Thanks for Watching! I hope you enjoy the video. Please let me know what you think of the voiceover

@kevingoeminne5922

9 ай бұрын

Kinda miss your voice do... I'm here for a while now not from the start but almost I believe... I link your voice too this channel but I understand!

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

@@kevingoeminne5922 Thanks 🙏. This voiceover was a test to see if it helped the channel but I prefer if you guys are happy with my voice….will save me a lot of $$$$$😂

@jessejordan8116

9 ай бұрын

It’s good and sounds more like many other videos. It’s very “professional”. But your voice lends a sense of authenticity to the content and it’s nice to hear since it’s unique and belongs to the content creator. Ultimately I want you to succeed so I guess you should sit back and see how the video does and decide!

@yannicgraichen

9 ай бұрын

Hey I like your voice better. It's more authentic. This one sounds like a robot. Still, great video. Thank you for your content

@floor_fluff

9 ай бұрын

Please bring your voice back, your voice is perfect for these vids mate!

You have to admire the fact that he would only compete in drug tested events. What an absolute beast!

@yggdrasild755

9 ай бұрын

as if he didn't do them himself lol

@KAR5AVATARGT

9 ай бұрын

​@@yggdrasild755he was drug free

@yggdrasild755

9 ай бұрын

@@KAR5AVATARGT lol yea and the moon is made of cheese

@gordfoley4760

9 ай бұрын

@yggdrasild755 if he was using, why would he only compete in tested events? Doesn't make much sense.

@d_tattedup

9 ай бұрын

@@KAR5AVATARGT henry is huge but he never looked like a roid head, not even in his wwe days. Maybe hes just a genetic monster.

I graduated with his brother and went to school with Mark. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet. A true gentle giant

@DannyBoy426

9 ай бұрын

Then mark went on to become a high ranking mason and join pro wrestling!

@starsareangels7

9 ай бұрын

​@DannyBoy426 oh a Mason xD oh boy why I didn't know that

@Sumguyinavan_

9 ай бұрын

that's the kind of thing that made his wrestling career interesting. He was just as fun to watch as "The World's Strongest Man" as he was as "The Hall of Pain" and "Sexual Chocolate". He was a pretty mild tempered guy who could put on a funny character as well as a real monster of a human worthy of being feared, while also generally seeming like a guy to go hang out with

@doctordemon5076

9 ай бұрын

I bet he was gentle,else he would have better results in competition. I mean,he couldn't push himself because he was too gentle. :)

@star_platinum1140

9 ай бұрын

@@DannyBoy426if there is actually proof could you send it I’m curious

Met him at a comic convention here in Minnesota a while ago. Mike Colter was there promoting his "Luke Cage" show, but when I saw Mark, I joked and said he was the original Power Man. He laughed and told me to sit at his table. We talked for at least 20 minutes, and then for another 10 or so as I was leaving. Super nice and down to earth guy.

@MaverickChristian

9 ай бұрын

Dang, I missed my shot! (I also live in Minnesota and attend sf conventions.)

@thebeast9606

9 ай бұрын

@@MaverickChristian It was in 2019 at Twin Cities Con.

@thebeast9606

9 ай бұрын

@@MaverickChristian It was in 2019 at Twin Cities Con.

@thebeast9606

9 ай бұрын

My daughters and I got a pic with Mike Colter. He's nice as well, and way bigger in person than he even looks on TV.

@KentPetersonmoney

9 ай бұрын

Who was taller out of Mark and Mike? I know the internet says Mark an inch taller but WWE tend lie about their wrestlers height.

Mark Henry and Kurt Angle competed at the same Olympic Games. That’s pretty cool too

@cellmoore4848

Ай бұрын

And he did it with a broken neck

he's got my vote, the fact he came back from the WWE to win a strong man event with the wear and tear that WWE guys suffer is just mind blowing

@aberjaylopdollar1074

9 ай бұрын

When I was a young fellow in the Army, me and a fellow soldier started horsing around in the boxing ring, pulling off Pro Wrestling moves. We soon had an audience, and after about 15 minutes, we were both totally exhausted. Until then, I thot it was fakery. Next morning, I could not believe the pain. Bruised, and abused muscles convinced me, that those guys are indeed, fit and strong athletes. More so than the candy ass, long haired pro-football and basket ball players. Over paid for what they do.

@GregAlcorn

9 ай бұрын

Like he was in the WWE in Morrison on steroids give me a f****** break he was not he didn't compete in the world man strongest contest he's a joke

@reidjordan4545

9 ай бұрын

@@aberjaylopdollar1074 Wrestling Matches are totally scripted and some of the punches are pulled but all of those stunts they do are totally real and take a lot of strength, endurance, and durability

@brianmiller5750

9 ай бұрын

​​@@aberjaylopdollar1074 There's an interview of Dennis Rodman when he did his stint in WCW. He said after just one match he hurt in places he never knew existed

@xboxonevideos7685

8 ай бұрын

@@aberjaylopdollar1074there not athletes there just good stuntmen

Seeing him dunk a basketball is so damn impressive

@StevenJSkiba

8 ай бұрын

💯💯💯

@zfelps

8 ай бұрын

And at only 6'3" lol Not small, but short for basketball.

@23aceballer

7 ай бұрын

Imagine trying to guard him in the paint lol

@John_on_the_mountain

7 ай бұрын

@@23aceballer imagine guarding him at the top of the key then he crosses you up, spins past the help defense, then windmills it on your center

@ThunderFist1978

2 ай бұрын

I know! I was not expecting to see that at his size!

Mark Henry is one of the best strength athlete's in history. It is funny that he may also be the most famous. Yet.... the millions upon millions of people that know him from wrestling have no idea he was World Class legit.

