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The month of March has huge implications for the person often known as “The Mountain.”
Lower than a month after letting the world find out about his determination to step away from powerlifting, Hafthor Björnsson has formally put a timetable on his return to the game that made him a dwelling legend.
Working his method again from a torn pectoral muscle that’s taken a number of months and loads of endurance to rehabilitate, Björnsson unveiled his comeback plan by saying that his first strongman competitors can be in March on the 2024 Arnold Strongman Basic (ASC).
The three-time ASC winner (2018-2020) and 2018 World’s Strongest Man champion delivered extra particulars about his well being standing and competitors schedule in a video posted on his YouTube channel on Oct. 14, 2023.
Björnsson, who will flip 35 in November of 2023, said that he’ll make his return on the 2024 Arnold Strongman Basic, which is able to happen in the course of the weekend of March 1-3 in Columbus, Ohio.
“Loads of you guys may assume it’s too quickly, too heavy, and that’s okay,” Björnsson defined. “I’m going to the present with the mindset that I’m going to do my greatest, and I wish to go and check out my greatest towards the perfect on the earth … For my part, the Arnold Strongman Basic in Columbus, Ohio is without doubt one of the hardest reveals with the perfect athletes on the earth.”
Though he’s nonetheless not absolutely healed from his pec damage, the 2023 Worldwide Sports activities Corridor of Fame inductee mentioned he’s “again to 100% coaching” and has been performing staple loaded carry actions just like the yoke stroll, farmer’s walks, and the body carry.
“I’m even going to throw in some [log press] quickly,” Björnsson mentioned. “So issues are positively shifting in the appropriate path, and I’m feeling superior.”
Along with the Arnold Strongman Basic, “The Mountain” has two extra occasions penciled into his schedule for subsequent 12 months: the 2024 Arnold Strongman UK and the 2024 Rogue Invitational.
Björnsson gained’t get a a lot of a break as soon as he makes competes on the ASC in early March, because the Birmingham, England-based Arnold Strongman UK competitors will happen simply two weeks later.
Though the March 15-17 competitors gained’t be fairly as massive because the US model, there shouldn’t be any scarcity of star energy throughout the pond. Björnsson hinted that 2023 Arnold Strongman Basic champion Mitchell Hooper, who Björnsson at the moment considers the perfect on the earth, will compete within the contest. That might set the stage for an epic showdown between the enduring athlete and the reigning World’s Strongest Man.
Björnsson unsurprisingly additionally has his sights set on showcasing his power and energy at Rogue’s preeminent occasion. As a sponsored athlete who completed his aim of setting a report on the 2022 Rogue Invitational by throwing a 25.5-kilogram (56-pound) Scottish Highland Video games weight over 6.17 meters (20 toes, 3 inches), he has ample motivation to carry out at an elite stage once more.
“I believe by the point I’ll be competing at Rogue Invitationals I needs to be again to an excellent power level,” Björnsson mentioned. “So I ought to be capable to push very onerous at that present and I needs to be very aggressive and an excellent risk. I believe I’d be an excellent risk on the Arnolds anyhow — with my expertise, with my background, I’m a risk at any present, however I’m additionally giving the blokes competing these days enormous respect.”
With the 2023 Rogue Strongman Invitational scheduled for Oct. 27-29, Björnsson ought to have roughly a 12 months to prepare for one more record-setting outing. However with 2023 winding down, he faces a pivotal five-month stretch to organize for a profitable displaying at his first strongman competitors since his final official aggressive look when he took residence the title at Iceland’s Strongest Man in August of 2020.
Featured Picture: Hafthor Bjornsson / YouTube
