THE STRONGEST MEN EVER
Here are my 6 favorite strongmen ever. Without a doubt these strongmen must figure in any serious top ten strongest men list. Be sure that each man on this list can be billed as the Strongest Man Of All Time.
LOUIS CYR
Strongman
Born Octobre 10, 1863 in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada and died 1912.
5’81/2“, 300 pounds
Neck: 20″ (50.8 cm)
Biceps: 20″ (51.5 cm)
Forearms: 16.3″ (41.4 cm) Wrists: 8.2″ (20.8 cm)
Chest (normal): 55.2″ (140.2 cm)
Chest expanded: 60″ (152.4 cm)
Waist: 47.4″ (120.4 cm)
Hips: 48.1″ (122 cm)
Thighs: 28.5″ (72.4 cm)
Knees: 17″ (43.2 cm)
Calves: 19.3″ (49 cm)
Ankles: 10.3″ (26 cm)
Shoulder width with calipers across the deltoids: 25.6″ (65 cm)
Known as the “Strongest Man Who Ever Lived“, the French Canadian Louis Cyr was also the undisputed King of the Backlift, lifting 4337 pounds (1967 kg). A feat that even WSM competitors of this era hasn’t been able to duplicate, not even closely.
He overhead pressed an unwieldy 273.75 lbs thick-handle dumbbell filled with lead shot with his right arm. Besting the Eugen Sandow ‘s Bent Press World Record by 2 pounds.
Lifted a 534-pound (242 kg) weight with one finger.
At 19 years old, he lifted a rock from ground up to his shoulder, officially
weighted at 514 pounds
Pushing a freight car up an incline
Take note that in the 1800s and early 1900s they weren’t any enhancement drugs and supplements available.
VASILY ALEXIEV
Olympic weightlifter
Born 1942 in Russia
6’1″, 357 pounds
Biceps: 21″
Waist: 62″
Snatch: 418 lbs (190.0 kg)
Clean and Press: 520.3 lbs (236.5 kg)
Clean and Jerk: 563.2 lbs (256.0 kg)
Total: 1419 lbs (645.0 kg) (clean and press + snatch + clean and jerk)
Total: 979 lbs (445.0 kg) (snatch + clean and jerk)
One Arm Snatch: 231 lbs (105 kg) (Left hand)
Back Squat: 1000 lbs.
Vasily Alexiev is a 2-times super heavyweight Olympic weightlifting Gold medalist at 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal. He got a clean and jerk of 563.2 pounds (256 kg).
– snatched an Olympic record 407 pounds of barbells into the air then followed that with his world record 561 pound clean and jerk for a total of 968 pounds.– Vasily Alexiev set 80 world records (usually breaking his own world records).
– From 1970 to 1977, Vasily Alexiev was unbeaten and held the World and European titles for those eight years.
It was reported in 1972 Pre-Olympic Sports Illustrated issue reports he could do 32 pull-ups at a bodyweight of ~ 350 pounds.
PAUL ANDERSON
Weightlifter, powerlifter, strongman, showman, wrestler, boxer
Born 1932 in United States and died 1994.
5’9″, 350 pounds
Biceps: 22.5″
Chest: 58″
Neck: 25″
Thighs: 36″
Calves: 20″
Bests Lifts:
- Standard clean and press: 402.5 lb (182.6 kg)
- One arm overhead press: 380 lb, 300 lb (140 kg) for 10 reps. (this 380 pound lift was the greatest lift ever lifted overhead with one arm;
both were witnessed by Paul Magistratte) - Parallel squat: 1,202 lb (545 kg), two reps
- Backlift: 6270 lbs (2844 kg), (weight raised slightly off trestles) included in the Guinness Book of World Records
- Hip Lift: 4100 lbs.
- Bench Press (Raw): 627 lb (284 kg)
- Two Hand Overhead Press: 400 lbs. for 7 reps
- Two Hand Overhead Press: 470
- Jerk-Press: 560 lbs.