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

That's sad truth when pro wrestling fans say that Someone like Brock Lesnar or Goldberg was stronger than Mark.

@bentonja668

9 ай бұрын

I disagree because the reality is that he almost has no Olympic resume at all. His junior career is impressive but at the Olympics level there's nothing there so I don't know how he is "one of the best strength athlete's in history." One of the best "strongmen" of course. They were going on and on about his 180 kg snatch meanwhile we've seen WOMEN snatch 155 kg. Apparently 2 men in the 1996 Olympics managed to snatch 200 and that was a long time ago. Current Olympic record is 223 kg snatch set in 2020.

@thewelfaregourmet

9 ай бұрын

@@bentonja668 He won the Arnold. He was the ATWR powerlifter for years and made the US Olympic team and went to two Olympic games, and has the highest 5 lift total in history. Find a comparable resume.... I will wait.....

@RockFan2000

9 ай бұрын

@@thewelfaregourmetBrian Shaw, Big Z, Thor, Eddie Hall

@thewelfaregourmet

9 ай бұрын

@@RockFan2000 Neither Shaw, big z, or Eddie hall have been the all time powerlifting Champ, gone to the Olympics twice or.... passed a drug test. 🤪

I can't believe how strong this dude was as a teenager

@eivindgjengstjohansen9625

9 ай бұрын

I believe that Mark was natty, take a look at Brian Shaw, at his heaviest he was 460 pound's, and he had more defined muscle's than Mark, who was 412 pound's at his heaviest, and Brian was actually LEANER go figure.

@imKAYNE

9 ай бұрын

@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625only competed at drug tested events

@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn

8 ай бұрын

Brain is taller

@eivindgjengstjohansen9625

8 ай бұрын

@@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn 4 inches taller

@bigbeau1758

8 ай бұрын

@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Mark's actually only 6 foot 2. Brian is 6 foot 7. 5 inch difference is huge and Mark would weight around the same if he was his height. And muscle definition still doesn't mean natty or not. Plenty of fatasses on steroids and you can see many people around mark's build are on steroids.

I had the extreme fortune to lift on the University of Texas Longhorn Powerlifting team where he trained with Dr's Jan and Terry Todd. True story: In 1995 a couple of us younger lifters (myself included) had failed to make the qualifier of collegiate nationals. Dejected, he said to me, "Don't worry about it, it'll happen." Because they decided to hold a meet at UT where he was lifting, there were national judges, and hence it was an official qualifying meet. And I finally got my act together and made it to Nationals! I was so excited that I didn't even see him come up behind me and pick my ass up in the air (I was a 148 pounder, Mark ate steaks bigger than I was). He just said to me, "See, I told ya you'd make it little man." So 2 national collegiate championships and 4 American collegiate records later, I have Mark to thank. He truly is the NICEST guy you'll ever meet.

@StrengthUniverse

8 ай бұрын

That's so cool, thanks for sharing and congrats on your remarkable achievements!

Mark is definitely a once in a lifetime athlete.

@chelseafcgirl

8 ай бұрын

Yes yes 👍

@hansolo631

2 ай бұрын

Yea. It's selfish of me to say, but I wish he had gone all in on the pharmaceuticals lol. It'd be fun to see what numbers he might have hit

The undertaker told a story of how one time a parked car blocked in their bus and was running late. Mark came out and lifted the car and moved it over for the bus to get out of the parking spot. He’s truly something else.

@aberjaylopdollar1074

9 ай бұрын

You should read about Andre the Giant and his run in with a car.

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

@@aberjaylopdollar1074 Flipping cars is not a very big deal, every top strongmen can do it. They used to have car flipping contest in wsm competition back in late 80s- early 90s. Mark Henry could do it too what Andre did.

@mrmarr8308

9 ай бұрын

​@@abhinavkumar547when you start flipping cars, then you can say whether it's a big deal or not.

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

@mrmarr8308 Don't act like a child. I wasn't talking about myself. Flipping cars are not big deal for professional strongmen. They used to have car flipping contest in wsm where they needed to flip consecutive 3 cars. What Andre did can be done by any pro strongman.

@mrmarr8308

9 ай бұрын

@@abhinavkumar547 so how is that not a big deal. Anyway I'm not about to argue with someone online.

I trained at the same gym as Mark for about 2 years (in Phily). He was a great guy. Helpful and encouraging to everyone young and old. He spotted me a few times on big lifts. My claim to face is that Mark asked me to videotape him for a strongman lift once 😂

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

That's really cool, thank you for sharing👍

@ennjaychannel

9 ай бұрын

Nice story

I never knew all his history. Very impressive. Way to go Mark Henry! And kudos to his mother for getting him a weight set.

Dude literally built different. Had no idea about his early life, Mark was born to lift. I think that the fact he _has_ a legit five lift total speaks volumes. That's a very rare thing indeed.

5"5" and 100kg at 10, wtf 😅

@MojKanal-cz1iz

9 ай бұрын

He was eating other kids

@Mikemikethegod

2 ай бұрын

@@MojKanal-cz1iz😭

@beburs

2 ай бұрын

@@MojKanal-cz1izthe Cookie Monster

I think he was definitly the strongest Guy in the World in the early 2000s

Mark is an animal of strength and he was very well rounded as well. One last note the original voice over was much better

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Would have been nice to see him compete at WSM. re voiceover, thank you, i'll do the next one.

@justaguyfromreddit

9 ай бұрын

@@StrengthUniverse I second that, og voice has vibes...

@Rich-tc2lh

9 ай бұрын

are you dope

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

​​@@StrengthUniverseReg. Mark Henry's participation at wsm competition, Dr. Todd has written that Henry told the producers of wsm competition in the 90s that he would take part in the contest if they start adding all the events that test strength and not endurance.

