@matiseq actually body builders are proportional... Just big. Bodybuilders aren't saying "hey this is what you should look like", they actually do it because they try to reach lengths no one else has obtained and would rather have no one look like them. They want to be the best and that means not looking like anyone else. People need to stop comparing strongmen and bodybuilders, just because they both lift weights doesn't mean it's the same sport.
@rafal0487@rafal0487 Read history VERY ATTENTIVELY: his mother is Russian. Maybe for that reason he took Russian pseudonym? How do you think? ;-)
By the way... There is no such a country as pRUSSIA any more for a long time. Now everyone call this place Germany. But he was born in pRUSSIA = NO GERMAN :-)
@SkewLT Read history VERY ATTENTIVELY: his mother is Russian. For what reason he took Russian pseudonym? How do you think? And there is no such a country as pRUSSIA any more for a long time. Now everyone call this place Germany.
"Prussians spoke similair to Lithuanians"?
These people have occurred from Aryans. Hitler was right, but he performed the will of his owners. And he used ancient Aryans symbolics which Russians used till a christening of Russia. Now think.
I have read his books.This man grew his muscles by flexing them.No weightlfting except for maybe the beginning.Type in eugen sandow training in google and there are his books in the first page.
Muscle and strength by simply flexing maximally...Who would come to think of this?
I know he is NOTHING compared to today's standards, but back then they didn't have strict regimes and they only ate what was in season, for someone to look like that back then was amazing
Must have been pretty embarrassing to get outlifted by a girl, even a freak like Sandwina. She even stole his name afterward, her real name was Katie Brumbach and she took his name after she beat him. It may have been around that time that Sandow started wearing diapers, I don't know if there is any connection though
@xchindit Must have been pretty embarrassing to get outlifted by a girl, even a freak like Sandwina. She even stole his name afterward, her real name was Katie Brumbach and she took his name after she beat him. It may have been around that time that Sandow started wearing diapers, I don't know if there is any connection though
He probably just laughed his way to the bank, somewhat like current producers of movies & tv shows with the phony-ass scenes of 90 lb. women punching out 300 lb men.
@xchindit He wasn't even the strongest woman in the world. Katie Sandwina beat him in a weightlifting contest
The likelihood of that being a legitimate contest is remote. It's more likely that Sandow was helping to get her "strongwoman" act off the ground, in exchange for a cut of any profits she made.
Sandow, is the godfather of bodybuilding, though the title of the strongest man of this era goes to Louis Cyr, whose heavy set body gave him the advantage. Sandow's dumbell workout has really helped me.
@SAYURU89 lol, you do realise that this was filmed 80 years before Arnold Schwarzenegger's heyday, and 110 years before Ronnie Coleman's. i think for someone in the 1890's he looks pretty incredible and he founded modern bodybuilding.
Most strongmen of his time were overweight large men, but he was ripped with a very low body fat. Women would actually swoon after just touching his rock hard muscles.
...need to be able to do the 'classic' strength feats are out of choice for show. Then it becomes functional for YOU train them. As for 'oh what about my job it involves grip strength/heavy lifting' etc. Again, then train for what your job entails. If your job and recreational time/daily living do not require it, then it's contrary to 'functionality'. A bodybuilder needs only to look a certain way and trains very efficiently to achieve that look. They could teach YOU about 'functional'!!
*Sigh* To all the strength-training snobs who evangelise about 'functional' strength, please go back to science or philosophy class to learn about the concept of 'functional'. To say 'functional strength' begs the question 'for what?'. NOBODY needs to bend nails, tear decks of cards, or lift 2 men with one hand etc for sport of work. It's the antithesis of 'functional'. Training to build big muscles is, for a bodybuilder, supremely 'functional' FOR THEIR CHOSEN FUNCTION. The only time you..
@xtncord An interesting point, but like many people that pick at something to prove their own point of view, you take the word too literally, no one needs a philosophy class to know that in this context functional means being able to carry out the natural movements the body was made for, mainly manipulating your own bodyweight in space, which is something bodybuilders are sadly poor at.
Well, I have to admit, considering he came from a time when there basically no steroids to speak of, yeah, that is one IMPRESSIVE physique. Not to mention that you'd be hard pressed to find too many bodybuilders who could do a backflip.
Awesome!!! Partly why he became famous is because physique promoters of the day were looking for an alternative to the traditional pot bellied strong men from that era, Eugen Sandow was there man!!!
sandow used to work for the circus as a strongman at the age of 20 and thats where he got his name changed to eugen sandow by a protoaige by the name of attila eugene sandow' real name was friedrich wilhelm muller he was born in april 2, 1867 in konigsberg, east prussia these days prussia is part of russia
Prussia part of Russia? I do believe you mean Germany, what with how Prussia conquered a series of other Germanic nations to form Germany. Similar spelling aside, Prussia is most definitely not a part of Russia.
@tgtennis Yes, but original prussians were not german tribe, but belonged to baltic language group. They died off completely. There are other nations too, then germans and russians, you know
It was conquered in 1308 (had to google that) but it has been Germanic for centuries. Its people of any time after the mid 1700's should be considered primarily Germanic. Politically speaking, Prussia is inseparable from the founding of modern Germany, and should be addressed as such when referring to figures of Sandow's time period.
