Holy Sh*t! - Hosseins 617lb front squat!

[sarcasm]

Watching the strongest man on earth front squatting a double with 617 lbs puts claims from Muscletech "athletes" in perspective.

HOT TAMALI
VITAL STATS
Nick Name: The Terminator
Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Date of Birth: March 29, 1972
Residence: West New York, New Jersey
Occupation: IFBB professional bodybuilder
Height: 5'10"
Contest Weight: 255 lbs.
Off-Season Weight: 310 lbs.
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Arms (contest): 21.5"
Waist (contest): 33"
Bench Press (1 rep max.): 585 lbs.
Incline Dumbell Press: 200 lbs. x 5 reps
Barbell Curl: 225 lbs. x 2 reps
Deadlift (1 rep max.): 765 lbs.
Squat (1 rep max.): 765 lbs.

Lots of bullshitting going on here...

There is no way, absolutely no way, Kamali has ever done a single with 765 lbs, belt only. Maybe Team Kamali, all 16 of them, could do partials with it in a smith machine, but no way Kamali could do a real squat below parallell.

I seriously doubt the deadlift number as well.

I positive that the benchpress claim is an outright lie. Kamali has never benchpressed 585 lbs. If he ever shows up on getbig again, I hope he will address the claim of benchpressing 585 lbs.

I think Rezazadeh could squat raw (belt only) high 800's . Probably the same could be said for Shane Hamman.

Kamali isn't only 100-130 lbs behind the strongest man on earth.

YIP
Zack

hahahahahaha, "nickname The Terminator".

[JOHN MATRIX]

is this guy as strong as paul anderson? is he stronger than that one lithuanian guy?

[sarcasm]

is this guy as strong as paul anderson? is he stronger than that one lithuanian guy?

different strength than Paul Anderson, Anderson could supposedly squat with well over 1000 pounds to a little above parallel, deadlift around 825 and bench around 620, his Olympic lifts weren't anywhere near what this Iranian guys are but he did maybe a 450 clean and jerk and a 350lb. snatch or so but Anderson could one arm push press a 300lb. dumbbell, i've also seen some footage of Anderson overhead pressing 440 with very little knee bend.

[ali23]

Hossein Rezazadeh, Iranian Weightlifter (represent!!) and clean and jerk world/olympic record holder. He wone his gold medal at the Olympics too. This guys just amazing.

[ali23]

You fat skinny idiot! Ronnie does full reps with 600 pounds like its nothing. He could probably get it for 20 reps.

You gay looking idiot! Ronnie is on mass amounts of steroids/hgh/test and other shit... Rezazadeh is an Olympic athlete and can't take any of that shit.

Strengh wise: Rezazadeh>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ronnie

[Hedgehog]

is this guy as strong as paul anderson? is he stronger than that one lithuanian guy?

Paul Anderson was a beast, the training methods of his era weren't on par with those available today.

As mentioned, it's hard to compare Anderson with Reza, because Reza obviously blows Anderson out of the waters in the Olympic Lifts, but Anderson had shit technique, but his strength in other areas was crazy, although some of those claims seems a bit exaggrated.

Anderson was a dominant in his era, Reza in his. I'd say Anderson may have the slight edge in raw potential, but potential is the thing you usually never gets to see.

The comparison between Reza and Savickas is interesting, and fair.

Savickas has loglifted 440 lbs, and also done 900+ lbs in the squat in a powerlifting meet (600+ lbs bench, 880 lbs deadlift).

Reza and Savickas have different qualities, it's just a matter of deciding who's the greater champion IMO.

I can't honestly decide, I am a big fan of Savickas, but Reza is just god damn strong.

YIP
Zack

[sarcasm]

Paul Anderson was a beast, the training methods of his era weren't on par with those available today.

As mentioned, it's hard to compare Anderson with Reza, because Reza obviously blows Anderson out of the waters in the Olympic Lifts, but Anderson had shit technique, but his strength in other areas was crazy, although some of those claims seems a bit exaggrated.

Anderson was a dominant in his era, Reza in his. I'd say Anderson may have the slight edge in raw potential, but potential is the thing you usually never gets to see.

The comparison between Reza and Savickas is interesting, and fair.

Savickas has loglifted 440 lbs, and also done 900+ lbs in the squat in a powerlifting meet (600+ lbs bench, 880 lbs deadlift).

Reza and Savickas have different qualities, it's just a matter of deciding who's the greater champion IMO.

I can't honestly decide, I am a big fan of Savickas, but Reza is just god damn strong.

YIP
Zack

you said it like i wanted to say it Hedge, Paul probably has the edge in just sheer strength but Hossein is a way better Oly lifter than Paul ever was although i don't think Razzledazzle could come near Paul's overhead pressing power, i used to train at another gym that an older dude owned and he said that he saw Paul Anderson put on a lifting exhibition and he said that Paul came out in a big Fellowship of Christian Athletes t shirt , slacks and dress shoes and one arm clean and press a specially made 300lb. long dumbbell he said it looked like a short 4 foot mini barbell.

[JOHN MATRIX]

you said it like i wanted to say it Hedge, Paul probably has the edge in just sheer strength but Hossein is a way better Oly lifter than Paul ever was although i don't think Razzledazzle could come near Paul's overhead pressing power, i used to train at another gym that an older dude owned and he said that he saw Paul Anderson put on a lifting exhibition and he said that Paul came out in a big Fellowship of Christian Athletes t shirt , slacks and dress shoes and one arm clean and press a specially made 300lb. long dumbbell he said it looked like a short 4 foot mini barbell.

lol what a beast...
did paul even focus on the olympic lifts though? i thought he was a powerlifter almost exclusively and performed the olympic lifts in some comps just out of sheer strength.
another thing- did paul juice??
if not, he must be considered the strongest ever.