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

@@abhinavkumar547 That’s never happened to this day. I enjoy the WSM but wish they’d redesign the competition

They never gave enough credit to Mark in WWF. He could wipe the ring with anybody. Massive and strong. Very underrated.

Mark Henry is the definition of strength

@charlessavoie2367

9 ай бұрын

His lifting to body weight ratio is scandalously poor!

@josephperkins4857

9 ай бұрын

Horse crap

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

​@@charlessavoie2367I asked u something about Scott Norton's best behind the neck press' figure source

@shoaibhaq8680

9 ай бұрын

​@@charlessavoie2367and how good is that ratio for guys like Brian shaw and hafthor given they weighes well over 400lbs with immense ped support??

@charlessavoie2367

9 ай бұрын

@@shoaibhaq8680 You are actually saying that Henry never used PEDS? And the Pacific Ocean has not a single drop of water either.

I'm from Pine Forest, Texas and my high school powerlifting team competed against his in Silsbee. I got to see him my freshman year, his senior year and believe me he was twice the strength of anyone else. Like a man amongst boys. His name echoed through those halls for a long time.

@The_World_Champion.

9 ай бұрын

Wow thanks for sharing

@The_World_Champion.

9 ай бұрын

I want to ask you as Black British Man, do you think The American slave trade with it's selective breeding played a part in why so many African Americans display such athletic superiority??

@yourbiologicaldaddy9784

9 ай бұрын

@@The_World_Champion. no.

@strengthandbulkfitness5586

9 ай бұрын

@@The_World_Champion.African slaves mixed with Europeans and Native Americans which resulted in them getting stronger. The average Black-American is 70% African.

@Below-Average_Joe

9 ай бұрын

@@The_World_Champion. there are close to 50 million people of African descent in the USA and 90% of us have roots in the slave trade. Trust me, we are not all elite athletes by any means.

I used to coach weightlifting in college, and I have been to a number of power lifting competitions. I have never seen anyone even close to his strength. The fact that everyone who has left a comment that knows him says that he is down to earth and genuinely nice and polite. I was personal friends with a man who was at one time listed as the strongest man in the Marines when I was in California near Camp Pendleton, California. He was also genuinely nice and polite and respectful. I have been in shape and extremely healthy in my past and I am on a self improvement course of my own to strengthen my heart ❤️ and I have begun a routine of getting back into great physical shape at the age of 74. I am excited about staying healthy and with God's help off of medication 💊 until He calls me Home.!! Amen 🙏

@Sansanesantu

9 ай бұрын

Great to know, Mr.Veteran ! 🎉

@jshaw4757

8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍 from 🇬🇧...Best luck

@el34glo59

8 ай бұрын

Good for you boss! Keep it up. You got plenty of heart to stay in shape at 74,so I'm sure you'll be ok

What a unit. Many of his records still hold to this day.

@eivindgjengstjohansen9625

9 ай бұрын

I believe that Mark was natty, take a look at Brian Shaw, at his heaviest he was 460 pound's, and he had more defined muscle's than Mark, who was 412 pound's at his heaviest, and Brian was actually LEANER go figure.

@drywater2228

8 ай бұрын

@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Please learn how to pluralize

@jimclaus1576

8 ай бұрын

Lol! 😂 Shaw >>>>> henry either way you try and slice it

@abhinavkumar547

8 ай бұрын

​@@jimclaus1576Mark was a natty, Brian was not that alone makes him stronger.

@nickyfurlano8531

8 ай бұрын

So do many of Louis Cyr's.

Now that Mark Henry mentioned him, we need a feature on Soviet era strongman Vasili Alexeev.

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

Alexeev had 1000 lbs back squat.

@carlyletom301

8 ай бұрын

​@@abhinavkumar547He lifted in a time when Russia and other countries used steroids as often as sunrise.

@Paul-vf2wl

7 ай бұрын

@@carlyletom301 Steroids were invented by the doctor for the US weightlifting team in 1958 nobody has been natty since then.

@Facts-Over-Feelings

3 ай бұрын

@@carlyletom301 YUP.. MARK HENERY THE BEST

Not many with his mass that could move like him. Even more impressive than his numbers if you ask me. A true all around talent.

@shoaibhaq8680

9 ай бұрын

That's how agile you should be if you are truly natty with that much size... Or else peds might give you size but not the energy and athleticism to move like that with extra amount of muscle mass gained with drugs

@swappedoutZ71

8 ай бұрын

His body was genetically meant for heavy weight and his large amount of muscle allowed him to move freely since his weight was not a hindrance

