The scary part is knowing that he was stronger than everybody without pushing his own limits. We all see that his lifts were brutally easy even with an injury. I wish Kaz would've really tried to actually max out and set crazy numbers that we would still be chasing today. His squat and deadlift 3rd attempts he could've repped out multiple times.

@3ncore706

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Roy A 2500 total would've probably been possible for him 1,000 squat 600 bench 900 deadlift

@Sploshification

3 жыл бұрын

@@3ncore706 his 661 bench, 926 squat, and 838 deadlift meet was pretty ridiculous. This was far from his best.

@sleepinggiant4102

2 жыл бұрын

I heard he came in to this comp with a torn hip flexor as well. He could have done at least a 950 squat no problem. His bench was not there because of the shoulder injury but by the looks of that deadlift he could’ve done over 900lbs for a 3rd attempt.

Lmfao after the first deadlift, when he was like "what do u mean i dropped the bar?" Do u know who i am? Type of reaction. This dude is my hero.

He made all these so ridiculously easy--- Im sure he had way more in him.

@Sploshification

3 жыл бұрын

his 661 bench, 926 squat, and 838 deadlift meet was pretty ridiculous. This was far from his best.

@The_yeffy1

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sploshification He knew he could go more but also thats walking a dangerous line of serious injuries that may never recover. The heavier the weight the more damage done.

@patrickjohnson721

2 жыл бұрын

He trained smart... Lifted way heavier in the gym, and lifted what he needed to in comp

This is crazy. His speed on the squat was awesome. Not to mention the fact that he had to walk out the weight and didn't have the benefits of a monolift.

@johnsambo9379

5 ай бұрын

Two hour weigh in's, walking weights out, deadlift couldn't stop on its way up, crappy knee wraps and the deadlift had to be let down under control.

He's squatted and deadlifted over 900 lbs as well as raw bench pressed 661. He was injured here and still won. He probably is the legit strongest man ever - him, Zydrunas or Reinhoudt.

@gavindondzila8971

4 жыл бұрын

Lexington Plummer Eddie Hall doesn’t ring any bells

@gavindondzila8971

3 жыл бұрын

@Dale wilson if you’re talking about powerlifting. Then how do you not mention ray Williams

@gavindondzila8971

3 жыл бұрын

@Dale wilson yeah. But if you’re saying it’s because he never did a powerlifting meet. Then how did he not mention Ray Williams

@trentbrubaker8452

Жыл бұрын

​@@gavindondzila8971 Eddie Hall I nowhere near

I love that he basically said "fuck you" to the judges, lowering the bar that slowly on his final deadlift.

Bill looking extremely sharp here...blowing up 849 in the squat with room to spare. Looked like he could have made 900 that day.

Kaz totaled 2425 lb (926/661/838) for a world record that stood for almost 10 years despite the invention of the bench shirt and the improvement of the squat suit. It still would be the current raw wr today, but Kaz used an odl marathon suit for the squat (current raw wr total is still 2391 by Reinhoudt) Kaz' best official lifts were a 925.9lb squat in old marathon suit, 661lb raw bench and 886.9lb raw deadlift. He also did a 1124lb strongman deadlift with straps and 969lb squat on smith machine

Are you kidding me? People are comparing Ronnie Coleman to Kazmaier?! Not even close. Kazmaier not only did it on the powerlifting stage, he also did in the WSM. Bill has real strength not just weight room strength. Coleman has some home movies from his gym? It is not the same. Also keep in mind this was video footage from a full meet, not video highlights of his best lifts.

that might be the fastest i've ever seen someone pull 800 off the floor........insane

man, if he kept himself from injury what he would have lifted would have been boggled the mind....Kaz was always my favorite!

@Cappello101

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah man...imagine if he didnt tear his pectorals during one of the strongman games. He would've kept getting stronger if that didn't occur and he would've kept competing.

@Cappello101

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah man...imagine if he didnt tear his pectorals during one of the strongman games. He would've kept getting stronger if that didn't occur and he would've kept competing.

"The problem with me is I'm too big for the apparatus."

Hahahahaha. That third deadlift. That judge was probably shitting his pants. Bill doesn't seem like the guy you want to be on the wrong side with.

