Now, I understand better. Thanks for explaining.
I guess I dont know enough about strongman to make a judgement but now that I think about it, I wonder if it is really bad for one's back.
Like I said, each sport has it's risk. Marathon running, with years of running in preparation for it can produce problems and injuries. Depending on how excessive one runs, the type of shoe one wears, how one runs (lightly vs hard), and so on.
Running Injury - Common Injuries in Runners
The Most Common Running injuries
Moderation is always good. But for those who have the competitive spirit and want to challenge themselves then they increase their intensity, volume or size of their exercise training to achieve a certain goal in life.
Look at Tiger Woods, is his sport he has injuries from golfing constantly. Even in "moderation" one can still get injuries. Each of our own body's structure is different and how it can adapt and handle certain movements and stress.
So, strongman competition is what it is, a competition to see who can lift, push or pull the most under the best time. If there isn't any competition in life then life wouldn't be that exciting. No football. No baseball. No soccer. No hockey. No gymnastic. No UFC. No boxing. No wrestling. No Mr. Olympia. No marathons. No Iron Man. No Olympics games. And so on. So, it's easy to talk about "neglect" when people do take the time to manage their time when it comes to exercising. It is physical outlet for the many of us and the important thing is that people enjoy doing it.
As for the hummer tire lift, I just think it's cool to watch them do it. It's a sports entertainment just like football is. I suppose you watching a professional football game (or any other games) on tv that you like to do ever and wonder how much time those players put into doing football ever since they were little into adulthood that they neglected other areas of life? Yeah, sure, sure. I'm sure you guys do that all the time. Pretty convenient to say that in here.
