Some of those feats of strength are totally believable. Iv known many people who go to the gym and are able to lift twice their body weight. If MacAskill was a fit 400 pounds, having worked hard all his life, then picking up 600 pounds is not all that extraordinary.
I don't think I heard it in this video but one feat I've heard and read about was that of lifting and setting a 40 foot schooner mast which would have weighed 12,000 pounds at the least and 30,000 pounds at the heaviest depending on the wood it was made of. Also I myself have a muscle mutation, I am 220 pounds. When I started going to the gym with my big friend just before I graduated I could leg press about 400 pounds, in just 2 months, I reached 1150 pounds and I would have continued if that wasn't the heaviest it could go. I would do 100 reps of everything I was working on in a night and I am a constant 40 to 50 pounds heavier than I look do to higher muscle fiber density.
@@deadman9335You have a muscle mutation? LOL, I could leg press a grand at age 16. Your leg press max is an extremely poor indicator of overall strength. I wouldn't get to comfortable with the idea that you have a "muscle mutation." 😂
Some people are naturally strong . I went to school with a family who were related to Angus McCaskill long after Angus died . The three boys in the family. One son was a champion powerlifter and the other son could beat any one in the high school including the teachers in a arm wrestling. I saw the third son lug a full sets of barbell weights from the store and carry the weights at least two miles home in a backpack.
Englishtown Cape Breton Island, is not Northern Canada...it's East Coast Canada, and I was born and raised just a few miles away from there..I grew up hearing the stories of Angus McAskill, from great grandparents, and great uncles, who actually knew the man...None of these stories are fabricated, and there are many more not documented, but equally impressive.
Two men stronger than Angus---Tom Topham (196 pounds) a freak of exaggerated tendon thickness and Maximinus Thrax who outran a racehorse and wore a bracelet as a ring.
I think the answer might be that during the period of his life he was performing these feats( later 1840s to 1860) photography was in its infancy as technology used by the masses. Aside from the public displays, he also had an audience with Queen Victoria. That's gotta tell you something.
To me this is a clear pituitary giant. Normally this prevents people reaching puberty. I think Angus had a massive dose of growth hormone which stopped and then got a second dose of growth hormone after puberty. People don't just grow. If this was true he is the only example. Most people nearly 8 feet tall are on crutches and are bean poles. However he existed and was almost certainly the strongest man of all time.
His strenght was unparallel to this day probably, however I highly doubt that anyone could lift anchor that is 1 ton to chest height Given his other feats it is safe to assume that he would be able to deadlift that anchor but lifting it to chest height requires him to biceps curl 1 ton of weight which is quiet impossible and trying that would probably tear his biceps, and that is also unbalaced weight This was probably exaggerated story because at that time the place where he was ( I forgot name ) had only 300 to 350 kgs anchors, meaning he had no way of lifting non existant anchor of that time My guess is that he picked that 300 to 350 kg anchor and raised it of the ground but once he tried to lift it over chest height he hit himself with anchor fluke on his shoulder Since he walked away with it he did indeed lift that anchor but not over chest height as story goes, he most likely carried that anchor in upright position with fluke in his shoulder But it is also possible that he somehow got that anchor to chest height but not with using his biceps to curl that weight Either way this would put him at about 8 to 9 times strenght of average male in modern era, this would still put him at almost twice the strenght of strongest strongman that we know of today With modern training and suplements that number would have been doubled, basically he would have a strenght close to adult male gorilla Basically he was stronger than any man from his time to this day and he did not even train for that He probably had one in trillion genetics We won't be seeing another angus for hundreds of year to come
@@ForgottenFitness my guess too Some lifts were probably exaggerated like anchor lift but other lifts could have been very real considering a man of his size would be easly bigger than any strongman today Brian shaw felt small for the first time in his life standing near his real life replica so a man that big had not only strenght but reach advantage to lift 2 large barrels under his arms, lift a full grown horse over a fence and lift 50 kgs at arms lenght Andre entered gym for the first time in his life and bench pressed on incline 200 kgs for 5 reps, angus was bigger and stronger than andre so it is not impossible for man of his size to lift giant things that would take like 5 to 10 men to lift them
Yeah. Look at Yau Ming. Both his parents we're over 6 feet & was purposely bred. But he haves more of a athletic frame. No way he could lift a 350 kilo ⚓ chest height.
He and I are both of Scottish origin, and I have the exact same surname, MacAskill. I use Don Mackie as a pseudonym. I'm 6'6" and 250 lbs. My peak weight lifting weights was 265. I've measured out 7'9" on a wall, then guessed where his shoulders would be and pulled the tape to 44". He was a fucking monster! Would have loved to meet him back then!
