It's always crazy to see that picture of Eddie Hall, Brian Shaw, and Hafthor Bjornsson on the podium and see how short Eddie is. Then remember Eddie is still 6'3".

@holographicfrog1503

Жыл бұрын

6'2"

@98danielray

Жыл бұрын

​@@holographicfrog1503 he was measured. 6'2.5

@carlpiaf4476

Жыл бұрын

Battle of the pedants...

@holographicfrog1503

Жыл бұрын

@@98danielray with shoes on

@oglocbaby520

Жыл бұрын

@@holographicfrog1503 Yeah, I think the heights of a lot of these athletes, including strongmen, are/were incredibly exaggerated. Eddie hall does not look that tall to me and was around the same height of Arnold. I personally knew someone that met Arnold back in the 90s and he said he was around the same height as him, slightly under 6' tall. I knew someone else who went to both the Mohegan Sun grand prix and 2007 WSM and he said that Mariusz was around his height, 5'10".

I don't think we'll see a strongman as strong and agile as Mariusz Pudzianowski anytime soon. He was a true freak of nature. The speed in which he moved with for someone of his size and strength was phenomenal.

@Stokurev_

Жыл бұрын

The new lighter, more athletic strongmen in recent years have comparable agility in my opinion. Novikov, Kieliszkowski (unfortunately always injured) and Hooper for example.

@almightythor6089

Жыл бұрын

He was a great champion and looked amazing. But he got busted for roids by not coming off his cycle early enough

@absitinvidia3948

Жыл бұрын

Strongman os different sport today.

@Outland9000

Жыл бұрын

​@@Stokurev_ I was gunna say - Novikov.

@mrsensei8878

Жыл бұрын

@@almightythor6089 All of them use.

Pullups are one of the hardest upper body exercises. When you weigh as much as these guys, they're very hard.

@cnwil4594

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, if you carry your specific body weight, then you should at least be able to do 5 - 10 pullups. Imagine not being able to pull yourself out of danger such as of a ledge or cliff?

@petershanle9675

Жыл бұрын

You are spot on everyone should be able to lift there own body weight it's Ur body after all

@cnwil4594

Жыл бұрын

@@petershanle9675 Sad, being able to lift so much but not functional enough to pull your on body weight if needed to save your life.

@AlejandroLopez-ze8gu

Жыл бұрын

@@cnwil4594 that's just 95% of people. Your legs carry your body you can't expect some one to lift their one bodyweight without training especifically for it. But I agree it is an important and useful skill.

@tootalltank1346

Жыл бұрын

@@cnwil4594 what about other situations of danger that require strength? Stuck under a rock/car/metal, you'll want these guys help lol. There's just different types of strength.

Can lift a car but can't pull themselves back onto a boat.

@ncshuriken

24 күн бұрын

Can't swim but you don't need to when you can empty a whole pool by jumping in it.

@SuperRingoffire1

22 күн бұрын

😅😅​@@ncshuriken

Mariusz pull ups were legit! Wide grip chest to bar and no momentum. Those are much harder than the medium or narrow grip pull ups with shoulders forward. Seriously impressive. Brian and Thor were just too heavy for pull ups.

@t33can

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man I always cringe a bit when people baaaaaaarrreelly get their chin across the bar. I mean what are they trying to do?! It's like doing a deadlift and immediately releasing after 95% lockout.

@tjcogger1974

Жыл бұрын

​@@t33can that's a very silly comparison. Chin-ups / pullups are highly beneficial, and have their place in a well-round program. Chest-to-bar pullups are great too, but it's a different exercise entirely. Both variations are useful in their own way.

@kooroshrostami27

Жыл бұрын

​@@tjcogger1974 Correct, they are totally different exercises, your entire body is in a different position when doing a chest-to-bar pull up. The chest-to-bar pull up also requires way more contraction of your mid and lower traps, rear delts and rhomboids whilst the standard pull up mainly focuses on your lats. The chest-to-bar pull up is not only the better allround back exercise, it is also way, way harder. A lot of people who can do several standard pull ups can't do a single chest-to-bar pull up. That's why I claim that Mariusz's feat is the most impressive here.

