@@WenningStrength Aesthetics? Really Matt? It's strongman, not bodybuilding. Would 100% take Mariusz off this list and replace with Zydrunas. Not only does Z have more titles than him, but he had more longevity and won titles when the competition in the sport was much stiffer (i.e, Brian Shaw). Not to mention the number of static records Z set, most notably in what are my opinion the two best tests of static strength - the deadlift and log press.
@@KillianDefaoite Also one thing to note is that Mariusz won when a lot of the best guys were in IFSA during the split, and were not allowed to compete in WSM, have a read on it if you haven't before
Pretty great list Matt. Would have to Honorable Mention Koklyaev too - don’t know if we’ll ever see anyone at international medal level in weightlifting + PL + strongman + Highland games again (and thus Mark Henry gets the nod as well haha)
Mark Henry is sometimes overlooked on his strength stuff because of wrestling. But also remember Mark hasn’t actively competed in 20-25 years like Matt is talking about.
This is a real hard one for me! Ignoring the timeline restriction part to make it easier on myself I’d have to go Ed Coan, Kirk Karwoski, Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Benedikt Magnusson, and Vasily Alekseyev and/or Lee Moran!
@@WenningStrength hmmm.... limited to last 25 I’d have to go Benedikt Magnusson, Rezazadeh, KK, Pete Rubish, and Pudzianowski! But it’s a tough one. Haha, hope all is well Matt!
@@WenningStrength also Brandon Lilly pulling 815 on a challenge no warm up was fucking awesome a couple years back too. He might have a spot on the list had he kept it up a bit longer.
I think you should make a Patreon post asking your peeps on there to submit their top 5 and the reasons like you did. Not everyone is going to agree with whom they place on their lists. Personally I wouldn’t have one or two of the guys in your list on mine. But these are personal top 5 and every person has different elements to why they choose who they choose.
I would like to totally agree with some of your picks from the last quarter-century, Not an easy decision considering all his awesome athletes nowadays
@@WenningStrength Z has 8 Arnolds golds. Marius didnt even get top 5 at the arnolds he competed at. And also, Marius won WSM when many of the heavy hitters were competed for IFSA. people like Z , Kokliaev and Pundstone.
Eddie Hall should not be on the same conversation as these guys that you talked about. Only won one major competition on WSM. Not saying he is weak or something dumb like that, he forever will be the first human that lift 500 Kg from the floor. But as an athlete? he is not accomplished like the rest of these guys.
I would have put eddie hall over hafthor because of how much he pushed up the deadlift record when it was thought to be impossible, and the attention he brought to it because arnold called him the beast
Eddie has one international title, a big one albeit in WSM against Thor. 1xWSM, 8 podiums, 4x3rd, 3x2nd. 5xESM, 1xWUS, 3xArnold classic champion in a row. More Giants live wins than anybody else and 28 international titles. Aswell as countless records. How tf does Eddie place ahead of Thor lmao?
Should have given a shout out to Ronnie Coleman. He might not have been as strong as the top powerlifters strongmen, but to be that strong when preparing for bodybuilding competitions is pretty impressive
Overall a great list but based on performance I would replace Kutcher with Jaroslaw Olech. Olech 17x world champion in two weight classes, Euro champ too many times to count, etc. 800+squat at 165, etc.
Random question for anyone. I've never done a percentage based volume based strength phase. My bench will be starting at 270 3x5 which is 80% then 285 2x3 which is 85% and that will complete my main bench movement. The question is, how long do I stay at those numbers before I increase the weight? Any help would be great as I'm starting next week. Thank you
@@WenningStrength I'm depressed that people's ego's are such that, instead of taking a few seconds and inquiring about what they might be trying to do and pointing them to a program wether theirs or someone else's to help them progress, they have to respond in that type of fashion.
