Robert Oberst
Robert Oberst (born December 20, 1984) is an American professional strongman competitor. He is a yearly competitor of the World's Strongest Man competition and a finalist in the 2013 and 2018 World's Strongest Man competitions ending up in 9th and 8th place respectively. He also came 8th in the 2014 Arnold Strongman Classic. Oberst has competed in 15 international competitions. Early life. Oberst was born in Santa Cruz, California. From a young age, he was considerably taller than most of his family and friends, standing at 6 ft 1 (1.85m) and weighing 220 lbs (99.8  kg) on his 12th birthday. He was picked on as a result and even thought about dropping out of high school because of it. He attended high school at Aptos High School in Aptos, California. It was there he played football and track and field, lettering four times in football and once in track and field. He then went on to continue playing football at the collegiate level at Western Oregon University majoring in history. Oberst graduated from Western Oregon University in 2008. After college, Oberst gave the NFL a shot, but did not make the cut so got into  bouncing at nightclubs Esta Noche and El Rio. It was there that one of Oberst's friends introduced him to the world of Strongman competitions and encouraged him to train for the events. Upon going to his first workout session, he unofficially broke the amateur Log Press world record, which at the time was around 150 kg, or 330 lbs. With some training, his strength grew greater, and after only four months of training, Oberst had received his Pro-Card. Oberst is known for advocating "People Shouldn’t Deadlift" at Joe Rogan’s podcast and recommends doing exercises such as  cable lateral raises, dumbbell front raises and face pulls. Personal records. In competition