Now at the highest of the strongman world, Hooper continues to showcase his elite strength.
Late last month, Mitchell Hooper ascended strongman’s tallest mountain for the primary time when he won the 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM). After capping a meteoric rise to grow to be the largest name in the game, the Canadian powerhouse is showing little signs of slowing down.
On May 14, 2023, Hooper shared an Instagram clip of himself capturing a 210.9-kilogram (465-pound) back squat for 20 reps. The display of endurance appears to be a smooth exercise of ease for a real superstar in strength sports. It’d even be a preview of what’s to return for an already elite competitor sanding off the perceived rough edges in his overall strength profile.
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As Hooper himself details within the caption of his post, he characterised himself as lacking in conditioning before his wins on the 2023 WSM and the 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC). Except for the victories themselves, an individual observing this prolonged squat set from Hooper would never know he had any apparent drawbacks. The identical could possibly be said of a recent 200-kilogram (440-kilogram) overhead press with bands for reps, where Hooper attempted to start out polishing up his upper body stamina.
Hooper is evidently focused on improving his endurance and conditioning despite the fact that he seemingly didn’t really want it en path to his recent dominance of the skilled strongman scene. Given Hooper’s success at this stage, this ambitious mission could make him much more dangerous in future strongman endeavors down the road.
“I wasn’t comfortable with the direction my conditioning was heading through the Arnold [Strongman Classic] and the Worlds [Strongest Man],” Hooper wrote. “It didn’t cost me, but I do know I could possibly be higher.”
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On the time of this text’s publication, Hooper’s short-term competitive plans for 2023 seem like lined up. The athlete was announced to compete on the 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic (GLSC) in July, and he is predicted follow that with an appearance on the 2023 Shaw Classic (SC) later this summer, in addition to the 2023 Strongman Rogue Invitational (SRI) sometime in the autumn. Hooper placed second within the 2022 GLSC and finished in third place within the 2022 editions of the opposite two contests. Beyond those, another potential goals to face at the highest of a podium again may be up within the air.
Per his page on Strongman Archives, Hooper has stood on a podium in nine consecutive contests and won his last three competitions, including that climactic 2023 WSM triumph. At this rate, every time he does lift an Atlas Stone again in an official capability, it could be fair to assume Hooper thrives amongst his powerful peers.
Featured image: @mitchellhooper on Instagram