Idk about all iron athletes but best powerlifter of all time is easy: 1. Daniel Bell 2. John Haack 3. Yury Bellini 4. Zahir Khudrunahev (or whatever it is) 5. Eric Lillibridge
Mark Henry, Gary frank, Brian siders, and Shane Hamman would all be on my list. For the reason being that they each where able to cross over into other sports and dominate
@@piotrmarcinkiewicz5391 come on brother. Marius won WSM when many of the heavy hitters like Big Z were competing in IFSA. I know you have to root for the home team but big Z is definitely the 🐐. Don't worry, 🇵🇱 Poland still has Mateus who will bring home title. Can't wait to see a healthy Mateus competing again.✌
Brian Shaw, Big Z, Mark Henry? No love for Mark in the comments either. He was one of if not the strongest man at one point and could still run a 5 second 40 and dunk a basketball. ATHLETE
@@WenningStrength Really? I was absolutely blown away when i read all he had accomplished. Admittedly he dose come across as a self centered lazy A-hole in a lot of his interviews, but he must have been putting in the work to hit those numbers. He would also be the only man on your list to have world records across multiple sports too. Olympic lifting, power lifting and strongman. Surely his personality can't wipe all that out? * edit By that metric you could say Louie Simmons hasn't contributed to strength training because he can be a jerk
Obviously you know nothing about the sport. Big Z is the most decorated strongman of all time and widely considered the best ever. Shaw is argued to be best ever but widely considered to be second only to Big Z.
@@ddww992 Ok, it's clear that you don't really follow the sport in depth or even know the stats of each individual guy, Big Z is considered the greatest because of titles and longevity, but Thor surpassed his level as a strongman, as well as Shaw's, this is ubiquitous knowledge in the strongman community, Thor was always more athletic and faster than Shaw but became stronger than him in 2018 and surpassed him in static strength EVERYWHERE. Thor literally became a much superior version of Shaw, and Shaw were about equal in their primes. If you only want to look at numbers and titles then consider that Thor is the only strongman to win 5 major titles in a single year, Big Z wasn't nearly that consistent in his prime, in fact he was most consistent in the mid 00s because it was a weak era.
Dan bell will be soon among these greats .2606 in wraps 2485 in just a belt ..2660 in 'equipment' he could go in any meet no matter the circumstances and be at the top whether will be walked out .mono.wraps no wraps squat suits he is up there
@@WenningStrength Good point ..i believe lifters today could really benefit from your knowledge .I am disappointed to see lifters blow out quads and pecs
@@WenningStrength fair enough. So many interesting guys back then. Magnus and Jon Pall absolutely dominated, I think both had 4 x 1sts in 6 years. Pretty impressive decade+ for a country of 300,000.
@@WenningStrength yeah, lets think all around...he is your friend with 1 WSM title, and 3 arnold titles....that doesn't even begin to be impressive when compared to big z or brian...
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No idea who I would take off the list but I will always believe Zydrunas Savickas to be the greatest strongman of all time.
Absolutely true, in fact I’d say he’s the strongest man to have ever lived. He makes Marius’s titles on Wikipedia look like a very short list.
Titles won and attention to the sport you may need to keep in mind. Big z never drew anyone to strongman based on zero aesthetics!!
@@WenningStrength Aesthetics? Really Matt? It's strongman, not bodybuilding. Would 100% take Mariusz off this list and replace with Zydrunas. Not only does Z have more titles than him, but he had more longevity and won titles when the competition in the sport was much stiffer (i.e, Brian Shaw). Not to mention the number of static records Z set, most notably in what are my opinion the two best tests of static strength - the deadlift and log press.
@@KillianDefaoite Also one thing to note is that Mariusz won when a lot of the best guys were in IFSA during the split, and were not allowed to compete in WSM, have a read on it if you haven't before
100% agree thor was great pudzi to... but zydrunas is the best of all time 8 arnold classics 4 wsm and mutch more
Pretty great list Matt. Would have to Honorable Mention Koklyaev too - don’t know if we’ll ever see anyone at international medal level in weightlifting + PL + strongman + Highland games again (and thus Mark Henry gets the nod as well haha)
Mark Henry is sometimes overlooked on his strength stuff because of wrestling. But also remember Mark hasn’t actively competed in 20-25 years like Matt is talking about.
But he was a beast with his feats of strength for sure!!
Mark had a poor work ethic and a very short lifting career. Not on my list
Koklyaev should 100% be on the list
Lasha is even on his way to the mythical 500 kg total. Great inclusion to your list
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We are very proud of Mariusz ! Thanks for great video !
