Exercise of the Day: 474lb One Hand Deadlift

Mark Felix is a strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. In winning the Rolling Thunder World Championships in 2008 and 2009, as well as holding the world record in the event, he is regarded as having a powerful grip.

Having turned his attention to strength athletics, Mark Felix turned pro within a year when the IFSA Strongman professional team was launched in 2004. He had come in third in England's Strongest Man in 2004, and in 2005 he went on to come in second to Eddy Elwood in the IFSA version of England's Strongest Man (England's Strongest Man (IFSA)). This led him to the IFSA British Championships which he won in 2005. Of the five events, Felix won three (Deadlift, Farmer’s Walk and Atlas Stones). Aftwerwards Felix credited his victory to "Big hands, big heart" Felix was invited to the IFSA World Team Championships in which he competed in the "World" team as a representative of Grenada. The team was placed third. From 2006, Felix turned his attention towards the more established strongman competitions that could lead to the World's Strongest Man ("WSM"), from which IFSA had parted company in 2004. In 2006 he placed second in the Britain's Strongest Man competition and this led to a place in the World's Strongest Man in which he came a highly respected fourth. In 2007 he repeated his second place finish in Britain's Strongest Man but was disappointed with his seventh place finish in the 2007 WSM. In the same year he also finished third in the Mohegan Sun Grand Prix of the World's Strongest Man Super Series. In 2008 he came in fourth in Europe's Strongest Man and went on to finish third in Britain's Strongest Man, qualifying him for a third successive WSM final. Mark has said "Every year I gain more experience and learn more about what I am capable of."

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