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@StrengthUniverse puts out Andre the Giant video about how strong he was with no real verifiable lift data. So how strong was Andre? Yes. 😅😅✌✌ All kidding aside I remember him throwing guys around like rag dolls!
he wasn't 7'-4 - lol
no shame huh?
The incredible thing about Andre was, as strong and as big as he was, he had great control. When he played Bigfoot on the Six Million Dollar Man, Lee Majors talked about filming scenes w/him, where he could feel him running towards him from the ground shaking. Then one scene where he's supposed to fall on him and he thought he would be crushed to death and didn't feel a thing!
I saw Andre do his thing at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati in 1979 or 80. It's always difficult to ascertain exactly how strong he was but I do remember that the guy he wrestled ( I can't remember who his opponent was) was much wider and about as tall as my 6 foot 2 inch brother in law ,who had taken us to the event. So I'd guess the guy was at least 200 - 220 lbs. Andre picked him up by grabbing his ankle with one hand and dangled him over the ropes upside down. He picked him up as easily as someone holding up a largemouth bass to show it off. I remember my brother in law remarking that it was the most incredible feat of strength he'd ever seen. We were a couple of rows behind the barricade next to the ring and I couldn't believe the size of his head and shoulders. He was in good condition in those days so he may have been at the peak of his strength.
Cool story, thanks for sharing.
Now imagine his strength in his prime, when he got angry
You'd need a big ass gun if he got mad and wanted to get ya
I'm surprised he never decided to build a home custom made for his height and width. Lord knows he'd never need an alarm system 🤔😂
I was at a house show when they announced Andre the giant had died. Rang the bell 10 times in his honor. Never saw him live, but seen a lot of matches and documentaries, and his TV and movie appearances. Phenomenal career.
He is a legit Giant ❤. No one has ever come close to him. Respect!!!!!
That’s not true
La cara y el cuerpo de gorila gigante de André lo hace parecer un verdadero Goliat.
@@ginocastro2141 why kid?
You disrespected him👎
There has been a lot of giants in wrestling but...Andre is was and will always be THE GIANT. He really was special & a once in a lifetime attraction. His legend continues to grow as time goes on...which is fitting.
Billed as the 8th wonder of the world.
What made him so different from the other Giants was most people over 7 ft have a thin frame his was gigantic and extremely wide and fat in muscular to fill it out.
Paul Wight achieved more as a wrestler
@@guyverjay1289 Paul Wight is actually my all-time fav. wrestler followed his career since 1995 & yeah he achieved more and is by far more athletic but no one has ever escaped Andres giant shadow not Giant Gonzalez Silo Sam Ron Reese even the Big Show & I doubt Omos Satnam Singh will either. The fact that Andre passed over 30years ago and is still well known revered and talked about so often shows what a huge legend he is.
Jake the Snake said he drank 2 cases of beer for an 85 mile trip without bathroom breaks.
Regular size men can lift cars when full of adrenaline. Imagine what prime Andre could do with an adrenaline surge
2 men come to mind in lifting cars. The late Franco Columbo Arnold Schwarzeneggers friend and Lou Ferrigno.
Andre is a legend here in my town. many of the older generation people have stories of Andre in local bar's, apparently he was really a nice guy.
He was stronger than 99.9% of people but he never ever trained seriously. Probably the only human who could not get vaporized by Grizzly
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Lol & Superman is real, right? He was a tub of guts that had nothing but size.
Him and Thor and shaw and guys like that.
@@mattalexander4699 he turned over cars and would move them for fun, you don’t call that being strong?
@@mattalexander4699 He had an endocrine disorder that gave him extra HGH, for life. He had a natural muscle density for exceeding anything that can be gained artificially. This also caused him to keep increasing muscle mass throughout his life, but not a healthy form of muscle, the connective tissues become inelastic and brittle and prone to tearing, and chronic inflammation. Hense why he was always in incredible pain as he aged.
