I’m talking about people who don’t compete in throwing, powerlifting, weightlifting, bodybuilding, and strongman yet still have great strength when formally tested. Who are they?
Bob Sapp comes to mind. I don’t know his lifting numbers but the sheer muscle size he managed to have at the time he fought Ernesto Hoost was unreal.
Matt Hughes of UFC was known for his brute strength. And so is Quinton Jackson.
Robert Forstemann, a cyclist, could squat 485 pounds for ten reps.
Now, I don’t know the legitimacy of this but a known Karate champion once said that Bruce Lee was capable of holding a 90-pound barbell on a front lateral raise (both hands) for some seconds. It’s hard to believe because Bruce was tiny, but if you’ve seen his one-inch punch and how he literally hits harder with it than Karate champions who weren’t holding back with their regular power punches, suddenly it becomes believable.
Hugh Jackman had a 455-pound deadlift.
I wonder what guys like a prime Holyfield or a prime Tyson could lift. They were huge…
Rich Froning, a crossfit athlete, has a 365-pound clean+jerk.
lol… Dude, you know how laymen outside of the gym are. The word “clean” has terrible connotations, not useful when saying it among laymen. We’re sometimes forced to add the word “power” to it so it won’t sound goofy. I hate it, personally, but what can we do? lol
Thanks. He got to Hall of Fame and deserved every bit of it. I just looked him up and it says his squat was 905 pounds. The dude is practically a leaner Mark Henry.
That was pretty damn impressive considering his size.
I couldn’t imagine being someone who gets hyped up like that, the litter or the bystander dude going wild. Does that make me weird?
I think Shot counts as throwing.
As for the DeFranco video - I’m sure he’s a good coach and certainly well known, but nothing all that amazing in any of the lifting in the videos.
I didn’t see anything that stated the weight. But I’m guessing less than 225 based on how thick the bumpers look - I’m going to go with the inside ones being actual 45’s (20kg) as my gauge. Could be a lot less, and it could be a lot less stupid of an exercise. Was Joel Seedman involved here?
He said “140” on the post. Since he’s German Im gonna guess he meant kilograms, not pounds.
I’m guessing it’s a special strength exercise for javelin (that guy is a world record holder). To be fair, compared to the magnitudes of forces across the shoulder in javelin, that actually seems fairly reasonable
Compared to dedicated lifters, sure, but these guys are also running 4.5-5.0s 40 yard dashes, which most 600-700lb trap bar deadlifters wouldn’t be able to handle
I’d give it a zero percent chance of being 140kg. Unless those aren’t actually bumpers and just look like bumpers.
I honestly don’t know, but I know that I had a stupid fast 40, but not a fast 100m. Right now they are probably both slow, but guys that lift heavy can be remarkably fast over short distance. Ben Johnson did reps with 600lbs in the squat in training.
Which is not 140kg. The way he’s doing it, not actually that big of a deal except for the possibility of injury if you miss the groove a little. I have done regular Nose Breakers (When did we stop calling it Lying French Curl?) with similar amounts in my life, so not anythiong stupendous.
