How WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN Oleksii Novikov Trains For Competition

On March 8, 2021, the 2020 World’s Strongman Man (WSM) champion Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine took to his relatively new YouTube channel to pull back the curtain on what his final training session looked like before he traveled to Bahrain for the World’s Ultimate Strongman (WUS) “Strength Island” competition. SPOILER ALERT: he won that contest. Standing 6’1″ at a bodyweight of approximately 300 pounds, Novikov is often one of the smaller athletes at the elite strongman competitions he competes in. He regularly faces off against giants like 2020 WSM bronze-medalist JF Caron or 2020 WSM runner-up Tom Stoltman‘s towering six-foot-eight-inch 384-pound frame. Yet Novikov’s consistency across the plethora of strongman events has launched him to the top of the strongman pound-for-pound leaderboard, so to speak, over the past year. On top of all that, he is still very early in his strongman career at age 24 — he’s tied with Jón Páll Sigmarsson as the youngest ever WSM champion. The year before his ascension atop the strongman throne, Novikov failed to make the finals of the 2019 WSM due to losing a stone-off against Trey Mitchell in the group stage. So how is Novikov training now to propel him ahead of the field in such a short period of time? Well, the WSM champ has decided to give an inside look. Check out the full article here: https://barbend.com/strongman-oleksii... #OleksiiNovikov #WorldsStrongestMan #Strongman 00:00 Intro 00:21 Backstory and Bio 01:40 Dumbbell Training 05:15 Medley Training 07:10 Looking Ahead Thanks for checking out BarBend, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel! Subscribe:    / @barbend   Also, check out some of our most popular videos: Best Cross Training Shoes:    • Best Cross Training Shoes (Top Picks!!!)   Best Pre Workout Supplements:    • 8 Best Pre Workouts for Fat Loss, Cardio, ...   Best Meal Replacements:    • Best Meal Replacement Shakes (UPDATED!) — ...   Pull-Ups vs Chin-Ups:    • CHIN UPS vs. PULL UPS — The Difference, Mu...