Attempting to associate Sandow with Russia seems to be part of a trend of crediting certain regions (Nordic and Slavic) excessively in terms of strength.
You say that like it is an insult. The usual "ignorant American," I assume. (PS - I'm also a European citizen)
Too bad it is you who felt the need to change it into a history talk. My post was aimed at addressing misconceptions regarding the ethnicity of Eugene Sandow, not dealing with earlier migratory periods.
I'd tell you to spend less time being affronted and more looking at the context of things, but judging from your bigoted last post, such words would fall on deaf ears.
That's true. The original Prussians (Baltic tribe) have been replaced bit by bit displaced by the Teutonic order who called other Germans and Dutchmen to settle this territory. Later on followed some other Europeans like Huguenots (French), but never Slavic people who were their enemies and heathen.
Trying to credit Friedrich Wilhelm Müller ("Eugen Sandow" was just a showbiz name), a man of completely German heritage, to the Russians is sheerly ridiculous.
you know back in the 1800 humans very acutally they were stronger then ever before because everything was hard to get but people didn't live that long either because of heart attach and strokes and also wars which other people created.
@Shazee083 Lol. You are probably right about them being stronger...at least they had more motivation to work longer hours because they could not get welfare, social (in)security or ssi. They probably died earlier because they worked their stronger bodies into an earlier grave.
Actually, Eugen Sandow died of complications of STD's. During his life time he had sex with many women and at some point he got an STD. After he died people were trying to boost his image by saying he pushed his car out of the mud and had a stroke. All of this information and much more is in the book "Sandow the Magnificent".
@turkonostra lol men like him didn't fucking train bodybuilding, bodybuilding is only for show. But the strenght these guys had was very very functional not like todays bodybuilders.
@gwatson101 This is myth, probably syphilis really cause his death, his wife bury him at unmarked grave, she and daughters never visit it, not allow anyone erect marker.
@gwatson101 Actually he died of syphilis, the stroke story is just a cover story. He was sick weeks before his death. He didn't try to push a car out of mud. Thats just a stupid myth.
@Phil0185 That is simply not true, its a false myth. We are not talking medevil times here, remember? Go check out old graveyards. If people survived childhood, they lived pretty old, up to 80's. Now people are much more likely to die to cancher or cardio-vascular diseases prematurely. Because they stuff their in faces processed crap, from wal mart or macdonalds, etc.
Sandow although quite strong was not the strongest man of his time. He was how ever a master of public relations and image. It was Louis Cyr, the Canadian strong man whom surrendered his title to Sandow because he could not beat Sandow.
This was a competition that Sandow avoided for a long time, fully aware that Cyr was much stonger then he was. Cyr's defeat by Sandow was the end of Cyr's career.
@benzman69 5'-7.8", 186 lbs. Eugen Sandow never defeat 5'-9", 315 lbs. Louis Cyr, no one ever defeat Cyr-san, Cyr retire when have Bright's disease, last contest is 1906, Hector DeCarrie tie and Cyr-san give him belt say "Fortissimus", Cyr-san die 1912 have kidney failure.
Sandow however was one of the first to have the look of a strong man in the modern times; unlike most of the strong man of the time whom looked more like a barrel.
If Im not mistaken it was an aneurism most likely caused by a stunt where Sandow pulled a car out of a ditch that ended Sandows life prematurely.
@benzman69 Is legend of push car cause death, syphilis is real cause, he have many lovers, his wife not allow anyone put marker at his grave, daughters not visit grave either, they are hostile at him, push car not explain their hostility, syphilis do.
The great Sandow is and will always be remembered as the strongest man, even if not entirely true he was an idol to many modern strong men never the less.
And as such deserves our admiration for being one of the first in many aspects, being strong not being the only thing!
made his first appearance on the London stage 1889.Anabolic steroids were first isolated, identified and synthesized in the 1930s, and are now used therapeutically in medicine to stimulate bone growth and appetite, induce male puberty, and treat chronic wasting conditions, such as cancer and AIDS.(wiki)Sandow died in 1925,before when steroids when even invented.You can say that Reg Park, Schwarzenegger,Gregg Valentino,Ronnie
Oh that wasn't directed towards sandow.I have nothing but respect to the man that started it all.That was directed towards zajefast,who said mariusz pudzianowski is the best.I must not have pressed reply so the comment would be directly underneath his comment.I know most of the history with steroids,and I'm not nuts.
@global2012 maybe i think that too,but we can't say it for sure, because he lived 1926-2000. in his life steroids were popular. i personally belive that Paul Anderson was free of them but not 100% sure.But 100% free of them where Sandow,Saxon,Cyr, Apollon,Charles Rigoulot,Sig Klein and Estonian strongman Georg Lurich and the amazing mighty atom.
Many strongman competitors don't look like bodybuilders. Look at most power lifters, like Mark Henry. You don't need a six-pack, but you need strength. There are millions of people who are inspired by Louis Cyr.
@synthapete Is true, he born Friederich Mueller at Koenigsberg, East Prussia 1867, Russian mother have surname Sandov, he use German spelling of it Sandow.
Trying to credit Friedrich Wilhelm Müller to the Russians is sheerly ridiculous.
