Strongman: the great sport of all times

[rico300zx]

Check out my aurther saxon bar, its great to build the grip.

[BaroqueMusicOnly]

Paul anderson was the strongest men ever he still hold some records

[1unitedtillidie]

louis cyr strongest of all time and angus macaskill but he was a giant

[pooliothefoolio]

@1unitedtillidie yep i think angus is nice to see someone with the same thoughts as me

[juanmalatinm]

Fixleid de que parte de Argentina sos?

[UkPR0]

Hell yeah 1020p

[DevinWhiteman]

@tgtennis u tryin to hook me up with tha work out im pretty much where the othe dude was lol

[AznAndy562]

this is a sport but its not the best sport i mean likewtf? all u do is take steriods and train heavy, eat ALOT of potatoes and meat. and u know what eles take ur vitamin pills/ omega 3/ creatine/ protein. and in the end u can be fat but strong. otehr then that this sport is for people who cant run but loves to eat and lift. it takes no '' skills'' but alot of determination

[cridgel]

@AznAndy562 what is the best sport then?

[AznAndy562]

@cridgel depends , basketball or football or soccer, strongman shouldn't even be in the top 3 sports.

[cridgel]

@AznAndy562 i guess it's just a matter of opinion, i like a sport where people push themselves to inhuman limits and you like sports where people play with balls.

[AznAndy562]

@cridgel sooo you like a sport where you lift weights for no reason, and watching men take off their shirt and lift weights? cool story . guess your one of them yourself, considering you must take alot of steroids that your balls is as small as dots, thats probally why you dont like sports like football or basketball, because you cant compete in those

[cridgel]

@AznAndy562 lol nice comeback. but i'm not here to argue i enjoy those sports as well i just like strongman the most. and believe me my friend there is plenty of the steroid use in football,basketball,and soccer. i'd also be more than happy to take you on in a game of basketball or football, maybe not soccer i suck at that sport. oh yeah and by the way by balls are nicely sized and healthy.

[mecaganopoderentrar]

why do so many strongmen fans hate bodybuilding? it's a completely different sport with a different focus, it really is like hating on any other sport like football or baseball... I also come across idiots saying that professional strongmen are natural... right... strongmen take as many illegal supplements as any bodybuilder out there, the only thing that changes is the goal they try to achieve. don't believe me? do some research. but stop being ignorant haters of bodybuilding.

[coulthard1984]

capes so fast

[tomlennon1000]

@IanJDriscoll agreed.koklyev was impressive in strongman this year...poundstone dissapointed

[tomlennon1000]

@IanJDriscoll no he cudnt but u cant deny that 212kg isnt impressive. olympic lifters need flexability in thir shoulders to snatch, havin bulk on thir shoulders n chest would greatly deminish flexability. u cant rule out olympic lifters when talkin about strength cos they can dedlift n sqatt a shit load. different sports but both use overhead lifts,squats, deadlifts. a comparison can be made on those lifts but not pressin lifts. zavickas is one mean presser as was kaz and as is poundstone. peace

[EtrajbHD]

WEll yes i agree now, bodybuilding is sad, you can get a NICE body, but be VERY VERY strong. not just look strong. strongman, real weightlifting, or just training for strength ftw!

[EtrajbHD]

kazmaiers traps are living creatures..

[alien2510]

pudzianowski forever!!!!

[Gravesdahunter]

Hey I"m only 15 but i wantto get into this sport badly I"v been working out for likeohh 8-9 months but not or strong man just basic football stuff and i was wonerin if u could gve me any advice for strong man workous?

[tgtennis]

@Gravesdahunter

Have you completed Starting Strength, Stronglifts 5x5, or some other organized introductory strength program? Not one of your own design, but a well-recognized "cookie cutter" program. If so, what are your numbers in the bench, squat, dead, and overhead press? The first thing before specialized training is to get those numbers up to an acceptable level, then add event training.

[Gravesdahunter]

@tgtennis No I"v mainly just been doing football workouts, if u could maybe point me in the right direction to find a "5x5" workout that would be awsome. my bench is 225 dead is 300 squat 315 ever done an overhead press. my bodywieght is about 160lbs and I"m about 5'11. i know i need to gain wieght :/

[tgtennis]

@Gravesdahunter Check your inbox, 500 characters isn't going to be enough to cover all the bases here.

