The World Record That May Never Be Broken! 

Thanks for watching 👍. Who do you think holds the Record?

Magnus's curls are the most legit looking to me...a prerty damn strict 140kg x 4. Much stricter looking than the rest, on a Olympic bar no less.

Grizzly even with horrible form training is still very very strong

So these guys are curling my deadlift! Awesome! Thanks for motivating me!

Kaz has it in my books. His list of accomplishments would be considered fairytale if not witnessed.

Anyone attempting these curls is a solid man and deserves much respect. Of all, I go with Kaz. He was an animal in training and competition. Even when you saw him make an incredible lift, you could hardly believe it - he was that strong.

If you want to officially make this a record, it needs to be a strict curl, with little body swinging. Also, weigh the plates they are lifting!

Bloatlord did it just for fun without being an armwrestler. Absolutely incredible

Wish we had some footage of Kazmeir curls. Even the 315 for reps and we would know. It's quite possible he was the strongest and at the time curling records or strict curls wasn't as big a deal or something he cared about.

I would give the record to Bill Kazmier. If that is even half true, it is insane. After doing that, many heavy cheat curls, he still was able to put up a 400lb curl. He truly is one of the strongest to walk this earth.

Levan looked the most impressive to me

Kaz was the type of athlete if you called him out he would step up and make it happen

Kazmaier's 400lbs seems legit considered he cheat curled 360lbs log with ease at 1981 WSM.

After winning 3 straight world strongman tittles they banned/wouldn't let Kaz compete for like 8years its was total BS because he was just so good.

Kaz did it at a seminar in front of 500 people .....143kgx15 makes 180kg x 1 achievable by him

Cyplenkov for sure, he set the record for strict curl aswell nobody could surpass this record so far without "cheating" with narrow grip.

Good video, first person to mention the video with Magnus Samuelsson, I believe his 4 curls on a straight bar were far better than Grizzlys and no doubt he would be close to 170/80 for one rep with swinging. He broke Nathan Jones arm in a strongman arm wrestling match in 95. I remember the first time I saw Manfred on WSM as a kid, he looked like a real life super hero, incredible arms even for a WSM competitor.

The clip at Dave's Gym when at Winnington in Northwich, Cheshire was where I tentatively started lifting weights in 1980, a proper spit and sawdust gym , Dave's gym moved some years later to Station Road Northwich and is still run by the family, I still go for a workout there when in the area visiting family, it also still has some of the cable machines from that first gym. Dave Mathers unfortunately passed away a few months ago, a lovely big guy who did a lot for the local area and a good strongman in his day.

Dennis Holds the Record the way I see it. Wide grip and less Cheat style, most others have a closer grip and sling the weights a lot more. I believe the act record video Dennis is at or against a wall to boot. It’s somewhere on RU-vid

My 3 favorite bodybuilders of all time are Frank Zane, Franco Columbu, and of course Arnold, no last name needed. Although there were many others in that era, those 3 impressed and inspired me the most. Franco's strength was also very impressive, especially when he blew up a hot water bottle till it popped and lifted the back end of a car.

My personal record for concentration curl is ten reps of 60 lbs., and at age 63 I'm impressed I could do it at all. I tried 65 and failed. I can be content with my limitation, since no one cares anyway.

I was almost 50 and curled 205 lbs straight bar Olympic weight, "clean form, no jerking".

thank you for your effort of collecting interesting stories i like your voice and your random collection of strength stories keep it up my friend and gl in the future

Bill Kazmaier was a beast!!! The most dominant WSM in history.

I curled 240 kg for three reps and would have done the fourth one but my mom woke me up so I wouldn't be late for school

At the age of 22 I cheat curled 235 for three reps somewhere in an 8 week cycle of Dianabol and test. It was just part of the workout. I was never close to that weight when I was natural.

Records are made to be broken, Respect to all.

It is Kaz for the win.