"Eugen Sandow" was just his artist's name, not his real name - nothing more. Müller was of completely German heritage, so don't invent things to make him partially Russian.
BTW, in Eastern Germany are many small cities named Pankow, Wustrow, Güstrow...they have these names because of old Slavic tribes who setteled there...it's also not for Russians.
@hace83 I read David Chapman's biography of him, it tell us his mother is Russian have surname Sandov, German spelling is Sandow, you say david chapman is ridiculous, you are pitifully ignorant, you are hateful and quite ignorant too, you utter "osu no kuso" ("whale $h!+" is lowest "kuso" of all!
If you're interested in getting a realistic view of strength and development, I recommend looking for some books wrote by Earl Liederman. "Secrets of Strength" and "Muscle Building" are two that I'd highly recommend you read if you wish to find out how athletes like Sandow became the icons of physical culture.
@ievaramanauskaite savickas maby won in 2010, but Mariusz Pudzianowski is the beast. 5 times champion and has high stamina. He is the best worlds strongest man competator that have lived. I respects him more!
Sandow was a fine athlete, with a physique vastly more preferable to those of the current steroid shooter-uppers-body-bloaters. Can any of THEM do a backflip?
@elite99900 That is just tale, scholars think syphilis really kill him, his wife and daughters hate him, not allow anyone put marker at his grave, they not angry of him push car, angry he have many lovers.
Excuse me..? Do your research before you smash on sandow..The guy could do a legit one arm chin with every finger on each hand individually, he weighed over 200lb. He could deadlift 700+ with one hand, lift over 300lb over his head with one arm. Find a single man today who can lift 300+ over his head with one arm. He had 18+ inch arms legit, find a bodybuilder or powerlifter with 18inch guns at 200lb and steroid free. He had 16inch forearms. Again find anyone his size with forearms that big.
@luthmhor This is exaggeration, is Hermann Goerner dealift 727 use one hand not Eugen Sandow, Sandow-san Bent Press 264 use one hand, is untrue he do 312, his arm is 16.9", chest is 47", waist is 32.7", weigh 186 lbs., Dr. Dudley Sargent of Harvard measure him.
I cant remember where i came up with the 700lb and some of the other stuff, i know the arm measurement is legit, check the sandow uk website. And he could bent press over 300, im 99% sure i remember that correctly. Oh and he weighed over 200lb at his heaviest. I know goerner did the 700+ one arm deadlift. I think i was just pissed that someone was dissing sandow, who was stronger than many many modern bodybuilders pound for pound.
Sandow-san not do Deadlifts, not recall any 1890strongmen do, 6--0.5", 220.5-260 lbs. Goerner-san much bigger of Sandow-san, life statue of Sandow-san have 18"+ arm, and 38" waist, is inaccurate, 16.9" is correct arm girth, he claim weigh 210, no proof, strongmen tell many lies then or now, photos indicate he not vary so much of size after he mature, 185-190 is actual weight, Arthur Saxon is 5'-9", 200 lbs., bigger of Sandow-san, beat him of Bent Press, they lift 264 lbs. 312 is exaggeration.
@TheKobayashisan Dr. Dudley Sargent of Harvard measure Sandow-san when young, Edmond DesBonnet of France measure him when middle-age, he have 17" arm both times of reliable measurements, arm is never 18".
Many of the pouindages were exaggerated. You must remember that this was not an exactly measured sport. These guys were in show business and it was good publicity to exaggerate. It was this factor which led to the proper regulation of lifts with the British Amateur Weightlifting Association (BAWLA). Interestingly, many of the old strongment lifts have not subsequently been bettered which tends to inducate that they were exaggerated.
SilvaSkaduwee is quite correct, all 1800's pro strongmen exaggerate lifts, some exaggerate greatly, e.g. Charles Sampson is charlatan not real strongman, Sandow-san expose him and easily beat him, is how he gain initial publicity, Vienna, Austria have first World Amateur Weightlifting Championships 1897 have genuine weight, Wilhelm Turk win, 1912 Karl Swaboda is best, his records, e.g. 441 lbs. Press off rack unequalled until 1950's by Paul Anderson, Sandow-san too small equal 330 lbs. Swaboda.
This is before steroids. So its actually quite good.
Lordofthenipplerings 1 month ago
What's this? A professional bodybuilder that looks like a person?
fuckamerica109 2 months ago
@matiseq and he is nature... not like those bodybuilders of today they look big but they dont got true strength...
vinnerzzz 2 months ago
@matiseq actually body builders are proportional... Just big. Bodybuilders aren't saying "hey this is what you should look like", they actually do it because they try to reach lengths no one else has obtained and would rather have no one look like them. They want to be the best and that means not looking like anyone else. People need to stop comparing strongmen and bodybuilders, just because they both lift weights doesn't mean it's the same sport.
AnewDirectionNorth 3 months ago
BY THE WAY - HE IS RUSSIAN!
hpho100 3 months ago
@hpho100 by the way - he was german!
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@rafal0487 @rafal0487 Read history VERY ATTENTIVELY: his mother is Russian. Maybe for that reason he took Russian pseudonym? How do you think? ;-)
By the way... There is no such a country as pRUSSIA any more for a long time. Now everyone call this place Germany. But he was born in pRUSSIA = NO GERMAN :-)
hpho100 2 months ago
@hpho100 Prussian.
