Ed Coan 1998--2463 Total 

Not to mention this was after his hamstring injury which prevented him from pulling sumo. No doubt he'd have gotten 2500 if he could've done sumo.

I respectfully disagree with Andrey Malanichev totaling 2,469.1 raw. Personally I view Ed as overhyped

Bryson Presley Over-hyped? Lol he totaled 2463 @237 raw. Malanichev is my favorite lifter and a very humble and down-to-earth guy, but the thing is his total was 6.1 pounds heavier than Coan's while he was in the SHW class (over 308 pounds). I know it's your opinion but i just don't see why someone wouldn't agree that Coan is the GOAT.

I mean of course i have mad respect for Coan, I just don't think he was the greatest ever. Definitely up there though.

Jake Evans Lol this. Coan didn't even bother cutting water weight for his meets.

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Fat Pack Shortcuts He just deadlifted mine...

benched mine T.T

benched mine T.T

He did 2 1/2 my total

Ed's total is single ply.

how much weight does the single ply gear even add? I heard that back then single ply hardly did anything compared to the gear used now

Ed's single ply is not a standard squat suit dude. That thing would add hardly anything to his squat. This is about as strong as someone can get; and that is what powerlifting is all about. This whole raw vs. geared obsession is beyond retarded. You cannot take this lift or total away from coen because of his fucking shirt.

Jasper Aquino Ed is a beast but I would still not compare his lift to raw lifts done today especially vs raw with sleeves/belt.

VodeMasta666 Old equip like his probably not a lot.

Jonnh HAACK MENO 90KG 1022KG. RAW

Ed coan 110kg Attrezzato Wrap Maglia da panca

Mark Lester Jimenez steroids? Nah natural

Of course eddy was on stuff, there is no broblem with that.

Mark Lester Jimenez he's white. Most white guys are humble

@@martinluther4726 what a stupid comment.

Take away the STEROIDS and watch as his FAKE STEROID "strength" VANISHES away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

The wraps stretched like ace bandages, he wrapped himself and and today’s suits cannot even go on with one person. Amazing throughout all his lifts.

Thanks man someone with a 🧠. He was basically wearing a singlet with all his lifts.

Ed would wrap his own knees and put his own straps up. He was known for using the same old suit over and over. Very unreliant on the equipment in that era. No squat or deadlift bars, no monolift, etc. No bench shirt ever.

Take away the STEROIDS and watch as his FAKE STEROID "strength" VANISHES away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

oh, were you in the crowd?

You forgot “everything ed” and “lets go big boy” and “lets go bud” lol

Take away the STEROIDS and watch as his FAKE STEROID "strength" VANISHES away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

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Take away the STEROIDS and watch as his FAKE STEROID "strength" VANISHES away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

bit dramatic . lifts weights hardly stuff of legend

@@brucedickinson12 lets see you do something more legendary

@@brucedickinson12 maybe not to the walking dead like yourself

Several years later but I've seen this Bruce Dickinson guy basically comment the same thing on multiple videos about Ed Coan. Never really knew there were dedicated Ed Coan haters out there but hey that's the beauty of the internet.

Take away the STEROIDS and watch as his FAKE STEROID "strength" VANISHES away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

He deadlifts raw, his bench is always either raw or ton with a skimpy bench shirt, the knee wraps and suits back then didn't do shit.

what do you know about old school squat suits? plus you suck at lifting

***** forgot I asked ha

Charlie Galasso put on a pair of under armour compression shorts that are two sizes too small for you. That's about the assistance a suit gave you 15-20 years ago.

hildenbrandt21 ok but it was the best avaliable, that's all that matters. They were trying to use as much ad possible. Ed notably did not do that he used loose equipment. But its an arms race man, use the best you can.

This doesn't look early 80's at all.

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+J Gamez and what about self wrapping with this soft wraps?! No doubt GOAT

Take away the STEROIDS and watch as his FAKE STEROID "strength" VANISHES away! ROIDERS are FAKES! Stay natural buddy!

Tommy Pickles Pissening

Not in the AM bro

that shit was pretty funny.

I'd argue that lamar gant is the greatest. He won the world champions 15 years straight and it was never close. No man will ever do that again. He could have gone for 20 if he wanted too. Ed won like 6 and he tested positive 3x also. Both great but lamar is the best no question.

+stephen ruby I mentioned this to another poster but Ed did not test positive for steroids in 2 of the three suspensions by the IPF. The first time he DID test positive and he readily admitted he'd taken some Deca 6months prior to heal his torn pec and didn't realize how long it stayed in the system. The last two times he did NOT test positive for steroids. His test/epi-testosterone ratio has too high both times which implies he was using external testosterone. Ed denied ever doing that but the IPF basically didn't care.

That walk out is without peer. Total control of over 1000 pounds! Walking out the weight takes a tremendous amount of energy. Today, lifters not only squat above parallel, but do not have to walk out the weight when the meet involves the appropriate equipment. Ed Coan's squat at this meet looked easy. He had another 30 to 50 pounds in him.

i dont think so ahahha

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mrgbeecherify hahaha

IT absolutely is. Coleman is know for his feats of raw strength.

+TheT0nedude I agree with your assessment and it's actually quite brilliant. Ed had to lift, step back, and stabilize with a half ton on his back. The amount of time and effort that takes saps the entire body of energy. Re-racking is the same thing. Having to walk it back in makes the lift much harder. For those who want to really examine Ed's benching versus lots of people in modern day powerlifting, just look at how he was able to move his upper body. The bench shirts today make if difficult for lifters to lay down without having their arms stuck in the "up" position. They need 500 pounds on the bar just to get the bar to travel down to their chest! The shirt is a spring that adds more than 200 pounds to max bench numbers. Ed Coan is the most physically gifted lifter of our time.

COPFIT Media Agreed of course. If Ed had ever stooped to using the pussy monolift I'm sure he could've added more to his already massive squat. It's a fact that Ed lifted true super heavy weight class lifts at 110kg (maybe even at 100kg). He first hit a 1000kg total at 90kg(!) which is frankly ridiculous, at that meet the guy in 2nd (from Finland IIRC) had a total 10% less than him. When has that ever happened in any other world class level sport? (It just doesn't). Most of the guys lifting comparable weights were benefiting from 20-50kg of extra bodyweight, and the effect that has cannot be understated.

exactly mate. incredible strength for his body weight

+TheT0nedude Brett gibbs and jesse norris maybe. They both compete in IPF with really strict rules, such as drug testing, two hour weigh ins, and no knee wraps. And obviously no bench shirts. I think they are comparable.

booby b Just checked them out and both very strong lifters. It's possible for sure although Jesse is young and time will tell. Coan dominated 5 body weight classes with well over 10x totals (in each) from teenage years and up. Jesse usually competes raw (kudos) - which is very difficult to evaluate compared to equipped. Just watched Jesse pull 800lbs raw @198lbs (although lockout was suspect) but nevertheless impressive indeed -this was exhibition not judged. Compare that to Coan who pulled 860 at same bodyweight (also raw) at the Worlds. Only lift Coan actually did raw...

The Iron Toenail this is single ply

Dog I would t even call this equipped. Might have added 75 pounds to the entire total.

@@Sploshification bs. the squad alone 75-100

@@lauraspitz440 squad?

Turd McGee they do not kno da whey

Turd McGee we will spit on the non believers, brudda.

imtheheadboss517 Nah Eddie halls 500kg deadlift was