FloElite is incredibly excited to be live streaming the Pro and Amateur Arnold Classic. We've teamed up with Kalle Beck of Starting Strongman to help us with the coverage leading up to the event and at the event itself. Check out what he had to say on the Arnold Strongman Classic:

The Arnold Strongman Classic is arguably the biggest event in the sport of Strongman. Held annually in Columbus Ohio, as part of the Arnold Sports festival in late February/ Early March, it has grown to be one of the main attractions of the Arnold Sports Festival since its addition in 2002.This year’s event offers a grand prize of over $70,000; making it the biggest payday in all of Strongman, and rightly so as it is the heaviest. The Arnold features no medleys or long duration moving events like seen at The World's Strongest Man, ditching them in favor of brute power. Events will include pressing a 300lb circus dumbbell with 1 arm, a 450+lb log press, and a 1,540lb yoke walk. Given the insane tonnage, it is hard to argue the winner of the Arnold Strongman Classic is the strongest man in the world.




Yet the coverage for this event has been lacking, it was broadcast a few times in the early stages but has not in recent years. 50,000 people may watch 1,000+ lb hummer tire deadlifts live but for everyone that can’t make to Columbus the best they could get was shaky cell phone videos from fans. If any Strongman contest was fit to be watched live it is the Arnold: the events are short and to the point and easy to follow with most everything being for a max or in the rep range of 5 and below and with only 10 competitors, the action is reserved for only the best of the best.

Thankfully FloElite agrees and will be live streaming not only the Arnold Amatuer Strongman World Championships but the Pro Arnold Strongman classic as well! This is a huge step in the sport of Strongman and something I always wanted as a former competitor (Arnold Amatuer Lightweight 2013 & 2014).




Every year that would be the question. “Where can I watch it? Is it being filmed for TV? There isn't a live stream?!” I've been saying for years that live coverage of events is what the sport needs for the sport to grow. It was always frustrating to not have an answer but thankfully now there is! FloElite is going to bring you unprecedented coverage of the Arnold Strongman Classic & Arnold Amatuer World Championships and I am happy to announce I will be part of the team working to bring you just that.

Between a live stream of all the events over the weekend to preview shows, daily recaps and on location athlete interviews I feel this weekend will be even tougher then when I competed at the Arnold but I will work tirelessly to bring a unique and unseen aspect of the sport of Strongman to you that till now was only experienced if you were an athlete at the event. The behind the scenes, in the warm up room, the unique challenges the athletes face, the diversity of athletes competing ranging from 140lb women to 440+lb men and everything in between. By the end of the weekend my goal is to make you feel like you were right there and get to know the amazing athletes in this sport not just as the strongest people in the world but also for the people that they are just like you and I.

Kalle Beck has been competing in strongman competitions since 2007. A veteran in the sport with dozens of competitions under his belt With highlights including 2012 California’s Strongest Man, 2012 Washington’s Strongest Apple, top 10 at America’s Strongest Man and 6th place at the 2013 Arnold World Championships. Kalle is also the founder of Starting Strongman one of the premier sources of information on the sport of Strongman

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