The Strong Casuals

We sit down with Dakota Selje who owns and operates a gym, the Wisco Barbell Club, in our home city of Madison, WI. We discuss his path to gym ownership, fitness trends, running a small business, strength competitions and events, and what he sees for the future of independent gyms in the area. You can find the Wisco Barbell club online here: https://wiscobarbell.club and on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/wiscobarbellclub/. Big thanks to Dakota for giving us this opportunity.https://www.instagram.com/thestrongcasuals/https://www.facebook.com/thestrongcasualshttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrongCasuals/https://www.youtube.com/@TheStrongCasualsMusic: Evil is Coming by AzgardProduced by beatsforthemind studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest this episode is Nadia 'STORM' Stowers, OSG champion and Worlds Strongest Woman U82. We discuss how her attitude of grit and positivity has kept her on top in the sport and what it's like competing with and recovering from a torn achilles. It was a great talk and we are incredibly appreciative Nadia gave us her time for the chat. We wish her continued success throughout the upcoming season and beyond. You can find Nadia on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nadiastowers_bigstorm and BIG Speed and Strength gym at https://www.instagram.com/bigspeedandstrength.https://www.instagram.com/thestrongcasuals/https://www.facebook.com/thestrongcasualshttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrongCasuals/https://www.youtube.com/@TheStrongCasualsMusic: Evil is Coming by AzgardProduced by beatsforthemind studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hot on the heels of the Official Strongman Games world final we sit down and talk with top Canadian strongman James Jeffers. We discuss his impressive rise in the sport, his experience at OSG, his training regimen, and his plan for the next year. Big thanks to James for taking the time to talk with us. You can find James on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/james_jeffers_strongman and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@james_jeffers_strongman.https://www.instagram.com/thestrongcasuals/https://www.facebook.com/thestrongcasualshttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrongCasuals/https://www.youtube.com/@TheStrongCasualsMusic: Evil is Coming by AzgardProduced by beatsforthemind studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This year at the Official Strongman Games world final we had the incredible opportunity to sit down with legendary strongman Nick Best. We discussed how well the event was planned and how smoothly it was running considering the massive roster of competitors - all down to the impeccable efforts of Lynn Morehouse and the OSG team. We also talked about his long history in the sport, the behind the scene antics of filming of The Strongest Man in History, and his thoughts on the evolution of strongman.Special thanks to Nick himself https://www.instagram.com/nickbeststrongman / https://www.youtube.com/@NickBestStrongman, Lynn Morehouse at OSG https://www.instagram.com/lynncelot, and Ben with the Angry Dad Podcast https://www.instagram.com/angry_dad_podcast_/.Recording note: we conducted the interview in the lobby of Nick's hotel so there is some background noise.https://www.instagram.com/thestrongcasuals/https://www.facebook.com/thestrongcasualshttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrongCasuals/https://www.youtube.com/@TheStrongCasualsMusic: Evil is Coming by AzgardProduced by beatsforthemind studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We sit down and talk with Brett Hamann, the top arm wrestler in our home state of Wisconsin. We discuss how he got into the sport, going to local and regional events, and his plans for breaking into big ticket events and matching up with the world's super heavyweights.https://www.instagram.com/thestrongcasuals/https://www.facebook.com/thestrongcasualshttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrongCasuals/https://www.youtube.com/@TheStrongCasualsMusic: Evil is Coming by AzgardProduced by beatsforthemind studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The casuals speak with Eric Roussin of The Arm Wrestling Archives about his history in arm wrestling, grip sports, organizing events, competitions, the current surge of interest in arm wrestling, as well as predictions for the upcoming East vs West 13 event in Istanbul, Turkey.The Arm Wrestling ArchivesEric Roussin on Facebookhttps://www.instagram.com/thestrongcasuals/https://www.facebook.com/thestrongcasualshttps://www.reddit.com/r/TheStrongCasuals/https://www.youtube.com/@TheStrongCasualsMusic: Evil is Coming by AzgardProduced by beatsforthemind studios Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.