{"id":101215,"date":"2025-10-26T01:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/101215\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T01:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T01:08:11","slug":"tom-havilands-insane-strength-numbers-and-why-joe-rogan-thinks-hes-the-strongest-man-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/101215\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Haviland\u2019s Insane Strength Numbers \u2013 and Why Joe Rogan Thinks He\u2019s the Strongest Man Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Haviland<\/a> has been dubbed \u2018possibly the strongest man alive\u2019 by Joe Rogan<\/a> \u2013 and the internet\u2019s paying attention. The 6ft 8in, 157kg Australian strongman is known for his no-frills training style, often lifting<\/a> serious weights in his garage or on his farm. His feats are so extreme, they\u2019ve left many wondering whether Rogan might actually be right.<\/p>\n

Haviland often trains outdoors in boots and jeans with rusted plates and homemade equipment. Talking to the Daily Mail, Haviland shared that his love for outdoor strongman training<\/a> started when he was a child, ‘I was a very active kid and grew up playing all the main sports. We were out deep in the bush and lived very simply, which meant I was very rarely indoors as a kid and spent most of the day outside working, playing and exploring. This is where my love for physical strength began to develop as there was no shortage of logs, stones, and other implements to lift and carry around, which was something I naturally gravitated towards at a young age.’<\/p>\n

Asked if he would ever like to be a guest on Rogan’s podcast, he replied modestly, ‘It\u2019d be an amazing experience to be on his show, but I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d have enough interesting things to talk about to fill a whole podcast.’ In fact, despite his massive following, Haviland insists that he’s a ‘pretty boring guy that prefers the simple things in life’ adding that he’s happy to remain out of the limelight.<\/p>\n

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Mitchell Hooper<\/a>, previous World\u2019s Strongest Man said, ‘Tom isn\u2019t just good at one thing, he\u2019s great at everything. I can\u2019t pick a single area where he\u2019s not competitive. With the right preparation and access to professional equipment, Haviland has what it takes to not only compete but win [the World\u2019s Strongest Man].’<\/p>\n

Tom Haviland’s Strength Numbers
Deadlift<\/a>: 1003 lbs \/ 455 kg Squat<\/a>: 811 lbs \/ 368 kg (for 3 reps)Yoke Walk: 1200 lbs \/ 544 kgSeated Shoulder Press: 456 lbs \/ 207 kgRelated Story\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Kate is a fitness writer for Men\u2019s Health UK where she contributes regular workouts, training tips and nutrition guides. She has a post graduate diploma in Sports Performance Nutrition and before joining Men\u2019s Health she was a nutritionist, fitness writer and personal trainer with over 5k hours coaching on the gym floor. Kate has a keen interest in volunteering for animal shelters and when she isn\u2019t lifting weights in her garden, she can be found walking her rescue dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tom Haviland has been dubbed \u2018possibly the strongest man alive\u2019 by Joe Rogan \u2013 and the internet\u2019s paying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5218,73955,2117,565,134,2116,111,139,69,73954],"class_list":{"0":"post-101215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-content-type-default","9":"tag-contentid-0eb30966-cf3b-4443-98cc-54f2c34f9f0b","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-fitness","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-shorttitle-tom-havilands-insane-strength-numbers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}