You don’t need a gym to develop real strength. Just get an empty keg of beer and fill it with sand or water and simply pick it up, carry it in your back yard, flip it, anything just to get moving for as little as 15 minutes. Brian Shaw Read Quote
Eating is the hard part. It’s constant – you don’t ever stop from the time you wake up you eat until you go to bed. Then I wake up in the morning and the first thing I do is eat and do it all day again. Brian Shaw Read Quote
I really don’t like getting dressed up. It’s a lot more comfortable to be in some type of T-shirt or dry-fit shirt and shorts. That’s pretty much my typical attire. Brian Shaw Read Quote
If you’re the strongest man on the planet, you ought to be able to pick up a stone or flip a tire. Brian Shaw Read Quote
My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver’s Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won. Brian Shaw Read Quote
First thing in the morning, it’s very important to eat quickly. So I’m reaching for eggs. Brian Shaw Read Quote
I eat a lot of grass-fed beef. That’s my main protein source. But I’ll substitute in chicken and turkey, and sometimes fish, to have a little bit of variety. Brian Shaw Read Quote
I think the first contest I did, I was somewhere just over 300 pounds. With my frame, I needed to add more weight and put more muscle on to get better leverage and be more successful. Just to get stronger, really. I had to work really hard. Brian Shaw Read Quote
I don’t care how much weight’s on there. If you’re doing 40 reps, that’s cardio! Brian Shaw Read Quote