@oakmonolithband9000

Жыл бұрын

@@t33can very dumb take. however the other guy already explained why so im not gonna repeat it

@tjcogger1974

Жыл бұрын

@@kooroshrostami27 it's not "better" or "worse" it's just different. Just because something is more difficult, doesn't mean it's superior. Like you said, your entire body is in a different position, which means it's going to be working different muscle groups in a different way. You can't overload the chest-to-bar pull-up with added weight like you can with a chin-up/pull-up. You also can't perform slow eccentrics on a chest-to-bar pullups like you can with a standard pull-up, because the top portion is so mechanical disadvantages. They have to be performed in an explosive manner, otherwise you simply won't get high enough. You also can't do nearly as many reps with chest-to-bars, which means less time under tension. And lastly, your rear delts and biceps will likely reach muscular failure before any other muscle group during chest-to-bars, which makes it a poor movement choice if you're attempting to overload your lats. If pullups were inferior to chest-to-bar pullups, you'd never see any high-level calisthenics athletes doing standard pullups. Yet, every single calisthenic athlete in the world does standard pullups and chin-ups in addition to chest-to-bars.

FYI, Eddie was the FIRST to deadlift 500kg in competition. He opened the gates so that people can walk. Also broke the axel shoulder press

@masterchiefy830

Жыл бұрын

thor's deadlift aint counted...

@milanaleksic8979

Жыл бұрын

Also won ZERO arnolds and rogue invitationals kekw

@D9Wx

Жыл бұрын

​@@masterchiefy830 Thor beat Eddie easily and is officially the world record then he whooped eddies ass in boxing 😂😂 keep coping little boy. Ur all over with ur butthurt lies hahha

@Solus

Жыл бұрын

It annoys me that thors record is often quoted as besting hall's record even though it is was unofficial and out of competition. There's many occasions and evidence of Olympic weightlifters putting up WR lifts during training even under competition rules, but they never claim to hold the current WR because training doesn't count

@tmus1402

Жыл бұрын

​@Fake Namenson it wasn't unofficial

To be honest, the best pullups for me did Mariusz Pudzianowski, not only 9-10 of them with his 110kg but very very clean ones

@baki_sigma

Жыл бұрын

Martins is the clear winner ... not even a doubt

@mathewmou6148

Жыл бұрын

@@baki_sigma Pudzian 27 pullups 140kg

@oskarsbambalis1766

Жыл бұрын

Yes he did golden standart others did none of that Mariusz winner

@LuminiaSkincare

Жыл бұрын

I do 10 clean pull ups with +20kg at 90kg bw at 17 years of age. These Strong man are weak asf

@bazejm187

11 ай бұрын

@@LuminiaSkincare yes but u will never be able to deadlift 500kg sooo...

Martins is just a monster. Not just freakishly strong, but amazing coordination and stamina to do that kind of body weight work. Super inspiring.

@vlastimil-furst

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, his pull-ups are really impressive at his fairly high body weight. He almost makes it look easy.

@trevorpullen3199

4 ай бұрын

I think his big advantage is his athleticism. He can move and has way better flexibility than most strongmen.

@richardcaulker1017

3 ай бұрын

Not a monster, size-wise, but definitely an absolute beast.

Mariusz could easily do 20 perfect form pull ups when fresh. He was finishing up a heavy back workout with pull ups in that video.

@KineticTaco

Жыл бұрын

Definitely no steroids there. For sure…

@piececake5820

Жыл бұрын

​@@KineticTaco try to be a strongmeb without ped :D good luck, they all are juiced up

@Ryannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Жыл бұрын

Sure. Maybe. I see a guy who can do about two pull-ups.

@BaldMancTwat

Жыл бұрын

@@KineticTaco I don't know what point you're trying to make, but it's widely known that all World's Strongest Man competitors are on steroids.

@ozensensei6133

Жыл бұрын

@@piececake5820 jesus that one nigga weight 192kg

Thor did 10 half-reps. Martin's 15 is amazing...

@kanyewestfmypp2967

Жыл бұрын

In a Ludwig video he actually did 10 full reps, with good form

@ddandymann

Жыл бұрын

@@kanyewestfmypp2967 That's after him dropping a heap of weight training to box though, so it's more appropriate to use his max when at a higher weight if we're talking about strongmen's max pullups.

@edwardfletcher7790

Жыл бұрын

Thor cheats at EVERYTHING.... SIGH

@diegodonjuan

Жыл бұрын

At those weights, that's still insane... That's like a huge guy adding 200 pounds and doing a pull up. I've done pill ups with a 20 pound vest... 200 pounds though! Frkn WOW!

@Phobos1483

Жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert ‼️‼️‼️

Martins muscle-ups and pistol squats were impressive as hell...

They aren’t doing strict form pull-ups. You can’t just stick your chin up & call it a real pull-up, it’s all the way over the bar. Just like the guys who do pushups for records short stroking all the way. We need to see chest to ground & full extension. 😊

@bodazephyr6629

10 ай бұрын

Yes, nearly none of these are proper, chin over the bar, pull-ups. It's still really impressive that they can move that much weight though.

