4-time World's Strongest Man winner Brian Shaw steadily takes on challenges that showcase his uncooked energy, from deadlifting vehicles and hauling vans to going head-to-head with UFC star Dustin Poirier in a CrossFit-inspired "power conflict." However he additionally is not afraid to step exterior his consolation zone and check out completely different types of health which do not essentially go well with his skillset, just like the time he tried sizzling yoga. Within the latest video on his YouTube channel, Shaw takes issues one additional, and he and his spouse Keri attend their first-ever ballet class.

"I watched Pumping Iron, and Arnold did take a ballet class," he says. "So that is following in Arnold's footsteps."

The primary hurdle for the 6'6" strongman is just squeezing right into a pair of ballet sneakers; the trainer was capable of finding a single dimension 19 pair, and Shaw nonetheless struggles to get them to suit. "Is it supposed to harm that unhealthy?" He asks, earlier than opting to remain in his socks for the warmup, the place he will get to grips along with his plié.

As he then goes via the opposite primary strikes of ballet, Shaw finds that his sheer dimension is a hindrance, and he does not have the mobility or flexibility wanted to get into a few of the positions. A few of the leaping manouvers are additionally tough, given his 425-pound weight.

Different parts of the category are a little bit bit extra Shaw's pace, nonetheless—like when he makes use of his strongman skills to seemingly effortlessly raise his dance accomplice—and by the tip of the category, he has limbered up sufficient to have the ability to maintain his stretches on the barre.