The problem with Samuelssons 140 kg x 4 rep feat is that some of the supposed red 25 kg weights were redpainted 15 kg plates, according to some people in the know in the Swedish strongman community at the time. I have watched the "Worlds Strongest Arms" video many times and a few of the red weights do appear to be painted 15kgs instead of 25kgs. 110 or 120 kg is the more likely total weight. Still bloody strong arms, but there is a huge difference between 110 or 120 and 140 kg cheat curls. Another giveaway is that just a moment after he supposedly lifted 140 x 4, he is seen struggling with curling dumbbells which look like they are just over 40 kg in weight. If he really was capable of curling 140 kg x 4, he should have toyed with the 42 kg dumbbells. The same thing happened with his supposed 270 kg x 2 bench press. The middle 25 kg weights look like painted 15 kgs. I.e., likely a 230 kg x 2 reps instead of 270 x 2. Watch the clips and make up your own mind.

1:20 That's got a be a joke with all that swinging.

I've done recently 135lbsX5 with not terrible form at 200lbs bw. That video motivated me to try and improve my 3-5 rep max curl

Notice that the arm wrestlers virtually don’t open up/close down their elbow angle at all. Virtually swinging the weight up with the arms in a fixed position.

*Tragic for Manfred, but his arms had a gallon of synthol in them.* I reached 135lb strict curls in my early 40's, and obviously without drugs which was good enough for me. At the time, curls were a priority done with naked bands and free weights. *It's a lift many people laugh at if you boast your numbers, but still very impressive to me.*

I’d think Kaz probably has the record as he definitely seems to legitimately have the strength to actually back up the story. Hard to even put Bills power into perspective. Still to this day prime Kaz would be a hell of a strongman, and that’s late 70s and early 80s stuff Can only imagine a prime Kaz with access to the kit present day strongman have at their disposal... 🤯 💪 The man was just on a different level, especially when it came to static raw power, so while I’d say Levan and Denis are probably the closest to Kaz I don’t think they have him beat. (and maybe Manfred as well, though not too sure if he really could back up his claim. Definitely was among the best though, that’s for sure)

Kaz gets my vote.

never ever question Kazmaier! He is arguably the best ever Worlds Strongest Man and was robbed of multiple titles by being banned. All I can say for sure is I don't hold any records like that. I'm all about strict form and lots of reps, especially now that I'm in my mid 50's

Denis easily the goat, he holds strict curl record too and yes, it's broken but no one did it with a wide grip like his

Levan’s set looked the most impressive. He looked as though he had a lot left and could’ve done a set of 5 with 165 KG. It’s also impressive that he held the last rep on the eccentric for a second. Denis Cyplenkov’s best set is actually 150 KG for 5, not 3. It’s in a separate video on RU-vid somewhere.

What is Kaz's heaviest curl that's actually recorded on camera? That should give us a pretty good idea if those unrecorded numbers are fair tales or not

I don't believe any claims unless there's evidence. On Rxmuscle Jimmy the Bull claimed to have curled 2 plates for "about" 70 reps, beaten only by Ronnie Coleman who did 100. This was at an expo but nobody filmed. And Ronnie didn't even warmup.

143 by 15 is incomprehensible. he could have started each rep by deadlifting it off the floor and it would still be spectacular

Holy crap, Manfred looks like a normal human when he's off the sauce

Also Petr Petras 160 kg x 3

I always liked curls like this just cause its easier to pull more weight with both arms Plus better balanced. At least in my opinion Dont get the shoulder drone on one side over the other like with traditional dumbell curls

😳kaz was a monster

IF I had to put money on it.... id put it on KAZ!!!!!! He was a freak AND on roids..... that combo with his history WINS!!!!!!

Well, I don't know what the record is, and who should be considered to hold it... Though, I do know that this vid was well put together, well presented, and apparently solid, fair and objective... +1 for a very good vid (which earned a sub from me!)

My vote’s for Kaz. I wonder what Paul Anderson could have done?

this is why we use the terms "unofficial world record" and "official world record"

Do a video on eddie hall vs john haack in static lifts with their lifts compared to their body weight

Magnus Samuelson had the strictest by far curls (4) over 300 pounds.

Don't mistake me, these guys are/were strong like hell...but they had moved the highest weights with the most possible SWINGING...so during armcurls you gonna raise the weight more or less with the whole body, right ? Maybe I've watched too many Nick Walker vids...THIS dude really practises EVERY movement 100% correctly...please take a look at "Walker Nation" and you know what I mean...again, my deep respect also to EVERY guy in your video !!!

