Top 5 strongest bodybuilders of all time

[Fortress]

One of the most impressive things ive ever seen is the scene in Pumping Iron where Franco starts laughing with 315 on his chest, then racks it like its nothing. Scary power.

Stan is in the mix, unquestionable. Bertil Fox at 230lbs was crazy strong. Tom Prince was supposedly a power mutant at his peak, i guess Chick would know that better than anyone.

Apparently, yes.

[Shockwave]

Apparently, yes.

id hope so, dude just looked scary strong.

[Royalty]

Im putting this dude on the list. Chris Cormier said that he witnessed Mike Quinn using 500LB on Barbell Rows. I believe Cormier said it was 10 reps with decent form.

So, my list is:

Ronnie, Francois, Levrone, Quinn, Cormier

[Hulkotron]

Johnnie Jackson?

He can deadlift a shitload but it seems like Branch out-lifts him most of the time in their videos.

[mesmorph78]

He can deadlift a shitload but it seems like Branch out-lifts him most of the time in their videos.

This

[G_Thang]

End of thread...he's got an IFBB pro card = Strongest Pro Bodybuilder

any strong man from a Nordic country can get a pro card now in an africa qualifying show.  stan isn;t a bber.

[Bevo]

Strongest at lifting what has to be asked?

John Grimek lifted 11 1/2 pounds on the Weaver stick. If you can lift 5 pounds you are strong!

Ray Mentzer said he did two reps in the squat with 925 pounds.

Tom Platz did sets of 50 reps with 315 pounds.

Platz 315 for 50 reps??

Mentzer 925 squats for 2?? Hahaha

What a load of shit

[GraniteCityDon]

Platz wouldn't be able to do 315 for 12. 50 reps??

Squats mate, squats.............

[Bevo]

Squats mate, squats.............

 

I corrected it

[Royalty]

Platz wouldn't be able to do 315 for 12. 50 reps??

Mentzer 925 squats for 2?? Hahaha

What a load of shit

I think that Menzter did partial squats in a power rack. The safety pins were set so high that his range of motion was 1 foot or less.

[Bevo]

I think that Menzter did partial squats in a power rack. The safety pins were set so high that his range of motion was 1 foot or less.

So in other words it doesn't count...

Guys we have seen so far that are legit strong

Ronnie, Cormier, Yates, levrone, prince, etc..

[Shockwave]

So in other words it doesn't count...

Guys we have seen so far that are legit strong

Ronnie, Cormier, Yates, levrone, prince, etc..

Mentzer wishes he could be spoken with these guys.

[GraniteCityDon]

I corrected it

  i think he could do it, he had crazy endurance when it came to heavy squatting, unlike anyone ive ever seen. Hit 1RM would have been ridiculous.

Samir Bannout claimed to be much stronger than Casey Viator and the Mentzers in the deadlift. I still think Bertil was a freak before freaks were a good thing.

[Bam-bam]

probably not the strongest but still pretty damn strong

these are NOT 45s... hope this helps.

[Shockwave]

these are NOT 45s... hope this helps.

didnt look like it, bar doesnt look right for that much weight.

[BB]

didnt look like it, bar doesnt look right for that much weight.

It's #330. You can see the color coding on the handles 2 x #44(blue), 6 x #33(yellow).

Also -

I believe prime Platz could hit #315 for 50, especially gym reps.

.

[WOOO]

smell isn't everything

[ESFitness]

efferding
Ronnie coleman
chris cormier
eddie robinson (oilbased/insomniac/piece of shit scammer/fat chipmunk faced theif)
derrick Farnsworth (squatting lb for lb)
kevin levrone (bench)
johnnie Jackson (dl/squat)
eddie moyzan (bench/curl)
mike franscios (however you spell it)
flex's arms were strong as shit. concentration curls with 110's like it was nothing.
greg kovacs (smith machine stuff anyways)
jimmy pelachia (heavy, swinging/heaving weights... 150lb "tricep kickbacks" lol)

[Fortress]

I think that Menzter did partial squats in a power rack. The safety pins were set so high that his range of motion was 1 foot or less.

BINGO!

[Fortress]

Platz 315 for 50 reps??

What a load of shit

Well, I hit a set of 31 (my all-time best) without drugs, so to imagine Platz could at one time nail 50 isn't too impossible. Not that the feat isn't amazing, because it most definitely is.

Here I am doing 25 after a monster bench-press session preceded by a six-hour car ride:

[Danimal77]

Who do you think makes up the top 5?

Not necessarily in this order, but here are 4:

Ronnie Coleman
Marko Savolainen
Eddie Moyzan
Eddie Robinson

Still trying to come up with # 5

Casey Viator
Bertil Fox
Franco Columbo
Kevin Levrone
Tim Belknap

[Danimal77]

that colombu video, shows what a SHORT range of motion the dude has.. when i deadlift, i have double the frickin range.. these dudes are short.

[Fortress]

It's #330. You can see the color coding on the handles 2 x #44(blue), 6 x #33(yellow).

Also -

I believe prime Platz could hit #315 for 50, especially gym reps.

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And this video was the WBF's squat-off in the early '90s when Platz was FAR from his biggest and strongest.

[Danimal77]

And this video was the WBF's squat-off in the early '90s when Platz was FAR from his biggest and strongest.

Paul "Quadzilla" Demayo was up there as well.

[Hulkotron]

It looks like Big Lou mis-timed his carb-up in 1993.