Formaly more to the side of German and Lithuanian people.
Prussians spoke similair to Lithuanians.
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@SkewLT Read history VERY ATTENTIVELY: his mother is Russian. For what reason he took Russian pseudonym? How do you think? And there is no such a country as pRUSSIA any more for a long time. Now everyone call this place Germany.
"Prussians spoke similair to Lithuanians"?
These people have occurred from Aryans. Hitler was right, but he performed the will of his owners. And he used ancient Aryans symbolics which Russians used till a christening of Russia. Now think.
hpho100 2 months ago
@hpho100 Fucktard learn to use Wikipedia..
SkewLT 1 month ago
I like his dyper.
Garnetandzidane 3 months ago
45 ignorant.
l0pez83 4 months ago
This man grew his muscles by flexing them.No weightlfting.read his books here for free:sandowplus.co.uk/sandowindex.htm
(without the spaces)
LucarioMover 4 months ago
I have read his books.This man grew his muscles by flexing them.No weightlfting except for maybe the beginning.Type in eugen sandow training in google and there are his books in the first page.
Muscle and strength by simply flexing maximally...Who would come to think of this?
LucarioMover 4 months ago
...did you really need the music -_-
MrHEC381991 5 months ago
Jay cutler could never do that back salto.
Quex01 5 months ago 3
I watched him as a child. He was great. Too bad he passed away.
Microglia1 6 months ago
It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!!!
dronesincedawnoftime 6 months ago
georg lurich did a 5 man one hand support and was able to hold either 2 horses or 2 camels together with his arms from pulling apart.
Henzzman 6 months ago
BACKFLIP,LIKE A BOSS!
mastermultitasker 6 months ago 11
"Oooh man of zhe future. Zhis is Sandow, serving Colonel Venture."
CadaverJunky8 8 months ago
I just wanna have a Hercules physique like this guy.
OrlyDudeGuy 8 months ago
Its a lie its really dan severn age 15
wondeboy12 8 months ago
I will never get those minutes back...
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he was gay, left his wife for a men lol
criceto 9 months ago
I know he is NOTHING compared to today's standards, but back then they didn't have strict regimes and they only ate what was in season, for someone to look like that back then was amazing
ComaBoy05 10 months ago
Must have been pretty embarrassing to get outlifted by a girl, even a freak like Sandwina. She even stole his name afterward, her real name was Katie Brumbach and she took his name after she beat him. It may have been around that time that Sandow started wearing diapers, I don't know if there is any connection though
xchindit 10 months ago
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@xchindit Must have been pretty embarrassing to get outlifted by a girl, even a freak like Sandwina. She even stole his name afterward, her real name was Katie Brumbach and she took his name after she beat him. It may have been around that time that Sandow started wearing diapers, I don't know if there is any connection though
He probably just laughed his way to the bank, somewhat like current producers of movies & tv shows with the phony-ass scenes of 90 lb. women punching out 300 lb men.
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He wasn't even the strongest woman in the world. Katie Sandwina beat him in a weightlifting contest
xchindit 10 months ago
@xchindit Bull shit. She wasn't half his strength. Plus Arthur Saxon was the stronger of the two.
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@xchindit He wasn't even the strongest woman in the world. Katie Sandwina beat him in a weightlifting contest
The likelihood of that being a legitimate contest is remote. It's more likely that Sandow was helping to get her "strongwoman" act off the ground, in exchange for a cut of any profits she made.
TruthTellert63 3 months ago 2
wow! i don´t see the typical comments of bodybuilding ´s haters saying " its only steroid" or something else"
BuhoMetalero 10 months ago
Sandow, is the godfather of bodybuilding, though the title of the strongest man of this era goes to Louis Cyr, whose heavy set body gave him the advantage. Sandow's dumbell workout has really helped me.
osvie01 10 months ago
all that pressure on on his blood vessels = damaged blood vessel= stroke = drop the ego
sciencestudent342 10 months ago
@sciencestudent342 fuck you. get bent nerd. no one gives a shit about health....
ThelegendAtlas 10 months ago
Well i wouldnt call him strongest Arnold Schwarzenegger is stronger then Eugen Sandow
SAYURU89 11 months ago
@SAYURU89 The title was just a hyperbole, and what makes you think Schwarzenegger is stronger?
TraceurMeeka 10 months ago 2
@TraceurMeeka its my opinion faggot.
SAYURU89 10 months ago
@SAYURU89 Lol, what a dumb idiot, your opinion is stupid and no one wants to hear it, go wank to Swarzenegger now, you fucking pussy ;)
TraceurMeeka 10 months ago 2
@SAYURU89 lol, you do realise that this was filmed 80 years before Arnold Schwarzenegger's heyday, and 110 years before Ronnie Coleman's. i think for someone in the 1890's he looks pretty incredible and he founded modern bodybuilding.
ec123456789able 6 months ago 2
This was the very first film ever! :o (excluding pictures of a horse galloping).
