Human Strength

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(06-01-2016, 01:26 AM)brotherbear Wrote: No longer with us - Paul Anderson and Andre the Giant. Andre, although he never worked out was stronger than any professional wrestler of his era.
 
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I do remember Paul Anderson (his 1000-pound raw squat, though) and his backlift was quite impressive; a little more than 6000 pounds! 

I am not sure about Andre, though, Hulk Hogan was incredibly strong as heck as well.

Three ancient strongman which I think should definitely be mentioned are Louis Cyr, Angus MacAskill, and Joe Greenstein (do more research on them.)

Louis Cyr (5'10" and 350-400 pounds): 4400-pound horse backlift, 553-pound one finger deadlift, a supposed 1500-pound deadlift, a 1660-pound squat with a farm bull, and a 1100-pound boulder lifted upon his waist-level.

Angus MacAskill (7'9" and 420-500 pounds): picked up a 110-pound weight with only two fingers and held the weight at arms length for ten minutes straight, easily flung a 600-pound ship anchor over his shoulder, single-handedly tilted a ton-weighed boat, and (probably) lifted a 1000-pound horse over a 4-foot fence without much struggle.

Joe Greenstein (5'4" and 190 pounds): drove 20 penny nails through a 2.5 inch board with only his bare hands, flipped over a car weighing 1.5 tons, bending a 1.2 inch iron bar with straight arms, and biting through a nail with his teeth.

What is amazing is that these old-time strongmen, without any supplements or drugs, were still able to somehow train themselves to be much better than some of today's strongmen in some aspects!

Yet these recorded feats still do not even arrive close to some of the feats of wild animals. Reply