Aye, if you did do it about the heaviest ever, Glen Ross weighed well over 500lbs in the mid 2000s. I can only imagine what a GP check up for him would have been like at the time. I love static monster strongman more than anything so he's one of my all-time favourites but what the hell was he eating?
You were not as heavy as some but were stronger than most but had to compete every week just to wait is so wrong that generally public don’t appreciate what you all do
would probably be dominated by the smaller athletes from the early days. Maybe lightest to make the finals? But man, Franco Columbu has gotta be close to #1
I got annoyed when the Guinness Book of World Records listed the TALLEST person ever to play basketball as a professional but never listed the SHORTEST to ever do so. If you are going to show records might as well do it from both sides. I remember seeing a RU-vid vid where a strongman competitor got the joshing nickname of "little" then his name (forgot the name) because he weighed "only" 280. 280 is super heavyweight in most sports so its ironic.
@@bmstylee it would be an advantage if all these guys trained isometrics, a lot more strenght when doing isometrics since it strenghtens your tendons etc.
Rare is the man who can carry 400 lbs plus without severe (and fast encroaching) health implications, unfortunately. I think it’s a great thing for the sport that athletes seem to be downsizing for this reason. Athletes like Mitch are showing that you don’t have to be a 400 lb + monster to be ruddy strong. Even Tom Stoltman (probably the one current athlete except Thor who could “comfortably” hold 400 lb plus of body weight) looks like he’s leaning out a bit from previous years without losing any strength.
@@high-captain-BaLrog Two of them died before they were 50. Mike Jenkins and O.D Wilson. Cleve Dean passed when he was 51, Jerry Blackwell at 45 and James Perry aged 57. Cleve, Jerry and James weren't really strongmen per say, they just competed in the wsm once or twice but came from other sports.
He wasn't as heavy as these guys, but the guy I watched (and just about everyone else), was the GOAT of the 90's...The Icelandic Viking, Magnus Ver Magnusson.
It's interesting to think about athletes of the past and how they would have done in strong man. For instance, the Italian boxer, Primo Carnera I think would have been a wonderful strong man, especially if WSM was around then and he trained and ate for it.
You didn't list Durwin Piper who was 410 pounds at the 1981 WSM and Benedict Magnusson who got as high as 425 pounds. Also, you only listed these competitors heaviest World's Strongest Man competition weights when in fact, they all weighed significantly more in other competitions. Big Z got up to well over 400 pounds at the Arnolds. Terry Hollands was up to 450-460 pounds at his heaviest. Brian Shaw was over 460 pounds at the Arnolds. Torfi got close to 500 pounds and competed at 419 pounds at the WSM (heavier than you listed him). Eddie Hall got up to 430 pounds. Jerry Blackwell got up to 475 pounds. Cleave Dean weighed 467 pounds at the 1980 WSM (440 in 1979) and got up to 600 pounds at this heaviest while competing as an arm wrestler. Glenn Ross got as high as 547 pounds and was 474 pounds at some of the UK's strongest man competitions he competed in.
They intentionally just focussed on their WSM peak weights. But yeah I was thinking the same thing with ref to Cleve Dean in particular. Which would make him the heaviest to ever compete at WSM.
liz who obviuosly researched and did this video -- could only go on what the offical stats are by wsm them selves when athletes get measured and weighed before they compete in the heats.. prehaps before or after in the year some for these athletes were heavier or lighter but that dont matter --- this was just for wsm
@@jessehall9420 You're right. Also there was a definite lack of hieght and weight listings in the 70s and 80s so info was hard to come by. The didn't pop up on screen like they do today. You had to listen to the commentary which may or may not have been factually accurate. I think Liz did a great job.
A true and balanced test of strength should equally punish athletes that are too small or too big and to be fair most competitions do. I think the big Z and Eddie era of strongman (especially WSM) the test had become too static and favoured very heavy athletes too much
@@Adamrawlifting123 i swore he was around 220-225kg at some comp in england in the 00s and i remember Cleve Dean being booked at 480...i just dont believe Brian was the heaviest to compete at worlds.
