World’s Strongest Man Wrist Rolling

Posted on Monday, March 12th, 2018 by John Wood

I find that the early strongman contests are a lot more fun to watch than today’s because the events were a lot more varied and interesting. Case in point: the “wrist rolling” event at the 1977 contest. Standing atop a 10 foot platform, contestants had to “roll” a hundred pound weight for time. The apparatus added another 10 pounds (and bonus points for noticing that the weights used were Zuver’s gym plates.)
Strongman Mike Dayton (who did not use gloves like almost everyone else) won a close one against bodybuilder Franco Columbu. Thanks to the wonder of technology, you can watch a clip of the whole event right here: