The Refrigerator Race at WSM

by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2004

Paradise Island, Bahamas — The second event in the 2004 World's Strongest Man contest was just completed today.

Vasyl Virastiuk motors down the course in the refrigerator race. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. photo.
Vasyl Virastiuk motors down the course in the refrigerator race. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. photo.

Although "refrigerator race" might conjure up images of something quite different, this event was a yoke, said to weigh 410 kg, and the competitors went one pair at a time down a 30-meter course. The pairs were: Raimonds Bergmanis and Svend Karlsen, Mariusz Pudzianowski and Zydrunas Savickas, and Vasyl Virastiuk and Magnus Samuelsson.

The action continues tomorrow.

IronMind: Tools of the Trade for Serious Strength Athletes . . . home of Captains of Crush Grippers, MILO, SUPER SQUATS, Just Protein, the Rolling Thunder, Mastery of Hand Strength . . .

Check out our Resource Pages for more information on grip training; Olympic-style weightlifting and weight training; and strongman and World's Strongest Man.

Captains of Crush® Hand Grippers


Captains of Crush grippers: the gold standard of grippers
The gold standard of grippers.

The fastest route to the strongest grip.

MILO®: Strength


MILO-25.3a
Universal power broker

We deal in kilos and meters, pounds and feet.

Strong-Enough™ Lifting Straps


IronMind: Strong-Enough Lifting Straps: Most popular" at WSM. Proven daily by the world's strongest men.

Proven daily by the world's strongest men.

If you're not using IronMind lifting straps, you're not lifting as much as you could be.

Expand-Your-Hand Bands


Expand-Your-Hand Bands
Say goodbye to tennis elbow

Prevent, eliminate or reduce tennis elbow and associated pains. Simple, fun and effective.