World’s Strongest Event Rules

Rules

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📍 Location: The Lagoon Centre, Paisley, Glasgow, Scotland
📅 Dates: August 21-23rd 2026

Each athlete competes over 2 days.

Competition Schedule

Friday, August 21st

Master and Juniors: 12PM - 5PM (5 Events)

Saturday, August 22nd

Master and Juniors: 9AM - 11AM (2 Events)

U57, U64, U72 & U80: 12PM - 3PM (4 Events)

U73, U82 & U90: 3PM - 6PM (4 Events)

Open Women, U105, Open Men: 6-9PM (4 Events)

Sunday, August 23rd

All athletes excluding Master & Junior: Start at 10AM (3 Events)

Going from lightest to heaviest weight lifted each category will do event 1, followed by event 2 and so on.

Natural Strongman Worlds 2026 – Weigh-In Schedule

Masters and Juniors

Thursday, August 20th

  • 12:00pm–1:00pm

  • 5:00pm–6:00pm

Friday, August 21st

  • 9:00-9:30am

Weight Classes and Opens

Friday, August 21st only

There will be no weigh-in or sign-in on Saturday, August 22nd.

  • U57, U64, U72 and U80: 12:00pm–1:00pm

  • U73, U82 and U90: 3:00pm–4:00pm

  • Open Women, U105 and Open Men: 6:00pm–7:00pm

These times indicate when athletes from each group may begin weighing in. Each weigh-in slot will remain open for one hour.

Athletes competing in more than one category may weigh in during the later slot assigned to their categories. However, the group who's weigh-in times have just opened will get to weigh-in first. 

After weighing in, athletes will receive their competition T-shirt, have their official photographs and headshots taken, and then proceed directly to have their squat rack height and yoke height measured.

Appeals Process

Natural Strongman is committed to the continual improvement of its competitive standards, officiating processes, and overall athlete experience. Following a comprehensive review of the 2025 competition season, we identified several areas requiring greater clarity, consistency, and procedural transparency in order to further strengthen the integrity of our events. As a result, this Appeals Policy has been developed to provide athletes with a clear, fair, and structured mechanism to raise concerns that may arise during competition, while also supporting referees and officials with a consistent framework for decision-making. This policy is designed to ensure all appeals are handled efficiently, respectfully, and decisively within the constraints of live competition, and will be implemented on a trial basis for the 2026 UK and Ireland National Championship events.

Athletes are strongly advised to review the full Appeals Policy document prior to competition, which can be downloaded below.

Download the Natural Strongman Appeals Policy (PDF)