Strongest BB Of All Time

[Grizzly]

Hold on, are we talking benching or OHPing? I think you're confused, Bob, because I'm pretty sure he put it up overhead. If not, then DUH, who can't press 200lb db's on the bench?

[Bob Smith]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

Hold on, are we talking benching or OHPing? I think you're confused, Bob, because I'm pretty sure he put it up overhead. If not, then DUH, who can't press 200lb db's on the bench?

Like I said, dipshit, the video I saw of Ronnie was BENCHING. I dont think AM could do 200x for overhead, but as Ive said repeatedly, I have no doubt he could blast out 200x10 for bench.

[MikeP]

Did I read this wrong or was the topic top ten strongest? If so I think you would have to include some of the dudes like Marvin Eder and John Grimek. I remember reading that Eder was super strong and steroids werent really around much back then.

[MANWHORE]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

It'd be more impressive if he was Oly squatting 600 for reps without a belt.

I think it was on West Side site that i read OLY Squats are easier than regular because of the bounce they get at the bottom .. they said OLY Squaters can't do as much in regular squats because they can't get that bounce .. makes sense to me... ever try doing paralell squats and stopping at paralell point then trying to push up from there? much harder than steady rep because of the bounce and sometimes you won't even know your using a bounce because it's so hard to feel ... Try doing smith machine squats and setting pins just paralell ... then when you hit the pins rest all the weight on the pin, then try pushing from there .. You will want to go back to OLY squats after that ... I was impressed with Animals deadlift in the video but to be honest, i'm not very impressed with many lifts powder lifters do because of the techneques they use to complete the reps .. bounce, partial reps because of big bellys not having to go all the way down to chest but instead going to big belly, AND those shirts being the worst .. When someone using shirts and all those techneques compete with those using the same then fine but if someone benches 800lbs with a shirt, and then brags about being able to bench 800lbs away from his powerlifting friends, that's just wrong if you ask me ... Tank's 600lb bench wasn't impressive to many but at least he did it without a shirt .. not trying to start a fight with powerlifters either trust me, i'm just voicing my opinion ... i love you all

[Grizzly]

You're not supposed to bounce in the hole. The Westside guys are just jealous that without equipment, 150lb guys are squatting as much as they do in equipment at 250lbs.

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by Bob Smith

I dont think Ronnies 200x10 dumbell presses is all that impressive. Id bet $10 that our own AnimalMass could do that on a normal training day.

I think the strongest BBer of all time is Marius Pudzinowski. I believe he has competed in a few European shows.

Well, Mr. Smartypants, a "dumbell press" implies a shoulder press. At least to me it does. If I was talking about a DB BENCHpress, then I'd have said as much. So, HAH!

BTW, you have PM

[MANWHORE]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

You're not supposed to bounce in the hole. The Westside guys are just jealous that without equipment, 150lb guys are squatting as much as they do in equipment at 250lbs.

i don't follow any of their training just something i saw once while reading their site .. i thought they were considered the best training out there or at least one of the best

[Conciliator]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

You're not supposed to bounce in the hole. The Westside guys are just jealous that without equipment, 150lb guys are squatting as much as they do in equipment at 250lbs.

From what I understand a bounce in the hole is part of the stretch reflex and is proper form. This is coming from Mark Rippetoe, who has coached thousands to squat.

[Grizzly]

That's true, and I was coming back to say something similar, but you beat me to it. Bastard! What I meant was that dropping down super fast in order to achiever a greater reflex action is generally discouraged.

MW- They are top dog PLs. Of course, as I'm sure you've noticed from your travels on the boards, not only is there dispute about training within the separate sports, but each sport is at odds with each other, which is why guys are always saying, "but I don't want to look like a PL", as if lifting heavy things....nevermind.

[Conciliator]

Originally Posted by Grizzly

That's true, and I was coming back to say something similar, but you beat me to it. Bastard! What I meant was that dropping down super fast in order to achiever a greater reflex action is generally discouraged.

MW- They are top dog PLs. Of course, as I'm sure you've noticed from your travels on the boards, not only is there dispute about training within the separate sports, but each sport is at odds with each other, which is why guys are always saying, "but I don't want to look like a PL", as if lifting heavy things....nevermind.

Good point... dropping down too fast is dangerous and a good way to get injured.