Andre the Giant could have set any weight lifting record he wanted
He was suffering from "Gigantism" thus his strength was unmeasurable! (Moving cars, picking up multiple ppl with ease) he felt that he didn't need to train. But just imagine if he did 😮
As big as he was his heart was bigger, RIP
The Giants strength Feats are extremely impressive. Got to admit I am even more impressed by his feets of alcohol consumption. He would drink a half a dozen bottles of wine and a few cases of beer or more at once. Drank ridiculous amounts of vodka as well. Don't know how this guy could still stand but he did. And he would Chase it down with a couple chickens and sides. Crazy 😆
I think in saying that it's important to know that he wasn't an alcoholic, he just enjoyed drinking and could stop and start when he liked
@@StrengthUniverse agreed. Nothing wrong with going out with the boys after a long night of working hard. Those guys have some legendary stories.
His tolerance was immense clearly. Even for his size.
@@StrengthUniverse okay. Drinking 200 units of alcohol + week and he's not an alcoholic
Being an alcoholic has nothing at all to do with the amount of alcohol consumed; it's all about dependency and lack of control
His pulling power was legendary (in all ways), I could see him taking the deadlift one for the time.
That's an awful long way to do lock out those knees. It's why guys like Eddie Hall at 6'3" has an advantage, to help him out against guys like Thor and Shaw or whoever. Now put someoneike Andre in the Atlas challenge he'd probably just pull the pillers down.
Andre was definitely the gentle giant always smiling and laughing you could tell he was having fun. The only way anyone could slam Andre is if Andre wanted them to no matter the opponent.
ive read an article where he was officially measured at 6ft 10 when he was around 21 years old. he would have still been growing until the day he died. he had so many back issues that made him hunched over so I believe at his peak standing straight he was over 7ft tall
He wasn’t anywhere near 7.4 560. That was a wrestling work. If you see Vince interviewing him he towers over him and Vince is well over 6 feet tall. It was admitted later Vince had Andre stand on a box to help create the giant gimmick..People in the know are on record saying he wasn’t 7 feet tall more like 6.10
@@richstafford1245 so pretty much he was shorter than Shaq and about Kevin Durant height… hmm I do t get all the hype about his “giantness” then… I know what he achieved and who he was and stories about him which were told by other wrestlers, but we got plenty of basketball players of his height lol
@@evgenykondrat1769 Andre was not 7'4 but he was somewhere around 6'11-7'0 at his peak in the 1970's. He was 3-4" taller than 6'8 "Big Cat" Ernie Ladd, when they wrestled. Andre was a huge man in terms of his mass. He had a 70" chest and huge legs. Yes, Kevin Durant is around 6'10, but he's way smaller in mass than Andre was. Shaq might have been slightly taller than Andre, but he wasn't as massive.
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Nada de eso, André parado frente a frente con Hulk Hogan en pleno ring, y mirando hacia abajo, por lo menos le sacaba 25 centimetros de altura, y ahí no había ninguna caja donde subirse.
@@3ofus135 he was 7'2 if you compare his height to wilt chamberlain
Can't believe Andre the Giant got addicted to playing raid shadow legends
He definitely did😂
If we're living in an alternate timeline it'd be interesting to see Andre and Henry clash for the world's strongest man title 💪
He didn’t take care of himself, and his diet was trash. He was a giant of a man, but he wasn’t any form of a strongman. If he would have took the treatments, and changed his diet, and never started drinking like he did, he would probably still be with us, and gone down as the greatest ever. Thanks for another great video
I agree, although did the things he enjoyed in life, he should have had the operation and moderated his drinking
@@StrengthUniverse he was the 8th wonder of the world, and I would have loved for my son to have seen him.
Jake the snakes said before the acromegaly started to cause problems he was able to do a backflip from the top rope, and keep in mind he is already giant at this point. So he was a naturally gifted athlete, but yeah his rate of growth was unsustainable. Still he lived longer then some thought he would.
@@StrengthUniverse Can you do a video about Daniel Stahl? He is a true beast, and deadlifted 350kg x5.
I remember an interview with him from many years ago where the interviewer asked "How often do you work out?", and Andre replied "Never".
"Well, how do you stay so strong?" she asked, and he replied "I'm 7 feet tall, I'm stronger than I'll ever need to be".
LOL, Looking at some of the things he could do; he was right.
Do you have a video of this
@@Kent933 I cannot find it.
