Mitchell Hooper subscribes to one easy yet dominating individual approach.
“Lift heavy. Be kind.”
For the initially World’s Strongest Man champ from Canada, it’s a fitting axiom. Hooper made that history Sunday at the 2023 WSM Finals in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as he endedup with 53.5 overall points over the 6 occasions.
“It’s not going to hit me for a while,” Hooper informed USA TODAY Sports. “It’s extremely hard for me to absorb these things. It’s truly hard to put into words how I feel. Really, shock is how I feel.”
Hooper’s win avoided a three-peat by Great Britain’s Tom Stoltman, who endedup 2nd with 49 points. Oleskii Novikov of Ukraine came in third (41 points).
Hooper, 27, completed 8th at last year’s World’s Strongest Man in his novice launching. Entering this year’s competitors, Hooper liked what he saw from the occasion list, however positioned his opportunities of winning it all at less than 50%.
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During his preparation, Hooper worked specifically hard at the Knaack dumbbell, which he thoughtabout his weakest occasion. Hooper began his day with a win in the Shield Carry occasion to choice up his veryfirst 10 points of the day priorto setting a 27-pound individual finest in the Knaack.
With 2 wins in 2 occasions, Hooper understood his shot was playing out in his favor. His worst revealing of the day came in the next occasion, Fingal’s Fingers, however he rebounded by declaring 9.5 points in the Max Dumbbell with 4 reps. Hooper then won the bus pull by more than 2 seconds and was securely in the motorist’s seat.
“If individuals can take something from me,” Hooper stated, “it’s that consistent effort over a really long duration time can outcome in quite fantastic physical (feats).”
Stoltman, perhaps the finest stones thrower in the world, was still on his heels, however Hooper’s second-best mark in the last occasion, the Atlas Stones, sealed the triumph for the Canadian.
Hooper owns a kinesiology center in his hometown of Barrie, Ontario and stated his objective is to usage workout as medication to avoid persistent injuri