How Strong Was Paul Anderson really?
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- How strong was Paul Anderson really?
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Thank you. I need to make a video on Louis Cyr first, then I can revisit a comparison
Can you do a video about Charles Bronson (the prisoner) he's a strong guy,
Do a “How Strong is Jason Blaha” next
It'd be fascinating to see Paul in HIS PRIME lift today. The big super heavyweights are tall gigantic guys and Paul was 5'9"!
I had the privilege to meet Paul during the 70’s and see him lift and speak openly about his belief in Jesus Christ. Strength, both physically and spiritually. He had no ego that he carried around like many athletes of today. A down to earth individual. Some of the lifts he performed were amazing.
Why are religious folks are always so "open" about this nonsense.
I don't know, I admit that I'm quite stupid over understanding your knowledge but I too know this man as he lived down the street from me. And since about 62 years ago I wanted to pay someone back who saved my life by stopping a heavy car weighing over 4000 lbs on a steep hill with his bare hands. I know for a fact that Paul has lifted such enormous weight just as I lifted extraordinary weight. But we don't look for fame on each lift. When I picked up 2 seperate 1600 lb safes that no one else could budge or pushed a truck up a hill or lifted the front end of a car every time I walked by it I didn't call for someone to authenticate it. I worked for a moving company that employed several strong football players but I considered myself different in that I knew God had blessed me with desire to get stronger every day over a 50 year period. One other fact in 1965 I witnessed an interview with a 150 yr old man who was in better shape than most but I doubt many saw it and back then authenticating was not necessary.
@@oldfrittenfett1276Better to be religious than to be an arsehole full of ego.
oh whoa, i envy you my good Sir, what a legend to witness, like you could ask him about his life or what he does and would answer with happiness ? sorry my english not very good, but im really intrigued, i admire this man. im french, my father trained with him for many years. i don't know much of him or my father, just that they train together, my father told me so too,before he past away.
@@oldfrittenfett1276 Why do you care? Let people preach what they want to preach.
Incredible man. I understand he was a very modest and soft-spoken man. He was also a devout Christian.
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Does anyone know wether he is genetically gifted with strength or he was once a normal average person who trained to be able to be stronger.
@@aseerziam6224 certainly genetically gifted, but never underestimate how strong you can get if you work really hard.
@@aseerziam6224 Genetically gifted.
Not only a legendary strongman but also a man of great decency
Jesus Is King.!!! Jesus Loves You❤.!!! John 14:6
King James Bible
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me..!!!
Paul came to our Concordia College sports banquet in the early 70’s. He was a very good Christian man. He strength feats for us were picking up a table with eight guys on the table. He overhead pressed 250 lbs with one arm several times. He then drove a large nail through a two by four with his hand. He ran a home for troubled boys in Georgia. He was a man concerned for others and building the lives of young men.
I saw him squat over 800 pounds at an exhibition for an AAU meet I was in in Evansville Indiana. He did it with ease. I squatted 585 lbs at 100k weight class and was somewhat proud until I saw Anderson. He was amazing.
He did some squats at 1200 lbs yes they were a little high.He said in 1960s he was capable of 500 lb Olympic Press taken from squat rack.
I squatted 585 for 2 reps in 1985 at a bodyweight of 167
Nahh
@@mustardseedist liar
@@mustardseedist I squatted 675 at a bodyweight of 135 ! 💯
He was definitely the strongest all rounder lifter of his time, guy was up for anything strength related. He also was great at very heavy dumbbell presses
Jesus Is King.!!! Jesus Loves You❤.!!! John 14:6
King James Bible
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me..!!!
I saw him lift 12 of the biggest football linemen at a Christian Retreat in Black Mtn ,NC back when I was a kid . I was with my Father who was Head Coach for East Tenn State College . He knew Paul and I got to shake his hand . He was a devoted Christian and used his strength to promote God.
Stop telling lies lad
Was this in 71’?