Fantastic depth. This was back when knee wraps provided minimal support too. Nowadays top lifters are getting 100+ pounds out of these bullet proof wraps.

Wish i could find video of Kaz at the 1983 Senior National Powelifting Championships. This is from the 1983 world champs.

Kaz was an amazing strength athlete and one of the all time greats.

Kaz not forgotten, one of the strongest of the strong!

He coulda lifted 100 pounds more of everything

@hydro.pl.27

6 жыл бұрын

Stephen Flagg 160 more in Bench

Kaz's difficulty in getting a grip to squat with a standard power bar, along with Lee Moran's attempt at squatting 1000lb where the sleeves could not safely accommodate the plates and collars, inspired Dave Pasanella to design the first squat bar. Kaz was a strongman and adept at walking with weight, so how much a monolift would have helped him I don't know, but a squat bar absolutely would have.

I absolutely agree. I mean he was just 27-28 when he hit the 661raw bench and the 2425total - way before his normal physical prime. After his pec tear at WSM81 he couldn't bench any more than 540lb in competition - a devastating injury from which he never fully recovered. Look at Zydrunas Savickas - now at 37 he has his strongest lifts ever after 19 years of lifting and strongman. A injury-free Kazmaier at 37 and the same amount of training would have been the greatest ever by a huge amount.

Forgotten? By who??? He may be the strongest overall man who ever lived

@noR10swDBaur

9 жыл бұрын

P Patton In 1982, during the World's Strongest Man competition, he said that at that point in time he was the strongest man to have ever lived.

@sickmindedstrength

7 жыл бұрын

P Patton No. Louis Cyr, Paul Anderson, Mark Henry are stronger. I'm not counting Shaw or Big z because they're on steroids and they're really not all that strong just like Eddie Hall isn't

@forbesfoofighters

7 жыл бұрын

Mental One LOL you think Kaz was natural ?? woow... I think Koklyaev is the all around strongest strength athlete ever

@hydro.pl.27

6 жыл бұрын

Guys Kaz naturally is a big guy who then went on steroids but he was plagued by injuries throughout his whole career. He could’ve scored a 2,500 or 2,600 total if he was healthy. Remember his bench at his best is 661 I believe. No Strongman this day can even get that. Besides Strongman in the early days is way different than now.

@hydro.pl.27

5 жыл бұрын

Gore4ever FulciLives I don’t know where you heard that from but Coan’s weak lift was his bench press even though he was well into the 500’s. If he got 300 kg which is 661 it certainly was not raw by any means.

this is what a bench press should look like at a powerlifting meet. none of that arch your back to the max bullshit

This was after a pec tear in the worlds strongest man bar bend. He was doing 600x6 before that (touch and go I'm sure). But even with that injury he still dwarfed people in strongman contest until the late 80's. Most totals today are attributed to the gear and bad judging. Go by the IPF totals and non other. It's why you hardly ever see a the geared guys come close to winning strongman competitions.

long live Bill Kazmaier!!!!!

The best powerlifting squats i have ever seen.

@oliverallen5324

4 жыл бұрын

ryan stott the sport has lost its way.

his third squat and deadlift attempts looked like openers LOL

BILL IS A BEAST!

Depth before dishonor. Now a days depth gets higher and higher.

What a beast!

By the way I think he deadlifted 904lbs in a Powerlifting Exhibition in 1983 in South Africa I think. I don't know whether there were straps allowed or not though. If he would have been allowed to compete in WSM 83-86, I bet he would have been the greatest strongman ever as well with at least 6 WSM titles, if not 7.^^

Damn with no problem lifting it up and down. the strongest man there is.

''We'll be back'' *1/100th of a second later* ''We're back''

I can’t stand out of bed and not struggle doing it as he does so effortlessly with that weight strapped over his shoulders

oops I am sorry I did mean 2425lbs (925,9lbs squat, 661,4lbs bench press, 837,8lbs deadlift) in 1981. The 865-622-804-2292lbs is actually from the IPF World Powerlifting Championship 1979. In the Senior US National championships 1978 he did apparently 782-534-804-2121. In 1983 when injured he did 848-501-799-2149. Informations are from en.allpowerlifting com site. You are probably right about the suits and singlets... I just wanted to say that his 2425lb best is listed as equipped...

