2008 Power Stairs: Heat Two | World's Strongest Man

Mariusz Pudzianowski came out on top to take maximum points after the second Power Stairs heat at the 2008 World's Strongest Man competition in Charleston, West Virginia.

Created in 1977, The World's Strongest Man™ has become the premier event in strength athletics. For over 30 years, the strongest men on the planet have come together in a series of unique and amazing tests of strength to determine The World's Strongest Man. The competition has travelled to stunning and varied locations such as Zambia, Iceland, Mauritius, Malaysia, Morocco, China and the USA.

For over three decades The World's Strongest Man has tested the limits of human strength, power, and endurance. The best strongmen on the planet and the most demanding challenges including Fingal's Fingers, Truck Pull, Dead Lift, Giant Farmers Walk, Plane Pull and the Atlas Stones have made the event a highlight in the TV calendar and the show a family favourite with a worldwide audience of over 220 million people.

Inspired by the Games of the Ancient Greeks, the Gladiators of Rome and Legends of Sports and Endurance, these giants amongst men compete with total commitment to their goal, to lift the trophy and take the world's greatest strength accolade... to become The World's Strongest Man!

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[fenrirbaldur]

Mariusz at 6'1" and 309lbs!? Holy shit that's crazy because he looks so ripped

[gpk]

"Phil's really getting the lead. This looks great" Couldn't have been timed better...

[roybatty-]

Mariusz: "This is not even my final form."

[jarenmontaos]

Marisusz smoking all the events all day long

#AbsoluteMonster

[LofiWurld]

memories, my prepubescent self loved this show!

[robertborich]

THIS IS HOW BADASS MARIUSZ WAS:
1.WON 5X WSM TITLES IN A 7 YEAR TIME PERIOD.
2.OUTWEIGHED EACH YEAR BY BIGGER OPPONENTS, HE SHOWED AMAZING STRENGTH & SPEED & PLACED CONSISTENTLY WELL IN MOST EVENTS.
3.IN WSM 2005 HE WAS PLACED 8TH OR 9TH AFTER 3 EVENTS & WENT ON TO WIN THAT YEAR.
4.STRAINED A CALF MUSCLE DURING 2008 WSM & PULLED A TRUCK SOON AFTER...& WENT ON TO WIN THAT YEAR.
5.COMPETED EACH YEAR IN WSM AGAINST A YOUNG ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS WHO INDEED GOT THE BETTER OF MARIUSZ IN SOME EVENTS BUT COULD NEVER CATCH THE MAIN PRIZE DURING THAT 2002-2008 PERIOD.

[PetonIsVeryBloody]

1:59 this is so dangerous. Imagine the weight rolls down the stairs, even the barrier won't stop it

[jeremymagee]

good lord pudzianowski was practically running with that weight at one point! this guy is seriously not human.

[nrock]

I thought heavy thing was gonna roll back down the stairs and kill somebody hahaha

[Fluffyolphert]

I would love to see todays lineup take on these exact stairs.

[Lukasz.Kaa]

DOŻYWOTNI SZACUN ZA SWOJĄ CIĘŻKĄ PRACĘ.

[bobibest]

I wonder if anyone in history can beat this performance.

[jonjoe]

Svend Karlsson and Mariusz my favorite of all times

[Crazyoldman]

This event is actually very dangerous because the weight could tip and roll into someone or if one the competitors pass-out they would fall back down all those steps😬

[jasonlagunes]

Mariusz was a beast with that extra gear

[ppietras]

It’s not even the weight that stopped the other competitors, it was the stairs.

[Jinkle]

What is the Polish guy taking while training for this ? genuinely interested.

[gordlawson]

surprised there was no penalty for rolling the weight.

It looks like they changed the steps to be more narrow to address this issue.

[szymusiek]

Jestem ciekaw jak w tej konkurencji zaprezentowałby się dzisiejszy Zydrunas Savickas

[rfjohns]

The closer a heavy weight is to the body the harder the effort whereas a barbell is easier.