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Mikhail Koklyaev is also great. Very well-rounded and competed in Powerlifting, weightlifting and strongman! Impressive!
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Its crazy how you're not at a million subs already,hope you reach it soon!👊🏽
Me too!!!! So much help is needed!!
Maddox surely deserve is place, this futur 800 bench press is just out of this world
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always count on you for some awesome content. Thank you for always keeping it real!!
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This is a real hard one for me! Ignoring the timeline restriction part to make it easier on myself I’d have to go Ed Coan, Kirk Karwoski, Jon Pall Sigmarsson, Benedikt Magnusson, and Vasily Alekseyev and/or Lee Moran!
In the last 25 years??
@@WenningStrength hmmm.... limited to last 25 I’d have to go Benedikt Magnusson, Rezazadeh, KK, Pete Rubish, and Pudzianowski! But it’s a tough one. Haha, hope all is well Matt!
@@WenningStrength also Brandon Lilly pulling 815 on a challenge no warm up was fucking awesome a couple years back too. He might have a spot on the list had he kept it up a bit longer.
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Brian Shaw always got a place in my heart as in terms of how strong he is.
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Awesome video sir
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In terms of lean mass, Thor is the biggest human ever. Dude was basically a space marine in his prime
Even Brian Shaw looked ‘small’ next to him
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Shaw is 1" shorter and weighed nearly the same. Shaw doesn't look small next to anyone.
@@ddww992 Shaw was carrying a good deal more fat at 200kg and wasn’t as broad. He didn’t look ‘small’ but Thor was noticeably more jacked.
@@hg_10sm68 Thor packed on weight at contest time, so not at his biggest he didn't. Now offseason he's significantly leaner/jacked than Shaw.
I think you should make a Patreon post asking your peeps on there to submit their top 5 and the reasons like you did. Not everyone is going to agree with whom they place on their lists. Personally I wouldn’t have one or two of the guys in your list on mine. But these are personal top 5 and every person has different elements to why they choose who they choose.
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Brilliant video Matt
Much thanks!!!!!
I would like to totally agree with some of your picks from the last quarter-century, Not an easy decision considering all his awesome athletes nowadays
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You know the drill boys: like, comment share. Let's beat the algorithm together for Mr. Wenning
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I wish we could see Lasha vs Maddox on the log press.
great content
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Borderline criminal to leave out Big Z.
No one wanted to be built like him- looking at the full package and titles won
Big Z is definitely there in the running tho!!!
@@WenningStrength Z has 8 Arnolds golds. Marius didnt even get top 5 at the arnolds he competed at. And also, Marius won WSM when many of the heavy hitters were competed for IFSA. people like Z , Kokliaev and Pundstone.
I’m really surprised that John Haack didn’t make the list.
Who??
@@WenningStrength the total world record holder for 181 and 198
I don’t pay attention to the female weight classes :)))
@@WenningStrength you’re a savage 😂
Ooooof hahahaha
Thor, Eddie hall, Big Z, Brian Shaw and Pudzilla
Eddie Hall should not be on the same conversation as these guys that you talked about. Only won one major competition on WSM. Not saying he is weak or something dumb like that, he forever will be the first human that lift 500 Kg from the floor. But as an athlete? he is not accomplished like the rest of these guys.
@@IvanM272 okay
@@IvanM272 but who would win in a fight
Good list, have an opinion, tell us why, and stand by it.
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I would have put eddie hall over hafthor because of how much he pushed up the deadlift record when it was thought to be impossible, and the attention he brought to it because arnold called him the beast
Longevity took him off my list
@@WenningStrength I can see where you're coming from. He could've been one of the best ever
Eddie has one international title, a big one albeit in WSM against Thor. 1xWSM, 8 podiums, 4x3rd, 3x2nd. 5xESM, 1xWUS, 3xArnold classic champion in a row. More Giants live wins than anybody else and 28 international titles. Aswell as countless records. How tf does Eddie place ahead of Thor lmao?
glad to see Kutcher competed recently, I heard he quit due to a disk injury
Awesome!!!