I saw him do the same at the Denver Coliseum. A table with 12 men sitting on it and he got under it and lifted it off the ground with ease. Table must have weighed a ton!
The 930 squat at Silver Spring was with plates that had been used for a meet there, so nothing fake. But ALSO: He did the lift in shorts and a t-shirt!! No knee wraps, no supersuit, not even a lifting belt! AND he had to step back out of the rack, unassisted. I doubt most 1100 lb. squatters today could duplicate the lift, and maybe not even 1200 lb. squatters with all kinds of elastic gear it took to make their 1100 or 1200s. There have probably been exaggerations of some of Paul's lifts, but that one alone makes him elite.
I recall reading that he was considered to be a good and decent man. He suffered from kidney stones and eventually lost one kidney when his kidney was found to contain not 1 or 2 stones but enough stones to fill the space in the kidney. I remember the news article stated almost 100 stones of various sizes. As a child of ten I saw the films of him winning the Olympic Medal. He was inspiration to countless beginning strongmen and even body builders. Much respect to you, Paul, RIP
Jesus Is King.!!! Jesus Loves You❤.!!! John 14:6
King James Bible
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me..!!!
I grew up near where he is from and it is great to see this video. He was freakishly strong and an even better man!
My all-time favorite strong man period 🍻 may you continue to be blessed Paul!
Mark Henry is #2 his list is unmatched 😎
@Adrift how is his list unmatched? He competed in 1 strongman competition
He was really, really ridiculously strong. Miles ahead of anyone in his time and without modern nutrition knowledge or recovery protocols. A genetic freak with a supreme work ethic
Jesus Is King.!!! Jesus Loves You❤.!!! John 14:6
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me..!!!
😂 modern nutrition conventional wisdom is dog 💩. He probably ate tons of meat, milk and eggs like you should to get strong.
The late Paul Anderson was forerunner or today's strongman, deserves one or the top places in the hall of fame of strength. Congratulations great video
No doubt
I met Mr Anderson in the late ‘80s, as one of my uncles lived across the street from him. I was only around 10 years of age and didn’t know who he was until after he left. I just remember him being a super nice guy!
Stop telling lies lad
Lol, that’d be a strange, super random thing to lie about.
@@billybarr7443 Billy go back to the Barr lol
@@billybarr7443lad stop being a load of tosh
Great video! A few additional comments: Paul's 600 lb "push press" was only done to forehead height to improve power off the shoulders. He did this for a set of 3. His full push press was 545 lbs/247.5 kg (pictured on the Rogue website) and he also pressed 480 lbs (218 kg) off stands on camera. He also pulled 595 lbs/270 kg to waist height while standing on grass! Paul's best squat for reps in training was 800 lbs (363 kg) for 10 and 850 (385.5 kg) for 6. Canadian strongman Doug Hepburn, himself the world's strongest man before Anderson arrived on scene, later cast doubt on Anderson's silver dollar squat. Hepburn squatted 760 lbs (345 kg) with a 5 second pause, but he was far off 1,100. Still, he phoned Mapes Casino announcing he was coming to attempt the challenge but they told him not to come. According to Hepburn, news about the incident made it into a local newspaper but I have yet to find it. Hepburn also claimed that Paul's bicep curling ability was relatively weak, under 200 lbs (Hepburn to this day has the record on a straight bar - 255 lbs officially and 260 lbs in training).
One of the ways you can tell Paul was natural was that he was always big and strong, just like Mark Henry. Neither suddenly blew up in their 20s like you see with a lot of guys today. Earle Liederman in his article "20 year old Paul Anderson" mentioned that at that age Paul was already 295 lbs, and at 21 squatted 714 lbs (324 kg) and was using 410 lbs (186 kg) as training weight on the bench press. These compare well with Mark's single-ply lifts in high school (377.5 kg/832 lb squat, 277.5 kg/502 lb bench, and 317.5 kg/700 lb deadlift). I believe these two were possibly the strongest drug-free men to have ever lived, and interestingly both had similar careers (Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting/strongman, and pro wrestling). It would be interesting to see a video comparison.