I would think Kazmeir's claim in highly likely.

At 19yrs old 198ibs i did 500ibsx1 in my bday to match Eddie Robinson record. Bodybuilding & powerlifting will change your life make you see you can do anything you put your mind to do. If your willing to put in the work.

Some people must have been insanely strong, particularly when you consider, that some achieved this strength before the age of steroids ...

Very interesting video mate. However, i believe u would like to know some of the more names which could be in this list of heaviest cheat curls : 1. Possibly even before Douglas Hepburn and specially before the widespread use of anabolic steroids in Usa, the most mysterious man in the iron and physical culture in the history, Big Chuck Ahrens who was the widest and broadest man in the world recorded in his time for a decade and who made Paul Anderson look small in front of him, having measured bi- deltoid to be of 26-5/8" in 1958 and again reported to have 28" deltoids this time in 1959 , could reportedly cheat curl 325 lbs. He specialized in unorthodox feats of arm and shoulder strength that may be unequalled to this day. 2. Huge pro wrestler Warlord claimed to have done 225 lbs for 12 reps in cheat biceps curl. He was also witnessed personally by fellow pro wrestling powerhouse Barbarian doing 250 lbs cheat curl. 3. Pro wrestler Billy Graham who was the training partner of Arnold and Franco at Gold's gym, California during late 60s- early 70s and who held the 3rd heaviest World record in bench press in his time after Jim Williams and Pat Casey with the lift of 605 lbs back in 1969 , was witnessed by pro wrestling promoter Verne Gagne cheat curling 250 lbs. Gagne then proceeded to excitedly tell his newest signing talent of awa, Ken Patera about Graham's feat in the gym and told Patera to do a real lifting competition against Graham as Gagne thought that Graham could beat Patera to which Patera started laughing. 4 . Now, the most impressive and quite surprising incident. Legit Ifbb pro king Kamli said the most impressive feat of strength that he ever saw in gym in person was when he was working out in North Carolina at Ric flair's gold gym with his cousin when he saw Road warriors walking inside the gym. He said he saw with his own eyes Animal curling 225 lbs for reps and it was not in any swinging manner but in strict fashion. Kamli was shocked because he could curl with same strict form 135 lbs. Years later someone showed the video clip of King Kamli talking about this feat to animal and his first response was strict form but it was 275 lbs. King kamli probably missed that set as he was still in awe of animal's 225 lbs set. Can u believe that? King kamli knows something about weights and there was no reason for him to lie. Apart from this, does the name Steve Neece rings bell to my mind? Yes it does as he was the same bodybuilder turned iron games journalist who destroyed Paul Anderson's reported lifts that looked not possible with great proofs and evidences in his article. If u remember i sent u that article of Neece in insta. I think, i would believe Kaz's claim more as it was actually witnessed by 500 people at the exhibition in 1985 against the clash of neck behind the press specialist whose name i m forgetting right now. Nevertheless, Hoeberl could have done that lift too.

Great coverage! Can you please do strict curl next? As this is a little bit of a freak show tbh.

This comparison needs to be done relative to body weight. Some of the heaviest curls are less than the curler's body weight. It's more impressive for someone (such as Schwarzenegger) weighing around 235 pounds to curl 275 pounds, than Levan, who weighs about 390 pounds, to curl 385 pounds.

I have never been big on curls I hate doing them unless with chains or on a cable or hammer curls but I did 135 for 20 reps or more

Straight bar is for sure more difficult...

Jim Carrey used to do an impression of the Juice Man on In Living Color... That character might have had as much juice as Big Bill

Levan's strength is off the charts, I believe he holds the current world record. Bill was a legend during his time but strength sports has evolved and his bicep curls may have been a bit exaggerated. I've seen Levan train with people like Larry Wheels and he made them seem like little boys with his arm strength. Cyplenkov probably comes second, or Bill Kazmaier but it's hard to gauge his results.

