Andrea Thompson is one among the more distinguished names in lively strongwoman. As knowledgeable competitor since March 2016, the athlete from the UK has amassed quite the competitive catalog. Thompson revealed her next grand ambition in a recent interview and training session with a strongman legend.
On Sept. 30, 2022, Laurence Shahlaei, 2016 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM), posted two videos to his YouTube channel where he trained shoulders and legs respectively with the athlete. In the previous video, Thompson revealed she would soon make one other attempt on the strongwoman Log Lift World Record on the 2022 World Log Lift Championships in Ipswich, UK. Notably, with a successful lockout, Thompson can be extending her own record mark of 135 kilograms (297.6 kilos) from the 2020 World’s Ultimate Strongman “Feats of Strength” Series.
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In the primary legs video, after ending some cardio (the treadmill for Shahlaei; an air bike for Thompson), the pair got after it with some safety bar squats. Thompson logged multiple high-rep sets of 150 kilograms (330.7 kilos). Afterward, the duo continued to seemingly center on endurance, powering through a leg curl and drop set leg press. To cap the routine, Thompson and Shahlaei decided to shut with some high-rep leg extensions.
Within the second video, it was all about overhead movements as Thompson announced her plans for the brand new World Record in the method.
To begin, Thompson and Shahlaei did a number of sets of respective log lifts together. They’d finish the sequence by doing three one-rep sets of an enormous 122-kilogram (269-pound) log lift. Here, Thompson emphatically noted that her record attempt can be for a major milestone.
“I’m gonna break the record, then go for 140 kilograms (308.6 kilos),” Thompson told Shahlaei. “You heard it here first.”
Once they finished working through their log lifts, Thompson and Shahlaei shifted over to the viking press. The pair didn’t disclose what weight they were using, though Thompson capped the segment with a formidable set of 15 reps to showcase her shoulder power and endurance with the movement.
To shut this workout, Thompson and Shahlaei focused on preventative maintenance training for various parts of the shoulders. With Thompson nearing a contest, keeping that a part of her body healthy appeared imperative.
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The upcoming World Log Lift Championships aren’t the one competition Thompson has on her plate. The athlete can even feature in December’s 2022 World’s Strongest Woman (WSW). On the time of this writing, the precise date and site of the competition haven’t been announced. Per Strongman Archives, Thompson won the 2018 WSW and finished in third place on the 2019 edition — her last appearance on the competition.
The 2022 calendar yr is beginning to wind down, but for Thompson, it could possibly be one for the record books by the point the clock strikes midnight in January 2023.
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