Bro seeing him dunk is insane

A great video as usual of yours. Thank u. What many people overlook is the fact that Mark Henry was regarded, acknowledged and considered as the world's strongest man in not one point but 2 different points of phase in his career. The first one was when he won both national and world powerlifting championships in 1995 and in that process set the all time world records in raw squat with knee wraps of 953.5 lbs and raw deadlift with 903.9 lbs. These two were world records in both tested as well as untested federations of powerlifting. The squat world record lasted for 15 years from 95-10 in untested division in superheavyweight class broken by Robert wilkerson, but was originally broken 3 years prior in 2007 by Sergey Kurnaukhov in a 308 lbs weight class so for 12 years regardless of weight class from 95-07 and for 22 years in tested division from 95-17 broken by Jezza Uepa whereas deadlift world record lasted for 10 years from 95-05 in untested division broken by Benedict Magnusson, for 17 years from 95-12 in tested division broken by Mikhail Koklaev in superheavyweight class and regardless of weight class by Konstantin konstantinovs at the lighter weight class in 2009 so, 13 years from 95-09. In addition to that he also set the all time world record in drug tested raw powerlifting total with 2337 lbs and that total was also the 4th best among non drug tested totals as well at that time behind only Reinhoudt, Cole and Kuc. . This total lasted for 22 years from 95-17 in drug tested meet broken by Jezza Uepa . What's worth noting is that he set those records and won the national and world Championship while primarly being a weightlifter and hadn't competed in powerlifting for 5 years prior to 1995 as his whole focus was on weightlifting as a result he trained on the powerlifts only sparingly in 95 when he won and set the world records in powerlifting. In the same calendar year,in weightlifting he won the bronze,silver and gold medal at Pan American games. In the next year in 96 , he won the national weightlifting championship for the 3rd time and by doing so set the american national record in snatch of 396 lbs and clean and jerk of 485 lbs which gave him the total of 881 lbs. The all 3 national records set by him in snatch, clean and jerk and total lasted until 1997 When Shane Hammon broke them , but this 881 lbs total , in the opinion of many experts in track field of international lifting including Dragomir Cioroslan ,the 96s coach of us team - was the highest made by an athlete who had never used anabolic steroids. who has never used peds. Due to his 5 lift total by that time, Henry at the age of 24 , was generally acknowledged as the strongest man in the world, even by many of the eastern Bloc European weightlifters who outrank him in weightlifting. No one in the history of sport has lifted as much as him in the five competitive lifts - 2 lifts of weightlifting and 3 lifts of powerlifting. To this day his 5 lift total is still the greatest in history making him arguably one of the strongest man that ever lived , and stamp him according to lifting statistician, Herb Glossbrenner as history's greatest overall lifter . Having achieved these all time records in the lifting sports and achieving these at a very young age of 24 while being lifetime drug free makes it even more impressive. He also held the world record in combined lifting supertotal which consists of official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total, in addition to 5 lift combined total from 1996-2012 when Mikhail Koklaev superceded this record. Mark is no. 2 even at this point of time. The second time when Henry was again seen as the legit strongest man in the world by many lifting experts since 1996 when he won the inaugural Arnold strongman classic in 2002 by training specifically for 6 weeks for the contest and defeating the best worldwide strongman of that time including, the then reigning world's strongest man of 2001 Svend Carlsen , who all were practicing for years. His win was a shock for strongman experts worldwide. Many experts in the field , including Bill Kazmaier, Dr. Terry and Jan Todd, Dr. Robert M. Goldman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muscle and fitness magazine and Flex magazine , consider him to be one of the strongest man that ever lived or even the most naturally gifted strongman in history. What's more frightening was that Mark with all of these accomplishments was never even in his physical prime as he quit his lifting career by the age of just 26 in 97 and came back for just one strongman competition in 02 . Normally strength athletes in powerlifting and strongman reach their prime between 28-35 and Mark was far away from reaching his strength peak. We can just imagine what he might've done had he kept lifting.

@garethlatcham5993

9 ай бұрын

Can you repeat that again please mate

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

@@garethlatcham5993 Why buddy?

@garethlatcham5993

9 ай бұрын

@abhinavkumar547 just a little humour my bro.... Very detailed explanation. My apologies x

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

@@garethlatcham5993 No problem and thank u.

hence why modern popular strongmen refuse to do his feats and refuse to use the exact replica dumbbells that louis used.

Please keep your original commentary. You speak well and have a distinct accent that differentiates you from other channels.

I knew him from WWE fame but I didn't realise he was this impressive outside the WWE too.

@doctordemon5076

9 ай бұрын

Dude,like...everytime they present him in wwe,they say "the strongest man" we know it wasn't just for show,but because of his title.

I briefly met Mark Henry at the Arnold Classic in 2011. I think he'd already retired from Strength sports at that point and was acting as one of the judges but still looked like he could have been competing! It would have been interesting if he had been at his peak and competing against guys like Hafthor, Brian Shaw, etc.

@yozkopf3000

8 ай бұрын

Mark Henry never reached his true potential in any strength discipline. He was way too young when he set his Olympic weightligitng and powerlifting records. And he only trained for and competed in one strongman competition (ASC 2002). Guys like Big Z or Hafthor trained for many years until they won their first ASC or WSM. Henry did it the first time he tried and then immediately retired and went back to his wrestling career.

@arbresnow401

8 ай бұрын

Brian Shaw and Hafthor are basically human experiments on strength at this point. They eat 6 times more calories than the average person and have regular temperature treatments and physiotherapy, stuff which I don't think Mark Henry had access to in such egregious manner in his prime

It's tripping me out, because a popular body builder broke his neck squatting around 400lbs last week, and here Mark Henry is squatting more than double 40 years ago. Any one of us would literally die trying to lift these weights. It's kind of blowing my mind 🤯

Army 97th General Hospital 1984ish Sgt. Henry hurt his knee. I believe it was his Left. I made a Lenox Hill knee brace for him. Largest knee brace I ever made. A real gentleman.

The new voiceover is not bad but that being said the old voiceover is part of strength universe’s signature style

Mark Henry was almost as strong as the Ultimate Warrior.

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Sarcasm?

Something to add to that 2002 challenge, not only was he out of practice for years and came back to it, but that compeition also had future strongest men such as Svend 'Viking' Karlsen and compeititors that broke history being the first to achieve certain feats of strength. It wasn't a easy compeition.

@errrytangraysiss8083

2 ай бұрын

Excuses

I never understood why he wasn't presented as a multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze winner from the Olympics during his matches in Pro wressling like they did for Kirk, and he only won one medal. But that is water under the bridge. Mark was possibly one of the most humble and nicest people in the world.

