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A Brief Description Of The Biomechanics And Physiology Of A Strongman Event: The Tire Flip, Justin W.L. Keogh, Amenda L. Payne, Brad B. Anderson, Paul J. Atkins
A Brief Description Of The Biomechanics And Physiology Of A Strongman Event: The Tire Flip, Justin W.L. Keogh, Amenda L. Payne, Brad B. Anderson, Paul J. Atkins
Justin Keogh
The purpose of this study was to (a) characterize the temporal aspects of a popular strongman event, the tire flip; (b) gain some insight into the temporal factors that could distinguish the slowest and fastest flips; and (c) obtain preliminary data on the physiological stress of this exercise. Five resistance-trained subjects with experience in performing the tire flip gave informed consent to participate in this study. Each subject performed 2 sets of 6 tire flips with a 232-kg tire with 3 minutes of rest between sets. Temporal variables were obtained from video cameras positioned 10 m from the tire, perpendicular …