Just to add, the athletes weights tend to fluctuate a fair amount, but these numbers are from their heaviest listed weights when competing at The World's Strongest Man.
well, Thor didn't set an official strongman world record.. his 501kg lift is an Unofficial WR. Also, before anybody says anything about the official judges.. it's been documented that they were bullied into being there for threats of sponsorships dropping out. Eddie Hall holds the official deadlift record. Do your research, my guy. smh
They said 460 and 465 lbs for Cleve Dean at 1979 wsm competition and 31 stone 6 lbs ie , 440 lbs at 1980 wsm competition. Dean got slimmed down in 1980 ? I don't know about that.
dominic was a proportionally enormous man. not even fat. just outrageously huge. those who have met him in person said it was like a different species next to them. RIP to him. if Josh Silvas makes a comeback in strongman, he would be topping the list. 1st ASM was super promising but never seen him since. been super quiet on social media as well. dude is an absolute powerhouse.
@@NSD-fp9qj Nope, Thor is the only one who actually looks 'lean' at 400+, with a good physique. Gav looks fat over 400 pounds. Shaw is in much better shape than Gav but still doesn't carry it like Thor does.
@@wolololer I think that Hafthor in 2018 was most likely the strongest human in history. But Brian and Z have careers with a lot more achievements in my opinion.
@@cristiangamboa2037 exactly, Brian and Big Z had a better carreer overall, but Hafthor was the strongest ever in my eyes. Also covid and Eddie beefs with Hafthor rly fucekd up his carreer, is a shame we didnt see his true potential
the crazy thing is that some of the best in the world rightnow are not as big as these guys! like: Mitchell Hooper - mateusz kieliszkowski - Oleksii Novikov - Rob Kearney - Pavlo Kordiyaka
If you look at Tom and Thor, they are clearly tall and large framed, but without weight training they might have been quite "skinny", I wonder who is the most naturally massive strongman, a person that would have been huge even without lifting weights?
Tom played soccer growing up. Brian and Thor both played basketball. They were definitely thinner back then but also teenagers. By the time each of them were say 24, they were beasts.
Crazy to think that Mika Törrö at #19 is a tested athlete. Finlands Strongest man athletes are required to sign an anti doping contract and they are randomly tested when they are under that contract. Contract needs to be signed at least 3 months before the competition and after that it is in effect indefinitely. Once the athlete or Finlands strongest man organization wants to end that contract it will take at least a month to be terminated. I wonder if this is the reason we don't see as many Finns in the WSM these days.
The late Franco Columbu was only five foot five and I think around 200 pounds (though I do not know exactly) when he competed in the 1977 Worlds Strongest Man competition and I think he made 5th place. I wonder if it was him?
Brian and Hafthor, both weighed 210kg, Hafthor mentioned it in the interview with Brian when he asked him what he weighed the most.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZbUdsvLor5w.html ASC 2012 - first Arnold competition ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qAr_BxonCnk.html 19:55 - Hafthor weighed 205 kg, by comparison, he stands next to Brian..
The legend Shaw will hopefully focus on losing some weight in the future. He's a husband and father now and big, heavy people don't live long, healthy lives.
@@a1b9c2 That will help some but the sad reality is that he probably won't live much past 70 if he even gets that far. Even if he really slims down he will be huge by conventional standards and tiny petite people tend to live way longer.
@@Adamrawlifting123 Nah he said himself he was at least 206kg in his early days. He wanted to match his weight up with his height. He had a similar physique to Brian in his early days
Eddie Hall struggled at strongman due to his size as he was far too heavy for his height, he seems obsessed with been big which can’t be good for his health Even now he’s weighing almost 170kg which is crazy, he’d be much better off dropping 40-50kg as he’d still be big but not unhealthily big
Didn't Thor in his very early days weigh like 210kg plus ... He dropped a lot of weight soon after but yeah sure he was a unit when he first turned up.
@@BigLozOfficial Thanks Loz. I often wonder if some of the heavier strongmen would have improved their performance if they had been lighter. I know mass moves mass, but what is too heavy? Maybe 400lb is too heavy for some of the stongman events?
