The Strongest Man who ever lived

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Louis Cyr (born Cyprien-Noé Cyr, 1863–1912) was a famous French Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds (227 kg) with three fingers and carrying 4,337 pounds (1,967 kg) on his back, show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness chairman Ben Weider, the strongest man ever to have lived.

[Agnostic007]

Louis Cyr (born Cyprien-Noé Cyr, 1863–1912) was a famous French Canadian strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds (227 kg) with three fingers and carrying 4,337 pounds (1,967 kg) on his back, show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness chairman Ben Weider, the strongest man ever to have lived.

Pics or it didn't happen

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http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Cyr/gallery.htm

[jodsy]

yes but who was the strongest man to have never lived?

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Pics or it didn't happen

This is verified by the Weiders.

[funk51]

pound for pound arthur saxon.

[Wez]

This is verified by the Weiders.

Now that's funny!

[SuperTed]

[TEMPER]

Paul Anderson was miles above Cyr in terms of every aspect of strength. Chronologically and socioeconomically speaking for Anderson to have even dreamed of getting his hands on a steroid would have been nearly impossible. Which makes him exponentially more impressive.

 

[Army of One]

The strongest man who ever lived posted here

So I went down to Florida for vacation....had a great time in Disneyworld...

Went to my parent's house for thanksgiving dinner.  My stepmother wanted me to move a landscaping rock for her that they had delivered a week before.  The rock weighed 590 pounds according to the reciept from the place they bought it from.  Not only did I manage to lift this rock off the ground, i was able to carry it about 30 feet from the curb where it was dropped off to the garden next to the driveway. 

No belt, no lifting straps, no chalk.

590 pound stone....an 800 lb deadlift can't be that far away.

suck on that haters 

[Army of One]

Clearly playing the size game here, those monstrous arms must have been a sight to behold!

[OneMoreRep]

I thought it was some chubby Arab there that they have on YouTube. The guy claims to have many wives and eats a horrible diet.

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[BB]

The strongest man who ever lived posted here

Aha, yes, the mighty Kegdrainer stone. A feat never to be equaled.

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I thought it was some chubby Arab there that they have on YouTube. The guy claims to have many wives and eats a horrible diet.

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Zezedah or whatever his name is, has to be among the strongest - however Olympic type lifts use a lot of athleticism and coordination/momentum and skill to move the weight that takes years to master. Powerlifting uses less 'power' ironically compared to Olympic lifting, and more brute strength.

[OneMoreRep]

Zezedah or whatever his name is, has to be among the strongest - however Olympic type lifts use a lot of athleticism and coordination/momentum and skill to move the weight that takes years to master. Powerlifting is power ironically compared to Olympic lifting, and more brute strength.

So you know who I am talking about then.

There are a number of claims out on the internet regarding who truly is the world's strongest man.

It's a hard call..

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The strongest man who ever lived posted here

Strongest Getbigger was "big g man" pip

[SuperTed]

So you know who I am talking about then.

There are a number of claims out on the internet regarding who truly is the world's strongest man.

It's a hard call..

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You are referring to this guy:

 

[bigmc]

Big Z

guy is a machine

[Nails]

paul bunyan

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So you know who I am talking about then.

There are a number of claims out on the internet regarding who truly is the world's strongest man.

It's a hard call..

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IMO, you would have to train the greatest the greatest Olympian, Powerlifter, and Strongman competitor in each respective sport and have them compete in an event combing each of those sports. Wonder who would win such a competition if trained.  

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"When MacAskill was approximately 14 years old he travelled on a fishing schooner from St. Ann's to North Sydney and the crew took him along to a dance. An altercation with a dancer led to MacAskill striking his tormentor's jaw with his fist. That gentleman landed in the middle of the floor and was unconscious for so long the other dancers thought he was dead.[1] When the captain returned to his schooner he found MacAskill on his knees praying that he had not killed the man."

[Papper]

You are referring to this guy:

 

That was the weirdest fucking interview in a long time.

[Parker]

I thought it was some chubby Arab there that they have on YouTube. The guy claims to have many wives and eats a horrible diet.

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yes, he bends coins with his eyelids and he has 600 horsepowers.

[Sophus]

yes, he bends coins with his eyelids and he has 600 horsepowers.

And there was definately no cut right before his inhuman strength bent that coin

[Europe]

This guy!!
Hossein Rezazadeh
 As a reward for setting a world record at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships in Vancouver, Canada, Mohammad Khatami awarded him 600 million rials (a little more than US$60,000 at the time) to buy a house in Tehran. After his spectacular performance, he was offered by Turkey’s Weightlifting Federation a stipend of US$20,000 a month, as well as a luxury villa and US$10 million reward if he switched nationalities and won gold for Turkey at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but he turned down their offer. Rezazadeh rejected the tempting offer saying, "I am an Iranian and love my country and people."