I agree specially after 1900 because before that, we don't know much accurately about those earlier strongmen , i believe the two strongest drug free man have been Anderson and Henry. Like u said Anderson was a big child since his childhood, Henry was also a very bulky child since childhood. In the 4th grade he was 5'5 and 225 lbs already. When he learnt to squat, during his first day at squatting in his school as a 15-16 year old kid he did 600 lbs for many reps. He would have continued doing it further but was stopped by a coach due to the fear of him having an injury. His elder brother held the squat record in their school of 670 lbs and was a good football player too. People who saw henry squatting that day knew that his elder brother's record would not stand more day. In modern era ie., from 90s until now , i think he was a prodigy.
Actually Henry did 832 lbs squat, 815 lbs deadlift and 525 lbs bench press all by the age of 18 years and was already the 3 time Texas State champion by then holding all 4 powerlifting records in bench press, deadlift, squat and total in Texas. By the age of 19 years old, Henry was declared world's strongest teenager officially by Los Angeles Times in 1990 as he by that time held the all time teenager world record in both squat ( 832 lbs) and total 2,033 lbs. He was spotted by Dr. Terry Todd in 1990 and after watching him encouraged him to learn olympic weightlifting as it has more money and opportunity of worldwide fame than powerlifting.
Lol, that Mark Henry comment is comedy gold.
@@a-a-rondavis9438 oh really well I know u r a troll. Doesn't matter what u think. U r not authority lmao
@@abhinavkumar547 no u r a troll
@@thorthewolf8801 😂😂 feel sorry for people like u
Paul was the Bobbie Fischer of strong men, far ahead of everyone in his prime. Not sure if we'll ever see such a gap between the competition again, much like Bobbie.
Was he also as racist?/s
@@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug Bobbie Fischer was a genius who specialized in pattern recognition. Of course he's going to seem "racist" to the unthinking masses.
@@MrSh4des first bobbie then kanye, whos next?
@@MrSh4des he was just racist
@@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug I think he raced fords and chevys.
While in college in the late 60s, I aw him in person. Amazing man. Naturally strong.
Anderson use to sleep between lifts, they would have to wake him up to do his lift's, come right out of a deep sleep and break world records he was incredible for his time.
I think his hip and thigh structure is unmatched and make the squat claims seem plausible
I live a few blocks down from his home in Vidalia GA. Its now a hone to help youth. He was truly a hero and a lifting beast!
Paul grew up in my hometown. He was amazing but his heart was the strongest muscle he had. He had a heart for people and for Jesus. He used his fame to create the Paul Anderson Youth Home to turn kids around and put them on a good path.
I had an old Guinness book of world records back in the early 80s when I was just a young boy. I remember just pouring over Paul Anderson's entries and being amazed while having absolutely no clue of how phenomenal these feats of strength were. He will always be one of the greats. I think it's plausible that he was natural and I can't even imagine what he could have done in the modern day with the equipment knowledge and pharmaceuticals available.
do you remember the two fat twins on motorbikes in that book?
@@AbstractAngelArtist I totally do!
@@AbstractAngelArtist yes I do had mine in 70s......many years later in 90s I moved to Hendersonville NC only to find out that it was the twins hometown and where that photo was taken....lol....they were long gone by that time however!
If he was a natural, why wish that he could have lived in an era where you have to be not a natural to compete?
At a bodyweight of 186lbs I benched 410lbs in college with my lifting partner(same weight). There were no cameras or videos. It was put on a wall chart in the gym and lifters immediately started mocking it, so I took it down. Did it happen? Absolutely and without lifting suit, steroids or anything besides 4 years of prep training. It set a record and remains in my memory. I believe Paul Anderson could have lifted more, but there will always be some controversy.
I can believe that. I can bench 300 at 185 and every time I throw on 225 to do easy sets people think I’m “showing off” or whatever. People really underestimate what the human body is capable of
Met him a couple of times. Really nice Man.
