Ryan Sierra – OL – Tijuana Luchadores
Cover Athlete
The World’s Strongest man magazine caught wind of an article written about an obscure American Football player who befriended World Strongman royalty Hafnor Bjornsson. The relationship developed into a training partnership where both Sierra and Bjornsson take turns leading the workouts. The two have become great friends as they continue their offseason training sessions alternating between each man’s hometowns in Reno, NV and Reykjavik, Iceland during the summer. During the magazine’s photo shoot, the photographer wanted to get a sense of what their cross-training lives looked like and how it would transfer to the picture. The photographer utilized both their love for lifting weights and playing basketball in the shoot.
What came next could be written into a Hollywood script. A basketball game broke out during the photo shoot. The game included two of the magazine’s editor, the photographer, the event manager and even some of the facility workers. Then the trash talking between Hafnor and Ryan started getting more and more serious, turning this game into a one-on-one skills and slam dunk competition. Excusing himself from the distracted “game”, the photographer managed to get some intense, candid shots or these two super athletes in the heat of competition. The cover for WSM magazine was a successful shoot, not only for them, but also for sister publication, Slam magazine,
Cover Athlete
The World’s Strongest man magazine caught wind of an article written about an obscure American Football player who befriended World Strongman royalty Hafnor Bjornsson. The relationship developed into a training partnership where both Sierra and Bjornsson take turns leading the workouts. The two have become great friends as they continue their offseason training sessions alternating between each man’s hometowns in Reno, NV and Reykjavik, Iceland during the summer. During the magazine’s photo shoot, the photographer wanted to get a sense of what their cross-training lives looked like and how it would transfer to the picture. The photographer utilized both their love for lifting weights and playing basketball in the shoot.
What came next could be written into a Hollywood script. A basketball game broke out during the photo shoot. The game included two of the magazine’s editor, the photographer, the event manager and even some of the facility workers. Then the trash talking between Hafnor and Ryan started getting more and more serious, turning this game into a one-on-one skills and slam dunk competition. Excusing himself from the distracted “game”, the photographer managed to get some intense, candid shots or these two super athletes in the heat of competition. The cover for WSM magazine was a successful shoot, not only for them, but also for sister publication, Slam magazine,