- Clean and Jerk: 480 lb, unofficial
- Deadlift: 820 pounds, he pulled a massive 1000 pounds deadlift using metal hooks
attached to his wrists. This assisted deadlift was witnessed by Tommy Kono
Career Highlights
1955 World Champion Weightlifting
1956 Melbourne
Olympics Gold Medallist in the 110+kg Class
2 Arm Press: 167.5 kg. (368.5 pounds)
2 Arm Snatch: 145 kg. (319
pounds)
2 Arm Clean and Jerk: 187.5 kg. (412.5 pounds)
Olympic total: 500
kg. (1100 pounds)
Best Olympic press: 575 pounds
1957 backlift of 6270 pounds
He was twice U.S. National Champion
He set 18 American Records
He set 8 World Records
He retired unbeaten and undefeated as an amateur
Paul Anderson is a super heavyweight weightlifting Olympic Gold medalist at 1956 Melbourne and a World Championships Gold medalist at 1955 Munich.
Paul Anderson is still to these days, The Greatest Squatter Of All Time. No drugs, no knee wraps, no stupid suits, no cheating devices, Paul Anderson squatted 1252 pounds unofficially. Also squatted 10 reps with 900 pounds in the presence of witnesses.
Paul Anderson was also reputed for his superhuman shoulders’ strength.
http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-conditioning/andersons-1200lb-squat-did-he-do-it
BILL KAZMAIER
Powerlifter, strongman, wrestler
Born 1953 in United States
6’3″, 330 pounds
Biceps: 23″
Forearms: 17″
Chest: 60″
Waist: 40″
Thighs: 32″
Calfs: 20.5″
Neck: 22+”
Aside from Mariusz Pudzianowski and Zydrunas Savickas, Bill Kazmaier is the greatest World’s Strongest Man winner in history. Bill Kazmaier won the 1980, 81 and 82 WSM contests. He was so dominant that the WSM officials unfairly barred him from competing in order to keep people entertained.
– Bill Kazmaier had a world record bench press of 661 pounds in a 1981 powerlifting competition. A raw bench press performed in a loose-fitting white T-shirt. No sling-shot bench shirts and others cheating devices. At the very same event, he totaled (Squat+Deadlift+Bench Press) 2425 lbs, no gimmicks, no suits.
– Bill Kazmaier could simultaneously clean a pair of 156-pound dumbbells and them for 10 reps.
– Bill Kazmaier was the first man ever to lift all five McGlashen Stones – weighting 200 to 350 pounds.
– His best lifts were: 925 lbs squat (done without a suit), 662 lbs bench press, and 974 lbs deadlift.
– Bill Kazmaier set the official World
Record barbell curl of 440 lbs in 1985 as officiated by two Guinness
Book representatives, and witnessed by many.
MARK HENRY
Weightlifter, powerlifter, strongman, wrestler
Born 1971 in United States
6’1″, 410 pounds (220 pounds at age 9)
Neck: 24″
Fist: 14″
Wrist: 9.25″ (23.5 cm)
Biceps: 24″
Chest: 64″
Waist: 48″ (121.9 cm)
Thighs: 36″ (91.5cm)
Calves: 22.5″ (57 cm)
Shoe Size: 16
Suit Jacket: 64
Reach: 39″
A lifelong drug-free athlete, “The Silverback” Mark Henry is truly a freak of nature. Excelled in the Holy Trinity of strength: Olympic lifting, powerlifting, and strongman competition.
– Mark Henry has held both the U.S. weightlifting and powerlifting superheavyweight championship titles at the same time.
– Mark Henry is a 1992 Olympian in Olympic lifting and placed tenth in the superheavyweight division, weighting 366 lbs at the time.
– Mark Henry has the greatest combined weightlifting / powerlifting total in history.
– After all these years Mark Henry still hold Men’s Raw Drug Tested Powerlifting World Records (the only categorie that matter)
+ All Squats (with & without wraps) SHW 953 lbs Mark Henry USA 1995 WDFPF
+ Deadlift SHW 903 lbs Mark Henry USA 1995 ADFPA
+ All Totals (with & without wraps) SHW 2,336 lbs Mark Henry USA 1995 WDFPF
http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/records/raw/world
– Mark Henry won the inaugural Arnold Strongman Classic competition in 2002. At this time, in my opinion, the Arnold Strongman Classic was the real World’s Strongest Man contest. No shitty strength athletism here, the Arnold Strongman was a pure test of sheer strength and raw power.
