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.

There will be 24 Hour Weigh-ins

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)