@lastofthemohicans7743

18 күн бұрын

I can deadlift 1000kg whitout pulling the weight off the ground

Haftor's pull up attempts looked like he's never done any before

Man, Martins Licis is insanely strong! He's also explosive. He probably could have been an amazing combat sports athlete.

@TheStraightestWhitest

Жыл бұрын

You seen him grappling with Garcia? Dude moves like a cat without any combat sports experience. He moved fluidly, like he was used to it. He would've been a monster in martial arts without question.

@brrrt6666

Жыл бұрын

I was super impressed as well!

@oglocbaby520

Жыл бұрын

@@TheStraightestWhitest Why do people in the martial arts world seem to think that large muscular men are somehow not able to move? Most guys in the NFL are 6'+ and well over 200 pounds, they'd absolutely dwarf the vast majority of guys you'd see at any MMA or BJJ gym and are far more athletic as well.

@carlcarlssen4299

Жыл бұрын

@@TheStraightestWhitest If he wouldve followed martial arts, then ppl would be saying he would be great if he did strongman.

@carlcarlssen4299

Жыл бұрын

@@oglocbaby520 Bro through out the years I realized martial arts and their fans are full of sh*t. The training is great but I was conned bigtime by Bruce Pee, like millions have too, and dedicated (wasted) many years trying to be "likefukin water" and being "fluid", and all it made me do was starve myself so I could be light as Bruce Pee and the lightest I got was 150 and felt horrible and weak AF.Literally most gym goears couldve damaged me in a fight. Now im 230 and feel way more lethal even though I can jump or move as fast. Fuk Bruce Pee.

I once trained with Martin Licis and remember he could do at least 7-8 controlled reps. He did pullups in his back day. He is a beast

Halfthor's dead lift was NOT in a competition. It was in his gym. He needs to make this lift at the convenience of a competition, not at his personal convenience.

Novikov has done pullups in one of Martin's videos "Sharing Strongman Techniques and Prepping Martins Quest To The Arnold Classic!". He did 15 "reps"

@claytonpuranen

Жыл бұрын

I wish I had found that video! Thanks!

@jamesgrove6371

Жыл бұрын

Mitchell Hooper can do pull ups too, if you go through his new KZread channel. But Martins still takes the cake in my opinion, regardless of evidence.

This is awesome man! Keep posting videos like this. Seeing how strength athletes do in avenues that aren’t their own is super interesting to me.

Just proves how many different facets of strength there are and how they don't necessarily translate.

@christiansmemefactory1513

Ай бұрын

It literally does translate. They struggle due to their body weight. If they lost weight they could do way more, and properly. Not hard to understand.

@skateordiee

Ай бұрын

@@christiansmemefactory1513What if the weight they lost was all muscle? How would they do a pull up then? It may or may not translate, it’s called duality…

@christiansmemefactory1513

Ай бұрын

@@skateordiee it wouldn’t be because they take PEDs and diet properly so that doesn’t happen

Martinz doing pullups is actually insanely insanely impressive. That weight and that many reps just wow.

@thereisa6inthename

7 ай бұрын

Also with that form.

@domsumner7307

Ай бұрын

Is it really?

Martins is just so freaking athletic all around. He moves like he weighs half of his actual weight. My favorite strongman 🐉.

Guess: maybe 5 Result: Was based on thumbnail, big Eddie hall Brian getting 6 was impressive Edit: bloody hell Licis is impressive at moving his own weight.

the "-Go do some pull ups." part, is the best part. Not diminishing your up to the point nice video, just recognizing the winner part. Thank you!

Congratz, huge view count! :) Very interesting video, I have been sometimes wondering about the strongmen pull ups. Nice to know, thanks!

I'm inching my way to 15 reps per set. I feel even stronger after watching this!

@brianrasmussen2956

Жыл бұрын

And NOT using momentum.

@nocturnaljoe9543

Жыл бұрын

@@brianrasmussen2956 Try pulling up explosively without momentum but going down slowly.

@theviewer9363

Жыл бұрын

Great tip

@rjari8578

Жыл бұрын

13 pull up for me

@vinniefabian6816

Жыл бұрын

@@rjari8578 8 in a row, and 10 in a row on a good day for me haha

Thor is strong AF and a genetic freak but he is a bit delusional sometimes. How does he get 10 reps from 0?

@DjisasXIII

Жыл бұрын

He's a known cheat :D

@marshallwayne-uf4pq

Жыл бұрын

​@@DjisasXIII he's known to cry like a toddler in the 2017 WSM

@djo-dji6018

Жыл бұрын

That wasn't zero, you guys should do some pullups and learn the difference between 10 half reps and zero reps.

