Yeah, Franco's lower center-of-gravity definitely helped him in a lot of ways. Unfortunately, he was behind on points at the beginning of the refrigerator run, and he ran too fast to compensate, and that's when he suffered that terrible injury to his left leg.
It's interesting how many of these early World's Strongest Man competitors were either: 1) celebrities already, or 2) would become famous. Franco Columbu, Lou Ferrigno, and Olympian/pro wrestler Ken Patera were all at this event. These days, the World's Strongest Man competitors generally are not known outside of the sport and/or they do not transition into other lucrative areas when they retire from the sport, unlike the guys from the early days.
Not to knock on any of these guys but I think that's due to two things. No one really trained for strongman at this point, so the field was much wider and anyone who could be considered a strong man and had some profile to him was participating and two, pre-Kazmier, well known people measuring their strength against each other brought in the numbers big time at a time when the event needed supporters the most.
Possibly. You also have to consider that the 132-lb. Bruce Lee could hold a barbell loaded with 130 lbs. out in front of him for 20 seconds before dropping it. Pound-for-Pound, no one else has been able to hold that percentage of their body weight out in front of them for that long.
imagine being 5'6 and former 250 lbs, compressed down to 187 lbs bending that 5/8ths inch/2 foot long rebar like a piece of rubber. i'd give Lou Ferrigno a run for the money. while holdeing both ends of the rebar in one hand as i flex my type of pure strength
Ken Patera said he hated bleaching his hair. He had to do it for his pro wrestling character. After he was released from prison, he no longer had to have the blonde hair, and he went from playing a heel to a baby face.
I might be trippin, But it sounds looks like they had a voice actor(s) making grunting noises and did a voice over to make it look better for tv? Lol. Maybe not idk it jus seemed to sound the same way as some old westerns and movies I’ve watched lol
if the could use their head and jaw, could they use their ass? I bet even I at 150lb could bend that bar if I could use my ass lol. seriously. you can get the bar under your glutes and just shrug the shoulders and the bar will bend. it would be easier than bending it over your knee
