big MAC- The ownage of Iron

[deegee]

Good viewing, I always enjoy the lifting at the olympics especialy

[waldo]

Naim...possibly the strongest man pound for pound to ever walk the earth? What are your thoughts? (open question)

[big MAC]

Naim...possibly the strongest man pound for pound to ever walk the earth? What are your thoughts? (open question)

Definitely not going to argue with that.

[2guns]

whos he?

[waldo]

A Bulgarian weightlifter who defected to Turkey in the early 80s. First man to Clean and Jerk three times his own bodyweight, 180kg at 60kg bodyweight. Broke his first world record at 15 and a half years old, three ol;ympic golds. All this at 4'10" tall!

[2guns]

anybody ever read about mark henry? now a professional wrestler.

another person with out of this world strength at a very young age.

u guys should google him its an interesting read and i couldnt believe it.

sure he weighed abit more than th other dude (now around 400lbs i think)

but when he was 10 years old he was pl records etc

[2guns]

http://www.criticalbench.com/Mark-Henry.htm

[2guns]

Mark also set the record in the deadlift, deadlifting 903lbs in high school, which is 20lbs off of the greatest deadlift ever witnessed

in high school!!!!!! less than 10 kgs off the best ever!!

[big MAC]

Mark also set the record in the deadlift, deadlifting 903lbs in high school, which is 20lbs off of the greatest deadlift ever witnessed

in high school!!!!!! less than 10 kgs off the best ever!!

I read something else saying he was 19 when he did it, still amazing.

He had alot of potential, but I still believe Zydrunas Savikas would have eaten him for breakfast.

[Varven]

What about that other Finnish lad.. I think Benny Ferguson (I might be mixing up the name ) at the age of 20 he deadlifted 425kgs.. Im sure the video is out there on You tube...

[2guns]

No man has cut weight, lost everything they worked hard for. Only to gain it gain all of his brute force back in a month's period of time, to beat the best of the best at the World's biggest event the Arnold Classic! And for that, by the definition STRONGEST, Greatest brute strength ever that is Mark Henry!

did he really lose most of his strength then in a months time gain it all back?

if so this would mean it took him a month to become stronger than everyone else and take out the comp everyone had been training their whole lives for...?

[big MAC]

No man has cut weight, lost everything they worked hard for. Only to gain it gain all of his brute force back in a month's period of time, to beat the best of the best at the World's biggest event the Arnold Classic! And for that, by the definition STRONGEST, Greatest brute strength ever that is Mark Henry!

did he really lose most of his strength then in a months time gain it all back?

if so this would mean it took him a month to become stronger than everyone else and take out the comp everyone had been training their whole lives for...?

Thats bollocks. Hyperbole everwhere. It wasn't the massive strongman event it is today.

[big MAC]

What about that other Finnish lad.. I think Benny Ferguson (I might be mixing up the name ) at the age of 20 he deadlifted 425kgs.. Im sure the video is out there on You tube...

Benedikt MAGNUSSON and he's ICELANDIC! :grin:

[2guns]

those guys have way more gear than the old skool lifters

[waldo]

Can I throw in Bill Kazmaier and Ed Coan here?

[2guns]

are they strongmen or olylifters or wat?

also how does everyone think guys like big ronnie coleman and markus ruhl would do in strongmen comps?

[waldo]

Both were powerlifters, Ed Coan was/is one of the best squaters ever. Not sure if Kazmaier's world record still stands but he held the total record for the super heavy class (1100kg, set in 1980) for years. He also went onto win the World's Strongest Man three times.

http://keithpayne.homestead.com/KAZ.html

[big MAC]

are they strongmen or olylifters or wat?

also how does everyone think guys like big ronnie coleman and markus ruhl would do in strongmen comps?

I think Ronnie would do alright but get killed by the better guys in strongman. Same with Markus.

Those guys have way more gear than the old skool lifters? What are you talking about? How old is old skool? Drug use has been going strong since the 70's man. In some sports even in the mid-60's.

[2guns]

sorry. by my post i meant. the strong men of today have more advanced drugs (stronger/better) imo you cant compare.

its like comparing tiger woods with jack nicholaus u cant do it just based on records. u have to take into account lots of different things