Awesome that you got to witness such a legend. Paul is mythical to me. Strongest man ever in my opinion, simply due to the resources he had to work with.
@Steven Hickman Yeah but it would take 5 hours between putting all the chains and bands and shit and getting their 20 hypemen there to coax them into doing it
One of his more interesting contributions is how he used range of motion training. As seen in the footage, he would squat very heavy barrels from a hole in the ground (partial squat). Then, he would fill in the hole over time. This increased the range of motion for the same heavy weight until it was normal for him.
Interesting to see him doing press lockouts and handstand push-ups, presumably to improve his lock out strength for the full ROM press. Nowadays press lockouts are the go-to exercise for improving pressing lockout strength.
Too bad Chick-fil-A went against Truett Cathy's legacy and stopped supporting the Paul Anderson Youth Home. ministrywatch.com/chick-fil-as-truett-cathy-helped-give-paul-anderson-youth-home-its-start/
@Aaron Davis if you are looking to be the best in a strength competition, you will get legs now not later. Without that resolve you would never be great.
@Dennis Clarence isn't the strongest man in the world. Hell, he's not even the strongest in his weight class. He could probably be USA's top pick for his weight class though. So that comparison is unfair.
@@jessenerney1000 What? 800kgs? No, his maximum lift without assistance from equipment was 400kg. His equiped lift was 500kg which is his world record lift.
No doubt if he trained and ate and took the same supplements and enhancers as today's strongmen, he would be a top contender with the likes of all the modern multi time World's Strongest Man champions.
man everyone forgets this guy was doing these feats over 60 years ago without all the PEDs/steroids these strongman breaking records take now. Guy was a genetic freak when it came to raw strength
I don't think he used PEDS but it's not impossible. Human growth hormones came out of WW2.... Why did they put this tribute together and not mention Paul Anderson won Olympic Gold?
For those who say he roided. He didn't use wraps or even a weight belt. He only used 1 wrist wrap when he broke it. If he didn't use these basic & much cheaper items why would he use the juice?
Dan Gosh He obviously had a super-abundance of natural male hormones. Adding more probably wouldn't've made much of a difference, unless he wanted to maintain his strength & muscle while getting ripped. (I don't think he cared much about getting ripped :-)
as much of a huge paul anderson fan as i am, i'm pretty sure he was on the juice at some point. he was in russia during the beginning of olympic roid use and he was a york barbell club athlete during their big roids scandal back in the day. probably a combination of freakish genetics, early version of roids and genuinely excellent training, to say otherwise is somewhat misleading
+NoOdL3z18 5'9" is commonly thought of to be the perfect height for a super-heavyweight weightlifter. Any shorter when that thick, @ that weight, would interfere with mobility, & taller requires the lifter to move the weight a greater distance. When you lift in the unlimited weight-division, there's no reason to be lean, no advantage. All bodyweight can help counterbalance the bar, even fat. Thus, while Anderson did need carry a lot of muscle, he also was obese.
Самое удивительное Что никому ничего не мешает последовать его Путём . Однако чтобы добиться его результата Нужна именно его Мотивация. Неистовая Решимость .Яркий Феерический блеск в глазах.Несомненно Величайший Спортсмен на Все времена!
Just amazing. The amount of dedication it takes to improvise equipment/set ups on that level..plus no belts, straps, wraps etc..the guy was genetically perfect for power lifts. Prob the strongest legs of all time and he was almost certainly natty..just a one in a million specimen
My dad, when he was a kid, saw Paul Anderson perform at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Paul Anderson did the 2:20 feat and also used his hand to stick a nail into a 2x4 that nobody could pull out. My dad also said Paul Anderson was on TV and once did a push up that lifted a little elephant about an inch off the ground for a second or two. And this other time, he had ropes and pillows wrapped and tied around his arms, and then held back two cars pulling in opposite directions, spinning their wheels. A real life Samson!
If Pauls lifts were never filmed no one would believe it, but they were which makes it all a question mark. Probably the strongest man that ever lived, or at least had the strongest legs.
Not enough evidence for Anderson either it seems. Why is Fred Hatfield considered the first to squat 1000lbs if Anderson lifted 1200lbs years before he did?
@@waltersolomon9049 That is why I said probably and it is all a question mark? The strongest verifiable person in the world before steroids would be in my opinion Doug Hepburn.
Talk about improvising! There were no gyms, equipment or even AC like there is today. Just incredible drive and perseverance. He probably worked out in the mud when it rained. Bet the neighbors kept scratching their heads until he started to put the town on the world map.