FallShockGames 11 months ago
Most strongmen of his time were overweight large men, but he was ripped with a very low body fat. Women would actually swoon after just touching his rock hard muscles.
batfuckinsane 11 months ago
...need to be able to do the 'classic' strength feats are out of choice for show. Then it becomes functional for YOU train them. As for 'oh what about my job it involves grip strength/heavy lifting' etc. Again, then train for what your job entails. If your job and recreational time/daily living do not require it, then it's contrary to 'functionality'. A bodybuilder needs only to look a certain way and trains very efficiently to achieve that look. They could teach YOU about 'functional'!!
xtncord 11 months ago
*Sigh* To all the strength-training snobs who evangelise about 'functional' strength, please go back to science or philosophy class to learn about the concept of 'functional'. To say 'functional strength' begs the question 'for what?'. NOBODY needs to bend nails, tear decks of cards, or lift 2 men with one hand etc for sport of work. It's the antithesis of 'functional'. Training to build big muscles is, for a bodybuilder, supremely 'functional' FOR THEIR CHOSEN FUNCTION. The only time you..
xtncord 11 months ago
@xtncord An interesting point, but like many people that pick at something to prove their own point of view, you take the word too literally, no one needs a philosophy class to know that in this context functional means being able to carry out the natural movements the body was made for, mainly manipulating your own bodyweight in space, which is something bodybuilders are sadly poor at.
TraceurMeeka 10 months ago
1:20 if she could twist a horseshoe like that.. then never let that woman hold your dick..
thefanaticx 1 year ago 2
He is the King of Bodybuilding cuz in that time werent any steroids, they all competitors looked natural, not like todays messed up monstrosity shit
calito0010 1 year ago
Well, I have to admit, considering he came from a time when there basically no steroids to speak of, yeah, that is one IMPRESSIVE physique. Not to mention that you'd be hard pressed to find too many bodybuilders who could do a backflip.
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zabrina4tr 1 year ago
When I see any of his photos, the confidence coming off them almost throws me backwards, he just knew he was the shit.
TenguMT 1 year ago
Awesome!!! Partly why he became famous is because physique promoters of the day were looking for an alternative to the traditional pot bellied strong men from that era, Eugen Sandow was there man!!!
warntom 1 year ago
Some banging tunes back then XD
Utubber27 1 year ago
W porównaniu do dzisiejszych kulturystów , ba nawet do osób ćwiczących na siłowniach to Sandow wyglądem to cienki bolek był
vvv999ify 1 year ago
He isn't the strongest, Pudzian was
166,666 views xD
388bobek 1 year ago
@edrvserBF2 Preuße.
Wie kömmst du zu deiner Annahme, er sei Russe?
Deutschnazionaler 1 year ago
Sandow war Preuße, war Deutscher...
Deutschnazionaler 1 year ago
Guess who took the film of this Historic Movie?
mightymike44 1 year ago
sandow used to work for the circus as a strongman at the age of 20 and thats where he got his name changed to eugen sandow by a protoaige by the name of attila eugene sandow' real name was friedrich wilhelm muller he was born in april 2, 1867 in konigsberg, east prussia these days prussia is part of russia
shaneh1983 1 year ago
@shaneh1983
Prussia part of Russia? I do believe you mean Germany, what with how Prussia conquered a series of other Germanic nations to form Germany. Similar spelling aside, Prussia is most definitely not a part of Russia.
tgtennis 1 year ago
@tgtennis Yes, but original prussians were not german tribe, but belonged to baltic language group. They died off completely. There are other nations too, then germans and russians, you know
Quex01 1 year ago
@Quex01
It was conquered in 1308 (had to google that) but it has been Germanic for centuries. Its people of any time after the mid 1700's should be considered primarily Germanic. Politically speaking, Prussia is inseparable from the founding of modern Germany, and should be addressed as such when referring to figures of Sandow's time period.
Attempting to associate Sandow with Russia seems to be part of a trend of crediting certain regions (Nordic and Slavic) excessively in terms of strength.
tgtennis 1 year ago
@tgtennis you dont need to give me history lessons, american
Quex01 1 year ago
@Quex01
You say that like it is an insult. The usual "ignorant American," I assume. (PS - I'm also a European citizen)
Too bad it is you who felt the need to change it into a history talk. My post was aimed at addressing misconceptions regarding the ethnicity of Eugene Sandow, not dealing with earlier migratory periods.
I'd tell you to spend less time being affronted and more looking at the context of things, but judging from your bigoted last post, such words would fall on deaf ears.
tgtennis 1 year ago
@Quex01
That's true. The original Prussians (Baltic tribe) have been replaced bit by bit displaced by the Teutonic order who called other Germans and Dutchmen to settle this territory. Later on followed some other Europeans like Huguenots (French), but never Slavic people who were their enemies and heathen.
Trying to credit Friedrich Wilhelm Müller ("Eugen Sandow" was just a showbiz name), a man of completely German heritage, to the Russians is sheerly ridiculous.
hace83 5 months ago
you know back in the 1800 humans very acutally they were stronger then ever before because everything was hard to get but people didn't live that long either because of heart attach and strokes and also wars which other people created.
Shazee083 1 year ago
@Shazee083 Lol. You are probably right about them being stronger...at least they had more motivation to work longer hours because they could not get welfare, social (in)security or ssi. They probably died earlier because they worked their stronger bodies into an earlier grave.
ekocentric 1 year ago
tell me name of the song please
zyrabqwerty 1 year ago
Savickas body was athelic a couple years ago.but now he is a fat man.strong
yes,but not a good body what to watch.I prefer sandow.Savickas is now 180kg.
