Words matter. These are the best Brian Shaw Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The weight room has always been a place for me where I could go to be relaxed. It’s my sanctuary of sorts.
I know in my training, especially when I’m building up to a big ‘max,’ I can take as long as I want to be ready for that lift and mentally prepare for it. In the contest, some of that goes out the window. When your name is called and the bar is loaded, you’ve got to go whether you’re ready or not.
It’s constant – all day long I have to eat, but it’s part of the job.
You can’t always be the top dog.
When I’m training for a car deadlift, sometimes I’ll stand on some mats to make the bar lower.
I’m a fan of functional strength.
I love giving back. There were a lot of people when I got started who really helped me. I do a lot of seminars and appearances. It’s neat to be able to be in a position to do that. I’ve always loved coaching; it’s how I got started.
What I will say is that there is no governing body in strongman. There’s no federation. There’s no group of people or person that overlooks the sport, or says that this is a world record, or ‘we’ll count this as a world record.’
In all honesty, I just love car deadlifts.
I don’t care how much weight’s on there. If you’re doing 40 reps, that’s cardio!
My main purpose in launching StrongmanAcademy.com is so competitors know how to win and beginners know what to do.
People think the training is the hard part, it’s not really. That’s fun, I can get loose and do what I want to do. I only get to train for a few hours, maybe during the day.
It’s a lot of fun, any time you can pick up a car is pretty awesome.
If you’re the best at everything, you’ve got no one to challenge you and make you better.
I can very much relate to being on the road and filming and trying to train. It’s a whole different ball game.
I started lifting heavy weights and became addicted to it and before I knew it I won the title of the world’s strongest man which is very cool.
Think of how much time it takes to prepare and eat a single meal. Then multiply that by seven. I wish I had my own chef!
After I got done playing basketball, I needed a competitive outlet.
If you’re the strongest man on the planet, you ought to be able to pick up a stone or flip a tire.
Those Olympic lifters – how can you call someone the strongest man if he can’t walk over to a car and pick it up?
One thing that I’ve learned over the years with eggs is that you don’t want to cook them too long. You want to make sure they’re still soft, because in a big quantity, they’re easier to eat if they’re a little bit softer.
I don’t even know how much money I’ve spent on all of this stuff… Just in plates and bars alone, it’s literally a ridiculous amount of money I’ve spent on those. And to me it doesn’t matter. It’s money that I’ve gladly spent.
I think the first contest I did, I was somewhere just over 300 pounds. With my frame, I needed to add more weight and put more muscle on to get better leverage and be more successful. Just to get stronger, really. I had to work really hard.
I’m just eating to be the strongest human being on the planet.
I wouldn’t want to be too lean.
My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver’s Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won.
My theory is to let everyone in on what works and let the best man win.
I know I’m big. I’ve been big my whole life. I’ve never had to prove how tough I am.
My motivation is being the best. Pretty simple and straightforward.
I want to show people how to do this at an exceptional level whether they are a competitor, a CrossFit strongman or someone who just wants to do strongman workouts at home.
