The strength sports icon seems ready for his return to strongman.
A yr and a half ago, Nick Best was on the mend. After tearing a lat muscle in April 2021, it was unclear when the athlete would again go full throttle in training and competition. With lower than two weeks until the 2022 Official Strongman Games (OSG), the versatile athlete appears to be back at a whole strength capability.
On Oct. 30, 2022, Best shared an Instagram clip of himself ending a 272.7-kilogram (600-pound) deadlift for 16 reps from a narrow conventional stance. Per the caption of Best’s post, his demonstration of deadlift power and endurance got here only a number of days before his 54th birthday on Nov. 3. This specific deadlift set might need been motivated by a celebration of his latest age milestone. The athlete utilized lifting straps and likewise wore a lifting belt to assist him with the pulls.
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With this deadlift within the account, Best is currently in the ultimate stages of his preparations for the 2022 Official Strongman Games (OSG). Best will compete within the Men’s Masters 50-plus division at the competition that may happen on November 11-13, 2022, in Daytona Beach, FL. It’ll be Best’s fourth appearance on the competition, and his first competitive strongman appearance because the 2020 World’s Strongest Man (WSM). (Note: Best returned to powerlifting on the 2022 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) FQ Classic 2 in a first-place performance with wraps within the Masters 50-54 division.)
Even and not using a formal contest on the best way, Best would likely be hard at work training some form of skill in his spare time. The athlete usually makes it some extent to share his unique progress on his Instagram profile. Most recently, he notably carried a 700-pound Yoke 50 feet in seven seconds in late October 2022. Before that, he dragged a 315-pound tire 25 meters forwards and backwards on the midway point of the identical month.
Here’s the list of confirmed events and the schedule for the 2022 OSG:
2022 Official Strongman Games Events
Day 1 — Friday, November eleventh, 2022
- Viking Press
- Farmer’s Walk
Day 2 — Saturday, November twelfth, 2022
Day 3, Finals (Top 10 athletes in each division) — Sunday, November thirteenth, 2022
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Other than Best, other notable competitors who will appear of their respective categories on the 2022 OSG include 2018 World’s Strongest Woman (WSW) Rhianon Lovelace, four-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Žydrūnas Savickas, 2020 Ukraine’s Strongest Man (USM) Pavlo Kordiyaka, and Axle Deadlift American Record holder (299.4 kilograms/660 kilos) Nadia Stowers.
Within the Men’s Masters 50-plus division, specifically, reigning champion Michael Saunders will return to defend his title. As a former OSG champion in 2016, a potentially revitalized Best is likely to be the one who can topple Saunders off his perch in Daytona Beach, FL.
Featured image: @nickbeststrongman on Instagram