The Strongest men who ever lived

Greg Kovaks:
at 6'2" and 408 lbs at his biggest, he is the most massive bodybuilders of all time...and probably even the strongest... he has bench pressed close to 600 lbs for 10 reps... 675 lbs x 5 reps behind the neck overhead press 495 for 5 reps, (that no one else in the world has done or come close to)...he has squated 850 x 12 reps... it's safe to say he could easily break the 585 lb clean and jerk record set by the Russians if he wanted to... he could probably press 585... and clean and jerk 600 with no training,,and clean and jerk between 600-700 if he was trained... he does not do powerlifting, or train for it, but right now he could probably bench 700 lbs.. (surely if he could do 585 for 10 reps) and if he trained solely on powerlifting . he'd no doubt bench 800 ..or more.. he could do 420 x 19 back when he was 19 years old with only two years training... Steroids or not, he has great genetics.. if he were a short man with short arms and could. lift the weights at a lesser distance, his lifting numbers would be even more massive ..... even so, his lifts are done without a bench press shirt/suit, plain t-shirts.. 675 lbs incline without a bench shirt would would crush Anthony Clark right now, he is not intrested in powerlifting or olympic weightlifting, but only bodybuilding.



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Bill Kazmaier:
At 6'1' and 330 lbs, mighty Bill Kazmayer was so awsome, he used to have the record total in powerliftig of over 2474 lbs, and had the world record bench press of 661 lb back in the 80"s, not bad for a guy who doesn't have real short arms. He has won numerous worlds strongest men contests.. but a pec tear while bending bars ended his powerlifting carrier.. he was strong all over, his squat and dead lift was close to and or over 900 lbs.... if not for his pec tear, he would still no doubt be a big threat in powerlifting and world record bench presses in this time... certainly not a man to fool with, his eye sight was even superhuman at 20/13 in one eye, and 20/11 in the other... he was not just real strong in pushing movements like all powerlifters usually are, he could cheat curl 405 lb... something unheard of at the time. he has done lumberjack work, and bouncer work in rough bars...(I bet he does those jobs well).. still alive today.. he will never be forgotten. a nice guy, he was saw at a show were a few women bodybuilders were selling their autographs for $10 each, and when some people asked Bill for his he gladly gave them his for free, with a smile and a large hand for a handshake....



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Paul Anderson:
at 5'8" and 390 lbs, Big Paul was a strong man back in the 50's and early 60's.... he has over head pressed 400 lbs, and bench pressed 627 lbs.... considering he never specialized in the lift of the bench press, that is good, and add to that Steroids was not a factor back in the 50's like it is today.. and steroids was not near as potent back in the 60's as the 90's... if you take that into consideration, he would have benched 800 with todays suplements, and potent steroids.... his squat of 1200 lbs for 2 reps was before world records exsisted, but no human today can match it... with todays steroids, suplements, and high tech training, he could have sqauted 1500 lbs for a max no doubt.....he will always be remembered.



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Jim "Holywood" Henderson.
at 6'4 and over 400 lbs, Henderson is one big dude, he loves to bench press. they call him "Holywood" cause he likes to brag about himself.. but all in fun, and motavation from the crowd makes him push all the more hard... Henderso claims to be the strongest bench presser OF ALL TIME... with 705 lbs.... I know what your thinking .. "how can he be, Anthony Clark has done 800!" but hear this, Henderson is setroid free, a pure natural lifter, who has ever done 700 without steroids... no one... plus Henderson lifts in a t-shirt... not the tripple layer polyester nylon bench suits that lifter like Clark, Coverfesom etc use to gain 100 lbs on thei bench press, the suits that make hands bleed putting them on cause they are so tight, the suits that if relaxed make you look like a walking zombie or Frankenstien, with you arms sticking straitout and foward when relaxed... Henderson refuses to abuse his body with a drug, but if he were to have taken roids like the other powerlifters do, and wear the bench suits like they do now a days, he'd easyly bench press over 900 lbs, his 705 lb bench press goes up like he could do 10 more reps with it... you can't miss him, a O.D. Wilson look alike (tall, black, very very large)......eat your heard out steroid kings who garge down the juice and still can't top Henderson.



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Anthony Clark:
at 5'7" and 350 lbs, Clark has what it takes to be a big lifter, big powerful short arms, and legs, he has world record squat of 1100 lbs , and holds the current world record in the bench press with 800 lbs that he did on March 1st 1997and deadlifted 800 lbs..and a massive 2680 total, he has behind the neck pressed 455 x 5 reps. done 405 for 30 reps in the flat bench press back in the early 1990's, he is probably as geneticly close to Paul Anderson today as anyone could be... a Anthony Clarks web page has some good info on him..



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Ted Arcidi:
at 5"10 and 298 lbs, Arcidi was the first to officially bench press 700 lbs with a 705.5 lb bench..... he had the world record 705 bench press and the world record behind neck press of 405 lbs x 1 at one time.. he has officially bench pressed around 740 lbs



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Ken Lain:
at 5"10 and 297 lbs, Lain was the 2nd to get over 700 in the bench press with a 708....that broke Ted Arcidi's record, but was one world record official missing, so it was an American record, Lain, Arcidi and Clark has been battling for the Record for awile...his best is around 740 lbs.. unlike Arcidi who is only a bench presser, Lain could squat over 850 lbs...and has a good physique that many bodybuilders would love to have..



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Chris Confessore:
at only 5'2" and 236 lbs, he has benched 741 lbs, and held the world record in the bench press until 330 lb Anthony Clark broke it... he has ultra short arms, and a big chest, that are perfect for a heavy bench press , he held the bench press record in the181-220-242-275 and superheavyweight divisions at one time, no one else has done that.....



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Stanaszek:
at 5'1" and only 110 lbs,From Poland, he bench pressed 380 lbs... for a 3.45 bench to bodyweight ratio, he is the strongest bencher in the world pound for pound.



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Manfred Hoeberl:
at 6'4" and 330.unknown in most of his lifts, he is one of the most massive muscle men alive, has muscular 26.5 inch arms..claims to have cheat curled 440 x 2 reps... with 26 inch muscular arms that no other man has, then we have no motive to doubt it...he could probably strict curl well over 300 lbs even he is the strongest man in Europe... considering he was injured in a car wreck that left him in bad shape, that is awsome....... here is new website for him MANFRED



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Doug Hepburn:
at .5'10" and 290 lbs back in the mid 60's he was one of the strongest men... he could touch and go bench over 600 lbs, and his most amazing feat he could strict curl 270 lbs, that he says to this day is still a world record... even in his 60's today he can strict curl 185....certainly not an old man you want to mess with huh? he says he used to work out with Paul Anderson, and although Paul could outpress him, Paul couldn't even come close to him in keeping up in his curl workouts, he said Anderson was about 100 lbs behind him in curl power, and pulling movements...I've sure he could have cheat curled over 400, but he liked them strict.



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