News Articles of Eric Todd

School is back in session, so life changes pace yet again. Little Phoebe is growing like a weed, and is strong as can be. She was rolling over at about two or three weeks old. And when I balance her, she will stand for ten minutes supporting her full bodyweight. Being a dad is incredible. ...

On July 2 at 12:29 PM, Miss Phoebe Lorene Todd was born into the world at 7 pounds 13 ounces and 20 and 3/4 inches long. Mamma and baby are doing great, and dad is on top of the world. A couple days later we made the trip home to start our adventure as a family together. It was time to start ...

Life has been pretty busy, but very good since my last blog. We are still getting things ready for our little girl, and we are counting down the days until she is here. We are very excited to welcome her into the world. The seventh annual Missouri’s Strongest Man: The Gus Lohma...

Even though the sport of strongman is my first love, I am a fan of all different types of strength sports. I have dabbled in several of the disciplines over the years. I have done some powerlifting, an Olympic lifting meet, some all-round lifting, highlander, and Highland Games. Though I trai...

Well, it is a very busy time of the year for me, and really seems to be extra busy this year. I am working my way back from the back issues I was having, and things are going pretty well with that. I am starting to put up some decent weights again, and things are feeling pretty good for the mo...

This past month since the Arnold has been an unfortunate one training wise. I was gearing up for the Show of Champions in Florida next week. I pulled a personal best in the trap bar deadlift. Form was rock solid (as I have had to keep it since my original back injury). Afterwards everything ...

Hey all-I just got back from a weekend at the Arnold and it was a blast. It was great to meet so many new people and get the message out about HMB! We had lots of great people stop by, so I was able to share my experiences using HMB with quite a few. I am currently in training for the Euro...

This past month has been a great month for strongman for me. First of all, we have our annual KCSTRONGMAN Challenge and Banquet. The KCSTRONGMAN Challenge was moved to the Belton Hanger this year due to the adverse road conditions, where the competitors competed in sub zero weather. The forma...

Well, another year is coming to a close and it is time to evaluate the goals you set for the year and how well you did in attaining them. Since 2006 when I suffered a severe disk herniation in my lower back, I have struggled to get my deadlift back to where it was. This year, many of my goals i...

I am currently preparing for a powerlifting meet in less than two weeks. I will be competing in the push/pull portion in the open division. Training is interesting going into this one, as I am trying to maximize these two lifts, while trying to increase my strongman stuff as well. In addition ...

This past month has been very rewarding in the way of training and competing. After 3 years of only being able to hit "post injury PR's" in the deadlift (I badly herniated a couple disks several years ago), I finally hit an all time PR a couple weeks ago, with some left in the tank! Training h...