Paul Anderson, one of the few people more impressive than an Ironman Triathlon finisher!!!
They had an ironman in Waco Tx a couple weeks ago . Mid Oct hoping for good weather- it was 96 that day. If the race were a couple days later, they would have been racing in chilly 46 degrees
@@MikeBarbarossa I want to do an Ironman one day ,but it take a lot of training, I've done half that distance so far, but like I said takes lot of training, and time I have a regular job too ,so it's kinda tough. I retire next year hopefully I'll still be healthy, one thing for sure I'll have the time to train, besides that activity I also lift 3 days a week!🏋️♂️🏊♂️🚴♂️🏃♂️😀
I think there can be little doubt that he was one of the strongest men ever to have lived, imagine him using modern training techniques and sports science
Not only a Strong Man, a man of great character and heart as well ...!
I met Paul Anderson in 1975 in Stratford Texas. He was performing at a high school. I shook hands with him.
Man what was THAT like? I've shaken the hands of some men who make me wince and I'm 240lbs, not a lifter but not exactly small. lol
@@Girrrrrrrr He had a normal handshake, and that was back when I wasn't training at all for about two years. I spent over a year on the road as a hitchhiker, and Stratford was a bad experience except for meeting Paul Anderson.
I seen him at our high-school, very strong an a good humanitarian
God given strength!
Paul Anderson is one of very few men in history who had absurd "natural" strength. I would say that Paul Anderson's strength reminds me of Mark Henry. Many underestimate how strong Mark Henry really was. He still holds the all time world raw record total of 2314.8 pounds. He squatted 948 pounds (raw), deadlifted 904 pounds (raw), and bench pressed the remainder weight, all at the age of 24. Mark Henry could have done more, but chose a career in wrestling.
Since Mark Henry officially performed these lifts at a similar bodyweight to Paul Anderson, I would have to say I think Paul Anderson WAS that strong. Also, Mark Henry was not even in his prime when he accomplished these feats. Mark Henry also completed a snatch with 396.83lbs and a clean and jerk with 485lbs, again considered lifetime drug free. It is possible, just very rare to see such raw strength.
Great comment. ✅
I agree Henry's strength completely remind me of Anderson. I truly believe both were clean. Now, some experts would come here to say that no it is not possible to attain such strength without roids lol. There have been many strong men like them in the history of mankind before the invention or discovery of drugs. And there will be another guys in the future like them. People try to judge everything based on their limited knowledge and logic of what they know currently.
Just a bit correction - Henry currently doesn't hold the all time raw powerlifting total record of 2,314 lbs. That was once a world record for few months before he himself broke his own record by totalling 2,336.9 lbs in 95 . That was actually as per my research the 4th best all time powerlifting raw total in untested powerlifting and all time world record in drug tested powerlifting. Right now he doesn't holds these records consisting of all federations but wdfpf.
He was strong in 1990s but he wasn't ever the world's strongest man right? I know he won 2002 Arnold strong man but I looked up world's strongest man and he wasn't there
Any WSM competitor has absurd 'natural' strength.
@@robarauza9640 There was much pressure for Mark Henry at the 2002 ASC. They told him if you lose this competition, you are done with WWE. So his heart and soul were behind it. However Svend Karlsen was not far behind him. It all depended on the events. With a different event combination, Svend or Raimonds could have also won. But still, winning the ASC is a more difficult task than winning the WSM. ASC is all about BRUTE strength.
As usual great video keep up the great work
Keep up the good work, these video are awesome.
Man i love the content on this channel 👌👌
Cheers Buddy. Thanks for your continued support
@@thedailybullshowyoutube bodybuilding is a mental illness and it got to him as well as his channel 🤷🏻♂️
That BACKLIFT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN
Beautifully done. Thank you.