@@BuJammy your probably thinking of a different giant then
Because Andre the giant was 7'5"¾ over 540-pounds
@@Kent933 r u dizzy blood?
This series keeps getting better and better 👌
Cheers my friend. pleased you're enjoying it
Paul "The Big Show" Wight is the same height (well, an inch taller) as Andre, and had the same condition, acromegaly. He was 6'2" and over 200lbs at 12. He said he once kissed his 12 year old gf at a skating rink and almost got arrested for it, bc a nearby cop obv thought he was an adult. Re: Andre's strength, though, 'remember that acromegaly is caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland, which is responsible for the distribution of human growth hormone, and the tumor causes it to secrete not only too much, but throughout the sufferers life, so in effect, Andre was on a natural 'steroid' his entire life.
The guy was more than physically strong. He was an ultra being.
At 7'4" he was correctly named "giant".
Under the right circumstances I truly believe Andre could have possibly been the strongest man to have ever lived.
Mills Darden was prob that, Mills was twice as big as Andre
nope samson
@@steveharper5368 I'm talking about real people not comic books
@@zombiefulci3301 your mom is a comic book
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¿ Doble de grande? Estás alucinando dicen que fue 5 centimetros más alto pero André era 10 kilos mas pesado.
Nice to see a young Andre, will be missed, see you in heaven.
God bless.
Great video as always. Andre was clearly a monster.
Thank you
Lol'd at the transition to the ad
The Man
The Legend
Personally I think had he trained he may have lived longer. And yeah no doubt he had the potential to smash world records.
If he didn't drink and exercised he may have live a few more years but what ultimately cost him his life is that he didn't accept treatment for his acromegaly
With all those growth hormones growing inside him irregularly he never had the operation it's like you and me taking growth hormones Andre didn't have to buy growth hormones he had him in his body and abundance for free he definitely had potential to shatter records.
He would have been a great Armwrestler for sure with that frame alone
His hands were huge. He put a beer can in his hand and dwarfed it.
There will never be another Andre. A legend, icon and unforgettable character from the 70s & 80s.
And the 90s
Just let the man rest, He done enough on this earth.
He knew he was a God amongst men. We were lucky to see him in our generation
Who would try n fight Andre ahaha
Thanks again for the extremely well researched video, Strength Universe.
Thanks Buddy, I hope you enjoyed it. I will say I had a fair bit of help with the research from Abinav Kumar.
@@StrengthUniverse Thanks to Abinav as well...
The reason Andre didn't get the surgery was due to it being a high risk procedure at the time. He chose to just live his life.
Awesome video! Btw that transition at about 2:00 made me laugh HARD 🤣
Glad you liked it! Tried to squeeze it in a linear fashion👍
@@StrengthUniverse Yes it fitted so well yet was so unexpected. I love it 😆
Love your work. Would love to see a dedicated video on the Great Gama Pahelwan.
He was of Indian Origin, standing 5'8, 110kgs.
He is said to have never lost a wrestling match during his career that spanned over 5 decades. Even defeats 7ft monsters. None of his fights lasted more than minutes.
Another fascinating thing was HE LIFTED A STONE THAT WEIGHED 1200KGS which is still present in a museum in India.
Would love to have have a factual and dedicated video on him.
Cheers!
Thank you, I have made a note and will see what I can do in the future
Eagerly waiting. Keep at it, educating and entertaining us!
5'8"...1200 kg natural stone... I call it bullshit for a simple reason. With his windspan he couldn't get any sort of grip on it.
@@dctPL maybe back lift, but even then, I call mythomania.
He definitely lost and had matches that lasted longer than a minute.
He was still absolutely one of the best at the time though and a very tough man
Amazing video ☺️
Glad you liked it!!
Andre ❤
No doubt. Andre was so strong, it was almost supernatural. Nevertheless, he never taunted his strength because he knew and everyone around him knew as well.
