Ryan Bracewell is 27 years old, 6'1 and 300 lbs.  He started weight training at 13 to become a better football player, and since then his strength has reached phenomenal levels. To date his best lifts are a 455 lbs bench, 730 lbs squat, and 850lbs deadlift.  Some of his best strongman feats include 960 lbs yoke walk for 60 feet, 410 lbs farmers in each hand for 50 feet, and 375 lbs Log clean and press.

Ryan started competing in Strongman at the beginning of 2008 and after only his second contest he qualified for NAS National Championship, where he won the 265lbs weight class and placed 4th overall.  In 2009 he has narrowly missed out on his pro card several times before finally earning his American Strongman Pro Card in 2010 at the Orlando Show of Champions.  In 2010 he plans to compete at the ASC Nationals in August, and with a top 10 finish at Nationals he will qualify for America’s Strongest Man at the Olympia Expo.

Contest History:
4/2010 - Orlando Strongman Show of Champions (Pro Qualifier) – HW open – 1st
3/2010 – Amateur World Championship - (Pro Qualifier) – HW open – 5th
11/2009 – Texas Strongest Man – HW open – 1st
2009 NAS Athlete of the Year
10/2009 – NAS National Championship (Pro Qualifier) – HW open – 8th
8/2009 – Dallas Strongman Show of Champions (Pro Qualifier) - HW open - 2nd
6/2009 - California's Strongest Man (Pro Qualifier) - HW open - T4th
4/2009 – Orlando Strongman Show of Champions (Pro Qualifier) – HW open – 2nd
12/2008 - Texas Strongest Man – HW open – 2nd
9/2008 - NAS National Championship (Pro Qualifier) – 265lb National Champion
8/2008 - Southwest Strongest Man - HW open - 2nd
4/2008 - Ronnie Coleman Classic Strength Extravaganza - HW 265 class - 1st
4/2008 - Lonestar Strongman Showdown - HW open - 3rd