Gym-to-Strongman Translator
Translate your gym PRs into strongman event predictions. Enter your best lifts and see what you could potentially handle.
Translating your gym lifts to strongman events...
Your Overall Strongman Level
Event Predictions
Based on your gym lifts, here's what you could potentially handle in strongman events.
Important Notes
These Are Estimates
Predictions are based on strength ratios from thousands of athletes, but individual results vary. Technique, body proportions, and event-specific training all play a role.
Implement-Specific Training Matters
Strongman events use unique implements. A 500lb gym deadlift doesn't automatically mean you can pull 500lbs on an axle or carry 500lb farmers handles without practice.
Use As Starting Point
These predictions help you set realistic goals for your first competition or identify which events might be strengths or weaknesses in your training.
About the Gym-to-Strongman Translator
The Gym-to-Strongman Translator bridges the gap between traditional gym training and strongman competition. If you've been lifting in a commercial gym and are curious about strongman, this tool shows you where your current strength would translate.
How Translation Works
We use scientifically-derived ratios based on data from thousands of strongman competitors to predict your potential performance in each event. These ratios account for the unique demands of each implement:
- Atlas Stones: Correlates with deadlift strength and back extension power
- Log Press: Derived from strict press with adjustments for the neutral grip and front loading
- Yoke Walk: Combines squat and deadlift capacity with core stability demands
- Farmers Walk: Based on trap bar/deadlift strength with grip endurance factors
- Axle Deadlift: Conventional deadlift minus grip difficulty adjustments
- Car Deadlift: Higher angles reduce ROM, allowing higher weights than standard pulls
Making The Most of Your Results
Your translations help you:
- Set realistic goals for your first strongman competition
- Identify which events might be natural strengths
- Plan training to address predicted weaknesses
- Choose appropriate weight classes based on your current strength
Remember: these are starting estimates. Nothing replaces actually training with the implements and competing to find your true capabilities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Predictions are based on established strength ratios from competition data and research. They provide solid estimates for most athletes, but individual results can vary by 10-20% depending on technique, body proportions, grip strength, and implement-specific training experience. Athletes new to strongman implements typically need time to match their predicted numbers.
Log press uses a neutral grip and the implement sits much further from your center of mass. Most athletes need to train with the log before matching their barbell numbers. The prediction accounts for this learning curve and assumes moderate log experience.
Deadlift is the most predictive overall lift for strongman performance. Adding squat improves yoke and leg drive estimates. OHP significantly improves pressing event predictions. Bench press helps refine upper body predictions. For best results, enter all four lifts if possible.
Yes! Look at your predicted event weights and compare them to typical competition loads for different weight classes in your area. If your predictions match novice-level weights for your current weight class, you're likely ready to compete. Use the Competitions section to find local events and check their weight requirements.
We include events with reliable prediction models. Some events (like loading medleys, truck pulls, or tire flips) depend heavily on technique and conditioning factors that don't correlate well with gym lifts. As we gather more data, we'll add predictions for additional events.