@RonnieM90

8 ай бұрын

Kurt Angle won an Olympic Gold Medal, so he was billed as that. Mark Henry was billed as the world's strongest man. Henry competed in two Olympics, but he never won any Olympic medals. He won medals at the Pan-American Games and other competitions but not the Olympics.

@Paul-vf2wl

7 ай бұрын

He finished 10th in the 92 Olympics and 14th in 1996

One of the most amazing naturals ever. He was a legend in his own time

He has the perfect build for strength related sports. Would've loved to see him compete in the WSM competitions. Wasn't aware of these amazing accomplishments and only knew him as a wrestler. I think he would've been amazing to watch!

@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd

8 ай бұрын

Mark Henry wouldn't have competed in WSM coz it ain't a drug free competition

@yozkopf3000

8 ай бұрын

@@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd The Arnold strongman classic, which Mark Henry won in 2002 wasn't drug-tested either. The other competitors there were taking gear 100%. In this event Mark defeated the reigning WSM champion among other elite strongmen of that time. But after that win he never competed in strongman again as far as I know. He made an exception in 2002 because his mother or father had died and he wanted to prove something.

@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd

8 ай бұрын

@@yozkopf3000 Mark Henry needed no steroids coz he was naturally gifted in strength. One of the reasons why mark Henry stopped Strong man apart from low pay was that he competed with guys he clearly knew that they were on gear. Mark Henry even criticized his colleges and de officials. As for me any strongman who uses steroids is a cheat and shouldn't be considered the strongest like today's strongmen. The strongest should be naturally strong and not steroids. That makes mark Henry one of the strongest naturally to ever walk the planet

@levondarratt787

8 ай бұрын

Yeap , hes an outlier. Usually it's European guys who have that long torso and big upper body... that being said the current guys are all a half a foot taller and 40 pounds heavier with the same body proportions, so it would have been hard to compete with them even in his prime which is only 10 years ago

@japanesecar1501

7 ай бұрын

Well, they don´t have the same proportions. Mark is broader than Thor at 6´2", and he has more reach per height, and his chest is the biggest on any strongman, just like his hips and ass, and nevermind that overall, Mark is just a stump of a man that is also X shaped because why not. He has bigger hands, better grip. Anything you can think of, Mark had the edge, and had WAY more to give, as was, nevermind that the crazy bastard was natural.@@levondarratt787

Oh wow I thought it was just BS this whole time.. Much respect to Mark, a true strong man!

@lordoffaiyum9727

9 ай бұрын

You are young. I knew him for this b4 he ever wrestled

It's a worthy argument. His all around strength and athleticism is beyond impressive. If he decided to do a strength sport he became a top level athlete in that sport powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman. Kaz, Shaw a few others enter the conversation but it's no twenty others.

@nwngunner

9 ай бұрын

I believe he could have done a 500kg dead lift.

@vidarye5859

8 ай бұрын

man Kaz in his prime could do anything lol

My dad was from Silsbee, where i lived many years as well. He was friends with Mark Henry, and has so many crazy stories about the guy. Mark was in the rap game when it was the in thing for people to do. He had a necklace with a "CD" on the end of an industrial gold chain. When he got closer, he realized that it was actually a vinyl record and mark henry was so massive it looked like a CD.

What a gamble mom. Trying to keep your boys out of trouble so you fed the worlds strongest beast iron plates. Thank god you were such an amazing mother. You created debatably one of the most special humans to ever exist.

God if this man is natural, which I want to believe, he is a marvel of humanity. Dude is awesome 👌

@issackliener3065

9 ай бұрын

You can believe he's natural. He is extemely opposing in using any kind of drugs. He also does not drink alcohol or smoke.

@SlickRieck

9 ай бұрын

He is the OG natty daddy

@lordoffaiyum9727

9 ай бұрын

Def natty bruh

@thegreatbenis225

9 ай бұрын

none of them are, they all need steriods to not get hurt, you cant train like they do naturally without destroying the body

@nicholasdimedio302

9 ай бұрын

I feel the big natties can hold onto size for decades dudes on drugs end up shrinking

Mark Henry is the drug free GOAT. Imagine if he had crossed that line and got on the sauzul!

@swappedoutZ71

8 ай бұрын

Mark Henry on juice would be benching 1000 squatting and deadlifting 1500

@jimclaus1576

8 ай бұрын

LooooL!!!! Nice try. But no. He isn’t the GOAT at strength sports or wrestling ;) And prove he was natural before making dumb statements. Brian Shaw 4 WSM titles. henry…… 0 😂😂😂

@abhinavkumar547

8 ай бұрын

​@@jimclaus1576Watch the video of strength universe on Mark's natty status. Brain shaw was stronger but it is really close to say and can go either way but Shaw also took anabolic steroids which Mark didn't. So Mark was naturally stronger.

@Paul-vf2wl

7 ай бұрын

Imagine if he told the truth

When you have a God gifted gift of strength like Mark Henry you don't need to take any steroids or drugs.

@nordskyrim6312

3 ай бұрын

Yea right 😂

go back to the old narrator plz

@michaelloughrie5519

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, we can go back to the old narrator anytime.

@richrick6168

9 ай бұрын

I like the new one give him a chance we want the channel to grow

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

@immortal8447 the one negative comment I usually receive is about my voice so I thought I would see what the reaction was to a pro voiceover

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

@richrick6168 that's my hope

@everythingstrength1485

9 ай бұрын

@@StrengthUniverse we all prefer the original 👍 long time subscriber here

I'm convinced. As always, great job with the research and presentation!