He did indeed perform a 887lb deadlift for a world record but I think it was later in 1981, not the same meet he totaled 2425lb. I read it on en.allpowerlifting com site

All that lifts looks pretty easy for him... And he was injured... What a beast

Look at that squat depth

Big Kaz was actually the first man to bench 661 raw. I think it was said he did total over 2,400 lbs raw? But the meet wasn't sanctioned otherwise it'd be a WR.

thats below parallel, deep as hell at 826lb....he had at least another 50lbs to go up.

Without question would have been the first man to raw bench press 700 pounds in competition had he not tore his pec.

Cool, he was born where I live

Notice how Kaz doesn’t do any gimmicks or McDonald’s arch in the bench LIKE THEY DO NOW A DAYS, he JUST lifts the weight. That’s a true bench. Raw power.

@Hermanubis1

Жыл бұрын

The bar only bends two inches for his deadlift. The froglift these roid heads do today allow the bar to bend 10 inches making it a knee high froglift.

Bill, Ed coan. These guys seems to be awesome dude

When he came up on that first deadlift I thought he was going to do a standing high jump.

He had at least 40kg more on the squat and that's no exaggeration

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I believe he wouldve been well over 2200 injury free. I seen a vid of him benching 634 raw in comp.

Criminal that he didn’t get a chance to win more WSM titles

I honestly think Kaz could've broke the record on deadlifts and squats..did anybody see that speed?

@lievliberant6019

8 жыл бұрын

He did!

@Cappello101

8 жыл бұрын

If he hadn't had so many injuries he would've most likely been, "the strongest man who ever lived" and that would've been living up to his claim. It's a shame man..however I will say he is by far still one of the most aspiring and inspiring powerlifters/strongmen there ever was. Cheers to Kaz, lad.

@Danielllllewis

8 жыл бұрын

+vinny cappello He is the strongest man who ever lived lol. Nobody benches 661 while putting up 900+ in the squat or deadlift, or even competing in a 3 lift meet for that matter. Not to mention standing dumbbell presses with 156lb dumbbells for 10 reps

@Cappello101

8 жыл бұрын

A forgotten legend bro. The guy was way ahead of his time in strength. His nordic genes would've easily wrecked those slavic roid ragers today if he kept pushing. I do believe though, that he was the strongest who ever lived as well simply from his efforts. However, just thiink what he would be like if he had never gone through all those injuries? He would be an even bigger fuckin monster lol.

826 squat like it’s not even there 💪🏻

God damn he had so much left on the squat.

The final attempt on Deadlift was a direct fuck you to the Head judge.

With the training methods of today (having him train with someone like Josh).......who knows. This was the last time the word "depth" was ever seen again.

I don't think there's a video of it, but there's a video of his 633lb raw bench world record which he did short after getting injured in the squat: /watch?v=EpmkgzEQpMU at around 8:35

Freak of nature, great technique, just injury prone.. too big almost. His legs look strong but his back and traps are unreal 😂 true strength.

He fuckin smokes that squat though huh?

Bill totaled 1100kg = 2425lbs (865-622-804) in '81 which was the WR for years. But the squat is not not categorized as raw - he used a loose old squat suit. Whether it enhanced the performance at all is very doubtful. OD Wilson totaled 1102.5lbs (2431lbs) but with better gear. Best completely raw total ever is 2,391lbs (with wraps) by Don Reinhoudt in '75 and 2298lbs (without wraps) by Don Reinhoudt in '74. Bill could have beat him in completely raw total I think. Sadly injured his pec in WSM81.

That man is Simply Amazing he makes the squat look so easy I could not believe he could easily do that probably 3/4 x easily one time that's too easy for him come on Bill. I did 5:45 for two times and I think I just about tore my patella tendon and he does that amount of weight I don't like him anymore he's a God to me and so is Marius pujanauski who might be the strongest man who ever lived I would say but Bill Kazmaier is very close to him they're both so strong it would be interesting if Bill Kazmaier was in Mario's proginoskes damn lifting it what kind of things you could do I think Bill Kazmaier might be even stronger than Mario's pujanauski

In my opinion, Kaz with no injury to slow him down his career best in raw PL competition would of been 985-1,000 squat, 705 bench, 913-920 deadlift.

