Paul Smith
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Paul Shipgood
first competition of the year was Britain Strongest Man in
January where I was feeling very strong going in and had a
good showing through most of the day, sitting in 4th going
into the last event where I completely messed up. I dropped
from 4th down to 8th and lost my chance to go to Worlds
Strongest Man which was tough to take.
I had a good result at the World Team Championships,
placing 4th with Graham Hicks against some massive names
in the sport but then in July I had a terrible performance
at England’s Strongest Man where I lost my title. That was
pretty rough and I found it got to me quite badly for a few
weeks.
Fortunately at the Uks Strongest Man competition, after
giving myself some rest and feeling much stronger than at
England’s, I ended up with 5th place which although wasn’t
as good as I’d hoped was much better than my performance
at England’s Strongest Man which helped my confidence
massively.
After that I carried on feeling stronger and stronger and
then competed at the Ultimate Strongman Junior World
Championships where I finally felt at my strongest ever
for the first time since January. I managed to win the title
which has been my biggest win in my career so far so it was
a perfect way to end the season.
SIP: What do you think has been the key to your success?
PS: My approach to training is not typical for a strongman.
I have had experience in a wide variety of sports which has
formed my approach to training which comprises of many
different methods. I think this training philosophy has led to
me being quite good as an all-around strength athlete instead
of just excelling at one area.
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