Bikes, Babes, Beer: 1000 pound tire flip w/ 3rd World Strongest Man Don Pope

First off, when I heard about the tire flip, like every man with an ego, I had to give it a try. Then, I had friends that doubted I could do it, which meant I absolutely had to do it. My thinking was, if it is a 1000 pound tire, you only really needed to lift 500 pounds, because you were not actually lifting the tire. Not true. It is a lot of weight, and these guys deserve a lot of respect for how hard they train and what they accomplish. It took me several, several tries, and several failures before I actually got it. And when I did, my body has been paying for it for a week now. It is as much technique, form, and training, as it is brute strength.

I want to thank my brothers, dad, wife, friends, and family for coming out to yell at me until I did it. Also, thanks to Don for pushing me to make me do it, and to his friends for the advice and motivation to keep me trying. I guess I might as well throw a plug in for Avon Lake McCarthy's and Budweiser as well. And like I said, these strong men deserve a lot more respect than what they get, they train harder than many athletes making millions of dollars per year. Lastly, and probably most importantly, GOOD LUCK TO DON POPE! BEFORE IT IS ALL SAID AND DONE, YOU WILL BE THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN!