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Title: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Magnus on May 10, 2010, 03:42:37 AM
70's....................... .I say Mentzer

80's....................... .Ditto

90's....................... .Yates

until now?...............Coleman



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Title: Re: Who was the stronges bb of the decades
Post by: Magnus on May 10, 2010, 08:41:45 AM
Maybe also Viator in the 70's
Title: Re: Who was the stronges bb of the decades
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on May 10, 2010, 09:13:24 AM
Ferrigno and Columbu proved their strength in the strongman. Somewhere I read that Ferrigno's deadlift was 900.  :o Don't know if that's a real stat.
Title: Re: Who was the stronges bb of the decades
Post by: BB on May 10, 2010, 09:26:32 AM
Years ago someone tracked these numbers down for Columbu in a few European competitions-

 Powerlifting:

 Bench Press 520 lbs.
 Squat 655 lbs.
 Deadlift 750 lbs.

Weightlifting:

Olympic Press 325 lbs.
Snatch 270 lbs.
Clean and Jerk 400 lbs.

In the 70's, you have lots of competition-

Chuck Sipes was crazy strong. A fellow named Bill Seno was an absolute beast in Bodybuilding and Powerlifting, winning major contests in both. Also a very good OL'er. He was still around in the early 70's.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: viking1 on May 10, 2010, 10:42:05 AM
70's    Kal Szkalak
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: FREAKgeek on May 10, 2010, 11:38:29 AM
Bertil Fox could bench 600 lbs back in the day
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on May 10, 2010, 12:04:15 PM
70's....................... .I say Mentzer

80's....................... .Ditto

90's....................... .Yates

until now?...............Coleman



post away if interested.
bye

if by "strongest" you mean was lifting heavier weights so cormier should be the man of the 90s!!.. dorian was never the strongest weights wise!!..
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: lesaucer on May 10, 2010, 12:16:49 PM
levrone was fucking strong.. but he didnt do squats or deadlifts tho
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: ChristopherA on May 10, 2010, 12:17:16 PM
if by "strongest" you mean was lifting heavier weights so cormier should be the man of the 90s!!.. dorian was never the strongest weights wise!!..
Yeah Cormier in the '90's was the man.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Sherief Shalaby on May 10, 2010, 12:26:06 PM
Yeah Cormier in the '90's was the man.

i remember i read in an old flex magazine that during the GP tour in 96 dillet, levrone, taylor, cormier, and others were discussing who was lifting more and all agreed that cormier was the strongest pro. in these days!!.. then flex magazine wrote in the same article about the tour something like ".. nasser the serious minded guy excused them and left to his room when he found the conversation turned to be about weights!!).. ;D
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: JasonH on May 10, 2010, 12:29:47 PM
70's....................... .I say Mentzer

80's....................... .Ditto

90's....................... .Yates

until now?...............Coleman



post away if interested.
bye

Wrong on all except Coleman.

Yates wasn't as strong as Cormier, nor was Mentzer as strong as Columbu.

The 1980's is a hard one to pick though.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Les Grossman on May 10, 2010, 01:02:51 PM
Wrong on all except Coleman.

Yates wasn't as strong as Cormier, nor was Mentzer as strong as Columbu.

The 1980's is a hard one to pick though.

If you count guys who competed across two decades (late 80's early 90's) then Eddie Robinson was one of, if not the, strongest BBer in the 80's.

Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: ChristopherA on May 10, 2010, 01:39:28 PM
Wrong on Coleman?! 500lbs flat bench x 10, 800 squat x 2, 500 bent rows, etc. Who's stronger?
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Dreadlifter on May 10, 2010, 01:46:43 PM
If you count guys who competed across two decades (late 80's early 90's) then Eddie Robinson was one of, if not the, strongest BBer in the 80's.



Eddie Robinson jumped into my mind but i wasn't sure which he fitted in to.

70's- Franco

00's - Coleman, i guess you could put him for the 90's too.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: NarcissisticDeity on May 10, 2010, 01:51:29 PM
Wrong on Coleman?! 500lbs flat bench x 10, 800 squat x 2, 500 bent rows, etc. Who's stronger?

This man  :-X
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: JasonH on May 10, 2010, 03:05:23 PM
Wrong on Coleman?! 500lbs flat bench x 10, 800 squat x 2, 500 bent rows, etc. Who's stronger?

You read it wrong - I said wrong on everyone except Coleman.

Coleman was easily the strongest of the year 2000 onwards.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: KevinP85 on May 10, 2010, 03:32:23 PM
if by "strongest" you mean was lifting heavier weights so cormier should be the man of the 90s!!.. dorian was never the strongest weights wise!!..


Cormier was no doubt strong, but watching those Battle for the Olympia segments he did half reps and couldn't even handle the 200's that Ronnie pressed with ease. Strong yes, but I'd put Levrone ahead of him.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: claymore on May 10, 2010, 04:24:03 PM
70's....................... .I say Mentzer

80's....................... .Ditto

90's....................... .Yates

until now?...............Coleman



post away if interested.
bye




Svend karlsen & Jon pall sigmarsson
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: James Blunt on May 10, 2010, 04:30:25 PM



Svend karlsen & Jon pall sigmarsson
Those guys are pro bodybuilders?
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: claymore on May 10, 2010, 04:42:13 PM
Those guys are pro bodybuilders?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Karlsen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_P%C3%A1ll_Sigmarsson
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: keanu on May 10, 2010, 11:30:55 PM
Coleman was lifting the heaviest weights by the mid to late 90's. Greg Kovaks was in the early nineties. Mike Francois was deadlifting some killer weights. Yates was the biggest on stage but not the strongest.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Parker on May 10, 2010, 11:49:08 PM

Cormier was no doubt strong, but watching those Battle for the Olympia segments he did half reps and couldn't even handle the 200's that Ronnie pressed with ease. Strong yes, but I'd put Levrone ahead of him.
Was this before or after his pre/post "smoke" and nubain mix.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: KevinP85 on May 11, 2010, 12:05:28 AM
Was this before or after his pre/post "smoke" and nubain mix.


1999/2000 ish, didn't know Cormier had a pre/post "smoke," nubain mix, always thought he was on ;D
Title: Re: Who was the stronges bb of the decades
Post by: Magnus on May 11, 2010, 07:15:21 AM
Ferrigno and Columbu proved their strength in the strongman. Somewhere I read that Ferrigno's deadlift was 900.  :o Don't know if that's a real stat.

Honestly I do not believe a 900 deadlift of Lou, no offense
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: NeoSeminole on May 11, 2010, 08:06:23 AM
Jon pall sigmarsson

beat me to it >:(
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: Magnus on May 12, 2010, 07:47:23 AM

Is there anyone that knows the poundages used by Viator?
Title: Re: Who was the stronges bb of the decades
Post by: #1 Klaus fan on May 12, 2010, 10:49:16 AM
Honestly I do not believe a 900 deadlift of Lou, no offense

Yeah, highly unlikely. Now when I think about it, I'm not sure if the number was 850 or 900 that I saw.  :-[
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: FREAKgeek on May 12, 2010, 11:40:58 AM
Is there anyone that knows the poundages used by Viator?

One well known workout for legs he prexhausted with 20 reps 750 lbs leg presses, followed by 20 reps 225 lbs leg extensions, followed by full rom squats 13 reps with 500 lbs, no rest.
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: ToxicAvenger on May 12, 2010, 11:50:26 AM
greg kovacs...if u r to believe that he used to behind the neck press 600 on the smith machine


jimm quin and billy smith come to mind
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: geneticmarvel on May 12, 2010, 01:39:06 PM
Reg Park, Viator, Franco, Ken Waller to name a few from that era.
Cormier, Coleman, JJ, Branch Warren (if you consider the 3" ROM strong)
Those are just the top guys. There are probably tons ive never heard of.
Title: Re: Who was the stronges bb of the decades
Post by: hench on May 12, 2010, 03:14:06 PM
I dunno, I've seen him throw a 1000lb grizzly bear before
Honestly I do not believe a 900 deadlift of Lou, no offense
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: TRIX on May 12, 2010, 05:12:42 PM
Lou was struggling benching some small weight in pumping iron. 900 lb deadlift. LOL. A brain you do not have. Would struggle with 500 lbs
Title: Re: Who was the strongest bb of the decades
Post by: geneticmarvel on May 12, 2010, 05:40:14 PM
Lou was struggling benching some small weight in pumping iron. 900 lb deadlift. LOL. A brain you do not have. Would struggle with 500 lbs

Yeah 900 is BS for Lou, maybe 6 hundo if he were lucky.