[egomaniac]

Has everyone forgotten about Paul Anderson? Just read.

The World's Strongest Man
from the Northeast Georgia Tour in
Touring the Backroads of North and South Georgia


The fourth house on the right has a suitably massive monument noting that it was at this house that Paul Anderson (1932-1994), the world's strongest man, was born. When he was five years old, Anderson contracted Bright's disease, a liver ailment which nearly killed him. He recovered and was 180 pounds by the age of 14. He played football in high school and went on to a scholarship to Furman University. It was there that Anderson began lifting weights with his teammates.

It was immediately clear that Anderson was built for weightlifting as he broke University records with his first lifts and within weeks was setting unofficial world records. He resigned his scholarship and returned to Toccoa to train in earnest. He fashioned homemade barbells out of car axles and buckets of cement, setting up a gym in his father's garage. He developed his own theory on weightlifting in that garage, that he should train each muscle group to withstand weights greater than those in competition. Anderson traveled with an American team to Russia in 1955 to compete against that countries top weightlifters in the first athletic competition between the teams since World War II. The Russsian favorite Alexei Medvediev equaled the Olympic record with a 330.5 pound military press. When Anderson took his turn, pressing 402.5 pounds newspapers reported that the Russian audience rose to its feat as one chanting Chudo Prirody meaning "wonder of nature." In the Olympic triathalon the weight lifted in three lifts--military press, snatch, and clean and jerkCare totaled for an aggregate weight lifted. He lifted 1,130 pounds total and broke four world records on that tour.

The following year Anderson traveled to Melbourne, Australia for the 1956 summer Olympic games. Anderson was suffering from a 104-degree fever at the time of the weightlifting competition. The 23-year-old Anderson went toe to toe with Argentina's Humberto Selvetti in a three-hour duel that ended at 3 a.m. Melbourne time with Anderson setting a world record with a 413.5 pound jerk to equal Selvetti's total of 1,102 pounds. Following Olympic rules, the gold medal went to Anderson as the Argentinean weighed 12 pounds more than the 304 pound American. At that time his body measurements were astounding. The five-foot ten-inch Anderson had 34-inch thighs, a 52.5 -inch chest, 23-inch neck and 9-inch thick wrists.

In June of 1957, Anderson made the lift that secured his place in the weightlifting pantheon as the "World’s Strongest Man." He had a table special built, on top he placed a lead-filled safe and parts of junk cars. The total weight was 6,270 pounds. As a crowd looked on, he crawled under the table, tightly gripped a stool and arched his back to lift the table off the floor.

The publicity stunt started Anderson's professional career. He went on the road putting on weightlifting exhibitions to raise money for the Paul Anderson Youth Home he created in Vidalia in 1961. It provides a stable home for homeless teenagers, who live on the grounds while attending the local high school. On graduation, the teenagers go out on their own, often having spent two years at the Youth Home.

In the early 1970s, Anderson was giving as many as 500 speeches a year, lifting weights at each performance, often lifting a table full of large men on his back. With a strong Christian message, Anderson often found himself using his God-given talent to lift weights in churches, where the pulpit had been pushed aside to make room for the weightlifters show and talk. He used the speakers fees to underwrite 70 percent of the Youth Home's budget, with the rest coming in through donations.

Always a take charge leader, Anderson was known for running the youth home his own way, even though he was often on the road with his wife and staff handling the day to day work. When a staff member or supporter would offer changes or suggestions, he would listen and perhaps use their advice. But when pressed to make changes, such as opening the home to more youths at a time, he was fond of saying, "What does it say on that sign down by the road." If someone slow to catch would go so far as to reply, "The Paul Anderson Youth Home," he would reply, "That’s what I thought." He did this so frequently that "Whose name is on the sign" became the slogan that backed up policies at the successful home.

A note to the reader who has this story reproduced here without the benefit of the remainder of the tour in the book. Paul Anderson's birthplace is on Tugaloo Street in city of Toccoa.

[egomaniac]

Sorry. This should have went in the powerlifting forum.
I think Ronnie is definately the strongest but if you go pound for pound, it is definately Franco
Columbo.

[role model]

Originally Posted by elgaringo

Pound for pound Franco Columbo

Franco's career ended when he snapped his leg in a "carry a refrigerator on your back race" for 40 yards.