– In 2002, Mark Henry was the first man in history to clean and press with one hand the famed Thomas Inch dumbbell, a 172 pounds dumbbell with a 21/2 inches thick handle.
Just imagine the superhuman feats of strength he would had achieved if he hasn’t left strength training in 1996 for a lucrative 10 years / $10 000 000 WWE wrestling contract.
ZYDRUNAS SAVICKAS
Strongman, powerlifter
Nickname: Big ZBorn: July 15, 1975
Birthplace: Birzai, Lithuania
Lithuania
Height: 6’3″ (191 cm)
Weight: 375 lbs (170 kg)
Chest: 59.1″ (150 cm)
Biceps: 21.7″ (55 cm)
Neck: 21.7″ (55 cm)
Calf: 21.7″ (55 cm)
Started training in Powerlifting at age 13
Entered his first strongman contest at age 16
Zydrunas Savickas is one of the strongest man of all time and one of the greatest strongman competitor of all time. He is the only strongman to have won every major strongman competition.
4 time World’s Strongest Man champion (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014)
2 time IFSA Strongman World Championships winner (2005-2006)
7 time Arnold Strongman Classic champion (2003-2008, 2014)
1 time Fortissimus champion (2009)
3 time Europe’s Strongest Man champion (2010, 2012, 2013)
5 time World Log Lift Championships winner (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013)
12 time Lithuania’s Strongest Man champion (1998-2000, 2002-2009, 2012, 2013)
10 time Lithuanian National Powerlifting Championships winner (1995-1997, 1999-2005)
Personal records:
Powerlifting:
- Squat – 425.5 kg (938 lb) (Lithuanian record)
- Bench press – 285.5 kg (629 lb) raw
- Deadlift – 407.5 kg (898 lb) (Lithuanian record)
- Total – 1,090 kg (2,400 lb) (Lithuanian record)
Done in the gym (personal records as of 2005 according to Savickas
himself)
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- Squat – 400 kg
(880 lb) for 3 reps raw with knee wraps
- Squat – 400 kg
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- Bench press – 285.5 kg
(629 lb) for 1 rep; 250 kg
(550 lb) for 3 reps
- Bench press – 285.5 kg
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- Deadlift – 407.5 kg (898 lb) for 1 rep no wrist straps
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- Deadlift with wrist straps – 442 kg (972 lb)
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- Standing Overhead Press – 200 kg (440 lb) for 5 reps
without leg drive
- Standing Overhead Press – 200 kg (440 lb) for 5 reps
- Standing Overhead Press – 240kg (529 lb) for 2 reps.
Strongman:
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- Log lift for Max Weight “new world record” – 227 kg (500 lb) (World record, 2014
Gians Live Poland, Dolina Charlotty, Poland)
- Log lift for Max Weight “new world record” – 227 kg (500 lb) (World record, 2014
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- Log lift for Max Weight – 220 kg (490 lb) (World record, 2012 World’s Strongest Man, Los Angeles, USA)
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- Strongman Deadlift(with straps) – 442 kg (970 lb) Raw with straps (World Strongman Record, 2011)
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- Apollon’s Axle Press for Max Weight – 215 kg (470 lb) (World Record, 2010 Giants Live, Istanbul, Turkey)
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- Apollon’s Axle Press for Reps – 166 kg (370 lb) × 8 clean and press each rep (World record, 2006 Arnold Strongman Classic, Columbus, Ohio)
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- Giant Wooden Log lift for Max Weight – 210 kg (460 lb) (World Record, 2010 World’s Strongest Man, Sun City, South Africa)
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- Apollon’s Wheels Overhead for Reps – 155 kg (340 lb) × 8 reps
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- Giant Barbell Deadlift for Reps – 320 kg (710 lb) × 10 (World record, 2006 IFSA World Championships, Reykjavík, Iceland)
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- 22 kg (49 lb) Medicine ball for Height – 17 ft (5.18 m) (World record, 2004 Arnold Strongman Classic, Columbus, Ohio)
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- Atlas Stones (heavy set) – 25.65 seconds (World record, 2006 IFSA World Championships, Reykjavík, Iceland)
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- Metal Block press – 150 kg (330 lb) (World record, 2011 World’s Strongest Man, Wingate,North Carolina)
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- Hummer Tire Deadlift for Max Weight – 506.6 kg (1,117 lb) (World record, 2012 Arnold Strongman Classic, Columbus, Ohio)
- Heavy Super Yoke 500 kg (1,100 lb) – 7.50 seconds (World record, 2006 Arnold Strongman Classic, Columbus, Ohio)
VICTOR DELAMARRE
Strongman
Born: September 24, 1888
Died: March 13, 1955, Quebec
Birthplace: Hébertville, Québec, Canada
Height: 5’51/2” (166.5 cm)
Weight: 154 lbs (70 kg)
Chest: 46″
Neck: 16″
Biceps: 17″
Waist: 28″
Thigh: 20″
Calf: 14″
He was one of thirteen children and built the foundation for his great strength at a young age by farming and working as a lumberjack.
