A relative newcomer, Obringer turned heads with this unfathomable press.
At this moment in time, Tyler Scott Obringer stays a relative unknown in strength sports. He’s got a limited competitive history and hasn’t been someone to step into the limelight just yet. Though with potential rising stars (or blazing comets), it’s sometimes hard to predict when precisely they’ll streak across the sky. Judging by his latest earth-shattering display of power within the gym, it is likely to be time to maintain tabs on Obringer’s various exploits within the yr 2023.
On Jan. 29, 2023, Obringer shared a video on his Instagram where he manages to successfully lock out a 192.8-kilogram (425-pound) Axle Press. The athlete’s loaded barbell featured the sizable Apollon Wheels — named after Louis Uni, a.k.a. “Apollon the Mighty,” a person who was famous the world over for his ridiculous strength within the late-1800s. Obringer wore a lifting belt, wrist wraps, and elbow sleeves, and he utilized a thumbless “suicide grip” to finish this huge lift.
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Obringer’s lift shouldn’t be a conventional strongman movement, as many contests would more likely implement an Axle Clean and Press fairly than a one-rep Axle Press by itself. That said, the sizable weight Obringer presses overhead is inside screaming distance of among the largest in history.
In keeping with Strength Results, Obringer’s 425-pound Axle Press can be logged as the Sixteenth-heaviest of all time if he had first accomplished a clean along with his bar. Current Axle Press World Record holder Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou has the highest mark with a 217-kilogram (478.4-pound) press from the 2021 Giants Live Strongman Classic. Former 2017 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champion Eddie Hall (216 kilograms/476.2 kilos) and four-time WSM winner (2009-2010, 2012, 2014) Žydrūnas Savickas (215 kilograms/474 kilos) round out the highest three heaviest official Axle Clean & Presses in history, respectively.
Athletes who would notably be just ahead of Obringer include two-time WSM runner-up (2018-2019) Mateusz Kieliszkowski (195 kilograms/429.9 kilos) and 2020 WSM champion Martins Licis (195 kilograms/429.9 kilos), whose lifts place them as a part of a five-way tie for eighth all-time.
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Per Strongman Archives, Obringer has only one strongman contest to his name at this cut-off date, the 2022 Official Strongman Games, where he finished in tenth place. In keeping with Open Powerlifting, the athlete has also competed as a powerlifter prior to now, perhaps most notably winning the 2019 Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF) Slingshot Record Breakers within the 110-plus kilogram weight class with wraps.
A recent Instagram post alludes to Obringer trying his hand at a Giants Live competition in 2023, though it doesn’t appear he has qualified for one yet. Should the competitor find himself throwing around weights alongside some established elite strongman in an official capability, it may not be hard to see him thrive.
Featured image: @tylerscottobringer on Instagram