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I saw him at the St Louis airport maybe twenty years ago while I was waiting to pick up my wife. I asked him if he was Mark Henry the powerlifter and he said yes, but he did not look like he wanted to be bothered. I am a big man, but not big enough to go around annoying Mark Henry, so I left him alone. That said, he is one heck of an athlete!

@vidarye5859

8 ай бұрын

i love the story of when he tried to haze Brock Lesnar. love that hes honest about it too

Wow I had no idea he had such an impressive resume! 💪 Amazing accomplishments

only competed in drug tested events this man is a pure legend

@bentonja668

9 ай бұрын

unless you actually look into the history of performance enhancing drugs and realize that the Olympics has been testing for decades and yet when we watch the next Olympics pretty much everyone is on PEDs or has been on PEDs. Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100 meter dash gold medal and we learned later that Carl Lewis who was awarded the gold was ALSO on PED's. Its all about the chemistry of the PEDs staying one step ahead of the testing...Also check out that documentary about the Soviet doping program its called "Icarus." Here's a fun trivia question: Who was the last American to win the Tour De France? (actually, the ONLY American to have done so it turns out). Hint: Its not Lance Armstrong.

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

​@@bentonja668Learn more about Mark Henry before jumping to conclusions.

@Paul-vf2wl

7 ай бұрын

All Olympic lifters have been tested since the 80s they still all used steroids and HGH

Mark Henry did it the right way, no drugs! Thank you for being a role model.

That dunk was very surprising

Question: "How strong was Mark Henry really?" Answer: "Yes" 😆

This is what dedication, determination and an unwillingness to compromise can do for a person.

With his explosiveness, he probably would have made one hell of an offensive guard in the NFL. Also, if he was this strong while being so devoutly anti-roid, imagine if he had gotten on the juice. I am genuinely concerned that human joints couldn't have handled the power.

@jamesvick6070

8 ай бұрын

He would have killed somebody in the NFL I'm glad he only did wrestling 😂

@bigbeau1758

8 ай бұрын

He was on roids. Personal beliefs mean nothing when you're paid to say you're not on roids

@jamesvick6070

8 ай бұрын

@@bigbeau1758 you're favorite white powerlifter was on steroids Mark Henry was not he always took drug testing as the video just stated mark Henry was 100% natural.

@bigbeau1758

8 ай бұрын

@@jamesvick6070 Lmao Mark is my favourite powerlifter next to Louis Cyr and Mighty Atom. The fact you bring race into this shows you're mestriding. Most powerlifting events claim to have drug testing lmao, same with bodybuilding. If marks natural, so was Jay Cuttlee lmao

@jamesvick6070

8 ай бұрын

@@bigbeau1758 then they're on steroids too mark Henry is not he did tons of drug testing while he was powerlifting. Mark is the strongest man in the world statistics wise he has no reason to take steroids. But you're great white hopes might. 😂

There just seemed to be no limit to this guy's strength.

powerlifting and weightlifting is total different - to be good in both is wow amazing !

Imagine being the normal Sized Highschool lineman that had to face, what would have been an exceptionally strong large NFL lineman in a Highschool game?

Normally I'm pretty damn sceptical about athletes being natural at the top of the world level. Mark Henry might have actually been that much of a phenom that I could believe him having been natural.

@jaypaige7550

9 ай бұрын

Yup dude was insane , I remember being inspired by him during my high school days !

@bdegrds

9 ай бұрын

No he was not natty. It is not possible to move that weight natty. Regular people do not understand.

@jaypaige7550

9 ай бұрын

@@bdegrds What you don't understand is the man competed in all drug tested events , your words are not valid ! 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

@bdegrds

9 ай бұрын

​@@jaypaige7550I've been lifting since 98 my words are valid kid stay in your lane. Ed Coen, Lance Armstrong also tested natty. Not up for debate

@jaypaige7550

9 ай бұрын

@@bdegrds

Very difficult to say who's the strongest man ever. There are so many disciplines is strength sports. But Mark is definitely one of the all time greatest. And I 100% believe he was natty. Just a extremely gifted athlete.❤

@doctordemon5076

9 ай бұрын

Yes dude,when we talk about strongest EVER,we should include Samson and Hercules too. :))

@brianbray2721

9 ай бұрын

Watch something about Paul Anderson

@vidarye5859

8 ай бұрын

@@brianbray2721 that dudes legs were tree trunks

@johnj1573

8 ай бұрын

He’s top 3 for sure

@nickyfurlano8531

8 ай бұрын

From what I've heard most say Angus MacAskill and some say Louis Cyr. In the modern era most say Bill Kazimaier. All time strongest most say Angus MacAskil

Got to "shake hands" with Mark at a college gym in Austin where I was an instructor in the '90's. Really personable, nice guy. My hand looked like an infant's hand in his.

Thanks for making this video!

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching👍

Great video. Mark Henry is awesome. Like others, I really like the original narrator.

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback

We need the original strength universe voice please!!! Other than that, a good video. Strongest ever would be peak Thor, but Mark Henry is definitely in the discussion, maybe within the top 10 if not the top 5.

Natural genetic advantage plus effort plus consistency starting from a young age... this man somehow managed to take the perfect path

love that he was like natty too the max. seems like an awesome guy/athlete/role model great video

You should do a video on the boxer James J. Jeffries, as he's known for his insane feats of strength. Several journalists saw him lift a 500 pound steer on a wagon, and he also used to train with a 300 pound sandbag. He also used to hunt large deer and carry them during his run. He would still outrun most of the people running with him!

@WZ912

9 ай бұрын

@polandball694 The press exaggerated his strength feats because James J. Jeffries "The Boiler Maker" was white and the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Trying making him into some kind Paul Bunyan Herculean Mythical figure.They did the same thing with John L Sullivan. claiming the "Boston Strong Boy" he lifted a Boxcar off the tracks. At least Sullivan had the good sense to avoid black fighters. James J. Jeffries.....not so much.

