The WiMP Competition

Videos from last Saturday have all been uploaded and are linked to the results:

Results: The 5NINES Wimp Competition (Middleton, WI) September 13, 2014 - The Wimp Competition is a computer-themed strongman contest that requires both mental and physical strength.

http://strengthdata.com/?page=results&contest_id=1

Flashback - 2011 David Medaris shares thoughts on the 5NINES WiMP Games.....

Computer geeks compete in feats of strength in Wirld's Mightiest Programmer competition - Isthmus Hard to imagine many people taking pride in being called a wimp. Competing to be the top wimp sounds even more counterintuitive. Giovanni Pasteris is not many people. Standing a couple inches shy of six feet and tipping the scales in the neighborhood of 225 pounds, neither is he your everyday, run-o…

Are you smarter than a pre-schooler? Good thing we only use 4 discs in the Tires of Hanoi (7 demonstrated here).

Torre Hanói con preescolares La torre Hanói es un juego matemático o rompecabezas que consiste en tres varillas verticales. En una de las varillas se apilan los discos o rondanas. Los di...

WiMP 2014 Events Full videos of all six events that will be part of WiMP 2014. The Quicksort initial-configuration will be different than in this video, so don't memorize thi...

Details for the upcoming 5NINES Wimp Competition (on Sept 13th) can be found here:

WiMP : The Wirld's Mightiest Programmer Competition You do not (and should not) need to take an attempt at every weight. Try to keep it to 3 or 4 attempts. Do not waste time with more light/warm-up attempts than you need.

Prove evolution wrong on September 13, 2014:

http://news.yahoo.com/humans-sacrificed-brawn-brains-study-suggests-224046949.html

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The main reason to watch this video is to hear the crowd go wild at the end.

(946 lbs)

Zydrunas Savickas Deadlift 430 kg World's strongest man 2009 and 2010 deadlifting in the gym. Listen for the camera man's enthusiastic reaction

Need to sharpen your binary-conversion skills? How about a simple, endless binary-conversion quiz:
http://wimpgames.net/training/

It's not completely polished, and I don't know if it works on Internet Explorer or mobile, but here it is:

The WiMP Competition Trainer

Obviously the WiMP has different events than NAS Nationals, but you might be interested to see how an elite strongman (

NAS 2013 Nationals Prep This is a 10 part series of the week by week training leading up to the 2013 NAS National Championships

If you're one of those people joining a gym in January, and you live in Madison, consider joining Madtown Fitness. Strongman, powerlifting, weightlifting... everything worth doing is there.

If you would like a personal trainer, Dan Pasholk, the owner, is a good one, and stronger than all other personal trainers (combined).