Historically speaking, who was the strongest recorded man?

>>1590510
It was probably an Italian guy.
>Nation full of manlets
>Manlets have to make gains to compensate
>Ancient Italy/Rome were extra short manlets
>Had to make extra gains to compensate

It's amazing that they conquered half the known world. Especially lanklet country like Gaul and parts of Germania.

Louis Cyr

>>1590510
>Ancient Italy/Rome were extra short manlets
Where does this meme come from? Northern barbs tended to be taller than romans (on account of their hyperproteic diet more than anything), but everyone else in the time period didn't.

>>1590510
Have they proven Hercules to exist. I thought he was legend.

>>1590510
Did they ancient Greeks smash bovine hormones?
No? Well git fucked

>>1590510

too bad there is no worlds weakest man because OP would surely win

>>1590510
>historically speaking
>Hercules
>on /his/
kill yourself.

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why, Martin Krpan of course

Grettir the Strong
>Lifted a massive stone when he was 14 years old, not even adults could lift it
>Wrestled a bear, won
>Fought 6 berserkers alone, survived and killed 5 of them
>Wrestled the zombie of the biggest guy in Norway, won
>Was ambushed by 4 armed vikings while he was sitting alone, unarmed, drinking beer. Held them off, eventually killed 3 of them, the last guy ran for his life. Grettir was not injured.

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Angus MacAskill, the greatest of the true giants. The gentleman next to him in the photo is 6'5

>MacAskill was well known for feats of strength such as lifting a ship's anchor weighing 2,800 pounds (1,300 kg) to chest height, and an ability to carry barrels weighing over 350 pounds (160 kg) apiece under each arm or reputedly able to lift a hundredweight (50 kg) with two fingers and hold it at arms length for ten minutes. People also claimed to see Angus lift a full-grown horse over a 4-foot (1.2 m) fence, without breaking a sweat.

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>his national stronkman didn't even remove kebab

pfft

>>1592899
We're talking about a man who held the earth on his shoulders and fought the hydra. Of course he didn't fucking exist.

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This guy was probably the strongest greek or roman we know actually lived

Peter Francisco

American Revolution figure.

6'8" 230 pounds, and was reported to have picked up a 1100 pounds brozne cannon by himself and carried it away. So that the British didn't capture it during the war.

>>1593005
Okay this guy beats my bovine hormones desu, mirin hard

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Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 - August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, strongman, and powerlifter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, World Champion and two-time National Champion in Olympic weightlifting. Anderson played a big part in the manifestation of powerlifting as a competitive sport. He is considered to be one of the strongest men in recorded history for his mostly unequaled feats of strength.[4][5][6] Anderson is also regarded as the strongest man who ever lived.[7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Anderson_(weightlifter)

>>1593086
forgot to post feat
>The Guinness Book of World Records (1985 edition) lists his feat of lifting 6,270 pounds (2844.02 kg) in a back lift as "the greatest weight ever raised by a human being".

>>1593086
U S A
U S A
U S A

>>1593052
It's called exaggeration, he could be based upon a real person loosely of course

>>1593182
By that logic, you could say that about any Greek diety. Except it's probably not a single individual, but rather a reflection of Greek ideals and culture, a poetic addition to the mythology.

>>1590510
Wasn't it Louis Cyr?

>>1592963
sick reference bro

>>1593182
kek you might as well say Jesus actually existed

>>1590510
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Strongest_Man

here you go family. And we can safely assume that before the invention of steroids, no man came even close to their level

>>1590510
>Hercules
Come on, at least you could use Gilgamesh.

>>1595493
didn't he?

>>1593005
6' vs 5'11"

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>>1590519
idk man strong manlets tend to be really dangerous

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>>1597300
lol

>>1593071
>6'8 230lbs
nikka there are dudes bigger than that in the NFL.

>>1597357

wtf was his problem?

>>1597448
>catholics praying
>nigger comes over playing blasphemous music
>nigger gets btfo by french man

Possibly Jará Cimrman

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>>1590510
Brian Shaw.
strongest pro strongman in history, and 100% of his best lifts are on camera and impossible to refute. literally none of what he has done is stupid speculation, legend, or some story that gets more impressive the more times it gets told.

