On July 13, 2022, over Instagram, strongman Mitchell Hooper shared footage of himself capturing a 184-kilogram (406-pound) log press for 2 reps. Per Hooper, this log press feat is a latest personal record (PR).

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Hooper’s log press training is an element of his preparation for the 2022 Shaw Classic. The Log Press is one in every of this yr’s staple events and can kick off Day Two of the competition. The competition will happen on the Budweiser Events Center on August 13-14, 2022, in Loveland, CO.

Here’s the confirmed, current roster for the 2022 Shaw Classic:

2022 Shaw Classic Roster

Here’s the schedule of events for each days of the 2022 Shaw Classic:

Day One — Saturday, August 13, 2022

Day Two — Sunday, August 14, 2022

• Log Press 
• Frame Carry Arm-Over-Arm Medley
• Automotive Leg Press for Reps
• Atlas Stones

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Staying Busy

It’s been quite an eventful past few months for the 26-year-0ld Hooper.

Ever since a promising debut on the 2022 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) — where Hooper blitzed Group 2 of the Qualifying Round  and placed eighth within the Finals — the Canadian turn into one in every of the more noteworthy names in strongman. That WSM performance helped earn a Wild Card nod to the 2022 Giants Live Strongman Classic in early July, where he finished in second place. Now, with the 2022 Shaw Classic roughly a month away on the time of this writing, Hooper can have competed in three major strongman contests in only over two and a half months.

Hooper is staying occupied and diligent together with his training, too. Before this latest log press double PR, the strongman deadlifted a staggering 425 kilograms (937 kilos) for 2 singles during a late June 2022 training session. (His best-ever deadlift is 475 kilograms.) That lift occured before the Strongman Classic, but it surely could also help Hooper excel on the Max Hummer Tire Deadlift on the Shaw Classic.

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A Tall Hurdle

In keeping with Strongman Archives, Hooper has never won a world contest. If he’s going to alter that history on the Shaw Classic, he’ll need to top among the biggest names in strongman.

The sector includes four-time WSM Champion (2009-2010, 2012, 2014) Žydrūnas Savickas, eponymous organizer, and fellow former WSM winner (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016) Brian Shaw, 2020 WSM champion Oleksii Novikov, and two-time reigning WSM champion (2021-2022) Tom Stoltman.

Hooper has arguably already put himself on the strongman map. If he can beat these legends, there can be no denying his arrival as a strongman superstar.

Featured image: @mitchellhooper on Instagram