Thanks Philip
Fantastic video yet again Strength Universe! I've also done my fair share of research on Angus (1825-1863) and Louis (1863-1912) and many others between reality, speculation, bed time stories & exaggerations passed from generation to generation. I firmly believe *for about 30 years* until '1980-1982 Bill Kazmaire', *Paul Anderson was the Strongest Man to have ever lived.*
Thanks Buddy. Kaz Is definitely one of my top "Strongest men of all time" but I consider him in a different category to Paul due to the chemical assistance
@@StrengthUniverse I cannot argue with you buddy. The *Strongest Ever* torch was passed from Paul to Kaz to Mark Henry to Zydrunas and finally to Hafthor where it stands today; and if we equate PEDs, and IF Paul was Natty, I'd give Paul definitely the distinction of Strongest Natty Ever. If Paul was not natty then it's a battle between Angus and Louis which we do not have credible info. to prove anything.
@@NirsterkurThe real question though is: Was Mark Henry Natty? I know there are a lot of strong opinions on that
@@StrengthUniverse My personal opinion: He was not, buddy. 🙂
@@Nirsterkur Dr. Terry Todd was of a very strong opinion that Henry was 100% lifetime drug free . He is the greatest strength historian to have ever lived in earth until now . I don't see any reason why he would lie regarding Henry. He was very serious related to anything concerning strength. He has written a detailed article why Henry was drug free completely during his competitive days.
The Greatest World’s Strongest Man in history. Thanks to Christ.
NOBODY DID IT BETTER - i saw him in person once at a high school exhibition and he backlifted a table with a bunch of men sitting on top, and he drove a large nail through a board using only his padded hand.
He was all natural, no anabolic steroids.
Most importantly he trusted in the person and finished work of Christ alone for salvation, and is currently in Heaven.
Iron Man magazine itemized the apparent or likely items used as weight in Anderson's disputed backlift, and came up with a number less than 5,000 lbs. Still an impressive number.
To me, Paul Anderson was the strongest man who ever lived. Past or present. Nothing will change my mind.
Paul was a great human being, and strong!
Great video thanks. Love the old time suff, Marvin Eder was a personal favourite
Cheers Sam, glad you liked it
the thing is you have to compare the greats of previous eras to the other greats in their era. if paul trained with modern knowledge, programming, coaching and diets, he would basically be guaranteed to be lifting far greater numbers in every lift. this guy was unparallelled in his time, and that means he would likely be on the highest tier in this era as well. the only difference is that strength sports have grown significantly more popular, so the top echelon of the sport is just more crowded.
Also the population is a lot more in general, which means greater probability for extremes of all kinds and greater genetic mutation, etc.
Excellent summation.
Thanks!
Awesome video. Can I request Doug Hepburn please? Despite a club foot and fused ankle he had some great strength feats
I actually believe what this man did, and when you look at his physique, it looks very likely he never took performance enhancing drugs, he unbelievably heavy for his height, a genuine powerhouse.
I remember my high school football coach talking about Paul's explosive strength and how far Paul could long jump.
Jesus Is King.!!! Jesus Loves You❤.!!! John 14:6
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me..!!!
If he never used roids then his natural strength is something that you very seldom see. Very few people have such raw power. Imagine if he was here with today's training there's no telling what he could have done.
Very few? You mean NOONE.
I met Paul once, in the 1980's and I can say for sure he was the strongest man I've ever met.
Stop telling lies lad
@@billybarr7443he aint lying ur just jealous u didnt get to meet him lol get outta here
Only person from our home town that gets mentioned in anything
Well deserved.
mini deadlift , few inches off the ground. 1897lbs , one of many many feats
That's called a hip lift buddy
Considering he deadlifts the front of a car is very impressive for his time and even today very few can do it!
There are many exceptional people out there who choose to stay out of the limelight.
What an amazing video. One of those guys you wish was around today. Makes you wonder where the records will be 20 years from now with current technology.
Thanks Ben. It's always great to watch sports progress and world records fall.
great vid and ive seen a lot about Paul,my impression is of a good man that was gifted and worked damn hard x
Thanks, he seemed to have a lot of compassion
Met him in Athens, GA a couple of times at his demonstrations. Sweet guy.
