Strong men compete at the Santa Monica Pier during the Arnold Strongman USA Championships on Saturday, January 18, 2020. The winner of the 2020 Arnold Strongman USA champ is Martins Licis and World’s Strongest Firefighter winner is Ben Gallaher of Kern County, Calif.
The Arnold Strongman USA consists of disciplines designed to demonstrate a balanced combination of complete and extraordinary body strength. The five feats of strength were the log clean and press for reps (380 pounds); a 400-pound Farmer’s walk; a sandbag throw over a 15-foot bar; deadlift for reps (775 pounds); and a Strongman sandbag load.
Created in 1977, the World's Strongest Man has become the premier event in strength athletics. For over 30 years, the strongest men on the planet have come together in a series of unique and amazing tests of strength to determine the World's Strongest Man. The competition has traveled to stunning and varied locations such as Zambia, Iceland, Mauritius, Malaysia, Morocco, China and the USA. Arnold Strongman USA.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger hosted the event and a portion of the proceeds will benefit California Firefighters including The Ventura County Fire Department Widows, Orphans & Assistance Fund; CalFire Benevolent Foundation, and the Santa Monica Firefighters Relief fund.
The Strongman competitors were:
Matjaz Belsak (Slovenia)
Maxime Bouldrealt (Canada)
Jean-Francois Caron (Canada)
Wesley Claborn (USA)
Casey Garrison (USA)
Rauno Heinla (Estonia)
Rob Kearney (USA)
Jitse Kramer (Holland)
Martins Licis (USA)
Olexii Novikov (Ukraine)
Jerry Pritchett (USA)
Brian Shaw (USA)
Eddie Williams (Australia)