08/18/2026
Not enough Words to say how good this years BEASTS OF THE BAY was!
Thank you to everyone who was a part of this
“There is no I in strongman”
Honored to lead such cool and FUN 🤩 events to help other people be great
First place finishers 🥇
Erin Murray brought huge energy and positivity all weekend - from ripping 225x35 on squats, an amazing deadlift exhibition, supporting all the athletes, and leading an impromptu smelling salts party 𝐙☠️𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐬 , this weekend would not have been as special without her! THANK YOU
Lucas Lucas Hatton is one of my favorite strongmen and this weekend cemented why: Lucas impacts the sport positively on so many levels as a pro athlete, YouTuber (love the channel), coach, gym owner, and volunteer/judge. One of the biggest pieces of feedback from the show was how great of a judge Lucas was!
But it didn’t end there! He led a brilliant log seminar that simplified elite concepts that work
THEN… he squatted 405 x 33 with one arm
Again , THANK YOU
I’ve always been enamored by big deadlifts and I’ll never forget Steven Bradley pulling 870, raw, under suboptimal conditions several time zones away from his home base
Steven is another example of the best things about our sport - very humble, strong AS FRICK, and couldn’t be a nicer guy. THANK YOU
I’ll have a whole seperate post soon for my athletes but man I had a lot of people do great, as a coach this just exhilarates me, congrats to 3x BEASTS champ Brian
The “HOLD OR FOLD” event was a hit Sean Fennelly
Watching Colten Mertens squat 405x25 is insane. What a beast LINE DRIVE Sports Media & Design
Lucas squatting 405 like it’s child’s play Lucas Hatton
THE 405 SQUAT OFF
225 x 35…. wtf 😳 Erin Murray
Anastasia Rider Velichko one of the coolest people I’ve ever known agreed last minute to squat 225 for reps 😂 but like a true professional handled business!
Took a punch from Colten Mertens
SHOUTOUT The Coastal Crew for being a part of this!
Took a punch from Larry
And then they made me participate on the echo bike challenge!
WHAT A WEEKEND