Conan's Wheel

What it is

This strongman-style exercise involves lifting a heavy implement and walking it in a continuous circular path. It is a compound movement designed to test your full-body strength and muscular endurance. You will primarily engage your quadriceps, with significant recruitment from your abdominals, biceps, calves, forearms, lower back, shoulders, and traps.

Technique tips

• Secure the implement in a zercher hold, resting it in your elbow crook.
• Keep the weight primarily off your forearms to prevent discomfort.
• Maintain a tall, upright posture throughout the entire movement.
• Take short, quick steps to maintain momentum and control.
• Look up and away from your feet as you walk your circle.
• Remember to breathe continuously; avoid holding your breath.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.