5:00 is the deepest squat with 900+ I've ever seen!

@robertdemon3550

9 ай бұрын

That was ass to grass deep.

@jd9119

9 ай бұрын

If you look at his legs, his thighs were barely lower than parallel. The fact that it looks like he's going nearly ass to grass just goes to show you how disadvantaged in squatting he is. Which adds to the impressiveness.

@aldrogo7510

9 ай бұрын

@@jd9119 you might be right, but maybe his legs/quads are so huge that it's tough to judge from the front

@Luis-ln7ob

9 ай бұрын

Murakami

@robertdemon3550

9 ай бұрын

@@jd9119 It looked pretty deep to me pal, his ass was lower than his knees that’s for sure. His legs are so huge I doubt he could have gone lower with them tree trunks.

I DEFINITELY want to see this guy’s high school basketball highlight reel.

amazing career and loved him when he was a heel as the silverback in wwe....a giant and a legend

Mark Was definetly the strongest man on earth at one time, probably the only one to that point to pass Bill Kazmaier, a defintive animal in all strenght related media. He was passed eventually by the likes of Big Z, shaw, Thor, Hall and maybe now Hooper... I call bs on his naty claims though

@hoffjdod3276

9 ай бұрын

Honestly I think Mark might be one of those 1 in 100 million people that’s just genetically blessed for strength, I mean ALL the men in his family are huge and considering his ethnicity (fast twitch dominant genes) he could be natty.

@4ndy123

9 ай бұрын

@@hoffjdod3276 hhahahahaha

@antoniocenteno1483

9 ай бұрын

@@hoffjdod3276 Maybe when he was a Junior, no way he was in WWE and was a Natty lol, is common knowledge at this point, and in powerlifting/Strongman is way too common too, Mark does come forma school of lifters that deny the use of It and condemn It, like Ronnie Coleman, but everybody close to them knew they where not Naty

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

@@antoniocenteno1483 then u need to read the article of Dr. Terry Todd on Mark. U said the opposite and everyone close to Mark actually know that he was a lifetime drug free. I wrote a very detailed 7 points in my comment in this video that strongly support why he was natural but it was deleted due to some reason. Read dr. Todd's article Mark Henry's dilemma - reflections on drugs at Olympics. It is possible but extremely rare for someone to be natural. I don't know or think any other guys were clean but Mark was certainly clean.

@samuellp1146

9 ай бұрын

@@hoffjdod3276 that fast twitch because of ethnicity is nonsense, which ethnicity? Black? Not all blacks even have fast twitch muscles: "There’s no such thing as having fast-twitch muscle fiber because you’re black. The causal unit is a gene, or a network of genes, or a network of genes and environmental factors. Being black only makes you more likely to have a genetic variant that makes you more likely to have extra fast-twitch fiber." (Title: White Men Can’t Jump?Race, genes, and sports, BY WILLIAM SALETAN,DEC 05, 20087:30 AM) . It's not defined to one race/ethnicity because not all people in that ethnicity have that gene. I lived in Africa and the US, fast twitch muscles can be in any race. West Africa has some of the best sprinters in the planet (some from Jamaica and US have inherited this from that region) , it would be ignorant to say that because they are the fastest that automatically makes all Africans(blacks) the best runners because genetically not all blacks have the sprinter genes like many west Africans. We don't even know what kind of African he is, Bantu, Nilotic, Igbo, Hausa, Hutu, Kanuri, (there's almost 30 and they are not all the same black people, some have Asian and European ancestry since the beginning of time)? Another thing is most blacks in the US have white in them from slavery or Native American Indians heritage who's to say that these factors couldn't have helped him?

Just because the law says steroids are illegal, does not mean that the people who take them can't be considered for the strongest man of all time.

Mark had many records in drug tested lift federations. He also was major advocate for no anabolic drugs in sports. Anyone with basic knowledge of the 1980’s Soviet Olympic team knows they were all dirty from hockey , basketball, track, lifting etc.

@parkerclay

9 ай бұрын

Not sure about hockey and basketball but track and WL, yes

@SD80

9 ай бұрын

@@parkerclay Yes. Basketball and Hockey. The entirety of the Soviet Olympic teams were juiced. Winning the Olympics was a chance to make the US look inferior in the world media. Not sure if you understand they had grown men play against college kids in bball and hockey. They also had paid referees along with enhancing athletes.

@CloudCrash

8 ай бұрын

@@SD80And plenty of the Americans were juicing too just not to the same degree. Depending on the sport, most Olympians use banned substances, there’s just no reason not to since it’s fairly easy to not get caught even with random testing, but it is more common in non-Western countries for sure.

@Paul-vf2wl

7 ай бұрын

Steroids were invented by the doctor for the US weightlifting team.

Mark Henry's decision to only compete in drug free events is VERY commendable.

gentle giant, you just gotta love this man

You’re the man, Mark!

The old narrator pleaaaaaase❤

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Thanks fredrik

Would love to see the power lifting, oly lifting and main strongman lifts total of mark and mikhail koklyaev to see who is the strongest

I currently live in Silsbee,Tx. Glad to see this small town get some love

He is extremely decorated. His list of accolades is jaw-dropping. If he isn't the world's strongest man, hes definitely the most decorated for weight competition

Fantastic. A true strength legend 💪

I liked him already but damn is his story inspiring. It wasn't enough for him to just be a natural, he worked for everything he earned.