[sarcasm]

lol what a beast...
did paul even focus on the olympic lifts though? i thought he was a powerlifter almost exclusively and performed the olympic lifts in some comps just out of sheer strength.
another thing- did paul juice??
if not, he must be considered the strongest ever.

Paul did compete in the Olympics in either 1956 or 1960 and like i said his Olympic lifts were very competitive for the time and the rumor was that the Russians started squatting seriously when they found out that was Paul's secret, he was put together more for powerlifting at 5'9" 375lbs. and he was a monster shoulder presser doing 440-450 with almost no knee bend, Tommy Kono the Olympic gold medalist claimed that he saw Paul deadlift 1,000lbs. with hooks to aid his grip, and no i don't think Paul juiced and the crazy thing is he didn't have a big appetite by his own admission but was a huge milk drinker and would down milk by the quart between sets of squats and deadlifts.

[IceCold]

i dont know if paul juiced.  he compteded in the 50's at home with equipment he made himself.

hussein takes lots of drugs and trains in a world class environment.

it doesnt bother anyone what hussien is about?  where he is from, etc.?

overall, hussein is stronger than coleman.  but there is a difference between a guy who weighs over 400 lbs. and has trained his entire life for Olympic lifts. vs. a dieting bber who doesnt specifically train for strength or for particular lifts. 

gary frank is the world's strongest man. 

[sarcasm]

i dont know if paul juiced.  he compteded in the 50's at home with equipment he made himself.

hussein takes lots of drugs and trains in a world class environment.

it doesnt bother anyone what hussien is about?  where he is from, etc.?

overall, hussein is stronger than coleman.  but there is a difference between a guy who weighs over 400 lbs. and has trained his entire life for Olympic lifts. vs. a dieting bber who doesnt specifically train for strength or for particular lifts. 

gary frank is the world's strongest man. 

Hossein is not over 400lbs. he weighs about 340-350.

[JOHN MATRIX]

Paul did compete in the Olympics in either 1956 or 1960 and like i said his Olympic lifts were very competitive for the time and the rumor was that the Russians started squatting seriously when they found out that was Paul's secret, he was put together more for powerlifting at 5'9" 375lbs. and he was a monster shoulder presser doing 440-450 with almost no knee bend, Tommy Kono the Olympic gold medalist claimed that he saw Paul deadlift 1,000lbs. with hooks to aid his grip, and no i don't think Paul juiced and the crazy thing is he didn't have a big appetite by his own admission but was a huge milk drinker and would down milk by the quart between sets of squats and deadlifts.

yeah i remember reading most of his nutrients came from milk...he supposedly ate 3 normal meals a day and just sipped milk during his supposedly hours-long workouts. all things considered(no drugs) i dont see how anyone could argue that paul wasnt the strongest man ever.

[nder98]

That is one strong mamaluke.....

[crownshep]

Not sure who this guy is,i found the pic in an old M+F.Thats 7 plates and what looks like a 5kg and collars on the bar.

[chris_mason]

I know a lot about Paul and some of what is being said is not exactly accurate.  Paul did train heavily for the Olympic lifts and used the powerlifting style movements to build his strength FOR his Olympic lifting.  In fact, he believed his heavy squatting was one reason he was so strong in the Olympic lifts.

Paul was dominant in his competitive Olympic lifting career but not to nearly the same degree as Hossein.

In Paul's day the Olympic lifts were also performed more strictly.  You could not even touch your thighs to get the weight up whereas now they are allowed to use an upper leg heave. 

Paul was brutally strong in both his upper and lower body.  Hossein is also brutally strong.

[pobrecito]

Connie Roleman is nowhere near as strong as Hussein Razzledazzle.

Let Coleman blow up to a fat 350-375 and have him train like Reza and then compare

[sammy1980]

several russian olympic weightlifters have front squatted more than shown in the video of rezazadeh (altho..maybe rezazadeh could have done more). Also remember that olympic lifters never go to failure on the front squats in training. Rezazadeh is a beast tho!

[Scimowser]

Let Coleman blow up to a fat 350-375 and have him train like Reza and then compare

too late in his life for that, 10-15 years ago maybe but its too late in his life to get to that level now

[jr]

Olympic lifters only need to have a max front squat a bit above their max clean. Eg if a lifter has a max clean of 400 then there is absolutely no point in training your front squat to a max of 600 say. You could get away with having your 1rm at 450. Training energy can be better utilized in bringing up other movements. I'm sure if Rezazadeh trained just the front squat like a powerlifter, he could put up much more.


 

[jr]

Anderson was a monster. The guy in the middle (Bill March) was one of the first to ever try Dianabol.

[JOHN MATRIX]

Anderson was a monster. The guy in the middle (Bill March) was one of the first to ever try Dianabol.

thats funny, cause paul was still 4 times his size.

[the shadow]

Anderson was a monster. The guy in the middle (Bill March) was one of the first to ever try Dianabol.

damn pauls legs were huge back then..amazing

[the shadow]

heres big paul doing a 369lbs clean and press..amazing

[Hedgehog]

Ilya Ilin is only 17 years old, competes in the 85 kg class (190 lbs?), monster C&J (475 lbs):

YIP
Zack

[chris_mason]

Anderson was a monster. The guy in the middle (Bill March) was one of the first to ever try Dianabol.

The guy on the right is Terry Todd one of the first powerlifters, a strength historian, and the guy that organizes the Arnold Classic strongman competition every year.  A real legend of the game.

Where did you get this pic Jr.?  I would love to see more.

Chris