I met Thor Bjornsson in 2016. He asked if I could help him improve his deadlift. His best deadlift at the time was 450 kilograms at Europe’s Strongest Man. The two main things we focused on were refining his technique and building his overall strength so he had no weak points. He also wasn’t prioritising his squats. Most of the strongman competitions he competed in didn’t include the squat as an event, so he never saw the urgency to build true top-end squat strength. He treated it like an access