What do you think of John Haack? His lifts have always amazed me in regards to how light he competes at
Don’t know much about him
Should have given a shout out to Ronnie Coleman. He might not have been as strong as the top powerlifters strongmen, but to be that strong when preparing for bodybuilding competitions is pretty impressive
No
He is up there for sure!!!
@@WenningStrength thanks for the reply! Love the channel!
Overall a great list but based on performance I would replace Kutcher with Jaroslaw Olech. Olech 17x world champion in two weight classes, Euro champ too many times to count, etc. 800+squat at 165, etc.
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Random question for anyone. I've never done a percentage based volume based strength phase. My bench will be starting at 270 3x5 which is 80% then 285 2x3 which is 85% and that will complete my main bench movement. The question is, how long do I stay at those numbers before I increase the weight? Any help would be great as I'm starting next week. Thank you
I’m Depressed that ppl still want to train in that fashion!! Good luck!
@@WenningStrength I'm depressed that people's ego's are such that, instead of taking a few seconds and inquiring about what they might be trying to do and pointing them to a program wether theirs or someone else's to help them progress, they have to respond in that type of fashion.
Pudzianowski definitely deserves some respect, but I'd put Žydrūnas on the list over Pudzianowski.
Gota factor in times won and popularity
Zydrunas was stronger. Pudzianowski was faster.
Idk about all iron athletes but best powerlifter of all time is easy:
1. Daniel Bell
2. John Haack
3. Yury Bellini
4. Zahir Khudrunahev (or whatever it is)
5. Eric Lillibridge
Personally I’d have thrown in Taylor Atwood, 812kg total at 74kg, 11 times body weight
And Ronnie Coleman for being a mad lad
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Wow didnt realize you have been touched by so many athletes
Love RUclips
Incredible people!
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Good stuff like this type of stuff
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Mark Henry, Gary frank, Brian siders, and Shane Hamman would all be on my list. For the reason being that they each where able to cross over into other sports and dominate
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Lasha's most recent snatch video of 223 kg was insane. Didn't even look like he had to try.
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Zydrunas Savickas must be on the list
Yup for sure !!
You forgot Big Z the real 🐐 of strongman.
He only beat Pudzian once
@@piotrmarcinkiewicz5391 come on brother. Marius won WSM when many of the heavy hitters like Big Z were competing in IFSA. I know you have to root for the home team but big Z is definitely the 🐐. Don't worry, 🇵🇱 Poland still has Mateus who will bring home title. Can't wait to see a healthy Mateus competing again.✌
Brian Shaw, Big Z, Mark Henry?
No love for Mark in the comments either. He was one of if not the strongest man at one point and could still run a 5 second 40 and dunk a basketball. ATHLETE
Work ethic and length of career make him an unsuitable choice in my opinion
@@WenningStrength was Mark not a hard worker? Or are we going off of his weight?
Mike stone Phd coached him at the USOC. Said he wouldn’t work hard - etc
Talked many times w Dr Stone over it.
@@WenningStrength bummer to hear. Still a great natural athlete
My list went Ed Coan, lasha, big z, Julius Maddox and John haack
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Alexander kutcher or cutcher how is his name spelled??
@@waffle305 thank you! I knew I was typing it wrong. 😆 I was hearing alexander instead.
Kutcher was a animal. Met him at the WPO. Super humble guy. Panora has a great story about him.
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Mark Henry surely has to make the list. Credible case for him being the strongest human who has ever lived
Not a strong enough work ethic or competed enough
@@WenningStrength Really? I was absolutely blown away when i read all he had accomplished. Admittedly he dose come across as a self centered lazy A-hole in a lot of his interviews, but he must have been putting in the work to hit those numbers. He would also be the only man on your list to have world records across multiple sports too. Olympic lifting, power lifting and strongman. Surely his personality can't wipe all that out?
* edit By that metric you could say Louie Simmons hasn't contributed to strength training because he can be a jerk
What about Gary Frank?
True!!
I don't know how you leave out Yury Belkin who may very well be considered the GOAT when he's done. Or pick Thor over Shaw and Big Z.
Too many good ppl.
Thor was better than Shaw and Z, who were roughly equal to each other.
Obviously you know nothing about the sport. Big Z is the most decorated strongman of all time and widely considered the best ever. Shaw is argued to be best ever but widely considered to be second only to Big Z.
@@ddww992 Ok, it's clear that you don't really follow the sport in depth or even know the stats of each individual guy, Big Z is considered the greatest because of titles and longevity, but Thor surpassed his level as a strongman, as well as Shaw's, this is ubiquitous knowledge in the strongman community, Thor was always more athletic and faster than Shaw but became stronger than him in 2018 and surpassed him in static strength EVERYWHERE. Thor literally became a much superior version of Shaw, and Shaw were about equal in their primes. If you only want to look at numbers and titles then consider that Thor is the only strongman to win 5 major titles in a single year, Big Z wasn't nearly that consistent in his prime, in fact he was most consistent in the mid 00s because it was a weak era.
@@meginna8354 Everything you said is nonsense.
Dan bell will be soon among these greats .2606 in wraps 2485 in just a belt ..2660 in 'equipment' he could go in any meet no matter the circumstances and be at the top whether will be walked out .mono.wraps no wraps squat suits he is up there
Now in my book he has to last a while. Training smart is huge for my list
@@WenningStrength Good point ..i believe lifters today could really benefit from your knowledge .I am disappointed to see lifters blow out quads and pecs
BIG Z number one look at all his records how could you leave the goat out
Make your own list!!!
1x Fortissimus, 2x IFSA, 3x ESM,
4x WSM, 8x Arnold’s Champion,
16x Lithuania’s strongest man!!!
Zydrunas is above all! GOAT 🐐
Very true
Shawn Frankl blew everyone away when he was competing
True!!
No John hack?
Please help the channel and leave your comments of your top 5 and repost!!! Thanks!!
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Thats IT!!!
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I can't be the only one surprised that Kyriakos Grizzly isn't on the list.
Who?
ed coan?
For sure!!!!
Brian Shaw not mentioned?
Way more dominant than Thor!
Thor totaled a monster lift in powerlifting too
Where’s John Haack?
He makes it 10 years maybe
Ummmm how is Hoff not on here?
Real lifting channel :)))
Eddy Coan
Oh for sure!!!!
In no specific order...
Pudz
Kaz
Lasha
Coan
Mark Henry...
You could be in there somewhere but I dont want to seem like a suck up.
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Andy Bolton has had 50 900lb and over pulls in competition.
Very true!!
Just used the sled for rhe first time. Almost 🤮 wooo
Has anyone had Stefi on their list?
Wow, no Chuck or Dave
??? Come on bro
Gotta get Eddy Coan on there!
Post 1995
@@WenningStrength fair enough. So many interesting guys back then. Magnus and Jon Pall absolutely dominated, I think both had 4 x 1sts in 6 years. Pretty impressive decade+ for a country of 300,000.
No way Thor is the top strongman of all time.
Who said he was??
No Kaz Matt?
Tried to keep this one post 1995
@@WenningStrength gotcha
Met you at Jumpstretch a couple years ago. I was a trainer there. Glad you're doing well bro.
Big Z and Brian Shaw are in the corner crying
Lol!!
Duh - he missed MATT WENNING!!!
True!!!! Lol
Polska gurom!!!
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These guys touched you matt? Are you okay?
Love RUclips!! Lol
big z and brian shaw totally outweigh thor on this list...
Neither pulled the world record - and I believe thor out totaled them in a powerlifting meet. Think all
Around
@@WenningStrength yeah, lets think all around...he is your friend with 1 WSM title, and 3 arnold titles....that doesn't even begin to be impressive when compared to big z or brian...
3 Arnold Titles back to back. Way harder than WSM. But hey bro make your own RUclips list be glad to watch
I'm ashamed of you "The Kaz" should have been ur first vote!!!!
Post 1995. Take a chill pill lol
@@WenningStrength I'm an old bitter 45yr old!!!!!
Still love the channel, I'll let it go!
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Tattoos, shaved head and a goatee will increase strength by 15% (joke)
Could I suppose
Ronnie Coleman gotta be pushing 6th place
Maddox is a 1 trick pony.
Move any world record in one lift 50lb. It’s insane
Croment