He suffers agromegaly. The photo is clear: narrow shoulders hidden within stuffed clothes. He could of not been much stronger than a normal man. And a far cry from halfthor bearsson.
@FOOkoffReally Who's this "them"? We don't even have a 100% confirmed photo of him... But if the one shown is of him, then the case is clear from that alone.
Just because he was a KIND AND GENTLE MAN doesn't mean it was HIGHLY UNLIKELY that he was the STRONGEST TO EVER WALK THE EARTH ! If even HALF of those feats of strength are true [ and CHANCES ARE that FAR MORE THEN HALF ARE ! ] he DEFINITELY WAS the strongest man EVER !!
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Wow, how cool! Very interesting biography!
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Yea should go to Cape Breton Island and sea the museum
Some of those feats of strength are totally believable. Iv known many people who go to the gym and are able to lift twice their body weight. If MacAskill was a fit 400 pounds, having worked hard all his life, then picking up 600 pounds is not all that extraordinary.
I guess not, it’s really hard to say one way or another
I used to be able to back squat over triple body weight when i was 16
I don't think I heard it in this video but one feat I've heard and read about was that of lifting and setting a 40 foot schooner mast which would have weighed 12,000 pounds at the least and 30,000 pounds at the heaviest depending on the wood it was made of.
Also I myself have a muscle mutation, I am 220 pounds. When I started going to the gym with my big friend just before I graduated I could leg press about 400 pounds, in just 2 months, I reached 1150 pounds and I would have continued if that wasn't the heaviest it could go. I would do 100 reps of everything I was working on in a night and I am a constant 40 to 50 pounds heavier than I look do to higher muscle fiber density.
He picked up 2800 lbs. Try again 😅
@@deadman9335You have a muscle mutation? LOL, I could leg press a grand at age 16. Your leg press max is an extremely poor indicator of overall strength. I wouldn't get to comfortable with the idea that you have a "muscle mutation."
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Just discovered this channel and the content covered seems to be right up my alley, it's a shame the algorithm doesn't pick you up.
Thank you!
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Thanks for choosing my topic choice! I love these biography videos. They are my favorite format of the videos you make.
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I've just discovered that he was in the same family tree as me and yet I'm the shortest kid in my class 😐
Are u a macskill
That must have been a sight to see!
Definitely!
Thanks for telling this story!
You’re welcome!
Very good! Fascinating
Glad you liked it, Ron!
Some people are naturally strong . I went to school with a family who were related to Angus McCaskill long after Angus died . The three boys in the family. One son was a champion powerlifter and the other son could beat any one in the high school including the teachers in a arm wrestling. I saw the third son lug a full sets of barbell weights from the store and carry the weights at least two miles home in a backpack.
Very cool story! No denying Angus and his family were gifted in strength!
I'm also related, and Ascall Mac Ragnaill is in our Family Tree .
Of course McAskill means Son of Ascall.
Boy, that's a pretty strong backpack 😌
@@KevinBarry-n6i It was a canvas army backpack from the 1980s which is far more robust than the cheap Chinese made backpacks that you can buy today .
Englishtown Cape Breton Island, is not Northern Canada...it's East Coast Canada, and I was born and raised just a few miles away from there..I grew up hearing the stories of Angus McAskill, from great grandparents, and great uncles, who actually knew the man...None of these stories are fabricated, and there are many more not documented, but equally impressive.
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very interesting video glad the algo recomended this
Me too! Glad this one is doing well. I think it’s a fascinating topic on a fascinating man!
I read the title as "Angus McAssKick" and I don't think thats far off lmao
Sure isn’t haha!
Two men stronger than Angus---Tom Topham (196 pounds) a freak of exaggerated tendon thickness and Maximinus Thrax who outran a racehorse and wore a bracelet as a ring.
I’ll have to look into them. Thanks!
That was a good video.
Thanks!
Cape Breton Islands giant 1:02
My grandma told me he is a distant cousin of mine.
Lol that's crazy did any family members you know have strength like him like passed down and did he marry a regular woman
I don't doubt his strength, but why are there no pictures of any of these feats, I wonder? (at least none I could find on the internet)
I was wondering the same thing. Very peculiar.
I think the answer might be that during the period of his life he was performing these feats( later 1840s to 1860) photography was in its infancy as technology used by the masses. Aside from the public displays, he also had an audience with Queen Victoria. That's gotta tell you something.
Cameras were only 20 years old in his prime
Simply because the photographs were not taken or have been lost. Imagine if a box of photos was found with ALL his strength feats recorded?
a lot of things left out of his life on here.!
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4:20 the angor is wat killed him, as he lifed the ton plus anchor, he fell threw the deck of the local wharf and infections set in
How tall was he at 14?
