The Strongest Man in History
The legendary feats of strongmen have been celebrated throughout time, but just how true are these fabled acts? After years of competing as rivals the four strongest men in the world are teaming up to find out. Eddie Hall, Brian Shaw, Nick Best and Robert Oberst travel the world investigating strongman legends and taking on epic feats of strength, in a quest to prove who really is THE STRONGEST MAN IN HISTORY. In each episode the four strongmen take on three strength challenges from history and try to beat the legend - and each other. They separate fact from fiction - replicating legendary lifts to determine what they actually weighed, while competing to see who among them is the strongest.
- 2019-2019
- 1 season
- History Channel
- Reality
- TV-PG
The legendary feats of strongmen have been celebrated throughout time, but just how true are these fabled acts? After years of competing as rivals the four strongest men in the world are teaming up to find out. Eddie Hall, Brian Shaw, Nick Best and Robert Oberst travel the world investigating strongman legends and taking on epic feats of strength, in a quest to prove who really is THE STRONGEST MAN IN HISTORY. In each episode the four strongmen take on three strength challenges from history and try to beat the legend - and each other. They separate fact from fiction - replicating legendary lifts to determine what they actually weighed, while competing to see who among them is the strongest.
Season 1 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2019
Episode 1
Stronger than a Viking
Sun, Jul 7, 2019 41 mins
The strongmen are in Moorhead, Minnesota - the home of Viking culture in America - to test their strength against Viking legends. The four strongmen compete to challenge three Viking legends. They each have to carry a 341lb stone to achieve Fulksterkur status, pull a 12,000lb Viking boat uphill, and lift the 1433lb mast of Orm Storolfsson. Eddie challenges the guys to a bet - who can throw Thor's hammer the furthest? Nick and Brian embark on a Viking adventure of their own - braving the freezing cold Minnesota weather to catch a fish.
Episode 2
Stronger Than a Russian
Wed, Jul 10, 2019 42 mins
In the sleepy town of Toccoa, Georgia, the four strongmen take on the legendary feats of Paul Anderson--the Godfather of American strength. Can they perform the dreaded 2,700 pound carousel hip lift that made Paul famous on "The Ed Sullivan Show"?
Episode 3
One Ton Lift
Wed, Jul 17, 2019 39 mins
The strongmen are in the United Kingdom-- home of Eddie Hall and Britain's original strongman--Thomas Topham. Nick refuses to back down as he and Brian go head-to-head in a dangerous barrel lifting competition.
Episode 4
Strongmen Go West
Wed, Jul 24, 2019 41 mins
The strongmen are in Cody, Wyoming-home of Buffalo Bill's Rough Riders-and a strongman who performed with them named William Bankier. When an unconventional race of lifting and carrying pianos goes wrong, Nick's life is on the line.
Episode 5
Stronger Than a Scotsman
Wed, Jul 31, 2019 41 mins
The four strongmen take on the Highland games and attempt a record-breaking feat that could land them all in the Scottish history books. Super-Heavyweights Robert Oberst and Brian Shaw go head-to-head to settle things once and for all.
Episode 6
Strongmen Go to Vegas
Wed, Aug 7, 2019 39 mins
The strongmen are in Las Vegas, Nevada - home of Nick Best, to take on the greatest showman in strongman history, Monte Saldo. Can they draw a crowd and out-do Saldo's death defying car stunt?
Episode 7
Revolutionary Strongmen
Wed, Aug 14, 2019 40 mins
The strongmen travel to Virginia to take on the unbelievable feats of strength of the American Revolution. It's the U.K. versus the U.S. once again--as they race to see who can throw a ton of tea into a harbor and carry an actual cannon off a battlefield.