9 times out of 10, giant men have nothing to prove
That's objectively not true
Andre could have achieved and break all squats and deadlift records steroids free because he was a natural
I believe so but that really depends on his health. towards the end of his career he could barely walk and was in a lot of pain. I am sadden that he didn't get his acromegaly treated otherwise he would have lived a more enjoyable / longer life
If he could have been cured of his giantism when he reached his prime, then maybe he would have suffered less pain and lived longer. Probably would have kept more mobile and athletic. Regardless he ran his journey. God speed Andre..👍🏽🙏🏽❤️🩹
I remember when he came out to L.A. to wrestle in the Olympic Auditorium in the early or mid 1970's. My brother and I went out to see him as he was a phenom.
Same. I saw him around '78, possibly '79 at the Olympic wrestling a heal named Hulk Hogan, obviously prior to his WWF makeover. Hogan tried 2-3x to slam Andre without luck. Finally, Hogan got him halfway up and his legs buckled and Andre landed on top of Hulk, effectively pinning him for the 3 count. A lotta great evenings at the Olympic!
I seen him in 73 or 4 in Tampa. His fro made him look even taller.Seeing someone 7' is impressive but over 400 lbs was even more impressive. Huge man,huge head too.
simply amazing.
That ad was excessive
I exchanged many emails with the company about the length of the ad which was originally over 3mins long. I made it as short as I possibly could within the script that I was given. You can simply fast forward past it..
I never met Andrea, however I have trained with Tony Atlas and Ken Patera, both massively strong men. If they say Andrea was strong you can believe it.
And both of those men were very strong and doubtful they decided to both agree that Andre was not as strong as they were.
Nigel this was so well-done... great research & video editing. I still find myself wishing he'd accepted treatment for his acromegaly.
Thanks Tim, always appreciated! It's puzzling why he didn't have treatment at some point. in all the interviews I watched he came across as a real gent; good heart and sense of humour. Such a shame
We all wished he did but he lived and felt like he didn't want to bother and assumed he didn't have long enough to live.
please make a video about paul anderson, he has got 500 kg squat 286 bench 450 deadlift with wraps. there was a vıdeo hım squattıng 500 kg benching 180 kg and deadlift 370 kg if you can't find it i will post you
I will, it's just a case of finding time as the longer, more in-depth videos take a week to make.
@@StrengthUniverse 500 kg squat was in strongest man in history tv show, 180 kg bench was in the Aposte Paul video on youtube and the last one deadlift you can google paul anderson deadlift
Paul anderson imo prob had the strongest legs of all time
$400,000 in 1973 is an insane amount of money. That's around $2.6 million in today's money. Guaranteed contracts worth millions wasn't a thing until the mid to late 90s. Most Wrestlers, for the majority of the 20th century, were lucky if they made enough money to cover gas money from one show to the next. Steve Austin famously could only afford to eat a can of tuna fish and one potato a day before becoming a major star in the business. Just to put things in perspective how much money promoters saw in Andre early on that they were willing to spend that kind of money on him. It boggles the mind especially when you realize how stingy with money promoters were back in the territory days.
Edit because of thought of this shortly after I posted this. That part at the end with Jake Roberts saying he was hitting Andre as hard as he could and Andre didn't even know it because he couldn't feel it since he was so big and strong. It implies what would knock you or I down or leave a bruise felt like being hit with a pillow to him. That being said Andre said that the ONLY person he ever feared and didn't want to get on their bad side was Haku/Ming. Imagine being such a scary badass that even Andre The Giant is afraid of you. The Wrestling world has all sorts of crazy human beings in every way imaginable.
The ad intro made me chuckle lol
Great video. Always been a huge fan of the giant. He also played Bigfoot on the 6 million dollar man. Enjoyed this one 🙏 thanks
Thanks Mike.
giant was the first professional wrestler to ever clear all the dungeons in raid: shadow legends in world record time!
😂
André the giants French passport says he is 7 foot 2 inches they had no reason to lie they were just measuring. I assume he grew even more from that time. Then he had back surgeries. There is no man on earth. If André, the giant was truly mad, would stand a chance, even armed in his prime, of course.
I remember his Montréal run in the early 70s in the Grand Prix Wrestling promotion, billed as le géant Jean Ferré.
