Getbig.com: American Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure
Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Bluto on August 08, 2006, 03:46:38 AM
-
What is it with those swedes, they have Magnus Samuelsson now, been in the top of the worlds strongest man for years... and before they had August Johnson who was as strong as Lois Cyr, strongest man of all time.
I'd say August Johnson was the worlds strongest considering his height and weight - 205 lb, 5' 11".
-
"In Johnson, Cyr met the foeman most worthy of his steel, and a man who by
reason of the great courage he showed in their contest endeared himself to
the heart of the Canadian. Louis always claimed that Johnson was the
strongest man he ver met in contest. The Swede was a large, finely built man
of over two hundred pounds, with a pair of twenty-eight inch thighs and the
rest of his measurements in proportion. He was the first man in the world
ever to do a two hands clean and jerk with three hundred twenty-eight pounds,
and later raised three hundred and thirty pounds in the same manner. On
October 16, 1892, in St. Petersburg, Russia, he made a one-arm press of two
hundred and fifty-five pounds, using a dumb-bell"
-
"Johnson made a one-hand dead lift with
a dumb bell of four hundred and seventy-five pounds, using an inch and a
half bar."
-
(http://www.americanpowerliftevolution.net/AugustJohnson.jpg)
-
The world's strongest ever man was Maximinus Thrax (Maximinus the Thracian), first of the "Barbarian" Emperors who ruled the fragmenting Roman Empire in the second century and one of the first Roman Emperors who never actually set foot in the city of Rome.
He stood 8'6'' tall, weighed a solid 600 lbs, ate 30 lbs of red meat per day and would often punch the head off a horse as a party piece.
Beat that.
The Luke
-
i still bet on august
-
The world's strongest ever man was Maximinus Thrax (Maximinus the Thracian), first of the "Barbarian" Emperors who ruled the fragmenting Roman Empire in the fourth century and one of the first Roman Emperors who never actually set foot in the city of Rome.
He stood 8'6'' tall, weighed a solid 600 lbs, ate 30 lbs of red meat per day and would often punch the head off a horse as a party piece.
Beat that.
I'd hate to go halfsies on a case of beer with this guy. :'(
-
I'd hate to go halfsies on a case of beer with this guy. :'(
...he's reputed to have drunk an entire barrel/cask/amphora of wine (40 litres) at one sitting.
The Luke
-
...he's reputed to have drunk an entire barrel/cask/amphora of wine (40 litres) at one sitting.
So what are you saying? A bit more training and he might give the Irish a run for their money? ;)
-
(http://www.livius.org/a/1/emperors/maximinus_thrax.JPG)
Maximus Thrax
-
The world's strongest ever man was Maximinus Thrax (Maximinus the Thracian), first of the "Barbarian" Emperors who ruled the fragmenting Roman Empire in the second century and one of the first Roman Emperors who never actually set foot in the city of Rome.
The Luke
Dude looks like Dorian...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_the_Thracian
-
Dude looks like Dorian...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximinus_the_Thracian
I noted the same thing. Hey mrsirjojo, are you are Farker? I thought i noticed your odd moniker in Fark thread a few weeks ago?