Brian Shaw
Brian Shaw

In all honesty, I just love car deadlifts.

Brian Shaw
Brian Shaw

It's a lot of fun, any time you can pick up a car is pretty awesome.

Brian Shaw
Brian Shaw

I eat a lot of grass-fed beef. That's my main protein source. But I'll substitute in chicken and turkey, and sometimes fish, to have a little bit of variety.

Brian Shaw
Brian Shaw

My very first competition was at the end of 2005. Honestly, I just looked it up online and tried to find something local, because I had no idea how to do it or where to start. I did Denver's Strongest Man here in Colorado, and I won.

Brian Shaw
Brian Shaw

I think the first contest I did, I was somewhere just over 300 pounds. With my frame, I needed to add more weight and put more muscle on to get better leverage and be more successful. Just to get stronger, really. I had to work really hard.