In his own words “that’s what I do”…Legend

One of my favorite powerlifters- Mark Henry. Into bodybuilding and powerlifting, love working out and dieting, and am going to be competing in local bodybuilding competitions within my area in a little more than a year from now. Im gonna be strong like Mark Henry one day 👊🏼

@StrengthUniverse

9 ай бұрын

Good stuff!

Would have been awesome to see what he would have accomplished if he stuck to powerlifting or strongman instead of wrestling. Of course WWE was more money than the other sports. But it would have been great to see the full potential in PL or SM. He was still young when signing with WWE, so I guess he would have developed even more later on And I agreee on narator that I see many has written here. We are used to the original one, and want it back😄

The legend has it that Anatoly called in sick the day he was scheduled to clean after Mark.

What happened to the banging guitar riff you used to use ? Missing it so much

Mark is an absolute monster in the most positive meaning of the word

Even if you don't think Mark is the strongest man, you gotta admit,in his prime, he was an absolute Beast 🔥 💯 So naturally gifted and so dedicated! He is truly a one of a kind man!

I'm a huge fan of WSM and some other strength sports, randomly met Hafthor in a small town museum. I was telling my buddy at work of all my favourite strong men, and mentioned Mark Henry. My buddy said, "the WWE guy?" Made me a bit sad.

Honestly my biggest reason for skepticism against Mark’s natty status is when he not only condemned Hafthor for admitting PED usage as if everyone didn’t already know, but he claimed that he thought the guys competing at the Arnold were natural and was shocked and appalled. Like how do you believe the pro-strongmen were natural, especially being in the strength world, that is either some serious naïveté, or you’re really overcompensating to make people think you’re natty

@Paul-vf2wl

7 ай бұрын

Wrestling fans will believe anything

Mark is and was an absolute unit!

I have been saying this for YEARS, that Mark Henry is the strongest human being to ever walk the earth, especially when you take into consideration he only competed in drug tested events and he focused on wrestling as his career and not strongman or powerlifting.

@clintoruss153

9 ай бұрын

Lol 😆 😂😂😂😂I never even saw him compete in WSM, let alone win

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

@@clintoruss153 winning wsm competition don't make someone strongest. The events there tests endurance more than the strength. Arnold strongman classic is a better indicator of pure strength.

@clintoruss153

9 ай бұрын

@abhinavkumar547 sure ,

@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd

9 ай бұрын

​@@clintoruss153WSM is a juice competion bro. This guy Mark henry is naturally gifted in strength and didn't need no steroids to prove that he was one of the strongest people to ever walk the planet

@clintoruss153

9 ай бұрын

@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd " one of the strongest people to ever walk the planet " 😆🤣😂 never seen him even take part in WSM , did he ever even qualify, for finals ,

Dude spent years in WWE, where cardio is super important. After years away from the sport, he decided one day to train for one of the world's biggest strongman events (The Arnold Classic), spent 6 weeks training for it, and went on to win it against the reigning World's Strongest Man amongst others. Absolute freak of nature. I don't think he gets anywhere near enough credit for his accomplishments.

Mark Henry military pressing Vader is the most impressive feat of strength ever in pro wrestling

@abhinavkumar547

9 ай бұрын

Well Tony Atlas press slammed over 400 lbs King Kong bundy back in 1985, a few weeks before wrestlemania 1 but that match has never been shown on TV.

It's amazing to imagine he was 350 pounds in high school and played basketball. Imagine try to block someone like that backing into you. :O What a beast and overall good guy! 🥰

@RonnieM90

8 ай бұрын

He probably was slimmer than that when he played basketball. Some big football players like Mekhi Becton, but they usually lost some weight to get into basketball shape.

@abhinavkumar547

8 ай бұрын

@@RonnieM90 He was 350 lbs when he was 16 years of age. At that time he would have been playing basketball.

@RonnieM90

8 ай бұрын

@@abhinavkumar547 What I meant is he probably was not 350 lbs all the time. During basketball season, he probably lost some weight. For example, Shaq played basketball at different weights. He was listed at 325 lbs, but his weight fluctuated.

@RonnieM90

8 ай бұрын

@@abhinavkumar547 Another example is Charles Barkley. I believe he said he started off his rookie season around 300 lbs. He said eventually he was able to get down to an ideal playing weight of 250 lbs.

@abhinavkumar547

8 ай бұрын

@@RonnieM90 U r giving wrong examples buddy because u haven't understand the genetics of Mark Henry. He was never less than 350 lbs since the day he touched 15-16 years of age upto recently in 2021 when he became 50 years old. He was always a big kid. It doesn't matter whether he was playing basketball or football he was always over 350 lbs because at the same time he was also lifting heavy weights in the gym. A good sign of him being lifetime natural. By 16 he was 350 , by 18 he was close to 400 lbs. Do your maths now and in between he became 3 time Texas powerlifting champion. He did decrease his bodyweight but that was for Olympic weightlifting when he started learning it in 1990 being 19 years old, from 400 lbs to 370 lbs due to explosiveness involve in that sport. And it didn't even matter because Mark can dunk basketball even at 410 lbs bodyweight. He ran a 40 yard dash in 5.2 seconds and can turn into full split in the air at a bodyweight of 370 lbs back in 1990. He was incredibly fast and explosive for his size which helped him in transition from powerlifting to weightlifting very quickly.

"Strongest of all time" is one of those titles that depends on how different people define things. I'm not in that community, so I don't have an opinion. His accomplishments are impressive. Thanks for the video.

Mark's son wrestles with my son, they're both in high school. I'm only 5'10" 170lbs. When I shake Mark's hand I feel like a miniature human. He's a really cool guy.

@funeris6690

8 ай бұрын

3f?

@Ludzig

6 ай бұрын

Tell him i said whats up

As amazing as he clearly was, we'll never know.