Practising sports like Boxing and Wrestling since the age of 13.
When he was 14 years old, DeLamarre studied the exploits of Louis Cyr and declared that he would one day break Cyr’s records.
Came to Montreal and joined the Police. At the time, Montreal cops were required to be big strong individuals. Delamarre was deemed too small but his feats of strength spoke for himself.
Some of his feats of strength were climbing a ladder carrying a horse in a sling, bending a quarter between his thumb and forefinger, etc.
Had double tendons and a four-inch thick spine, more than the double of a strongman (facts verified at the autopsy). He was said to be hard as steel.
April 2nd 1914, when, at age 25, weighting 154 pounds, Victor DeLamarre officially bent-pressed (dévissé) 309-1/2 lbs at the Arcade theater of Montreal.
Doing so, Delamarre shattered 4 records.
1- Defeating Louis Cyr (273 lbs bent-press)
2- Lifting a weight twice as heavy as him overhead with one-hand.
3- Doing the heaviest Bent-press (dévissé) in history.
4- Defeating all the heavyweights of the world as a middleweight.
- February 24, 1922: officially clean-and-jerked 201.5 lbs with only one finger.
- Around 1925, at Montreal: backlifted 65 people on a platform (7000 lbs)
He wrestled over 1500 bouts as a professional, mainly in 1930s.
An expert on the subject, Raymond Desbiens, is convinced that Victor Delamarre was stronger than Louis Cyr, billed as the strongest man of all time by many historians. Raymond Desbiens also stated that Victor Delamarre had visibly more stamina than Louis Cyr in his performances. However, Louis Cyr was a better showman and had the classic strongman look.
Louis Gagné, the general director of l’Ermitage Saint-Antoine de Lac Bouchette – were the strongman memorabilia are exposed – stated: “Victor Delamarre defeated Louis Cyr on everything except marketing. Delamarre could have been a lot more famous: he was offered movie roles from an american producer. But he refused since they wanted him to change his name for Delaware.”
good choice of strongmen . very top men here
Žydrūnas Savickas is my number 6 strongest man ever for sure.
why there isn't is Žydrūnas Savickas. He is the best. Big man from little country.
Please do correct the information on Louis Cyr.
He was born in 10 octobre 1863
Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Québec. Thank yoou.
Please do correct the wrong information on Louis Cyr; he is not american but quebecer born in 10 octobre 1863 Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville
Thank you. sorry for my poor english.
Being French Canadian myself, I can't belive I made such a sacrilegious and stupid mistake. The corrections have been made. Thank you for your help!
You forgot Hossein Rezazadeh.
Hossein Rezazadeh is maybe the best of the modern era. But I wouldn't put him on this list anyway. I would put Leonid Taranenko way before him. Leonid Taranenko singlehandly realized the greatest feat of strength in the history of humanity. LEONID TARANENKO CLEAN-AND-JERKED 266.0 KG (585.2 LBS) OVERHEAD 25 YEARS AGO!!!
