My name is Phil Burgess and I’m the guy behind Viking Strength.
From a school visit from the World’s Strongest Man, Geoff Capes at the age of 11, to watching the World’s Strongest Man (WSM) TV show with my father every Christmas. I have always enjoyed watching strongmen compete against each other in amazing feats of strength.
Many years later from a Facebook post, I became aware that Strongman was a sport that was alive and well in Australia, where I had emigrated 10 years before. Strongman was no longer just about the biggest guys, but now involved different weight divisions, for both Men and Women.
So I tried competing but soon realised that I could add more value by organising and running competitions, and interviewing athletes. To share these interviews I needed a website and so “VikingStrength.com” came into existence.
Why Viking Strength?
One of the most charismatic WSM competitors was 4 times champion Jon- Pall Sigmarsson of Iceland. In one famous verbal exchange in WSM with Geoff Capes of the UK, who called him an Eskimo, he retorted “I am not an Eskimo, I am a Viking”.
WSM has run for over 40 years, and in that time there have been many winners from the Nordic countries, the ancestral homes of the Vikings.
Achievements of Viking Strength
Viking Strength has been involved in coordinating and running these events.
- Southern Hemisphere’s Strongest Man / Woman (2019)
- NSW Strongest Man/Woman (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
- Tamworth Country Music’s Strongest Man/Woman (2015, 2016)
- Port Macquarie’s Strongest Man/Woman (2015)
- Australasia’s Most Powerful Man/Woman (2015, 2016)
- Central Coast’s Strongest Man/Woman (2015, 2019)
We have also interviewed OVER 100 Strength Athletes !!
We are very grateful to all those people who have helped with these achievements
…Better get Busy ! … Phil..
