This is the strongest man in the Netherlands

Are you curious who the strongest man in the Netherlands is? We have written everything about Dutch strongest man Kelvin de Ruiter here. It used to be a small man and now the Dutch strongest of no less than 164 kilos!

From small boy to gigantic giant

To gain strength before he has to perform, Kelvin de Ruiter from Harkema has to eat all day long. He has gone from 90 kilos at 19 years old to a giant of 160 kilos. He is now one mass of muscle and says he is a big difference from his 19 year old self.

At the time, he worked at a car junkyard and discovered his strength. Then he started training with Wout Zijlstra, who saw the potential and he started to grow. It wasn’t his goal to get that big, it just happened.

Nowadays, if he wants to go to a restaurant, Kelvin only goes to all you can eat. At a normal restaurant he has to take a main course 6x if he wants to have a bit of a full feeling. At an all you can eat, he eats almost the entire toko bankrupt, but he is still welcome.

Dutch strongest man

The Dutch Strongest Man championship was held in Weert, the gateway to Limburg. Thirteen candidates showed their strength by moving and lifting heavy weights. Kelvin de Ruiter (The flying Dutchman) from Oud Wieringer became the strongest man in the Netherlands.

Training with nutrition plan

He had trained hard and had a good nutrition plan, but just before the championship ended up in a private situation in which his father and coach died. This caused a dip and loss of motivation. His environment managed to motivate him to regain the spirit and to fulfill his father’s dream of becoming Dutch champion.

Broken legs and just keep going

However, during the last training he broke his upper leg. He got a week’s rest, cooled the leg and hoped to stay whole during the championship. Kelvin was taped over his upper leg and managed to win all parts such as pulling truck, lifting bricks, loading race, yock and stones. He became the strongest man in the Netherlands.

Strongest men in the Netherlands

We have now talked about the absolute number 1 of the moment, but there are of course more strong men in the Netherlands! Below we have made the top 5 Strongest men in the Netherlands!

Title Strongest man in the Netherlands

During the competition to be able to crown yourself as “Strongest man in the Netherlands” you must perform the following strength tests such as:

1. deadlift
2. Auto Deadlifts
3. Atlas Stone Lifting
4. Farmer’s Walk

So you get points per part for the number of kilos that hang on it while lifting it. If you ultimately have achieved the most points, you are really the strongest man in the Netherlands!

Do you also want to become the strongest man in the Netherlands? Then follow our blog about back exercises!

Video of the strongest man in the Netherlands

For example, a beautiful video of the highlights of Kelvin de Ruiter has been made that we share with you below

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