Stephen Tyler Nichols
        
Weight: 210
Date of Birth: 06/24/1991
Hometown: Sugar Grove
Occupation: Lowes Hardware Associate
About Tyler:
Family:
Engaged, Son due July 28th, 2011
Hobbies: Strongman, mud running, swimming, fishing
Years training:
6
Years competing:
4
Other sports involved in:
 none, only Strongman

Favorite Foods:
hamburger, steak, any type of veggie
Favorite binge/cheat food:
ice cream
Favorite drink:
milk
Favorite Music(s):
rap, rock
Last book you read:
Jim Wendler’s 5-3-1 program

If you are on an deserted island, what food, drink, compact disc and
magazine/book would you want:
Food would be pizza.
Drink would be milk.
Compact disc would be DMX.
 Magazine would be Flex.

Give us your most embarrassing moment:
During the Dino Day competition in 2008, I got called to do my 18” deadlift but wasn’t ready yet. Without knowing it at the time, I pulled the weight, however was facing away from the judges and had to re-do it.
Tell of most extreme conditions you've ever dealt with, either in training
or competition: 
Lifting everyday in a gym without air conditioning, and trying to drink enough water to stay hydrated.
Favorite event:
It’s a toss-up between Axel Press and Stones.
Best event:
Axel Press
 
Give us your goals for the year 2011:
To find a few sponsors in order for me to go to Nationals. Win Nationals, and do a 315 pound Axel Press.

Strongman you admire the most: Travis Ortmayer, because of the intensity he shows and his determination.
Defining moment that made me get into strongman:
When I first met Steve Slater I had asked him about power lifting, but he said he had something better for me. He introduced me to strongman and I fell in love with it.

 
Teen Competition Names     Location    Date    Place Finish
Xenia Outback Strength Challenge    Xenia, Ohio    2007    3rd
Dino Day Ohio State Championship    Columbus, Ohio    2008    1st
Xenia Outback Strength Challenge    Xenia, Ohio    2008    4th
NAS Teen National Championship    Chicago, Illinois    2008   
Xenia Old-fashioned Strength Challenge Teen    Xenia, Ohio    2008    2nd
WV Strongman Competition
Teen    West Virginia    2008    7th
Hardware Showdown
Teen    Lancaster, Ohio    2010    1st
HU Powerlifting Meet    Lancaster, Ohio    2011    1st
NAS Lancaster Strongman Championships Teen    Lancaster, Ohio    2011    1st
            Buckeye Strongman Championships Lightweight    Lancaster, Ohio    2011    1st