[BoricuaManhood]

Pa'lante mi'jo.... te apoyo!!!

[Tamerplane]

the video quality is terrible...

[Cuthburt1232007]

Phil Phister

[czoraa21]

paul anderson and bill kazmire are the biggest insparation to me!

[plantera07]

worst song choice imaginable

[fogonabomba2]

Fat...

[DEUTSCHLANDHEINZ]

what makes me laugh is people. People who knew nothing about Savikas. Then in the last couple of years he started to make an appearance and then he's everyone's favorite.  Now, he's losing at the Arnolds and now everyone will be Poundstones favorite. People are Fucked.

[DEUTSCHLANDHEINZ]

i am the viking ahahahaahaaha

[VikingII]

@DEUTSCHLANDHEINZ no you're not, that is me.

[valdigurkaa]

Jón Páll!!!!

[chatldi]

стеройдам слава и почет, но не людям...

[bigbad1200]

in this vid, kaz is by far strongest. jon pall is coolest, jeoff capes is the smartest and pudzian is the fastest.

[fightboxing4545]

i wonder if they ever get hernias from lifting all that shit

[Scyllax]

Intestinal hernias are caused by a weakness of the abdominal wall (for various reasons). Any kind of strain can precipitate them in a succeptible person, from lifting a heavy weight to squeezing one out on a toilet, or from no specific action at all.

[81andi81]

2.42-PUDZIANOWSKII [POLAND]!!!

[wretman2]

vamos argentina loco

[iziumasa]

Pudzian the best!!!!!

[skirts365]

Lots of names can be overlooked--Sam Harris of Farmersville Texas, 6'2" 731lbs said he could pick up "almost anything that was loose at both ends;" wrestler Terry Szopinski (Warlord); Mills Darden; Eduoard Beaupre; Maximinus Thrax; William Carr; Angus MacAskill and Tom Topham who RESTRAIGHTENED iron bars after bending them into U shapes while maintaining the same bar behind the neck stance (three quarter inch thick). There is no reliable way to say who was the strongest man ever.

[1JORDANAS]

Omg no Zydrunas Savickas??!! World ciampion 2009, 6 time in a row Arnold strong man ciampion !! and u leave him out??!

[huzi2008]

Top video just songs a bit gay lol I no

What u mean about steroids I compete

In strongman competions but certains one I don't stand a chance in because I don't take steroids

[wedingo]

Ok, so you don't take steroids. What's your best squat, deadlift, bench press, clean&press ? And also how many years have you been training ? I just want to get a general ideea on what's possible without drugs.

[wedingo]

Train all you want, you will never get to this level of strength without steroids. I train naturally, but i have some friends who take them and they have huge gains compared to mine, it's frustrating, but i get over it, it's my choice.

[deathclutch2]

the trick is to eat loads aswell as train hard

[helgi111]

they train harder than you. quit whining and start training

[ozoneromania]

What is that hes holding out with striaght arms a car battery?

Its a good compelation.

[megaman8484]

can u learn english please

[ozoneromania]

Rich comming from the guy usung U instead of YOU......

[megaman8484]

"using"

go get a dictionary mr foreigner

[ozoneromania]

Dictionarys dont help with regular typos.

[yamanmustafa]

Dictionaries is the plural.

[ozoneromania]

Wow, that is so very interesting! Please do tell me more! I am so interested in a mangled language that is the Bastard language of most central European languages! (can you spot the sarcasm?)

[megaman8484]

haha romania haha

[ozoneromania]

Yes hypocrisy is funny is it not? Arrogant Americans knocking someones 3rd language yet doing something wrong in their own.

What ever superiority you are trying to claim is sadly only perceived.

[sebasghione]

Ser strongman no es algo que se hace, es algo con lo que se nace, son pocas las personas que nacen con los genes extremadamente fuertes.

[esteesmimail]

yo tambien soy argentino y quiero participar!

hay que entrenar duro!

[bjaur]

how can u make a video with this poor quality? Worst ive seen on youtube cant even tell whos who..

[Alin4Judo]

why don't u make one better?

[bjaur]

why dont you go play judo with your boyfriends?

[Stebbiegg]

Why don't you just fuck off ?

[dfcvda]

Man at 0:19 charles atlas, didnt actually do any weight training, he practiced dynamic tension (same as Bruce Lee)

[dfcvda]

squats, deadlift and cleans, all you need to get started.