To me this is a clear pituitary giant. Normally this prevents people reaching puberty. I think Angus had a massive dose of growth hormone which stopped and then got a second dose of growth hormone after puberty. People don't just grow. If this was true he is the only example. Most people nearly 8 feet tall are on crutches and are bean poles. However he existed and was almost certainly the strongest man of all time.
Wrong. He's the largest non-pathological giant.
@@renatolaranja52 how did he get that size , porridge?
@@sweeneytod1 he just was, hence why he's the tallest "true" giant in history. Its literally stated in the record which he holds
Incredible
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Must've been a hit with the ladies with hands that size...
Surely haha!
The men shoulder long 30 inch 76 cm oliver richter
His strenght was unparallel to this day probably, however I highly doubt that anyone could lift anchor that is 1 ton to chest height
Given his other feats it is safe to assume that he would be able to deadlift that anchor but lifting it to chest height requires him to biceps curl 1 ton of weight which is quiet impossible and trying that would probably tear his biceps, and that is also unbalaced weight
This was probably exaggerated story because at that time the place where he was ( I forgot name ) had only 300 to 350 kgs anchors, meaning he had no way of lifting non existant anchor of that time
My guess is that he picked that 300 to 350 kg anchor and raised it of the ground but once he tried to lift it over chest height he hit himself with anchor fluke on his shoulder
Since he walked away with it he did indeed lift that anchor but not over chest height as story goes, he most likely carried that anchor in upright position with fluke in his shoulder
But it is also possible that he somehow got that anchor to chest height but not with using his biceps to curl that weight
Either way this would put him at about 8 to 9 times strenght of average male in modern era, this would still put him at almost twice the strenght of strongest strongman that we know of today
With modern training and suplements that number would have been doubled, basically he would have a strenght close to adult male gorilla
Basically he was stronger than any man from his time to this day and he did not even train for that
He probably had one in trillion genetics
We won't be seeing another angus for hundreds of year to come
It probably became exaggerated while he was in the circus.
@@ForgottenFitness my guess too
Some lifts were probably exaggerated like anchor lift but other lifts could have been very real considering a man of his size would be easly bigger than any strongman today
Brian shaw felt small for the first time in his life standing near his real life replica so a man that big had not only strenght but reach advantage to lift 2 large barrels under his arms, lift a full grown horse over a fence and lift 50 kgs at arms lenght
Andre entered gym for the first time in his life and bench pressed on incline 200 kgs for 5 reps, angus was bigger and stronger than andre so it is not impossible for man of his size to lift giant things that would take like 5 to 10 men to lift them
Yeah. Look at Yau Ming. Both his parents we're over 6 feet & was purposely bred. But he haves more of a athletic frame. No way he could lift a 350 kilo ⚓ chest height.
He and I are both of Scottish origin, and I have the exact same surname, MacAskill. I use Don Mackie as a pseudonym. I'm 6'6" and 250 lbs. My peak weight lifting weights was 265. I've measured out 7'9" on a wall, then guessed where his shoulders would be and pulled the tape to 44". He was a fucking monster! Would have loved to meet him back then!
That very ancor is here at his museum in Englishtown cape breton
samson lift that horse too lol
Great Gama ?
Sorry 145 gallons whiskey ? 1400 lbs
He suffers agromegaly. The photo is clear: narrow shoulders hidden within stuffed clothes. He could of not been much stronger than a normal man. And a far cry from halfthor bearsson.
They said he doesn’t what makes you the expert not them
@FOOkoffReally Who's this "them"? We don't even have a 100% confirmed photo of him... But if the one shown is of him, then the case is clear from that alone.
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PAUL Anderson lifted 6200 pounds and was less than 6ft tall
No, his supposed record lift was disallowed by the Guinness book of world records in 1985, there were no witnesses.
No, his supposed lift was disallowed by the Guinness book of world records in 1985, there were no witnesses.
Yes probably...
Of course it’s an opinion, but I don’t think so. I think much of his so called “strength” was conjured up by the circus.
I don’t actually believe this 2bh
Those 'feats' of strength are completely fabricated, as are his measurements. Only his stated height was probably real.
His height couldn’t be real. 7’9 with no disease and no evidence of genetics is hard to believe.
Have you seen his pictures?
@@3katdhis height is literally Real and comprobed, he is a “normal anomally”
@@palacios6026 You can inflate yourself height. Every single martial artist has their height inflated 1.5-2inches.
Just because he was a KIND AND GENTLE MAN doesn't mean it was HIGHLY UNLIKELY that he was the STRONGEST TO EVER WALK THE EARTH ! If even HALF of those feats of strength are true [ and CHANCES ARE that FAR MORE THEN HALF ARE ! ] he DEFINITELY WAS the strongest man EVER !!
Perhaps
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