Hossein Rezazadeh never succeded at best the all-time records of 25 years ago. The best IWF marks of 216.0 kg (475.2 lbs) Snatch (Antonio Krastev, 1987), 266.0 kg (585.2 lbs) Clean and Jerk (Leonid Taranenko, 1988), and 475.0 kg (1045 lbs) Total (Taranenko, 1988). Krastev and Taranenko were screwed out of their world records with the restructuration of weight classes. But these weights still remain as the heaviest weights lifted.
"The Iranian Hercules" Hossein Rezazadeh's bests are 263.5 kg (580.9 pounds)Clean-and-Jerk, Snatch: 213 kg (469.6 lbs), Total: 472.5 kg (1,041.8 lbs).
kaz never deadlifted 974 pounds but 903 pounds .
the backlift of 6270 pounds of anderson is very controversial to say the least . he probably never did it .
how much could cyr have deadlifted on a barbell . in his days louis uni from france was also great . .
Very good question since deadlift wasn't a popular lift at the turn of the century. German super strongman Hermann Görner was the King of Deadlift in 1920. Before him Deadlift wasn't a fixture in circus strongman show.
Great Gama and Milo of Croton?
Nope! Strong in term of weightlifting not fighting skills.
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delamarre was a bit of a crook . zydrunas is king .
Arthur Saxon- Bent Press 168 kilos (370 pounds)
louis cyr wrists supposed to be 11 inches, it's true?
it's some article about Pyrros Dimas? (greek olimpic-lifter)
His wrists are most likely 8.2 inches as indicated.
Andre the Giant was billed as having 11 inches wrists.
Pyrros Dimas was one of the greatest weightlifters of all time but not the strongest since he competed in the below 85 kg categories.
Leonid Taranenko is the best forever …and it a. Ex "100kg" upgraded in superheavy for crush the all category trophy…. but its a lityle guy of under 5'10"…(1m77) .hes not acromecalic ..not giant…but unbreakable perf..
.5×290…3×315..single of 322,5.. in front squat ??? You can imagine that… reza or kurlowitch are very strong. But in front squat they are level under..3×270..1×290..maybe 300 in single….TARANENKO IS A BEAST
903 in alternate grip with official witness 974 with strap in training
I dont sure than a big Wrist diameter is an obligation cor became à great Superhavy lifter…Jouko Ahola is very string with normal bone frame… andré tge giant has normal wrist for hes 7'2" height … but SULTAN RACHMANOV HAD 11INCH WRIST TOO…BUT FOR 6'2" (1M88)…LOL Botev win bronze in Atlanta (5'10 / 290 lbs) had just 43 french 9 american of schoes Size and 20 cm Wrist (8 inch)
Andre the Giant had 11 inches wrist. Nonetheless you don't need to be big boned do be strong but it is however a big advantage.
As for yours truly did, from being a 159-pound guy with 7" wrist I've transformed myself into a +300 pounds competitive strongman naturally.
Im 5'11" 330lbs 8"and dusts wrist (but im big since my 12/13 Y.o i begging lifting at 13 with 5'10" 225lbs …and i was rouds user at 17 yo 31 years im natural just since 2006.. . Maybe if i had never use GH and roïds my wrist no exceed 7" and my foot 11 like my father..or me at 12 YO..lol (my size schoes is 14 since my 24 y.o). Maybe my big bones are side effect of doping..or partially…(my maxi body weight was 370 for a 1986lbs total at big 3. .but i admire naturall Strongmen ) .1986 is just a theoric .if i added all my best competition results. But i never can be in top same day in 3 movment lol
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You can thank your genetic and gods of Barbells for this 7" of wrist !!!(your height is in hight average i suppose )…because 7" inch wrist in close of STRICT MINIMUM for a super( Strick border is 6"2/3 .in metric 17cm ) …you can carried a bodyweight of 125/130 no more !after you can destroy your knees..hip…with aged… 7 INCH IS SAME JOUKHO AHOLA…light bone frame.6'1". And on of better and exist several great lifters of 300lbs . Me with 8" my max carried for BONES HEALTH is 340 lbs.(Rezazadeh..Lallas..taranenko.Steiner). YOU SEE IMPORTANCE OF FRAME..each inch in more you can added 40 lbs… The 400 and + lbs monsters like Big Z or Brian Shaw or the mountain or Mogushkov havent no little 7 or 8 inch like uS !!! But in majority 9"(or more ) 8,5 to 9inch (22/23 cm) wrist is a value very commun for very huges giants lifters(no in rapport of Height..muscular giant..Itte Detenamo (5'7")(Shane Hamman and Paul Anderson (5'9") Lallas (5'10) Talakadze Salimikordasiabi (6'6") all these lifters are in " +22/23 clubs
You can be an exception…maybe you have an enormous density (training permit that …) maybe your legs bones are more large and you can carried a big bodyweight withouth problem.
