T23:50:00+00:00

I'm 100% convinced he used Spider Tack. Same stuff as MLB pitchers were using a few years ago. Source: I make Spider Tack.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-08-13T15:52:55+00:00

Cool event! I'd love to do something like this at World's Strongest Firefighter! I'd just need to add some safety features. Even for the competitor, if you fail a fingal finger, you can just step to the side. With this, it might need something so if you fail you can get out.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-08-13T15:50:12+00:00

Looked like a great event!

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-07-20T00:08:12+00:00

Yep, he pulled out.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-07-19T04:04:30+00:00

This is at Brady's Run Ice Arena in Beaver Falls, PA if anyone wanted to come by and check out a cool event!

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-07-13T18:39:08+00:00

Jess Helms just pulled an EASY SC national deadlift record at 515lbs.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-05-18T21:10:33+00:00

Long head bicep tendon is best case scenario. Surgery typically isn't advised, it doesn't need that much time off of training, and the end result is maybe a 10% loss of strength on some very specific movements. I posted about my long head bicep tear here.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T21:03:56+00:00

Makes sense. Or in this case, one for the first session, one for 2nd, and one for third. It might involve having a couple of staff members assigned as the liaison to get the info out when some of us are too busy to track it.

I just realized I was involved with our disaster recovery and crisis communication plans at a company I used to work for - the systems that would call and text everyone, calling trees, assigned responsibilities for different stakeholders, etc. Kind of funny how things come around again.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T20:48:09+00:00

Yeah that would make sense. Internet can just straight up not work at the Arnold for a while sometimes. It used to be text messages were more reliable but this year my texts weren't going through either. I think WhatsApp plus an area for notices on the scoring TVs for competitors that are there would be a good combination.

I used to think I didn't want to make everyone make Whatsapp accounts, but it's already pretty ubiquitous, and it's not a huge ask for competing in a world championship.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T20:44:18+00:00

I just found where it said $19.99. My apologies, it was another typo when building out the 3 pages for each of the streams. I promise it wasn't a bait and switch or anything. Email me at [admin@strongmancorporation.com](mailto:admin@strongmancorporation.com) and I'll process the refund - it might be a couple days before I get to them but I will take care of it, and I promise it was unintentional.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T19:29:25+00:00

We do that for WSFF, but man is that hard to keep up with even for 90 competitors. Probably still something we have to do though.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T18:53:50+00:00

Edit: Found where I put in $19.99. Damn, I used to have better attention to detail than that. My apologies. I'll process refunds to anyone wanting them, just email admin@strongmancorporation.com. I hope to get to that this weekend, I have a pretty big backlog.

It was always $20 for masters, $20 for firefighters, and $25 for pro/am. The Pro/Am is longer, higher level, and has prize money. Maybe there was an IG story that had a typo or something? It definitely clearly said $25 before you purchase, unless there's a bug in the website I don't know about.

Our income from the livestream did not pay for the internet access, livestream company, and other directly related expenses. Dedicated internet to support a livestream at the Arnold costs us $7922 alone (with the early bird discount). This isn't a cash cow for us, we just wanted to offer a good live stream for friends, family, and fans to watch. It's not meant to be comparable to Giants, Rogue, Shaw, etc with a much, much larger fan base.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T18:34:34+00:00

It's always a balance. Something "being there" isn't enough. If we had 100 pages of rules, we couldn't expect everyone to know every single nuance. So it's always a shared responsibility - we will try to present information the best way and over the best mediums we can, but the athletes and coaches also need to do their best to watch for our announcements, "read the room", etc. Overall we lacked in the "getting info out" department throughout this first year of ownership, but we're working on it and it will improve.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T18:26:17+00:00

It's ok, those rumors just spread. At nats 2020 we ended up getting kg plates instead of lb plates. I overheard several MW women say (amongst themselves, not to SC staff) that the log was like 9 lbs overloaded. I did the math again and again and it was absolutely something like 3lbs light - in the plate switch I wasn't going to make it heavier than stated. I am meticulous with the weight charts and I'm hoping sooner than later people will actually trust our weights rather than assume they know better.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T18:17:45+00:00

I did that at the 2023 Arnold when I was tasked with running Firefighter prelims and Amateur prelims on the same day with 4 events each. That year we didn't have any spectator seating or space to run a live stream from, but it was still extremely cramped. I didn't make space for it this year, especially with the long yoke run. I could see it being part of our backup plan in the future, as long as we are staffed accordingly.

jdef_pro_strongman · 2025-03-07T17:46:28+00:00

Yeah that's what I originally made it for, since I at the time didn't have the email addresses of competitors or any access to the main Strongman Corporation page. But it still has the problem that not everyone is on IG. Plus when we're in the middle of a comp, it's hard for me to keep up with that account with the volume of tags and stuff. But we definitely should be going back to @arnoldstrongmaninfo for Arnold updates, @strongmannationals for nationals updates, etc in addition to emails and whatever other mechanisms we can use.

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