The Kaz for sure...

the way levan controls and moves those 160+kg when the bar is over his chest for me is the most impressive feat of arm overall strength ever. wrist, hand, forearm and biceps. for the biceps only most impressive feat, for me is denis cyplenkov world record strict curl (that stands to this day since no one that lifted more did it with the wide more supinated bar he used)

Ninja Tylor holds the (recorded lifts) world record. Also, what about Captain Biceps? :D

Actor body builder/martial artist William Smith a world arm wrestling champion also, set record for strict reverse curling his own body weight 190 lbs.

On some of the later ones. it's amazing the tendons didn't tear.

Jared Dangerfield did a 275 preacher curl and Leroy Walker did 260 a "heaviest preacher curls" with dumbbells would be interesting

2:47 his traps are insane!

I remember seeing a video of Brutal Bertil doing what looked like poor form curls but he said it worked for him and looking at him back then you can't disagree.

They are not curling the weight, they are swinging the weight. BIG, BIG difference.

Problem with cheat curls is that some people really stretch the cheat part lol. Like putting it on their thighs and hips and basically hip thrusting it up and ducking down under it. Gotta at least use your biceps for the majority of it or it's not really a curl.

Incredible feats of strength

Since I'm a Bill Kazmaier fan, I'd like to think that Kaz holds the record, but without footage or some kind of proof, nobody really knows. There are so many impossible sounding strength records without video footage! Why is it nobody filmed Paul Anderson back lifting the 6270 pounds? It seems to have been important to record something like that to me.

I curled 90 lbs isolation curls with one arm for 2 reps at 17. I should've stuck with the training just to see what I could do at peak. To this day as an old man training curls very infrequently I can curl 65lbs per arm for a few reps or so. I might've been in the 300 club, who knows...

You should consider factors such as type of grip and body weight levels as it would have been more accurate than just comparing raw cheat curl strength

I didn't know bicep curls where a full body workout .... Levan had the closest curl but still threw his 400lb Frame into it .... id bet half of these guys would fail a 100kg strict curl ... which is still one hell of a feat

KAZ was the real deal with strength..Manford definitely had oil or something going on..but i guess he also had a lot of real muscle also...and size does not always mean strength..many variables with techniques here...some guys are doing them much stricter..Magnus seemed to have best form imo..

I would be curious to know how much they could lift if they did not cheat if they did strict against the wall curls

I used to work out with Doug Hepburn in the mid 70's at the old Broadway Gym in Vancouver. What a hole that was. Everybody was doing 3 sets of 8 of all different exercises, not Doug, he would get up and crush one massive rep then sit down for 10 minutes.

denis and levan have biggest strongest biceps in history clearly for me

DONT FORGET PAUL ANDERSON of Tocoa Georgia in the fifties...strongest man in history...look him up.

Levan Saginashvili is the clear winner here, having the control and the video footage to back his claim up.

Wrists do not like barbell and ez-bar curls, so I'm amazed they can withstand such pressure on their wrists. I am stuck with hammer curls with a dumbbell. My best is 264.2 lbs x 10 reps, 275 lbs x 6 reps, and 260.2 lbs x 10 reps so far.

Your right about the full body English, he was literally throwing the weight with his hips, not just swinging like the other guys.

Bill Kazmire was just something else man.

Kaz, no question

I would like to see a recird where the arms start off fully extended, no bend at all.

Kaz is the strongest in my opinion.

I win curls competitions years ago I was like at the time 65kg body weight and I curls 55kg but now got older and body weight heavier I have done 72kg

Arnold at 16 he did 125 kg 4x

The narrator sounds just like the guy from Wayne's World when they went to England to get his help to put on waynestock. Del Preston character, actor Ralph Brown

There's captain biceps, where he curled 155kg for one rep.

Kaz was so strong they had to start holding worlds 2nd strongest man competitions for a few years. Lol. I know it sounds like a Chuck Norris myth but its actually true.

Their technique is dangerous especially the bad form and use of momentum which could eventually lead to torn bicep tendons and a trip to see the orthopaedic surgeon.

M'Lord is a beautiful specimen!

Why does vintage strongman footage so often have Finnish subtitles?

I see two forms of cheat curls being done, the bent arm, and the straight-arm. I don't believe both forms can be compared.

Bill kaz has the record in my opinion considering he done it infront of 500 people thats good enough for my vote 😅

That’s my lateral raise warm up weight