@HoxMeister

Жыл бұрын

@@djo-dji6018 he did 0 real reps

@MargootMC

Жыл бұрын

@@djo-dji6018 none of those reps were close to full range of motion and none would have been counted

Great information mate I was also wondering sometime that can a strong man do pull up and you answered it Thanks and come with more content

Mariusz is my favourite strongman, he was not only lean but fairly short too and strong as hell. Such a beast.

A very well researched and presented video! Thank you.

@claytonpuranen

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

Mitch ran a marathon about 3 or 4 years ago in 3 hours 25 minutes at a weight of 225 pounds

@claytonpuranen

Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@reallymysterious4520

Жыл бұрын

@@claytonpuranen So is that more impressive than Martin's pull ups ? I ran a half marathon at the same pace that Mitch ran the full marathon and I weighed 90 pounds less than him

Hapthor reminds me of Army PT tests. You get to 41 push-ups (42 is often the qualifying number) and then the grader just starts saying 41... 41... 41... 41.... Except with Thor it was 0, 0, 0, 0 lol.

Bro thank you for making Marius Pudzianowski known to the new generations, it is a pity that they did not live at the time when this man achieved the unrepeatable feat of winning the world championship 5 times, today his name must be remembered by all sports lovers and thanks to your work, this helps to achieve it 💪

@ben1ben2ben1

5 ай бұрын

He won when the competition was split and most of the strongest didn't compete in WSM. Big Z was stronger than him when Marius was winning the WSM

@domsumner7307

Ай бұрын

Mauriusz

Wow Martin is insanely impressive. Very clean pullups too

@UnDeAdSpRaYe

Жыл бұрын

clean? the man dint even get chin over the bar in any of the reps. stop stucking dick and go learn what a dead hang strictpull up is

Omg I had no idea Martins is that strong calisthenics wise and that agile, that is incredibly impressive!!!!!

Watching this today when I got my first ever clean full range pullup

Pudzian Power!!! I loved watching Mariusz in WSM.

@domsumner7307

Ай бұрын

Aye, he looked super jacked too. Remember i think it was his last comp where he came on and just destroyed every event.

Edits: Mitchell Hooper has now become the 5th person to win the World’s Strongest Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions. Oleksii Novikov was the **2020** WSM winner and he can be seen doing 15 reps with Martins Licis in January 2021. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zq2kt6R-iMSqcdo.html

I bet Oleksiy Novikov can do the most of these last 22 years of WSM winners since he is the lightest at only ~295lbs. He's also been lean and is very athletic and explosive. Other smaller WSM winners were Gary Taylor, 6'0" 295lbs competition weight, did olympic lifting and personal training, was very lean, he could probably do a lot of pullups Magnus Ver Magnusson, 6'3" (1.90 m) and 287 lbs (130kg) Jouko Ahola 6'1" (1.85 m) and 275 lbs (125 kg) 293.215 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 6'3" (1.91 m) and 293 lbs (133 kg) They could all probably do more than Licis just by virtue of being so much lighter.

@klooger28

Жыл бұрын

Neat to see a fellow speedrunner as a strongman fan lol. My money would be on Mariusz Pudzianowski, partly because he was among the lighest champions, and was also great at reps in general.

@ConnoisseurOfExistence

Жыл бұрын

Nope, none of these would do more than Licis. He does calistenics movements often, for difference than the other guys. Also, 14-15 reps isn't a small achievement at all, even for 70 kg guy, let alone 140 kg strongman.

@leonardhpls6

Жыл бұрын

​@@ConnoisseurOfExistence 15 reps is disgraceful at 70kg 😂

@ConnoisseurOfExistence

Жыл бұрын

@@leonardhpls6 BS. At my commercial gym there is not a single person, who does 15 pullups. And at the calistenics bars in the park nearby (in London) 15 is about the maximum number anyone does. Of all the people that I have personally known, less than 1% could do 15 pullups. I've no idea where have you got such a wrong view... It's like saying that 120 kg bench press is average...

@pavelbreza9190

Жыл бұрын

@@ConnoisseurOfExistence 15 pullups are harder than 120kg bench lol

Mariusz and Martins without a doubt. They are tremendously powerful, but retained their functionality/ROM.

This was a deep dive. Nice video

A lot of those would be hard pushed to be called a pull up

@davidanderson5411

Жыл бұрын

add yr body weight to yr own body weight and show us how to do it proper

@CJ-111

Жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson5411 never said I could do better. The title of the video is self explanatory though

@Terror1Void

Жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson5411 Im 285 and can do a weighted pull up with 80 lbs hanging off of me. No dolphin kick required to ascend the bar.

@davidanderson5411

Жыл бұрын

@@Terror1Void yeah but 99% of 285lbs guys cant

@Terror1Void

Жыл бұрын

@David Anderson It doesn't take much. Just got to train pull ups every work out.

