The first time Robert Oberst rambled into a strongman-oriented gym, he knew instantly what he was born to do. Although at 6 feet 8 inches tall and well over 350 muscular pounds, he may have been the last to realize what everyone around him already knew.
"A buddy of mine was an amateur strongman who was just obsessed with the sport," Oberst recalls of that fateful day in 2012. "He kept begging me to come try it. So finally I did, and the first time I ever touched the log, I broke the amateur world record for the log press."
To be sure, the former high school, collegiate, and Arena league football player was no stranger to weights. But unofficially cracking a world record the first time he hoisted a log? That got his attention. Before long, he experienced his first strongman-contest thrashing.
"I got my ass handed to me, but I had so much fun," Oberst chuckles. "I was hooked."
What he wasn't so keen on was losing.
"The competitor in me is just not willing to suck at something,"...
Source: Robert Oberst's Rep-Crazy Strongman Workout
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