Really enjoyed thank you. the Russians nicknamed Paul WONDER OF NATURE. Paul and his wife were devout Christians. I saw an old clip ounce of then-VP Nixon feeling Pauls's flexed bicep. PS Bill Hinbern sells some really cool old reprints of the old strong men including Bob Peoples.
We used to drive past his home all the time in GA. My Dad got to see him live. I never did. I was too young.
My dad met him at the United States Air Force Academy in the 1960s. They brought him in for a strength demo. He had his hand wrapped with a metal plate in the palm with a 16 nail in it. He smacked a piece of wood and drove the nail all the way in.
Regardless of what, he did the majority of all his pull’s raw, and I don’t want to hear about gear, and that’s because of all the top guy’s in the world are on gear, and I’m not arguing with anyone about it. Thanks for another great video
he walked in the York High School Auditorium at the Senior Nationals , It suddenly got quiet , You could hear a pin Drop , He got everyones attention
I wish Anderson, Cyr and MacAskill could have competed in a time of more thoroughly verifiable record keeping
To get into his role for Rocky IV, Lundgren ate like a bodybuilder, which meant high-protein, low-fat, and low-carb. To stoke his metabolism, he would eat every few hours, adding up to 5-6 meals per day. He also used supplements including amino acids and protein to increase muscle growth and aid with recovery.
He worked out 2 hours wich means weightlifting in the morning and boxing in the afternoon
He was a beast, and he was all natural
I knew one man going back the whole span of my 40 years. He was able to hoist a 200kg. Piece of iron on his shoulder about 3 meters in length. No steroids...just pure raw animal! Paul was nothing short of a Silverback!
It's harder psychologically to be the ground breaker. In other words to by the 1st in history to do a certain weight. When it's never been done before there is always that doubt in the mind of 'Can this weight really be lifted by a human without a catastrophic injury?' For example when Super heavy weight powerlifter Garry Frank retired from Pro Football he could then focus only on powerlifting. The biggest total in history at that time was about 2453 lbs. (Total of your best squat, bench press and deadlift in the same meet) by Ed Coan of Illinois and he'd held the record for several years. Garry did 2462 aprox., then 2500+, 2700+, then 2804 lbs. within just a few months span. He was on the cover of Powerlifting USA Magazine seemingly every month with new all time total record. What proved that the mental barrier is the biggest limiting factor in lifting (and really any sport) was that within 6 months of Garry's 2804 total; 3 or 4 other lifters also went over 2800! They then believed it could be done and could train believing that goal was doable. As they say new ground is the hardest ground to plow. As with Garry, Paul had that rare mindset to be the pioneer. To go where no man had gone before. It's a rare few who will get under a weight in the gym or a meet platform that can and will kill you if something goes wrong...especially if no one has ever tried that weight before. That being said. I don't think we'll ever know how great Paul could have been. The strength sports were still in there infancy then with no one to push him. Competition drives you. And in his time Paul had none!
Thanks for your comment Buddy, all true although I would add that Garry and Ed predominantly only competed in equipped lifting
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He was in the movie "Once Upon A Horse". He carried a cow on his back.
I SAW HIM IN 1966...HIS GUINNESS BOOK RECORD WILL NEVER BE BROKEN
He was undoubtedly one of the strongest men to ever compete. Since human history is so long, it is not ever possible to state someone is the strongest to ever live.
interesting... there have been aprox. 15 billion human lives in history...currently 8 billion are alive... using statistics and "evolution" it can be concluded that yes to about 98% certainty.....running 100 meters in olympics is the greatest example of that.....9.86 second is getting to the math statistical limit as will include 100 billion people....
Hercules num 1
Elizabethton isn’t that far from me. I’ve been meaning to go by his house.
great strength and good role model
Fantastic Paul Anderson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent video. Paul was undoubtedly the strongest man who ever lived. His individual official lifts have now all been surpassed - but to this day no-one has even come close to surpassing his combined total of best official power lifts AND best official Olympic lifts. All of Paul's lifts were achieved without super suits, wrist wraps, spotters or help in getting the weight out of and back into the squat rack etc. The best and strongest ever in my opinion.