I like how Shaw works the negative.

Ayyy I see you Mr. Shaw! THC fit baby!

I still say that the most well rounded strongman was Derek Poundstone. He preached that you had to train all the muscles as you’re pnly as strong as your weakest link😁 When many others were neglecting “show” muscles, he trained them all and truly looked one of the best. He could do some amazing pull-ups as well, considering his size

Nice! On that video with Koklyaev, the other 2 guys, who are powerlifters and weight above 160 kg, are doing even more pull-ups...

Great topic. But as far, as, strongmen using calisthenics for strongman training goes I don't think there is much carry over in completion prep phase of training but definitely worth including IF you have time and fancy a change. Great stuff from Martins. Awesome to see a giant doing pistols!

@leonardoandrade471

Жыл бұрын

Brian Alsruhe talks about the pull up as a great antagonist for all that overhead pressing, to keep the shoulders healthy and stay in the game for longer, but yeah, not a lot of carryover to strongman events save for rope pulling stuff, maybe

@Joncka

Жыл бұрын

Did you watch the video where Martins does pistols (can't remember if single or more) standing on the handle of a kettlebell? Insane.

The grip strength of the big guys to do pull ups at their body weight is most impressve to me

interesting topic ! Keep it up

I think calisthenics can help allot with the strong man competitions. You just have to balance it right. The last dude weighed significantly less than the previous champions, over 100 pounds in brian shaws case. You said it yourself it focuses on building strength to weight ratio and it looks like he hit that balance the year he won.

@ArchiveRagtagMoe

Жыл бұрын

Well, Strongmen events have also drastically changed over the year. Since the last 4-5 years, Strongman has focused towards moving weights over distance in the shortest time versus 2000s-2010s where it's only moving massive weights.

@Derploop

Жыл бұрын

Brother what the fuck are you even saying lol. It doesn't make sense. It's called world's strongest man, not world's highest number of pull ups man (Wilks calculated).

@gabrielalvarez2889

Жыл бұрын

@Tim, yes and no. Are there benefits of applying calisthenics to strongman training? Probably, is it optimal? To their sport? Probably not. When it comes to global scale competitions where you compete against the best of the best, there is something called the principle of specificity in where these “pro” athletes practice and train specific movements that will more than likely appear in the competition. Allotting time to doing “calisthenics” as a strongman is like training for the NBA but instead of using a basketball, your whole team uses a volleyball during the preseason. I mean they are both circles you can throw right? Motions are similar, they engage the same muscles BUT the teeny weenie fact is they JUST AREN’T THE SAME. Who’s team do you think will win? The one practicing on volleyballs? Or the actual basketballs? Anyways, a good majority of their challenges in strongmen are incredibly taxing to their central nervous system(cns) already, implementing extra calisthenics movements that isn’t part of their challenges only adds on EXTRA nervous system fatigue they could have used for something else that can actually help in their field. I believe there is a sport in which includes the feats you might be looking for, They lift heavy stuff, move around a lot, and yes, you got it! even calisthenics! it’s called CrossFit!

@dean0o0o

Жыл бұрын

The stronger I get the more impossible calisthenics becomes

@nohalo4836

Жыл бұрын

​@@dean0o0o That doesn't make very much sense buddy.

I remarked to a friend that you don’t see many of the real heavy weightlifters at the gym doing pullups. Actually, you don’t see many of the other people at the gym doing pullups. He said it was because it was too easy for them. This proves otherwise. I do 3 sets of 10 but I have to use a neutral grip until an issue with my left elbow fully clears up.

@MarkyB1

Жыл бұрын

I've often thought the same, it's because they can't pull their own body weight upwards, deadlifting it is completely different, wide grip pull up is the hardest exercise to do in my opinion.

@davecom3

Жыл бұрын

If you can't lift your own weight then all other workouts are pointless surely. Every man should be able to do pull ups.

@alexandru6747

Жыл бұрын

Elbow pain could likely be a grip issue as you hold the bar with the tip of the fingers instead of holding it deeper in your hand. Please check athlean X pull-up checklist, it’s amazing

Them pull-ups real no matter the weight. Salute to the warriors!

Strongest men but very sportmanship. Their effort and training decipline👏. Nice events i like to watch this, its a fair sport.

louis pushed UP an incline , an empty train freight car. 60,000lbs empty. good luck trying that

nice video man :) well done

I agree Martins was the best. But I see why people also like Mariusz. Very good content!

Mitchell Hooper has now also won the Arnold’s and WSM in the same year

@goofygrandlouis6296

Жыл бұрын

Hoop' there here goes.

