The Strongest Man in History is a

History Channel History (formerly and commonly known as the History Channel) is an American pay television television broadcaster, network and the flagship channel of A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney General Entertainme ...

original series, which premiered on July 7, 2019. It is a reality-show that takes four strongmen,

Nick Best Nick Best (born November 3, 1968) is an American strongman and powerlifter. Powerlifting Prior to competing in strongman, Best won the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships in the 125 kg class in 1996 and 1997, as well as the WDFPF Wo ...

Eddie Hall Edward Stephen Hall (born 15 January 1988) is an English media personality, retired strongman, and current mixed martial artist. He is best known for his then world-record setting deadlift. He is also known for winning 2017 World's Strongest ...

, Robert Oberst and

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around the world investigating some of the most famous strongmen legends and trying to beat those performances and verify the credibility of some of the legendary feats of strength. The first and only season consisted of seven episodes which spanned across both USA and UK.

Strongmen

World's Strongest Man The World's Strongest Man is an international strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of Decemb ...

finalist, power-lifting champion of the world in the late 1990s and held the world records in the Shield carry (Elephant shield) and Stone carry ( Jón Páll Sigmarsson stone). *

2017 World's Strongest Man The 2017 World's Strongest Man was the 40th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It was held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 20 to 28. The tournament was won by Eddie Hall of the United Kingdom, with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ...

winner and held the former world record for the

Deadlift The deadlift is a strength training exercise in which a weight-loaded barbell is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, with the torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting ...

, at 500 kg (1,102 lb). * Robert Oberst
World's Strongest Man finalist and held the former American record for the log press at 211 kg (465 lb). *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

World's Strongest Man champion and held more than 25 world records.

Episodes

Season 1 (2019)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strongest Man in History History (American TV channel) original programming 2019 American television series debuts 2019 American television series endings 2010s American reality television series American English-language television shows