Strongest man without performance inhancing drugs and way ahead of his time. He achieved greatness because of his great faith in God.
2:28 amazing physique. Not shredded, not ripped, but built like the Juggernaut marvel character. If you weigh 164g with a height of 5'9" and you look like that - you know there's a lot of muscle under there.
Please consider a video on Louis Cyr's strength.
Strongest or not hes still one of my favorites
I had the great honor to meet Paul Anderson when he gave a demonstration and motivational speech at my high school.
He lifted the entire football team on his back
Stop telling lies lad
The year was 1973. I was a freshman in highschool, old sport. I recognized him from strength and health magazine. And the Guinness book of world records, so put that in your pipe and smoke it pal
I did exaggerate .he lifted about 10 football players on a table built by the wood shop teacher. He also one arm pressed a 225 lb. Dumbbell for 3 reps
@@billybarr7443got back to your barr u aint shit
I agree with you 100%
Any man that can side press 380 is far above any strong man ever. It should be impossible for any man.. definitely the strongest by a long shot..
Paul Anderson was definitely light years ahead of his time. Imagine what he could achieve with today technology and lifting aids. He was one of the greatest of all times.
The fact that he was 362lbs makes these lifts very reasonable.
That seems to be one serious victory kiss at 2:32 😁
LOL
If he would have trained todays strongman style and technique he would be dominating the competitions. Naturally super strong.
If only he had been born 20 years later a lot of his lifts could have been verified. He became a born again Christian and started a youth home.
Amazing to look at his official competition results, in spite of his poor technique. Everything after circa 1954 (Soviet) and 1958 (West) is doping
True legend.
I remember watching him on (I think) the Johnny Carson show lifting a piano with two girls on it with his back.
There used to be a picture in the Guinness Book of World Records showing Paul Anderson in a school gym deadlifting what they said was over 6000 LBS. It said Lifts over 3 tons. The bar was really bent like it was an absurd amount of weight. I was like 10 years old when I saw it and didn't know any better so I didn't question it. I would love to know the story behind that photo. He was really straining and there were a ton of plates on the bar. But the picture was taken from quite a distance so I wonder what that was all about. The record was listed as the most weight ever lifted by a man. Has there ever been a competition for partial squat or deadlift or any other lift ? I would love to see how much a person could lift off the ground if all they had to do was get it off the ground and not lift it to a certain height, same with the squat if all you had to do was lift it off the rack even just an inch or two. Even with bench press, just lift it up without having to lower it to your chest at all, keeping your elbows locked , partial biceps curl too. Just the movement where your strength is at its maximum. Definitely have to figure out some kind of way to stop the weight from falling on you.
I hope this video will answer your question as to the Guinness claim of a 6000lbs deadlift is even possible: czcams.com/video/PIZkoJv6Lfc/video.html
Since I made this video Radim now claims to pull over 2000lbs.
@@StrengthUniverse It was very disappointing when I first found out that it probably wasn't real. My Dad always thought that Paul Anderson was in a class by himself.
I still remain on my position.
Giant McAskill is the strongest ever
How do you prove whether the anchor was completely off the floor or only a part of it?
@shellcracker7 well give him 6 months and he would destroy everyone
@@thedailybullshowyoutube Size does not necessarily convert into brute strength all the time. Plus, the Bench is not the only movement. I'd say The Strongest Man ever should be able to do feats of strength involving every body part.
@@thedailybullshowyoutube That, I agree. I think there's not even 10 people in human history who stood properly at a 4 digit (in pounds) bodyweight.
Yes yes more old time lifters
Strongest man of all time by a considerable distance
I can't believe he managed to clean those weights like that!
I believe that Paul Anderson was the strongest natural power athlete of all time.
What song name in this video ?
Really 💪.
Definitely the strongest man to ever live easily ...
Legend 💪👍