Shaw's pullups looking pretty decent considering he weighs 465lbs.

@dnegel9546

Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile a 6ft 180lb guy somewhere is saying oh im to massive to do pull ups. 🙄

I needed this video so much... I never could get mi chin to the bar... but if strongmen struggle, then it makes sense :D

I used to work out in a gym where Big Z sometimes trains, i never saw him do pull up, but i saw him doing lat pulldown on a machine with around 150 kg - 330lbs for reps.

Mitchell also won the Arnold's as well as WSM. Novikov won 2020 not '22 :P interesting video nevertheless

@Charlton2010

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment this, yeah Hooper won both also

One thing to say about Mariusz Pudzianowski is that he was always pretty lean, always had visible abs and also, Thors deadlift record is unofficial since it was not done in a competition setting.

@dayofdecay433

Жыл бұрын

It depends what federation. Some recognize it some don't.

@tjcogger1974

Жыл бұрын

That's because the sport of strongman was entirely different back when he was competing. A prime Pudzianowski probably wouldn't even qualify for WSM today, unless he bulked up quite a bit.

@RenegadeRanga

Жыл бұрын

Witnessed live by 400k people and each calibrated plate weighed in front of the head WSM judge and 4 time WSM winner. That's the best they could do at the time.

@alexfrye6

Жыл бұрын

Eddie's 'competition' deadlift was designed around him so much that it might as well have not been in a competition. Also, who the fuck cares if it's competition or not. As long as it's sanctioned by one of the main promotions then it's fine. No one objected to Iron Biby's axle press record being out of competition. No one objected to the rest of the WUS feats of strength series.

@sorkeror

Жыл бұрын

Cope harder GoT fans....

Fantastic video.

This is a really interesting dynamic of big-guy strength. I’m relative small in stature but with above average strength and muscular development (ffmi 22-23 range). My vertical pull strength - body weight plus added weight - is 240lbs for 5 reps. My horizontal press strength is 230 for 5 reps on the bench press. Based on those numbers I would think that a guy that is 350lbs and can bench press 500lbs for reps SHOULD be able to hit at least 1. Full range of motion pull up for body weight, but they can’t. I think two things are going on (1) they generally don’t train vertical pull. (2) bench press is a completely different (and easier movement) for big guys… a guy who weighs nearly 400lbs has his chest far closer to the bar than someone who is say… 170lbs.

@Bru7aLis

Жыл бұрын

It is just a law in nature. The smaller the organism the more relatively strong it can be. It is easier for a 60kg person to lift 60kg, than a 90kg person lifting 90kg. You can, for example, check all the records in Olympic weightlifting and see that the lower weightclasses lift more weight pound-for-pound.

@spencerschubert5001

Жыл бұрын

@@Bru7aLis that’s true… but I’m talking about absolute strength in this instance. My point was that is not uncommon for trained intermediate/advanced lifters to be able to pull ~300 lbs vertical with good form (some even for reps), yet I’m seeing plenty of big guys here struggling to hit a ~350 lb vertical (with controlled/complete form). You would think that if you add nearly 200lbs of body weight… a substantial proportion of that is quality muscle mass. Many lifts would go up dramatically… so a 300 lb vertical might go to a 450 lb vertical… but it doesn’t seem to happen.

@Bru7aLis

Жыл бұрын

@@spencerschubert5001 Yeah, I agree with you. Hard to know how much of the added weight is functional without a scan. I think Eddie did one in a video, but not sure if there was any kind of comparison. Also for the pull-ups, and pronated grip specifically, most of these strongmen have terrible flexibility, so I think that might be another factor to consider.

@linkplays2952

11 ай бұрын

thats because bench has nothing to do with a pullup. its just different muscles. i cant say for sure but id imagine back is there least trained muscle since they are not using it that much

@PeteQuad

8 ай бұрын

The inverse square law. This is why ants can lift so much but would instantly die if grown in size.

I saw Novikov doing pull-up like it's nothing in his story when he won worlds strongest man. He is definitely one of the best pulluppers in strongman..also considering he is from Ukraine (pullups are popular there)

Depends on how much you work on pullups, when I was in the Marine corps and doing pullups very frequently, got to a point of doing 37 pullups or 14 muscle ups, can still break 20 even after almost a couple decades later. Of course Im nowhere near the weight of these guys

600k views and people are not subbing to my man, good vid man!

Respect to these guys!

Those are kips, not even pull-ups. That said, he's a beast! Mad respect to his strength!

@ChocolateMilk..

Жыл бұрын

Who?

I am 2 metres tall, 114 kg, amateur bodybuilder and pullups are still extremely hard. Can´t even begin to imagine the kind of strength to move a body with 400 lb...