He was my favorite wrestler of all time. Seeing him as Bigfoot on the six million dollar man and BJ and the bear. I hated when he became a heel. He should have retired gracefully when Hulk Hogan defeated him. Maybe he could have still lived or maybe it was the point of no return. Definitely very strong taking on 2 or even 3 wrestlers at the same time and of course in those battle royals where he might win or a few wrestlers would have to put him over the top ropes to throw him out of the ring. I watched the A&E Biography special years ago and then the HBO special a while back as well. Arnold Schwarzenegger and him filmed Conan the destroyer and Arnold was man handled by him at a dinner because Andre insisted on paying. Thanks for doing this video.
Lol love the transition to the raid shadow legends sponsor 🤣🤣🤣
Andre the giant was a naturally superstrong man because he was lazy or didn't like to train but when he trained and lifted up weights he was stronger than every one
he never trained, he has said this many times.
Please, can you do a more detailed video on André the giant stories of worlds strongest men who knew Andre said his strength unmatched
Ken Patera is one of the strongest man ever why would he lie I trust Ken!
Great video. I like how you pin pointed where he is actually from in France. Not Grenoble or as portrayed by wwf the mountain man of the alpes. But South of Paris. Andre is the true Giant of our times!
Thanks Philippe, pleased you liked it
"while travelling andre got addicted to the sponsor of today's video raid shadow legends" HAHAHAH dude that was so unexpected
This guy was truly the 8th wonder of the world😯
I always Imagine if prime Andre from the 70’s was alive in this day. He’d have a huge UA-cam following, and the collabs he’d have, Brian Shaw, Eddie Hall, Devon Larratt, Larry Wheels… that’d be some prime watching.
I have seen you did Wilt and Shaq already, would you do another one about Artis Gilmore? Many viewed him as the stronger player than Shaq.
I first heard of Andre the Giant when I saw him fight Hulk Hogan. Such an iconic moment in wrestling history. He truly had the potential of becoming World's Strongest Man. Great video man.
Anyways, now that Hulk Hogan has been brought up, I really hope you'll do a video on him one day.
Cheers Chuck. I certainly want to do a video on the Hulksta but as with many of these guys these limited information on his best lifts.
@@StrengthUniverse Understandable. I tried looking for them too, but ended up short. One would think there's more info on the lifts of the most famous wrestler of all times.
@@youtubecreators384 Hogan is well known for 'stretching the truth'. One rare occasion of him probably telling the truth came on 'American Gladiators' where he said he'd never benched more than 420lbs. Elsewhere on the net, you'll find claims that he could bench 550 or more.
@@nbaldwin45 I remember his appearance on an episode of The A-Team, he lifted a police car. Couldn't see if there were any cranes or wire to help him out though.
He was huge in wrestling long before the hulkster.
Make a video on ssj bobb. Dude has the most insane strength genetics I've ever seen in my life
Yes, he's got some incredible strength, added to the list for a video
@@StrengthUniverse please do a video on the worlds biggest biceps
2000lb? lol must be made from a neutron star
All part of the fun of wrestling; it just blows my mind that people believe it
I really loved Andre he was an incredible wrestler and entertainer as far as l am concerned he could have easily been the world's strongest man no doubt also l loved the drinking stories all which were true .....thanks for the video
Dude was naturally heavier Than Peak Thor, Z, Mark Bell and Mark Henry. Of course hé could have destroyed the strengh industry
Lol yet he didn't. You know why? It would destroy the illusion that had been built for him. Shit, Superstar Billy Graham could press more than him...
@@mattalexander4699 bro just shut up. His natural strength was absolutely ridiculous. He literally had gigantism. He definitely would’ve been a WSM winner
@@mattalexander4699 BS a peak Andre was scary strong.
Lol if you can headlock a cow in place you don't need the gym💀💪😂
I wish that I was old and lucky enough to have had just one night of drinking with Andre the Giant. I may not have survived, but if I did I'd have a hell of a story!
I honestly think if he would have trained, he would have records that would have a shot of still standing today. If he would have used steroids also, he probably could have set records that would never be broken. I don't think we will ever see someone as strong naturally ever again.
I think we already have ... Paul 'Big Show' Wight.
@@nbaldwin45 Or Mark Henry.
Oh ffs if he took steroids he would have died very quickly. You people are clueless
Please make a video of The Big Show
soon
One day, there will be a guy like Andre who has the right diet and training that will do some incredible lifts.