[role model]

Originally Posted by egomaniac

Has everyone forgotten about Paul Anderson? Just read.

The World's Strongest Man
from the Northeast Georgia Tour in
Touring the Backroads of North and South Georgia


The fourth house on the right has a suitably massive monument noting that it was at this house that Paul Anderson (1932-1994), the world's strongest man, was born. When he was five years old, Anderson contracted Bright's disease, a liver ailment which nearly killed him. He recovered and was 180 pounds by the age of 14. He played football in high school and went on to a scholarship to Furman University. It was there that Anderson began lifting weights with his teammates.

It was immediately clear that Anderson was built for weightlifting as he broke University records with his first lifts and within weeks was setting unofficial world records. He resigned his scholarship and returned to Toccoa to train in earnest. He fashioned homemade barbells out of car axles and buckets of cement, setting up a gym in his father's garage. He developed his own theory on weightlifting in that garage, that he should train each muscle group to withstand weights greater than those in competition. Anderson traveled with an American team to Russia in 1955 to compete against that countries top weightlifters in the first athletic competition between the teams since World War II. The Russsian favorite Alexei Medvediev equaled the Olympic record with a 330.5 pound military press. When Anderson took his turn, pressing 402.5 pounds newspapers reported that the Russian audience rose to its feat as one chanting Chudo Prirody meaning "wonder of nature." In the Olympic triathalon the weight lifted in three lifts--military press, snatch, and clean and jerkCare totaled for an aggregate weight lifted. He lifted 1,130 pounds total and broke four world records on that tour.

The following year Anderson traveled to Melbourne, Australia for the 1956 summer Olympic games. Anderson was suffering from a 104-degree fever at the time of the weightlifting competition. The 23-year-old Anderson went toe to toe with Argentina's Humberto Selvetti in a three-hour duel that ended at 3 a.m. Melbourne time with Anderson setting a world record with a 413.5 pound jerk to equal Selvetti's total of 1,102 pounds. Following Olympic rules, the gold medal went to Anderson as the Argentinean weighed 12 pounds more than the 304 pound American. At that time his body measurements were astounding. The five-foot ten-inch Anderson had 34-inch thighs, a 52.5 -inch chest, 23-inch neck and 9-inch thick wrists.

In June of 1957, Anderson made the lift that secured his place in the weightlifting pantheon as the "World’s Strongest Man." He had a table special built, on top he placed a lead-filled safe and parts of junk cars. The total weight was 6,270 pounds. As a crowd looked on, he crawled under the table, tightly gripped a stool and arched his back to lift the table off the floor.

The publicity stunt started Anderson's professional career. He went on the road putting on weightlifting exhibitions to raise money for the Paul Anderson Youth Home he created in Vidalia in 1961. It provides a stable home for homeless teenagers, who live on the grounds while attending the local high school. On graduation, the teenagers go out on their own, often having spent two years at the Youth Home.

In the early 1970s, Anderson was giving as many as 500 speeches a year, lifting weights at each performance, often lifting a table full of large men on his back. With a strong Christian message, Anderson often found himself using his God-given talent to lift weights in churches, where the pulpit had been pushed aside to make room for the weightlifters show and talk. He used the speakers fees to underwrite 70 percent of the Youth Home's budget, with the rest coming in through donations.

Always a take charge leader, Anderson was known for running the youth home his own way, even though he was often on the road with his wife and staff handling the day to day work. When a staff member or supporter would offer changes or suggestions, he would listen and perhaps use their advice. But when pressed to make changes, such as opening the home to more youths at a time, he was fond of saying, "What does it say on that sign down by the road." If someone slow to catch would go so far as to reply, "The Paul Anderson Youth Home," he would reply, "That’s what I thought." He did this so frequently that "Whose name is on the sign" became the slogan that backed up policies at the successful home.

A note to the reader who has this story reproduced here without the benefit of the remainder of the tour in the book. Paul Anderson's birthplace is on Tugaloo Street in city of Toccoa.

He's not a body builder though.

[jasthace]

I think it was in an article in muscle mag about 1989 ,it stated Eddie Robbinson used to do lunges form one length of a grid iron field to the other with 100kg barbell to finish of his leg workout.
Anyone remember this?