Paul Anderson strongest man who ever lived 

The Guinness Book of World Records (1985 edition) lists his feat of lifting 6,270 lb (2,840 kg) in a back lift as "the greatest weight ever raised by a human being".

I knew him and he was a great person and preacher. R.I.Heaven Pah.

In the 1960's I saw Paul deadlift 630 without a warmup. And then squat 700 the same way. And he had been sick and was already retired. You had to see it to believe it. No drugs.

First. He wasn't a beast. He was The Beast of Beasts.

Paul drove a gutter nail through 2 2x4's and it sounded like a gun shot!! I could not pull them apart. He was so fast. It was unreal. Then I saw him lift a table with 8 6 foot tall men and taller sitting on this table. He got under the table and lifted it with ease. Also. He signed my bible.. :) The Russians called him a freak of nature!! I have a picture of him lifting over 2 tons in a dead lift!! That bar was bending!!! Crazy stuff.

He's still the strongest powerlifter. He full squatted 1115-lbs without any supportive gear. Completely amazing even today. Couple this with the fact that today's performance enhancing hormones didn't even exist back in the 1950s and you realize that the father of powerlifting is still unbeaten.

Paul Anderson Giant of the World

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Mind you the guy was shorter than I am and yet he would still give modern strength athletes/monsters a run for their money.

Paul Andersin listened to Country, Bubba

On a beau dire...rien ne concurrencera Alexiev 1970 1980 ou Talhakadzé le Géorgien avec 225 kgs a l'arraché bras tendu et 267 kgs épaulé jeté...la c'est dynamique..dynamite..souplesse..coordination..maitrise de soi.

Pound for pound, there are lifters that are also very impressive, like lifting 3 times your weight in a clean and jerk, that’s incredible! That’s like Anderson lifting 1000 pounds in a clean and jerk! Like Delamare, pound for pound, he is the pocket Hercules! I’m sure that with practice he would have been able to do a 600 pounds clean and jerk! For a 160 pound guy, he lifted 306 pounds with one arm… not bad at all, and that record is official!…

He did strength stunts, they were never measured by any proffesionals nor did anyone ever attemted his stunts immediately after he did, (not anyone at his level of the time anyway) so you have to rely on pics and stories. If anyone think this guy was stronger than say Kaz or Jon Paul (not even mentioning Big Z, Brian or Halfthor) you dont know anyting about brute strength.

Paul was definitely one of the strongest men who ever lived, he didn't know what steroids were. But he must have drank a lot of milk on the Dairy farm he grew up on. And just think about this, if I remember right, he was only 5'6". In one of the earlier posts here, someone said he was 160 lbs, and lifted 306 lbs with one hand. Paul Anderson 160 lbs? Must have been in Grammer School... lol

what were his records on deadlifts squat and other many more because there are stronger people 100 percent