[nathyk239]

note to the man at 19 seconds - get some fuckin squats done

[rantanen1]

u dont know who he is do u :P

[joigj]

Jon pall was and is the best a true icelander

[hannigan06]

No!!!! Jon Pall is the Viking!!!!!!!! :) I agree with you just had to say it.

[dominatorfan]

yo tambiem soy argentino y soy fan del strongman..entre muy duro en el gymnasio todos los dias , persigiendo el sueño de ser tan fuerte como pudzianowski , kazmaier o sigmarsson , me conformaria con incluso participar en ese torneo...

[Asmundsson]

Jon Pall competet three times in bodybuilding same years he won wms!

[UrizenTheNegator]

Kazmaier's eyes at 2:20 - 2:30 .... Fuckin scary!!!

[ScumsCarcharadon]

Great vid ... but hate the Robbie Williams song.

[nikosaspros]

Ser fuerte es el resultado del entrenamiento serio, intenso. ¡Le deseo mucha suerte y voluntad!

[flonbomber]

I don't see why people have to side with either strong man or olympic lifters. Both groups have produced incredibly strong men. It is fair to say they both have real strength unlike retarded bodybuilders.

[vorpalspaz]

Regarding weak body builders. check out franco columbu and then deny him. He could deadlift well over 300kg for ten reps at a body weight of about 190 lbs

[Warsheeper]

ronnie coleman, sqaut 800lbs for reps and deadlift 800lbs for reps contest prep

[zmarsh11]

ya buddy ronnie coleman obviously takes roids a shit load, you cant get like him without them

[rantanen1]

ronnie coleman= bodybuilder, not a weightlifter

hes nothing compared to top class weightlifters and strongmen

[steelcurtain1977]

thats not actually true . Ronnie Coleman started out as a world class powerlifter so yes he could compare to these guys ..probly not now but deffinatly in the past he could .

[webbyman]

I'm sorry but you are wrong!

While ronnie is a strong bodybuilder.. He is not a top class weight lifter or strong man!

[deemfingtee]

olympic lifting is a joke. it has a whopping 2 lifts!!! WOW TALK ABOUT VARIATION AND BEING WELL ROUNDED

[Fixileid]

Strongman, powerlifting y halterofilia deberian fusionarse y crear un unico gran deporte de fuerza.

[deemfingtee]

yes, if they merged there would be no disputing who is stronger.

[luiscarre]

@Fixileid pero que tonteria que acabas de decir mahco.

[w8tfield]

@deemfingtee

the olympic lifts are very complex and these lifts demands explosiveness in your body and very high physical development to perform correctly and with good technique.

you cant compare olympic lifting to strongman, and stop neglect any one of them, both are great sports.

[faentaihelvette]

@w8tfield you know, the base strength of these guys comes mostly from powerlifting training.. and are very similar when it comes to periodizing, work loads, and dynamic traning as well.

and yes, both are great sports=)

[w8tfield]

@faentaihelvette yes I know! but I was talking about Olympic Weightlifting. I also commented his statement of "olympic weightlifting sucks, strong man is great". powerlifting, strongman, weightlifting are all great sports and no one should neglect either one of them, because all of the sports involve some parts of the other two, in training or in contest or both. :)

[fattymattie360]

@deemfingtee you are entitled to your opinion but those two "well rounded" lifts are the basis of many explosive sports. Grant it they are the same basic movement, the amount of power and gains from those lifts are amazing.

[G0dF0ther]

@deemfingtee lol i bet you dont even lift weights

[freedomsoldier187]

@deemfingtee yeah 2 lifts, but think about it you need to be able to squat

deadlift, shrug and press in order to do those lifts , you don't see any stronman

doing 200kilos or more over the head and these men weigh over 300 pounds

but there are olympic lifters that weigh 170 pounds that can jerk that much

[kodijoz01]

@freedomsoldier187 actually most accomplished strongmen press, not no pussy jerk, over 400lbs. I gurantee you that those 170lbers cant press that much. I'd also like to see them flip tires, carry cars, and hold 400lbs in each hand and almost sprint with it. Strongmen are beast, olympic lifters are still good, but not compared to strongmen.