@gk_zone4274

Жыл бұрын

I can relate. I'm 2M tall and 127 kg. I can do it, but mainly because I've been doing them for years. It's pretty remarkable that these guys can do pull-ups at their weight.

Mariusz is crazy good at everything

Being that strong and not being able to pull yourself is really sad if you ask me I could never be as strong as these guys but i'm really happy to be able to do pull up easily and have some mobility. I would never do that trade if it was possible !

Big Z was CRAZY to watch. His muscles looked pretty smooth, then he would pick something up and all of this insane rippling would pop out.

This makes me feel a lot better about my pull ups haha

I don' t care what anybody thinks but when your that heavy it takes alot of strength and i have respect and really amazed at how many he did!!

Maruisz clearly the best. Right up to his chest. No jerking, perfect

Derek Poundstone was unreal

@claytonpuranen

Жыл бұрын

An absolute UNIT lol

I remember watching World Strongest Man back then on Eurosport with my dad. Everytime we saw Mariusz Pudzianowski, we knew he would win

@ben1ben2ben1

5 ай бұрын

Because most of the top strongman were in different sanctions

Hey Clayton, good video. - Clayton

this video was aggressively being shown on my homepage xD I finally gave in.

Pullups 🤤

The fact that they can do a pull up even with momentum is amazing at their bodyweight

@markmanzo2488

7 ай бұрын

If they are strongmen they still should be able to do a few clean pullups even at their bodyweight. They train to lift heavy things.

respect. They are inspiring

To be the strongest and most agile and flexable would be a sight to see. That would be amazing.

I'm flabbergasted with how clean Martins' reps were 🤯💯 He is the man.

I train calisthenics and finally got up to 60 body weight pull ups in a row to match my age. I weigh 153 lbs, BMI of 22, and also do intense hill repeat cycling with a focus on mitochondrial biogenesis and type IIA muscle fibers. I was stuck in the low 50's for a long time, but then added a 20 lbs weighted vest that got me to 60 body weight pull ups in a row. Without the vest it feels like I am flying up. For the first 20-25 reps I have zero grip tension at the top for a split second, which helps blood flow during a no tension micro rest. Resting at the bottom doesn't work for me. Full range of motion. No kipping. The world record is 651 pull ups.

@claytonpuranen

6 ай бұрын

Incredible!

@pettergustafsson5007

5 ай бұрын

are you telling me you are 60 years old and can do 60 clean pullups in a row without rest between????

@drmitofit2673

5 ай бұрын

@@pettergustafsson5007 Yes, 60 clean pull ups in a row, full range of motion, chin over the bar, no kipping, continuous, one set/no rest, no rest hanging at the bottom. The world record is 651 (Japanese Navy diver), so my numbers are puny and not even that guy's warm up. The World Pull Up Championship 70kg weight class record (at their events in Europe) is 97 pull ups in a row (judged). Too bad there is no senior division since I am 60 years old. I started training seriously when I retired a year and a half ago with a baseline of 4 pull ups way out of shape. Did pull ups and push ups every other day to failure and bicycling every other day, alternating. Gradually progressed until I was doing two sets of a total 100 pull ups (52+48=100) every other day, but started to be no fun and gains slowed, so I added a 20lb weighted vest with single sets every other day. Progressed from 40 weighted pull ups in a row to 50 (personal best) over 6 weeks or so. Then I attempted a new body weight PB and got to 60 pull ups in a row (PB). Still training single sets with 20 lb weighted vest, since I reached my fitness goal and now I am in maintenance mode (but at an elite level of conditioning for my age). Younger people could do more sets for faster gains. I don't expect to get much better, but maintaining this level for 5-10 years would be nice. The advice is to go to complete failure (most can't tolerate that amount of discomfort), to hyperventilate before and during to maximize aerobic zone, fast down, "bounce" off the bottom instead of pausing at bottom, zero weight on grip at top of the pull up for first 20-25 reps for micro rests, push ups ab roller and back rows for balance, intense hill repeat cycling for cardio (it's mainly about blood flow at high reps), maximizing mitochondrial biogenesis and Type IIA muscle fiber development for fatigue resistance, never missing an exercise day, dropping BMI ( I went from 25 to 22), and lean body type.

@ezet

5 ай бұрын

@@pettergustafsson5007 this type of endurance oriented strength training can keep improving with age for a long, long time. I'd have harder time to believe that someone turning 20 would do that

@loth1184

4 ай бұрын

651 pullups? Sorry bud but you got lied to 😂😂

That's cool.. all the different muscle physics all have different advantages and disadvantages.

