Robert Oberst - Strong & Pretty: The American Monster

00:00 | Trailer
02:30 | Brian’s thoughts on the episode
03:29 | Brian’s introduction
04:01 | Robert enjoys being in London where he once paid homage to Thomas Topham
07:26 | The trouble making, prankster, strongmen
08:53 | Strongest Man in History TV show is fun and pays respect to strong men in the past
11:04 | Characterisation of a strong man
15:58 | How Robert got into Strongman competition
24:50 | What he learnt about people from being a doorman
31:15 | Starting out in Strongman, exercises and techniques
45:42 | The dark years until the birth of his son changed everything
50:27 | Why people love watching Strongman
56:35 | The main thing he has learnt from being on Strongest Man in History
1:01:52 | The deadlift – what he thought when Eddie Hall did it and what he thinks of it in general
1:12:54 | Weighing the risk versus reward in Strongman
1:16:36 | Lifting the Dinnie stones in Scotland for the Strongest Man in History show
1:26:30 | Robert’s thoughts on Brian Shaw, Eddie Hall and Nick Best and others in the sport
1:27:43 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and upcoming strongmen including Iron Biby1:35:25 What Robert wants from his career over the next few years and his ultimate aspiration and goal
1:39:52 | Life after Strongman
1:44:40 | What he knows as a truism that other people try to debate about diet
1:53:39 | Andr√© the Giant and Robert’s hopes for the Strongest Man in History to go into a second series
1:56:43 | What it is like to be in the film business
1:58:51 | Robert’s daily routine
2:02:18 | What is Robert’s superpower
2:03:44 | The best and worst days of his life
2:17:52 | What scares him
2:19:03 | What keeps him awake at night
2:23:44 | Success secrets
2:24:54 | Best advice ever received
2:27:18 | Brian’s summing up.