The Strongest Man in History

Great fun show. Four guys having fun and recreating historical strongman acts. Had me laughing out loud a lot. Especially when Oberst has to do the 'usual' in episode 3 after losing a bet!

I'm watching this show from the perspective of someone who knows nothing about strongman. The only one of the guys I'd heard of before this show was Brian Shaw from a YouTube video of his diet.

The premise of the show is 4 guys doing feats of strength usually loosely based on a historical event. While it's always impressive to see the lifts, what really carries the show is their charisma and camaraderie. All of the guys are extremely competitive and constantly are hassling one another. Pretty much all my favorite parts of the show is when they're just interacting with each other.

While I'm usually not the biggest fan of reality TV, this show is definitely an exception. Everything about this show is genuine and sometimes they fail. I don't think these guys would ever deceive the audience with weight, they all have way too much pride.

The show can feel a little padded out for time sometimes, but I think that just comes with the genre. It also definitely makes you feel lazy and weak when you see how yolked these dudes are. I'd recommend this to anyone.

This show does have 4 of the strongest men in the world participating and recreating some of the craziest feats of strength and giving history and context to those events. It stars: Nick Best a dominate powerlifter turned strongman. Robert Oberst the second strongest American and perennial competitor in World's Stongest man. Eddie "the beast" Hall the man who holds the deadlift record at 500kg and winner of World's Stongest man. Finally Brian Shaw, who has won worlds strongest man 4 times. You will never find a sports show with this level of talent. This would be like having a show about basketball with Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird recreating and discussing some of the best moments in basketball history.

The stars also have great chemistry because they have known and compeated against each other for years. This show demonstrates some of the indominable will of the human spirit. I can't get enough. I hope it shines a brighter light on an uderated sport.

I love watching this show. And it really highlights what an amazing guy Nick Best is.

Such amazing interaction between all these guys. Highly entertaining and a must watch.