@@devinpledger8160 You must know some very specific strongmen. With you hands elevated that movement will get you reps in the ball part of half to a quarter of your pullups. They're insanely difficult
He trained by using some stuff that he made and then he just trained really hard in his back garden! Wonderful work, no wonder why he was so physically very strong! But, I only weigh 60kg but yet can deadlift 180kg. It's all from the hard training!
I heard that Paul Anderson once said about doing squats: "I've done THOUSANDS of squats and I've hated every one of them." I can certainly understand his feelings. When I was competitively lifting I felt the same way but never voiced what I felt. I was glad to hear about someone who was the very best at it say the same thing that I was feeling but thought I would be ridiculed for it. I have no proof of this but I heard that Paul once got down to 300 pounds and he had incredible definition in his legs. I can't verify this, but I've heard about it.
It just goes to show you that back then they wanted it more than we do today. Pure hardwork and super dedication and a bit of juice of course. Still, the footage of him just lifting random shit in his yard is insane.
PLEASE NOTE SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT about two of the lifts he's shown doing: 1) with the 55 gallon drums contraption he's standing in a shallow hole, which he filled gradually over time until he was at ground level. IOW, he was very gradually INCREASING THE RANGE OF MOTION, thereby getting stronger. 2) the overhead presses suspended by chains? Each workout, he'd lower the chain one link at a time to very incrementally INCREASE the range of motion. Anderson was brilliant in coming up with this system.
Not sure why some people are saying the strong men of today are more athletic than paul anderson was? He could leap onto a three foot high table, he beat an olympic 400 meter relay runner in a 20 yard dash, and they didn't allow him to compete in olympic lifting anymore. I figure someone that can jump, sprint, and do olympic lifting is fairly athletic.
Look at all the olympic records being broken by modern day athletes. Everything is better now just because of modern tech and more money in the industry, and as tech gets better, these records are only going to be broken over and over again. Try putting his numbers against a relay runner in 2018. He would get embarrassed. Look at this guy, 5'9 300lbs compared to Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, you really think he could out lift him or out run him. If anything there is a small possibility of him being faster because, he's a lot smaller but even thats not likely. His fat percentage for his weight would be clowned on in todays standards and slow him down. The same argument happens in all sports like the NBA, MLB, and Soccer. Look at Wilt Chamberlin, and all of his supposed records which none were verified. He would be destroyed by a modern day center like Cousins. Back when he played, half the players couldn't dribble properly with their off hand. You think Pele was actually better than Cristiano Ronaldo? He was more dominant for his time, but thats because the competition back then is not the same it is now. It's pathetic how the older generation can't get over the fact that modern day athletes are way better. Getting the opportunity to play professional sports is getting harder because there is more money in the sports, more people are getting the opportunity to participate making the competition larger. He was great for his time and his competition, but its end there. Use logic Donnie Brasco...
If you can't see the comparison I'm making between strong men of Paul Andersons era, and todays by comparing it with other sports, then this conversation is meaningless. Not my fault its hard for you to make connections. Peace out brother
The steel drums I think was his 1,500lb. Quarter squat sets. I'm thinking back to the 1976 world book of records and I remember it having that on record.
Funny my granddad was at the show and got chosen to go up on the table. He ( Paul Anderson ) asked every 200 lb man to raise their hand then he proceeded to choose 8 men out of the bunch and some how my grandad was picked.
Gore4ever FulciLives not going to disagree with you on that. As a pro with little opportunity to make big money, he had to do things to get the crowds in and a bit of hyperbole helped. He was in the entertainment business. However, it remains that Anderson was so much stronger than anybody else at that time. When he was Olympic lifting, he went to Russia to compete and beat their lifters by huge margins. If he was around today, with modern nutrition and training, he would set some amazing records. Never seen a better technique for squatting. As Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell once said about Anderson, “he was a freak of nature”. His training techniques, although crude, were actually quite modern and well thought out. Rightly considered the father of powerlifting.
@Gore4ever FulciLives the assistance etc nowadays is better tho, imo we just have no way of knowing how he'd do. But as you said, the strongest of his time easily
All these guys like Eddie Hall, Mark Henry, Bill Kazmier, Brian Shaw, Thor, and Zydrunas Savickas they are some of the strongest human beings on earth but this guy is definitley the strongest. If he were to have the advantages of today like wraps, belts and suits, protein shakes and supplements he would of been even stronger.
yes without doubt he would have been stronger today but could not compete on the same level as todays wsm athletes as it is too athletic these days. 20-30 years ago when it was more static strength he would be up there with the greats.
Patrick Yanes no way bro... thnk about it it was 60 + years ago, no trainers, no supplements, no wraps, no power suits, & most importantly NO PED''s...!!!!!! Anderson was a freak of nature...