And one more thing there's judges probably don't even do any bench squat or deadlift dolor that deadlift down slowly like that really can f****** your back I can see them guys do that with almost 900 pounds on their back that's just stupid you have to drop that far it's just going to hurt your back I only did 650 in deadlift I mean this guy is just unreal strong

Did he have the record in all 3 lifts at this time?

Rules dropping the bar during the deadlift should be eradicated. Lifting the bar is the problem. Why they worry about how you let it down is beyond me.

How did that squat get a red light?!

mam somal some people drop the bar because their grip gives out and if judges counted lifts where that happened straps might as well be allowed also, long story short, they want to know you have control over the weight indefinitely

Is that single-ply for the squats?

@oliverallen5324

4 жыл бұрын

James Matthews that’s just a singlet. No gear this early.

Big Bill is not forgotten. Those who know the strength legends put Kaz in the Top 5 of all time.

a) Kaz was injured while doing this competition b) Kaz deadlifted 887lb raw in competition, 904lb in exhibition, 1055lb silver dollar deadlift with straps Coleman has done only 800x2 WITH straps c) Kaz benched 661lbs (300kg) raw & was the first man to press that in official IPF competition. He did 600x5 in the gym. Ron benched 500x5 not locked out and almost no chest touch e) Kaz squatted 926lb in competition. Ron did 800x2 WITH suit and wraps in gym Kaz>>>Ron as far as we can know

I think Bill only really pushed himself in the bench press , not that he gave less effort in the other two lifts

Year?

@silentsurvivor2082

2 жыл бұрын

1983

Its true - however, Kaz was World's Strongest Man 3 times and has performed many many heavier lifts than these. How easy was the 850 squat and the 800 deadlift? Injury free, he would've been pushing over 2400..... But hey, we'll never know.

i never forgot kaz lol

And ronnies got a god damn suit on

These days we have our arm mor in when squatting.

@matthewjackson856

7 жыл бұрын

Depends on the size of the lifter and their shoulder flexibiity - getting your arms in closer does tighten your upper back BUT getting them too close if you aren't flexible enough will round your upper back over. Plenty of lifters still have their hands very wide. Bill Kazmeier here was well over 300lb and you can see how small he makes the equipment! He'd have had them out wider if he had the option, I'm sure.

@Tommyblueeyes

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Jackson Yeah I understand.

Who forgot big bill?? Lol like wtf?

how the hell did a judge give him a red flag in his first squat attempt lol

Coulda broke 900 on squats easy.

@lievliberant6019

8 жыл бұрын

He did.

@barbosaguzman6101

4 жыл бұрын

@@lievliberant6019 😲

Crazy guys these days are smaller and lift the same weight

Also on ronnies 800 for 2 he didn't even hit parallel on the first rep

mastadons mastadon.

Hey John "Rambo" u say ronnies so strong yet he benches 500 for 5 and bills best is 600 for 5 which means bill pressed over 100 lbs more

need to adjust the tracking....

Leg drive

nice bench i only bench 600

well to that point Ronnie is strong but he aint got nothin on big Bill

"Don't drop 777lbs!" Ok tooth pick, let's get a life long injury...

yeah kaz was stronger than ronnie that much is obvious lol @rubbernuke who for some reason thinks i was being serious

He could have easily made 2500 total

I thought he was the strongest man of all time? I know People with bigger totals.

@nathanpickering6742

7 жыл бұрын

Carnage at that time he was. but he could have much bigger totals. did you see how easy he did the 800 pound deadlift? that shit was nothing to him, and he even had an injury too. his squat was also really good too. those aren't even his max.

HAHA RAW!!!!!!!

his dead and squat looked too easy wtf...

dont drop the weights !! >) >)

the squat isnt raw...

he slides it down his thighs on the way down on the 3rd attempt in deadlift, so actually its a no-lift. but who gives a shit

these numbers are weak ! ronnie coleman can lift these types of numbers for multiple reps and he is only a bodybuilder

Amazing lifter, amazing man, but NOT a gentleman, lol.