Hafthor Björnsson Publicizes Three-Half Return to Strongman Starting with 2024 Arnold Strongman Traditional
The month of March has large implications for the person often called “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 sport that made him a residing legend.
Working his means 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 will likely be in March on the 2024 Arnold Strongman Traditional (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 Traditional, which is able to happen in the course of the weekend of March 1-3 in Columbus, Ohio.
“Lots 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 very best on this planet … In my view, the Arnold Strongman Traditional in Columbus, Ohio is likely one of the hardest reveals with the very best athletes on this planet.”
Though he’s nonetheless not absolutely healed from his pec harm, the 2023 International Sports Hall of Fame inductee mentioned he’s “again to one hundred pc 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 correct path, and I’m feeling superior.”
Along with the Arnold Strongman Traditional, “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 received’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 received’t be fairly as huge because the US model, there shouldn’t be any scarcity of star energy throughout the pond. Björnsson hinted that 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic champion Mitchell Hooper, who Björnsson at the moment considers the very best on this planet, 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 purpose of setting a record at 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 feel 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 of push very onerous at that present and I needs to be very aggressive and risk. I feel I’d be risk on the Arnolds in any case — with my expertise, with my background, I’m a risk at any present, however I’m additionally giving the fellows competing these days big 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 arrange for a profitable exhibiting at his first strongman competitors since his final official aggressive look when he took house the title at Iceland’s Strongest Man in August of 2020.
Featured Picture: Hafthor Bjornsson / YouTube
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