Sandow was only 85kg.
Pentagonshark666 1 year ago
Все натуральненько так и расиво! не то что современные мутанты... Интересно, а наши современные могут сделать с места сальто назад?)
YourBlackNight 1 year ago
Засс рулит
doskraft1402 1 year ago
Actually, Eugen Sandow died of complications of STD's. During his life time he had sex with many women and at some point he got an STD. After he died people were trying to boost his image by saying he pushed his car out of the mud and had a stroke. All of this information and much more is in the book "Sandow the Magnificent".
thatuniform 1 year ago
@thatuniform
STD of what ? Which kind ?
CollegeLoheart 1 year ago
Great Video!
Jaycol25 1 year ago
egg whites! huh! chick chick chicken!
fastfacts 1 year ago
mariusz pudzianowski
Diosmierdoso 1 year ago
Who is the lady at 1.02 and approximately when would her film have been shot?
spitfireJEJ 2 years ago
he is the king of bodybuilding he trains no anabolika no anything i say only ones:
RESPECT
turkonostra 2 years ago 35
@turkonostra
I thought he was the first one to body bulid ?
CollegeLoheart 1 year ago
@turkonostra are u sure? in those years testosterone just exist
valeriobert 1 year ago
@turkonostra lol men like him didn't fucking train bodybuilding, bodybuilding is only for show. But the strenght these guys had was very very functional not like todays bodybuilders.
ImToMMyXD 1 year ago 6
He died prematurely in 1925 at age 58 of a stroke shortly after pushing his car out of the mud. He had to show off even at the age of 58
gwatson101 2 years ago 11
@gwatson101 This is myth, probably syphilis really cause his death, his wife bury him at unmarked grave, she and daughters never visit it, not allow anyone erect marker.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
@gwatson101 im glad he died. ha ha . damn silly ass
fwaapo 1 year ago
@gwatson101 Actually he died of syphilis, the stroke story is just a cover story. He was sick weeks before his death. He didn't try to push a car out of mud. Thats just a stupid myth.
truthfulmind 11 months ago
@gwatson101 not bad but jack lilane showed off even in his 90's
ThelegendAtlas 10 months ago
@gwatson101 What do you mean by prematurely? Surely the average age before death was much less than
Phil0185 10 months ago
@Phil0185 That is simply not true, its a false myth. We are not talking medevil times here, remember? Go check out old graveyards. If people survived childhood, they lived pretty old, up to 80's. Now people are much more likely to die to cancher or cardio-vascular diseases prematurely. Because they stuff their in faces processed crap, from wal mart or macdonalds, etc.
Quex01 9 months ago
@Quex01 Holy sh!t yeah, I really screwed up that timeline. For some reason I was thinking 16th century lol.
Phil0185 9 months ago
@gwatson101
In 1925 age 58 was basically a senior citizen. Hardly premature. Most people didn't make it to 60.
SarahofBorg 4 months ago
that's how she lost her virginity
jigc23 2 years ago
and he's weight was only 82 kilos.
wow.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
Sandow although quite strong was not the strongest man of his time. He was how ever a master of public relations and image. It was Louis Cyr, the Canadian strong man whom surrendered his title to Sandow because he could not beat Sandow.
This was a competition that Sandow avoided for a long time, fully aware that Cyr was much stonger then he was. Cyr's defeat by Sandow was the end of Cyr's career.
benzman69 2 years ago
@benzman69 5'-7.8", 186 lbs. Eugen Sandow never defeat 5'-9", 315 lbs. Louis Cyr, no one ever defeat Cyr-san, Cyr retire when have Bright's disease, last contest is 1906, Hector DeCarrie tie and Cyr-san give him belt say "Fortissimus", Cyr-san die 1912 have kidney failure.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
Sandow however was one of the first to have the look of a strong man in the modern times; unlike most of the strong man of the time whom looked more like a barrel.
If Im not mistaken it was an aneurism most likely caused by a stunt where Sandow pulled a car out of a ditch that ended Sandows life prematurely.
benzman69 2 years ago
@benzman69 Is legend of push car cause death, syphilis is real cause, he have many lovers, his wife not allow anyone put marker at his grave, daughters not visit grave either, they are hostile at him, push car not explain their hostility, syphilis do.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
The great Sandow is and will always be remembered as the strongest man, even if not entirely true he was an idol to many modern strong men never the less.
And as such deserves our admiration for being one of the first in many aspects, being strong not being the only thing!
benzman69 2 years ago
The wife could take him, no danger.
