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Almost unrivalled mass for the era he competed in, now more famous as a strongman
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brutal Aryan beast.
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second strongest bodybuilder after gary taylor.
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Tell us about some of his lifts.
i remember seeing a picture in Musclemag of him pulling a 765lb. deadlift and seeing some pics of him doing reps with 445lbs. on the bench at a strongman meet.
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He is a very strong mofo.
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Tell us about some of his lifts.
I don't know if you remember/know but he has won world's strongest man.
http://www.irishstrongman.com/legends/index.asp
Gary Taylor
The World's Strongest Man competition in 1993, held in Orange, France, was one of the best ever and culminated in a win for Gary Taylor, also know as the "Welsh Dragon." A worthy winner, he further enhanced Britain's reputation established by such Strongmen as Geoff Capes and Jamie Reeves.
Gary first staked his claim for the World's Strongest Man title in Tenerife as he pull himself up from last place to finally finish third, looking stronger after three demanding days than he did in the opening events.
Gary Taylor
Photograph courtesy of
Sons of Samson
At that time, TV viewers saw Gary as a new star, but it had taken more than thirteen years of hard work fo him to become an "over-night success", as he was then described. Over the years, however, he proved his versatility in no uncertain fashion. In Olympic lifting he took four Welsh titles and was a bit hit at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia when he broke several records, making him the Commonwealth's best ever in that specific discipline. More was yet to come, for lifting in the 110kg category at the Los Angeles Olympics he placed second in the snatch.
"Heavy duty" training for the Olympics built him a tremendous physique, giving him a rock-hard appearance. A two-year excursion into bodybuilding filled his trophy cabinet to overflowing, winning the British intermediate title and being twice runner-up in the main British Championship - the only person beating him was Dorian Yates, acclaimed as the world's number one.
Still accepting challenges, Gary Taylor took up powerlifting and has the following lifts to his credit: squat 355kg, bench press 220kg, dead lift 315kg, totalling 890kg. In training he has done more. His best squat is 385kg and dead lift 355kg. Powerlifting gave him more trophies and more muscle, so much in fact he was selected for the AAU Mr Universe in Tucson, Arizona. There he took fourth place, but in the prestigious East European Grand Prix, the Sandow Classic in Czechoslovakia he won hands down.
In modern strength athletics as seen on the TV competitions, he has won British and European championships and represented Britain with distinction in many overseas internationals.
Gary is a physical education instructor in the prison service and although he is as tough as they come, with his pleasant disposition and rugged involvement, he is very popular in strength circles, where he is usually very polite and humorous.
During 1994, Gary Taylor lifted 270kg (595lb) overhead, a new world record, but fate was unkind and he suffered a severe bicep injury which kept him out of some major contests. However, the fighting spirit which thrilled his many supporters was very much in evidence as he continued to win major contest and establish new records. I have been asked to referee Gary attempting a jerk from behind the neck with 272kg (600lb) for the Guinness Book of Records programme. This is still awaited as two severe injuries to arm and abdomen have taken their toll, and surgery has been necessary. At this time he is training heavy power cleaning up to 200kg and doing partial squats about 500kg for 15 reps! It looks likely that Gary will continue for quite some time giving pleasure to strength disciples the world over.
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i had a back issue of MILO and Randy Strossen went to England to interview Gary and take some pictures of one of his workouts and he push pressed 500 behind the neck, inclined 455 for 4, Olympic style squatted 700 for 3 rock bottom and did front dumbbell raises with the 100's in the same workout.
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I'm sure johnnie jackson and ahmed haidar are stronger ::)
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yes!!eddie elwoods a cool guy, im friends with a guy who works for him as a club bouncer,he says hes the nicest guy you could ever meet but hes not to be messed with.
he won the mr universe a load of times and i remember reading in flex a few years ago that he quit the ifbb because he knew that he wouldnt get the recognition he deserved because there was only room for one mass monster brit on the scene at the time and that was dorian so he went to make a legacy with the universe titles.
hes definitely one of my favourites because hes actually as strong as he looks.he still looks good today competing in strongman
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I knew about Gary, but could Eddie be stronger than Ronnie? The lifts mentioned here sound good but still short of Ronnie's max lifts.
I think Eddie is stronger than Ronnie.
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I think Eddie is stronger than Ronnie.
not really, they're probably about the same but crazy as it sounds i think that Eddie may have better genetics than Ronnie.
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In my opinion, he looked way better than Dorian did at that show in the upper body. Then again, all of the top six did. His arms blew Dorian's away. I never knew about his strength and it sounds to me like this guy was definitely way up there. He's 42 now.
He's competed in Britains strongest man, but was injured, did farely well, but don't think he did enough to qualify for worlds strongest man.
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I knew about Gary, but could Eddie be stronger than Ronnie? The lifts mentioned here sound good but still short of Ronnie's max lifts.
If he can incline press 455 four times, he should be able to do over, what, 510 for that many on a flat bench? 520?
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In my opinion, he looked way better than Dorian did at that show in the upper body. Then again, all of the top six did. His arms blew Dorian's away. I never knew about his strength and it sounds to me like this guy was definitely way up there. He's 42 now.
Matt, I really like you; I can get a huge kick out of Sarcasm, like Goatboy and I adore Blockhead, but you seem to be one of the few guys on here who is serious but still worthwhile to read...
But I have got to say, all this talk about Dorian's "upper body from the front being out of the top six" of all those shows is just a little bit weird. This is like the twentieth time I've seen you say something like that. Would you please be more specific? I was never the biggest Dorian Yates fan but I was at a couple of the shows you're talking about. His arms were bad in the front biceps but to say out of top six? That is just not true. I would like to see you break that down more somewhere, like on your site.
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yes!!eddie elwoods a cool guy, im friends with a guy who works for him as a club bouncer,he says hes the nicest guy you could ever meet but hes not to be messed with.
he won the mr universe a load of times and i remember reading in flex a few years ago that he quit the ifbb because he knew that he wouldnt get the recognition he deserved because there was only room for one mass monster brit on the scene at the time and that was dorian so he went to make a legacy with the universe titles.
hes definitely one of my favourites because hes actually as strong as he looks.he still looks good today competing in strongman
The UK edition of Muslemag used to push Ellwood (think he was sponsored by Tropicana or something) saying that he should have been the Mr O, when he was winning the Mr. Universe in the late 90s. He had a great physique, that is for sure.