"As part of my preparation, I'm going to training camp in Houston, Texas," he says. You may hear the crowd cheering “O.B.” as that has been his nickname since 2nd grade.
Robert Oberst, 6’8”, 375lbs, is a Professional Strongman and American Log Press World Record Holder.
This will be his 6th WSM appearance where he hopes to make it into the Final. Six months later, he … Next up will be the 2018 World's Strongest Man, where he's hoping to place in the top three. In April 2019, the Log Lift record was “taken” from Robert by competitor Rob Kearney.
Strongmen Brian Shaw and Robert Oberst recently trained together in an actual gym.
Robert’s “cheat” foods include Texas barbecue, peach cobbler, and pizza.
His glove size is 3XL. He already owns the American record of 465 pounds, set at the 2015 Arnold Strongman Classic Australia. With an easy start in Strongman, he tried it out for fun on the recommendation of a friend and ended up breaking the Amateur log press record first time out. Oberst's goal for that event is to break the world log press record. Oberst was among the many people to voice his opinion on Thor’s controversial world record attempt in a … Robert Oberst was one of the major critics of the idea of Hafthor Bjornsson’s controversial 501kg deadlift attempt. At 34, Oberst stands 6’7” and weighs 410lbs.
Although not official, Robert’s personal best records include a 950 lbs or 431 kg squat, 880 lbs or 399 kg deadlift, 650.5 lbs or 295 kg bench press, and 485 lbs or 220 kg overhead press. Now he took thing up a notch by throwing some shade in the Mountain’s direction. Featured Image by oberstpac / Flickr / CC BY-2.0 A Planet Fitness to be exact, and the results were record-breaking and hilarious.