>>1597521
thats stil retarded but i guess funny

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>>1597357
>strong manlets tend to be really dangerous
True. You should always be wary of the short and staunch dwarf type

>>1595507

I'm training to do strongman, not nearly strong enough but I follow the sport. Usually the Arnold Classic is the more definitive test of strength

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>>1597898
ye absolutely
WSM gets a lot of swiftman events mixed in, ASC is a lot more straight up strength

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>>1597357
>manlet punches some black dude out of the blue
>DEUS VULT DEUS VULT TRULY A SOLDIER OF CHRIST
that's just pathetic man

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>>1595688
yes
>>1595493
>tips fedora
>>1593182
>>1593215
Probably just one guy, most legends are based upon one guy, with small improvements that could have been done by anyone. So it isn't really fair to say its a collection of people when its really just a couple of influences around a central character.
>>1593052
If I said Marcus Aurelius rode a dragon, would you tell me he didn't exist or tell me I am full of shit?
>>1592899
>thinking historians don't arbitrarily decide these things
There is no real set of criteria that one has to meet to exist....
Its so ridiculously nebulous that current history is really anyone's game and one could deny that everyone who died in the past 11 minutes never really existed by shifting the goalposts of what constitutes "proof".
Its a joke and its best to ignore the low IQ morons on here.
/pol/ is smarter desu, most you are idiots with black and white tunnel vision.

>>1597987

No one ever said that

>>1598017
except the person posting th ewebm did

>>1598017
It's the credits at the end of the fucking webm, though it only lasts for maybe a second.

>>1598149
Also the file name.

>>1591913

they didn't have a hyperproteic diet, they ate barley soup and grains

Samson... He brought down the house

>>1593054
Dude was a fucking monster.

>>1590523
Was a meme

He benched >300

The over head lifts he has done are attainable by modern athletes (Inb4 steroids)

And the lifts from the back are retarded, any strongman could 20 tons on a pivoting wagon with a one inch rom

Ahead of his time, naturally gifted, still not unparalleled

>>1593005
Except that's unproven bullshit.

And physically impossible.

>>1593052
We're talking about a man who was the son of god and turned water to win. Of course he didn't fucking exist.

>>1593092
Back lifts a shit

>>1601264
What constitutes proof?

>>1601264
>And physically impossible.
Maybe if you're not a giant

>>1597749
then why has big z won more titles?

>>1590510

Samson. Not a big guy, but endowed with supernatural strength. Toppled an entire temple over by pushing its two central support columns apart; killed 1000 arabs with the jawbone of an ass.

>>1595493
The most famous person on earth didn't exist?

kek

>>1593005
That all seems doable.

>>1601353
Well, doing the feat in a sport environment with judges and official weights. That claim was basically circus freak advertising.
>>1601371
Dude was 7'9, even rounding up to 8ft he'd only be twice as strong as a 6ft man. Square cube law senpai.

>>1601381
Competing for longer against easier competition

>>1590510
>historically speaking
>hercules
Top thread, OP.

>>1593086
todays lifters are well stronger than anything anderson thats actually documented, his quarter squats arent squats

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>>1601400
>easier competition
So that's how he beat Shaw.

>>1597749
brian shaw does well in endurence events, raw strength isnt his main thing. deadlift, squat and press isnt where hes winning

>>1598017
Are you retarded

>>1590510
could Hercules beat the Mothman, Big Foot and Chupa Cabra in a team match together?

>>1601595

Who knew there were so many power lifting fans on /his/.

>>1591913
>>1602414

Who here /fit and /his

Gonna say eddie hall

>>1601399
>>1601371

>Dude was 7'9, even rounding up to 8ft he'd only be twice as strong as a 6ft man. Square cube law senpai.
Not to mention 7 foot 9 is SUPER bad for you.

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>>1601381
because he's been competing since 1999.

>>1601585
who won WSM the last 2 years?
and in 2014 shaw competed on day 2 of WSM with a fully torn bicep.

>>1601595
he tied eddie at the ASC this year in deadlift, and tied him again at WSM this year. but yeah, you're right for the most part. at the same time though, it's not like he's not right at the top either. up until this year he has been basically untouchable at stones and loading events, but thor beat him this year on the stones. and Z has nuclear reactors for shoulders or something, idk how he has been this stupidly unbeatable at overhead events for this long.

>>1602591
>Who here /fit and /his
suh dude
>eddie hall
he's a deadlift baby tBh