[tomlennon1000]

@kodijoz01 i disagree, pyross dimas weight 82kg and he clean and jerked 212kg. some guys who enter strongman cannot lift that weight over thir heads. olympic lifters are beasts....hussain clean and jerked 266kg...thats a beastly lift for fuck sake

[tomlennon1000]

@deemfingtee can u clean and jerk 200kg +.........exactly.. so shut the fuck up.

[Bookstop1337]

@deemfingtee

And powerlifting has 3.. that's one more. Olympic lifts are chosen for their demonstration of absolute power and ability to judge form. Bench press, squats and deadlifts are not olympic because people can use atrocious form and still do the lift ie; bouncing the bar on your chest in bench, not going as low as other people in squats, hitching the bar in deadlifting. The olympic lifts are simple to judge- you either do it- or you don't.. the weight won't magically move.

[ssavelan]

Even google links "strongman" with "bodybuilding" (see "related" vids) this is the worst association in modern physical culture. I got here trying to look at form for the snatch.. and now all the links are gay-ass bodybuilders.

[Fixileid]

Is true, is ignorance

[BuffMcGruff1]

jon pall was a "gay ass bodybuilder" during his early years there ssavelan...wow so ignorant haha but its cool for him to do it right? haha

[ssavelan]

cool, you like watching bodybuilding

[Mruhl316]

@ssavelan stop hating on bodybuilders bro i bet you cant even bench 225 ok so stop praising stongmen

[skylvid]

@Mruhl316 you're right, my 1 rep max is probably right under 225 on a level bench.

[jimdugba]

@ssavelan

John Pall Sigmarrson and Svend Karlsen were both World Class Bodybuilders before they were strongmen.

[skylvid]

@jimdugba yeah, it was a dumb comment.

[Stebbiegg]

Jón Páll was the best!

[bjaur]

why dont you just go fuck a goat instead of fucking your mother all the time? oh yeah no goat would wanna be with someone as ugly as you sorry!

[williamad]

@Stebbiegg Indeed! He could have easy won 8 times WSM!

R.I.P

[Vazcular]

@williamad

Kaz wasn't even invited from 1983 to 1988 (his prime years) after he won 80', 81', and 1982.

Watch --

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[thompsonlake]

throwing kegs of beer over fences...WTF!

[SonOfTheGym]

like video bu i hate the music but ignore that Fixleid well done

[raiseyourfist1]

Lets see you bench 100 kilos at least before you can comment on these men of steel...

[Fixileid]

In the actuality my 1 RM is 135 kilos.

[wolfgangle]

Van der Parre won WSM at 7 feet and 365 lbs...

[HITpadawan]

Damn these olympic lifting puffs piss me off.

Get your technique right and you can lift anything - as long as its on a nicely balanced, easily grippable bar specifically designed to be lifted

Try lifting a rock, a sandbag or a truck sometime, something that wasnt MEANT to be lifted, but you lift it anyway - thats REAL strength

[BowflexIsForHomos]

Are you fucking joking? Most of that I didn't even know what the fuck you were trying to say.

[kabfik]

ahem, in what?????? This is world's strongest men, mikhail koklyaev was a great olympic weightlifter and is a damn good strongman too, the girls you are talking about can fucking lift 525 pound atlas stones and place it on a high platform, at a bodyweight of mid 350's and overhead press (strict) 1 and half times their bodyweight overhead, olympic lifting overall is FAR EASIER that Strongman, I dare you to challenge me on this fact.

[SportsDrinker]

OL is the mom of strength sports. There's a bunch of obscure strongman events,some larger than others,but there's so many more people into OL that the competition ought to be harder.

[342056]

who is the giant man in the yellow shirt who was lifting the axe at 3:45

[moodswingez]

that's a dutchman, i think his name is wolders

[thvsherrif]

The giant man is a dutchman called Ted Van Der Parre. World's Strongest Man in 1992.

He's seven feet tall!

[nefrret27]

I would say novadays Pudzianowski is a king of this sport...POLSKA GÓRĄ!!!

[Fixileid]

Pudzian is incredible. But with my willpower, i will superate him.

[mixali]

GOOD LUCK MY FRIEND

[BarneyMickoura]

manliest sport out there

[topformfitness]

Live your dream!

[dillastones]

me too wont compete or just try it in them strong man events i wish good luck and never stop even when its hard and look that you dont hurt you

[Ebuverthebicepcurler]

The black guy didnt have a chance.

[rehwwe]

i love its my dream as well