DreamRaker 2 years ago
mariusz pudzianowski is a cheater.
he takes a lot of steroids.Sandow
was the real strongman and
a bodybuilding icon.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
mariusz pudzianowski is the best
zajefast 2 years ago
He takes steroids!
global2012 2 years ago
@global2012 you are nuts.Sandow
made his first appearance on the London stage 1889.Anabolic steroids were first isolated, identified and synthesized in the 1930s, and are now used therapeutically in medicine to stimulate bone growth and appetite, induce male puberty, and treat chronic wasting conditions, such as cancer and AIDS.(wiki)Sandow died in 1925,before when steroids when even invented.You can say that Reg Park, Schwarzenegger,Gregg Valentino,Ronnie
Coleman,Pisanrenko,but not Sandow.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
Oh that wasn't directed towards sandow.I have nothing but respect to the man that started it all.That was directed towards zajefast,who said mariusz pudzianowski is the best.I must not have pressed reply so the comment would be directly underneath his comment.I know most of the history with steroids,and I'm not nuts.
global2012 2 years ago 2
@global2012 ok sorry man,but how
the hell he used steroids?steroids
where not invented even this
time.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
I said sandow didn't take them.I said marius does.
global2012 2 years ago
@global2012 yes agree buddy,
mariusz is the biggest steroid
user in our days.not natural at
all.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
Now another guy who i look up to-and some people say he did steroids,i don't think so-is Steve reeves.I have picture with his autograph.
global2012 2 years ago
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
He had nothing on Louis Cyr, who was the strongest man. Many of his records still stand.
Mac3622 2 years ago
@Mac3622 Louis Cyr was fatass,strong
but nobody wants to be like Cyr.
even today over 100 ago,Sandow
still inspire millions of people
over the world.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
Many strongman competitors don't look like bodybuilders. Look at most power lifters, like Mark Henry. You don't need a six-pack, but you need strength. There are millions of people who are inspired by Louis Cyr.
Mac3622 2 years ago
the first real bodybuilder men thanks eugene
joelnfl 2 years ago
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hes not that great , I work hard labour everyday for 10 years and im twice the size of that bloke lol ! fact
whiskey01 2 years ago
Fat don't count.
synthapete 2 years ago
Im far from fat cockhead ! lolol
whiskey01 2 years ago
You are smoking crack .
dolphusbanks 2 years ago
and you smoke the skin flute you pink cape wearing homosexual.
whiskey01 2 years ago
i wonder is he actually could do all the stuff they say he can
htaehxela 2 years ago
wicked cheesy...
IIBostonII 2 years ago
Sandow was not only muscle, he was naturaly genetik strong man.that kind of men is very rare..
He was realys a russian bear..
alavernt 2 years ago
he was german.but yeah
he deserves the title a
russian bear.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
You're both wrong. He was Prussian. It's in several of his biographies.
synthapete 2 years ago
@synthapete Is true, he born Friederich Mueller at Koenigsberg, East Prussia 1867, Russian mother have surname Sandov, he use German spelling of it Sandow.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
@alavernt His mother is Russian, her surname is Sandov, his father is Prussian, suranme is Mueller.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
@TheKobayashisan
Sorry, but that's complete bullshit, my friend.
Trying to credit Friedrich Wilhelm Müller to the Russians is sheerly ridiculous.
"Eugen Sandow" was just his artist's name, not his real name - nothing more. Müller was of completely German heritage, so don't invent things to make him partially Russian.
BTW, in Eastern Germany are many small cities named Pankow, Wustrow, Güstrow...they have these names because of old Slavic tribes who setteled there...it's also not for Russians.
hace83 5 months ago
@hace83 I read David Chapman's biography of him, it tell us his mother is Russian have surname Sandov, German spelling is Sandow, you say david chapman is ridiculous, you are pitifully ignorant, you are hateful and quite ignorant too, you utter "osu no kuso" ("whale $h!+" is lowest "kuso" of all!
TheKobayashisan 5 months ago
bodybuilder are not strong.they cant fight worth shit
TIgeracademy 2 years ago
no bodybuilders are strong, but they cannot fight for shit
PETROLHEAD247 2 years ago
haha i know one that can bt hes only 250lbs and all muscle hes been lifting for 7 years
cullysipes 2 years ago
Sandow is the greatest bodybuilder
ever,because he didn't need steroids
to upgrade his body.nowadays
bodybuilders are mardy.they
use a lot of steroids.Sandow
was the man.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
You're saying like all modern bodybuilders use steroids. If so, you are wrong.
mental89 2 years ago
not all,but most of them.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
He was also about half the size of your average body builder now.
SubBMarley 2 years ago
If you're interested in getting a realistic view of strength and development, I recommend looking for some books wrote by Earl Liederman. "Secrets of Strength" and "Muscle Building" are two that I'd highly recommend you read if you wish to find out how athletes like Sandow became the icons of physical culture.
WatcherofTrends 2 years ago
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Židrūnas Savickas is strongest man in the world. He is from Lithuania. Litlle respect.
ievaramanauskaite 2 years ago
Is now or in the 1890's?
strongmensecrets 2 years ago 8
@strongmensecrets what was his height and weight in kg and cm?
stevereevs 1 year ago
@strongmensecrets yeah its 1980
adymagnificul 1 year ago
@ievaramanauskaite savickas maby won in 2010, but Mariusz Pudzianowski is the beast. 5 times champion and has high stamina. He is the best worlds strongest man competator that have lived. I respects him more!
CCKeNeN 1 year ago
he might be the father of modern bodybuilding be he sure isnt the father of graceful posing
addyb606 2 years ago
Sandow was a fine athlete, with a physique vastly more preferable to those of the current steroid shooter-uppers-body-bloaters. Can any of THEM do a backflip?
stevevandien 2 years ago 15
Actualy Yes
Sparagas 2 years ago
@stevevandien yes lol kai greene
allan9874 1 year ago
@stevevandien God your so ignorant. Look up a guy called 'timbahwolf' on YT and watch some of his video's.