That would be great, I hope we see that day
Brian shaw is up there
@@StrengthUniverse Igor Vovkovinskiy was 7'8" 800 lbs and I'm sure he was stronger than Andre
@@zombiefulci3301 "800 lbs" ... LOL! He weighed about 370 to 380 lbs. Look it up.
@@MaximRecoil his one leg 380 lbs that guy would sweat just standing in the breeze. He was obese and his legs were easily 55" inches around
That guy was a foot taller than Andre and even heftier, I read several articles saying Igor was 880 lbs.
He was obese and 7'9" so you do the math, Igor was ashamed of his grotesque weight so he lied.
I superimposed Andre with Igor and Andre looks small and skinny, Mills Darden was 7'6" and 800-1100 so Igor was easily 880 lbs!!
Igor said he needed to lose 400 at one time so how on F*ck could he be 380?? He'd look like a skeleton at that height
I don’t know enough about Andre’s strength to have an opinion, but I do know enough about Terry Todd and Ken Patera to trust their opinions.
Thanks Sam, I'm of the same opinion.
@@StrengthUniverse Do you think he could have inclined benched 455 lbs for reps?.
Name of the song in background
So he was Tom welling height at 12 years old. That's crazy
Hii mate, an extremely well researched and well presented video. There is no doubt in my mind that Andre would have broken the world records in both raw deadlift and raw squat at that time if he trained for it. The only powerlifting world record he wouldn't have set were in bench press due to the fact that 1. he was so tall with long arms which obviously is a hindrance In bench press. 2. Several wrestlers like Patera, Tony Atlas and his manager Valois and Frenchy bernard have spoken very highly of Andre's off the chart great pulling strength but none of them have spoken about his pushing strength. Frenchy bernard went up to the extent to say that maybe some weightlifter might have been able to pick up more above their heads but as far as picking something off the ground ,the closest thing to him would have to be a forklift. Billy Graham in his interview said clearly that Andre had a very strong pulling strength but didn't have that great pushing strength.
In addition to that, his large hands and enormous grip meant that he would have been unbeatable in hercules hold or anything related to grip. His tall height meant that he would have been at the top in event like bag over the bar. His huge bodyweight meant he would have been very competitive at vehicle pulling events like truck, bus, plane, train pull etc . In nutshell he would have been very competitive in strongman apart from powerlifting. Even if Andre would have choosen the path of arm wrestling he would have been unbeatable and i think he was the only person at that time who had the potential to beat prime Cleve Dean due to his wrists and forearms size being even bigger than that of Dean. Off course i m talking about his younger and prime years, not of his later years where he was so much in pain that in princess bride he couldn't be able to lift the actress on his back, a rope was used to lift that actress up during one scene of that movie.
Thanks for your help on this, really appreciate the time you spent to provide me with sources. I learnt a lot about Andre, not only his strength but how he was really humble. I will always wonder why he didn't undertake surgery for his condition.
@@StrengthUniverse he was humble generally but when he got angry u better should stay away from him.😂 No need to say thank u, it's my pleasure buddy to be able to contribute in any way for this wonderful series.
Don't forget that good cardio is necessary for strongman as well and often the guys who win those events can't necessarily move the most amount of weight but are quicker and don't get fatigued so quickly. When I was a kid, Magnus Ver Magnusson dominated a lot of strongmen events and that was partly because he was quick a bit lighter than most of his opponents, although that's not to take away from his impressive strength.
Andre had a lot more mass to move around than most strongmen and that's before he picked anything up.
@@abhinavkumar547 He was a nice guy in his youth apparently but as he got older, the pain and constant attention seemed to get on his nerves more. Andre was very jealous of his position as 'The Giant' of wrestling and didn't tolerate any potential competition. He was a real bully to certain people in the ring, most notably Big John Studd. Bruce Prichard's mentioned that several times in his podcast but instead of condemning the Giant, he usually laughs it off and says 'Ah, that was Andre.' The situation with Studd also came up in the Andre documentary with several people laughing at how Andre bullied Studd. Admittedly Big John was partly to blame for constantly calling himself 'The Giant' and stepping over the top rope after Andre warned him not to but otherwise he was by all accounts a really nice guy who didn't deserve to be treated that way and who knew he couldn't hit Andre back without reprisal. It's sickening watching guys like Shane McMahon laugh at how Andre effectively ended Studd's career in the big time.
