In my younger youth for about 4yrs I was doing taekwondo and In my teen years I was a junior international football player in Bulgaria. Then around 2014 I moved to ireland and started training in the gym doing bodybuilding from 2014 - 2019. Then I decided to go into strength and conditioning so I started competing as a Strongman 2019 - 2022 and getting very good at it! I did multiple competitions winning a few medals along the way. I started competing as an Armwrestler 2021 - to date and I have trophies and a pro card under my belt plus I've my own Armwrestling club which is going very successful! Then one day training in the gym with my training partners when an opportunity came up to compete in the Donald Dinnie Day Ireland Gathering it was an honour lifting history and I was buzzing to my surprise I won the last event 5 stones the quickest Then as I got the taste of lifting natural stones I wanted more and myself, Simon and Chris were talking out the back of the gym and we planned to go around ireland to lift stones and record them on you tube and have had so much fun together! Then Simon decided to go one step further and that's how The Irish Stone Monsters was born! We got so excited to go out as a fully uniformed group to show everyone what we do and the history we unveil on our way!

Ivan in action 1