2042nicky 1 year ago
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@stevevandien yes.. some of them :)
enkroning 1 year ago
@stevevandien None of them train to do backflips...
Maddolis 1 year ago
@stevevandien kai green can do PERFECT backflips
pozerogamias 1 year ago
420 pounds 190kg
intediscont 2 years ago 4
420 pounds 160 kg
BaGGiotCwalk 2 years ago
Sandow was the grandfather of strongman
Nopasaranloco 2 years ago
Sandow and Saxon are modern
legends,they were masters of sport.
Pentagonshark666 2 years ago
The Legend
Joshuaemx 2 years ago
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2 guestions? 1.Was he strong? 2.He used STEROIDS?
FAGGLED 2 years ago
Too bad he died from trying to pull his car out of a ditch
elite99900 2 years ago
Was most likely from syphilis
Onuund 2 years ago
you are correct. but, you can`t say that a legend like sandow died from syphilis. ah even back then they were spinning
bishopaz 2 years ago
@elite99900 That is just tale, scholars think syphilis really kill him, his wife and daughters hate him, not allow anyone put marker at his grave, they not angry of him push car, angry he have many lovers.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
what if we sent one of are juiced up men back in time.
seanyj04 2 years ago 3
Watch the Terminator.
EricKomans 2 years ago 3
hes a mixture of a body builder and a powerlifter, body lifter lol
gh4pwner 2 years ago
W'hy don't you show a photo of Sandow lifting 2 men or even better a film clip?
Compared to the men of today he isn't that strong or well built.
Some secrets.
edmines 2 years ago
Excuse me..? Do your research before you smash on sandow..The guy could do a legit one arm chin with every finger on each hand individually, he weighed over 200lb. He could deadlift 700+ with one hand, lift over 300lb over his head with one arm. Find a single man today who can lift 300+ over his head with one arm. He had 18+ inch arms legit, find a bodybuilder or powerlifter with 18inch guns at 200lb and steroid free. He had 16inch forearms. Again find anyone his size with forearms that big.
luthmhor 2 years ago
Did you personally witness any of these amazing feats? I'm just asking for some proof.
As to his physique, sure he was one of the best in his time. I like today's bodybuilders better. To each his own.
If anyone thinks that Sandow's success is the result of some secret they can train that way and show everyone how it's done.
edmines 2 years ago
Thats simple not true.
Onuund 2 years ago
trust me man i'm not against what you saying but they exaggerated often back then so you cant be so sure.
seanyj04 2 years ago 2
@luthmhor This is exaggeration, is Hermann Goerner dealift 727 use one hand not Eugen Sandow, Sandow-san Bent Press 264 use one hand, is untrue he do 312, his arm is 16.9", chest is 47", waist is 32.7", weigh 186 lbs., Dr. Dudley Sargent of Harvard measure him.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
I cant remember where i came up with the 700lb and some of the other stuff, i know the arm measurement is legit, check the sandow uk website. And he could bent press over 300, im 99% sure i remember that correctly. Oh and he weighed over 200lb at his heaviest. I know goerner did the 700+ one arm deadlift. I think i was just pissed that someone was dissing sandow, who was stronger than many many modern bodybuilders pound for pound.
luthmhor 2 years ago
Sandow-san not do Deadlifts, not recall any 1890strongmen do, 6--0.5", 220.5-260 lbs. Goerner-san much bigger of Sandow-san, life statue of Sandow-san have 18"+ arm, and 38" waist, is inaccurate, 16.9" is correct arm girth, he claim weigh 210, no proof, strongmen tell many lies then or now, photos indicate he not vary so much of size after he mature, 185-190 is actual weight, Arthur Saxon is 5'-9", 200 lbs., bigger of Sandow-san, beat him of Bent Press, they lift 264 lbs. 312 is exaggeration.
TheKobayashisan 2 years ago
@TheKobayashisan Dr. Dudley Sargent of Harvard measure Sandow-san when young, Edmond DesBonnet of France measure him when middle-age, he have 17" arm both times of reliable measurements, arm is never 18".
TheKobayashisan 1 year ago
Many of the pouindages were exaggerated. You must remember that this was not an exactly measured sport. These guys were in show business and it was good publicity to exaggerate. It was this factor which led to the proper regulation of lifts with the British Amateur Weightlifting Association (BAWLA). Interestingly, many of the old strongment lifts have not subsequently been bettered which tends to inducate that they were exaggerated.
These guys were still very impressive though.
SilvaSkaduwee 1 year ago
SilvaSkaduwee is quite correct, all 1800's pro strongmen exaggerate lifts, some exaggerate greatly, e.g. Charles Sampson is charlatan not real strongman, Sandow-san expose him and easily beat him, is how he gain initial publicity, Vienna, Austria have first World Amateur Weightlifting Championships 1897 have genuine weight, Wilhelm Turk win, 1912 Karl Swaboda is best, his records, e.g. 441 lbs. Press off rack unequalled until 1950's by Paul Anderson, Sandow-san too small equal 330 lbs. Swaboda.
TheKobayashisan 1 year ago
He did lift 2 men :34
elite99900 2 years ago