Not at all! I'm 6'1" with 9 to 10 shoe size with small ankle bones, small and short fingers.
In fact, when I was 300 to 315 lbs (325 was too heavy, I had almost trouble breathing) I had enormous tree trunks 33" thighs, 44" waist, 23" neck, 20.5" arms. BUT my heavy frame and huge squat was accompagnied by heel spur pain so I had to wear orthesis in my shoes 24/7. And years of force-feeding resulted in some digestive and intestinal problems. I had regular stomach burning and it seem that I wasn't able to digest anything anymore. My body just told me that he was sick and tired about my strongman bulking up. Since I wasn't doing strongman competitions anymore I didn't needed to weight 300 pounds anymore. So I decided to slim down my weight trying to get cut.
I retired from strongman competitions in 2007 or 2008 and now I weight a lean as fuck, very low fat, veiny athletic 170 pounds with defined abs. I can't believe it.
All I can tell you is that force-feeding is alot worse and harder than not eating at all. And I didn't miss my huge 33" thighs.
Doing strongman competitions and being freaky huge and strong was MY DREAM and MY OBSESSION. I did it against all odds and I'm VERY PROUD of it. But now I am elsewhere and certainly healthier, more comfortable in my body, and in better shape.
Here are some pics of my strongman era.
http://www.strengthfighter.com/p/the-pygod.html
Me i beggin to have gastro intestinal and breathe problem after 350lbs (for 5'11")…but i loose speed beetwin 330 and 350lbs…i prefer stay at 330 ! Every person must found his IDEAL AND PERSONAL WEIGHT .is very important ! Its supid and dangerous to try imitated other lifters ! I prefer 330lbs and sleep withouth wake up with gastric acid in mouth or be tired by sleeping breathe pause !!! Even if my idole is Shane Haman…im sad to be lighter him…but im more performant at 330 than at 370
Whaou my thights are 30" no more…31,5 when im bigger..and for info in Strongman im a big crappy dogshit ! (Except jerk on neck in single..deadlift and …farmer march…im a beast in theses 3 exercises) .im in Raw powerlifting and oly W.L..
. Lol i never weighted 170lbs since 1985 (i was a 10 years child)
At least you specialized in the very best exercises.
Every case is different and personally !! I begin lift at 13 years.in middle of 1988 year… oki but in january of this years i was an ogre (220lbs 5'10"Just before my 13st birthday OK MARK HENRY DO SAME THING 4 YEARS EARLIER.LOL )…
Im never need over food for weight 300lbs !!!! I have several cousins enormous (Ukrainian branch of my familly) all men between 5'11 and 6'10 1/2" (6'3" average) all women between 5'6" and 6'3 1/2" (average 5'10")…(16 men 13 women ) 29 of more close of me familly members… no one man weight less of 220 lbs (adult)
I love Farmer March. For mobilised all your body ! Its very good indicator of real and usable strenght (atlas stones can be unfay for a man with littles arms…) im sure you observe than greatest are allway good in farmer walk and D.L
You cant imagine easy…but with my enormous (no natural )frame.(even my head is big with 25" perimeter) when after a big desease i fall ar 235lbs… i look NO SKINNY…BUT NO FAT.NO MUUSCULAR..lol just a normal guy no sportman.
…with big head and giant feet…its UGLY …a shame!