Hafthor Björnsson Publicizes Three-Half Return to Strongman Starting with 2024 Arnold Strongman Traditional
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The month of March has large implications for the person often called “The Mountain.”
Lower than a month after letting the world learn about his resolution to step away from powerlifting, Hafthor Björnsson has formally put a timetable on his return to the sport that made him a dwelling legend.
Working his method again from a torn pectoral muscle that’s taken a number of months and loads of endurance to rehabilitate, Björnsson unveiled his comeback plan by asserting that his first strongman competitors might be in March on the 2024 Arnold Strongman Traditional (ASC).
The three-time ASC winner (2018-2020) and 2018 World’s Strongest Man champion delivered extra particulars about his well being standing and competitors schedule in a video posted on his YouTube channel on Oct. 14, 2023.
Björnsson, who will flip 35 in November of 2023, said that he’ll make his return on the 2024 Arnold Strongman Traditional, which can happen throughout the weekend of March 1-3 in Columbus, Ohio.
“Quite a lot of you guys may assume it’s too quickly, too heavy, and that’s okay,” Björnsson defined. “I’m going to the present with the mindset that I’m going to do my finest, and I wish to go and take a look at my finest towards the very best on the planet … For my part, the Arnold Strongman Traditional in Columbus, Ohio is among the hardest exhibits with the very best athletes on the planet.”
Though he’s nonetheless not absolutely healed from his pec harm, the 2023 International Sports Hall of Fame inductee mentioned he’s “again to one hundred pc coaching” and has been performing staple loaded carry actions just like the yoke stroll, farmer’s walks, and the body carry.
“I’m even going to throw in some [log press] quickly,” Björnsson mentioned. “So issues are undoubtedly shifting in the fitting course, and I’m feeling superior.”
Along with the Arnold Strongman Traditional, “The Mountain” has two extra occasions penciled into his schedule for subsequent 12 months: the 2024 Arnold Strongman UK and the 2024 Rogue Invitational.
Björnsson gained’t get a a lot of a break as soon as he makes competes on the ASC in early March, because the Birmingham, England-based Arnold Strongman UK competitors will happen simply two weeks later.
Though the March 15-17 competitors gained’t be fairly as large because the US model, there shouldn’t be any scarcity of star energy throughout the pond. Björnsson hinted that 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic champion Mitchell Hooper, who Björnsson presently considers the very best on the planet, will compete within the contest. That might set the stage for an epic showdown between the long-lasting athlete and the reigning World’s Strongest Man.
Björnsson unsurprisingly additionally has his sights set on showcasing his power and energy at Rogue’s preeminent occasion. As a sponsored athlete who completed his objective of setting a record at the 2022 Rogue Invitational by throwing a 25.5-kilogram (56-pound) Scottish Highland Video games weight over 6.17 meters (20 ft, 3 inches), he has ample motivation to carry out at an elite stage once more.
“I feel by the point I’ll be competing at Rogue Invitationals I ought to be again to an excellent power level,” Björnsson mentioned. “So I ought to be capable of push very laborious at that present and I ought to be very aggressive and a superb risk. I feel I’d be a superb risk on the Arnolds in any case — with my expertise, with my background, I’m a risk at any present, however I’m additionally giving the fellows competing these days enormous respect.”
With the 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational scheduled for Oct. 27-29, Björnsson ought to have roughly a 12 months to prepare for one more record-setting outing. However with 2023 winding down, he faces a pivotal five-month stretch to arrange for a profitable exhibiting at his first strongman competitors since his final official aggressive look when he took residence the title at Iceland’s Strongest Man in August of 2020.
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