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His goal is to become the first openly-gay athlete to qualify for the WSM Final. From belts to knee sleeves, elbow sleeves and wrist wraps make sure you are reducing your chance of injury by wearing only the best!Wear the most comfortable gym clothes in the world by shopping with Gymshark! “That sucked,” he said.Later, Kearney said the firetruck pull left lingering soreness all over his body, from his back to his legs, for four or five days. “That put me out of commission for a while.”His first competition since then was his recent win in Melbourne.And now, he’s getting ready for World’s Strongest Man competition next month in Florida, training for three to five hours many days.As for Aleixo, he has become a familiar face at the competitions and will be there by Kearney’s side come June.“He’s treated just like one of the other wives,” Kearney said and laughed. “I learned really quickly that I sucked at CrossFit, but I was good at picking up heavy stuff,” he said.He then joined the lifting team at Springfield College, where he also got his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in athletic training.Aleixo recently graduated from Springfield College with his masters in occupational therapy.At Williston, Kearney has been putting that education to use in his work with students, assessing athletes’ injuries and watching from the sidelines during games in case of injury. We didn’t tell many people, but on March 17, 2019 @worlds_gayest_strongman and I got MARRIED!! He wants to change the narrative and believes that is is great that WSM was held during is a pro-strongman who was formerly the Director of Sports Medicine at The Williston Northampton School. Kearney is also the head athletic trainer at the Williston Northampton School. This 27 year old represents the USA and resides in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He decided to come out publicly a month and a half into dating Aleixo, whom he met through a dating app — “a typical millennial story,” he joked.“I had pretended, essentially, to be straight for my entire life,” Kearney said. Robert “Rob” Kearney (born 26 March 1986) is an Irish rugby union rugby player who currently plays fullback for Leinster and Ireland.As a youth he also played rugby union for Clongowes Wood College and Gaelic football for Louth in the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship. Openly gay pro strongman Rob Kearney marries his boyfriendDwyane Wade passionately supports transgender daughter after ugly attacks from Twitter trolls Wade continues to publicly support his daughter, Zaya, who came out as transgender at 12 years old.How gay baseball player Matt Barker overcame addiction, and learned to love himselfBarker’s baseball dreams were derailed by injuries and partying, but now he’s at peace with himself.Gay U.S. lacrosse goalie came out to ‘normalize what makes us different’Madison Doucette used her coming out as gay in lacrosse to increase acceptance. Rob Kearney, known to be the first openly gay professional strongman competitor, pulls a firetruck as part of his training at Nonotuck Park in Easthampton as his coach, Derek Poundstone, gives him encouragement. Rob Kearney rests after lifting the log weighing 290 pounds while training for the Strongman competition at Lighting Fitness in Connecticut. He recently placed first at the Arnold Pro Strongman competition in Australia — which boasts Arnold Schwarzenegger as its poster boy — qualifying him for the 2020 Arnold Pro Strongman World Championship. End of Oct. 2014, he came out to The Huffington Post that he was gay, making him the 1st openly-gay man to actively compete in a Strongman competition at professional, international level. But after the wedding, he video chatted Kearney and Aleixo asking what their plans were for the evening.“We had just made reservations at a restaurant for the two of us.
This 27 year old represents the USA and resides in Easthampton, Massachusetts. A blog post about Kearney as the first openly gay professional strongman was published on a weightlifting website.
Strongman competitor Rob Kearney, his husband, Joey Aleixo and their dog, Glitter.Rob Kearney lifts a log weighing 290 pounds while training at Lighting Fitness in Connecticut.Rob Kearney lifts a log weighing 290 pounds while training at Lighting Fitness in Connecticut.Rob Kearney rests after lifting a log weighing 290 pounds while training at Lighting Fitness in Connecticut. He and his husband, Joey Aleixo, right, arrived at 6:00 am to train before Kearney's job and Aleixo's school day.Strongman competitor Rob Kearney, his husband, Joey Aleixo, and their dog, Glitter.Kearney talks about technique with his coach, Derek Poundstone, after pulling a firetruck as part of his training in Nonotuck Park in Easthampton.
Drive those hips, stick with it.”A few employees from the city’s fire and police department watched, along with some casual spectators who happened to stumble upon the stunt.At first, the massive truck looked completely immobile, and then, as Kearney advanced forward pulling on the rope and letting out frequent huffs, the truck’s wheels started to move, picking up momentum and rolling about 65 feet.Seconds later, Kearney collapsed onto the ground, out of breath, eyes closed and sweat glistening on his partially shaved head. He and his husband, Joey Aleixo, left, arrived at 6 a.m. to train. In a groundbreaking moment for the sports world, professional Strongman champion Rob Kearney came out of the closet last week.