‘I’m super happy’: Fort St. John strongman talks provincial title win

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C.  — Three years after trading in his bodybuilding card for a foray into strength sports, Alex Lorincz was crowned the province’s strongest man.

Now home in Fort St. John, he was able to reflect and speak to Energeticcity.ca about his victory at B.C. Strongman Amateur Provincials, which took place over the Labour Day long weekend in Williams Lake.

Lorincz says he goes to each competition “wanting to win” and having finished second in Edmonton at the Alberta Provincials, he knew he was ready.

“If I feel like I won’t quite win, or that I’m not really going to have a good placing, then I won’t really bother,” said Lorincz. “The fact that I waited and it paid off, it feels amazing.

“I’m super happy with how it all worked out.”

Lorincz said during training for the competition, he nursed a forearm injury but wasn’t going to pull out of the event.

He added it left him unable to train for the final’s first event, the overhead medley, where he placed third.

“It was a really big milestone for me, just overcoming that pain,” said Lorincz. “[I was not] able to train it like I wanted, but being able to do it on the day was fantastic.”

Lorincz’s road to the championship included a first-place finish in two events: the frame carry, where he said his time was “near the fastest,” and the bag carry, where he carried a 300-pound bag for 40 feet.

It set up a climactic finish in the last event, the sandbag ladder, where he edged rival Cameron St. Amand, finishing in style with a sandbag lift of 350 pounds.

“A lot of people managed to get to that bag,” said Lorincz. “Lots of people tried moving it. Some of them even got it to their lap, but they just couldn’t get it to their shoulders.

“[St. Amand] got the bag to his shoulder and the whole place blew up. Everybody was so excited. I was the very last athlete in the entire contest to go and do that event, and I managed to get it as well. I thought it was a pretty special moment.”

Although he placed at the top and qualified for the Amateur National Championship, Lorincz says his forearm will need rehab, so he won’t make the trip to Calgary.

He did say he will “absolutely want to do” a future strongman national championship. 

“With my arm being as [expletive] up as it is, I just don’t feel I’m ready for that,” said Lorincz. “I don’t want to hurt myself and cause any permanent damage. 

“Right now, I’m just going to take it easy. I’m just going to focus on work. I’m going to focus on training some more people at the gym and start a rehab process. I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure that I’m healthy for next season.”

The B.C. Amateur Strongman Provincials took place on August 30th in Williams Lake.  Follow Lorincz on Instagram or Facebook to learn more about his strongman career.