Love the video idea!! (I'd give Shaw and Hall zero...neutral grips doesn't count to me, lol)

Thor has a video with Ludwig (yes, the competitive Smash player) in which he does pull ups. He does about 8-10 full range pull ups in the video. The video came out after 2021

@grahamstrouse1165

Жыл бұрын

He’s been dropping weight recently to take up boxing.

Pull ups require both strength and stamina but many of the strongmen train for pure strength, as stamina is not very much usefull for them. As you train for strength your stamina will decrease because strength and stamina require two seperate types of muscle tissue to maintain.

Pudzian The King!

Mariusz Pudzianowski the real man!

Looking at TWSMC heats, you see a common thread that the vast majority are lower body exercises, with a few that could be interpreted to employ chest, shoulders, and arms. Back and delts almost look like an afterthought. Couple this with their massive body weight, and it is definitely impressive that many of these could even do one pull-up.

The most impressive people I've ever hung around were the calisthenics community. Guys are just monsters.

@Incomudro1963

Жыл бұрын

I have so much more respect for those guys than guys who can push lots of heavy weight.

@jugurthasyphax6341

Жыл бұрын

@@Incomudro1963 I agree when it comes to calisthenics vs weightlifting. But strongmen are among the most impressive athletes around. They can move weights that humans should not be able to move. Very different from doing basic dumbbell reps. They are exceptional physical specimen on top of their unreal motivation and work ethic. With enough work and dedication, anyone can excel in calisthenics (which is part of what makes it great. Any physical type can achieve it).

When I was 14 a hot lady, maybe 23 was our caretaker in on a camp trip. When we got to know her, she said that she is a fitness instructor, and that she trains with Mariusz Pudzianowski. She showed us the training she would do with him, adding that he had no troubles with following her. Needles to say the show was quite bendy!

I've always liked watching the strong man competition since I was a kid. These guys are great. I used to be a rock climber and I could do 15 pull ups with one finger on each hand. Proved it many times. Now I'm 60 and my exercise consist of a brisk sit.... I can barely pump my own gas much less iron

@trever0798

Жыл бұрын

Did you stop exercising? Or you get sick?

@ghostofcpast8893

Жыл бұрын

@@trever0798 I got a case of old timers disease. I'm just old.

@justinw1765

7 ай бұрын

@@ghostofcpast8893 There are plenty of people who are 60 who are still athletic, strong, fast, etc. If you ate a really healthy diet and started training again (carefully), you'd be surprised what you could do after a year or so. Add daily deep meditation to that program then even better.

@tappajaav

6 ай бұрын

@@ghostofcpast8893 Did you ever read about a guy called Jasper Benincasa? Guy was doing one arm chins in his 80s. You might not be breaking world records at your older years, but it doesn't mean that you can't still be in great shape

Correction @ 5:24. Licis no longer one of only FOUR men to have won the World's Strong Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions... the 5th man being Mitchel Hooper who you showed won the WSM 2023 this past weekend. MOOOOOOOOSE! :)

@reapercarl5047

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to right theres 5 including mitch but you were already on it good knolage 😎

@satanlovesyoululul

Жыл бұрын

the feat is to win both the Arnold and Worlds in the same year. Only Big Z, Hapthor, Shaw and now Mitch have done this.

@jaket2274

Жыл бұрын

@@satanlovesyoululul and of those 4 only Shaw did it twice. Though Z prolly would’ve if it weren’t for the IFSA split

Martins is the most intelligent of the strong men. He’s not naturally the strongest but is smarter than any other competitor with his training… absolute legend of the sport

you should check out iron biby doing pull ups. the man didn't win worlds, but it's still extremely impressive, especially if you look how the man is built.

Martin's! One of my favourite strongmen! 💪💪💪

It's important to note that, while absolutely incredible, Hafthor's 501kg deadlift wasn't done in competition, so it wasn't really the same as when Eddie did 500kg.

@huaweiwei5678

Жыл бұрын

Then you should also note that Hall's record setting competition also wasn't even close to a real strongman competition, but rather a deadlift only competition made to help him set a record. Also, Bjornson had a perfect lock-out at the top, while Hall's lift wouldn't have been counted by a strict judge due to trembling and never really locking out the knees for even half a second.

@jesiah391

Жыл бұрын

@@huaweiwei5678 🫵🤣

@EresirThe1st

Жыл бұрын

Who cares? He still did it

@leomignonneau1765

Жыл бұрын

​@@huaweiwei5678 Eddie held the weight for a long time, even if he was trembling.

@tim6454

Жыл бұрын

​@@huaweiwei5678 it's still different. Eddie did enough for that lift to count in competition where he has to do it in that moment with the pressure on. Thor could have been recording an an attempt everyday until he eventually got it and could post it.