King Kong Bundy said that Andre was dangerous not because of what he could do physically but because of his influence - he could end your career in wrestling with a simple phonecall.
@@nbaldwin45 Andre in 60s and early 70s was incredibly agile for his size. In late 60s , he was in the range of 325-350 lbs and within 4-5 years went upto more than 400 lbs as mentioned by Summartino. At that time Andre was doing dropkicks and jumping from the top rope. His wrestling trainer and manager for most part of his initial career and the one who brought Andre into pro wrestling and taught him it's skill, Frank Valois recalls that "
At that time many men were afraid to go in the ring with him, especially after he reached his twenties, because he was so large and strong. For all his height and weight , he could run and jump and do moves that made seasoned wrestlers fearful. Not so much fearful that he would hurt them with malice but that he might hurt them with exuberance. He was incroyable "
So, i talked about that time when Andre was incredibly agile as well as being incredibly strong at the same time. He certainly would have excelled in strongman of that era mate.
I find it somewhat unfair that everyone is talking about his actual height now that he is gone. He was an absolute one of a kind monster. All the wrestlers say he was absolutely scary strong and pretty sure he could have done what he wanted to with just about anyone in his prime. Claims are that he was 6’3” at 12 years old, if thats right do you really think he was only 6’9” in his prime? Perhaps the 7’1” that was on his passport was right, but I really doubt the claims he was under 7’.
Ending music?
I wish he was born like in the mid 90s, maybe late 80s. Not only for the gains potential, but got to use all the advantages we have to get to his potential peak would of been amazing to see. Even if he took lifting serious back than it would of been something. Sadly though if he got into ped's mans heart n shit would of struggled even more id image.
Id really like to see one if these Acromegaly guys paired with a good strength coach and a good powerlifting program just to see what theyre capable of. The Big Show is the strongest man to ever perform in wrestling. I would have LOVED to see him train and see what he could do with the Atlas Stones at the WSM competition. He was choke slamming 300+ lb guys. I mean getting them up and holding them in the air and then dropping them along with body slamming guys like Visera easily. Inhuman strength.
Probably could have broken existing strength records and even set the bar very high. However, a 600-700 pound Andre the Giant almost certainly would have had an even shorter life span.
I agree, unless he got his acromegaly treated.
How long can a human heart support a 700 lb body? Especially one who is physically active? That's a lot of blood to pump.
@@erikness1686 depends on the size of the heart!
@@StrengthUniverse That's what I was thinking. You mentioned the word "cure" in the video. If he'd done that after he reached 7 foot, maybe he could've at least managed the same lifespan while being much bigger and much more muscular. Maybe PEDs would be too much, but just lifting weights following a routine would probably do a lot for him.
He didn't need to weigh, 600-700 pounds to be a world record holder. He would only need to train consistently which would result in him weighing the same, bit with more muscle and less fat.
I'd love to see a video about victor delamarre
Next video on Arthur Saxon?
He was 6’10”. There is a photo of him next to Wilt Chamberlain and Arnold Schneger.
He was 7'4". His disease caused him to keep growing, not to get smaller. He was only shorter due to his back being crooked from his weight and him not working out.
Now run along now, mommy is calling you!
@@gbody2617- he wasn't 7'4 you clown, he is clearly shorter than Wilt Chamberlain in several pictures they had taken together who was 7 feet 1 inch
Mark Henry next please!
I've been wanting you to do this video!!
He will do it. Don't worry about it
Just a matter of time
Mark Henry absolute beast
Most powerful man in naturaly as possable
6:40 that sized steel block ain’t weight 2000lbs. 🤣 I’ve been working in steelfactory over 20 years. That was propably close to 500lbs.
No one gonna talk about that transition into raid shadow legends 🤣
Should do legendary strong man Louis Cyr
He had an incredible stench also.
Was never 7 foot 4.Billed height actual height was closer to 7 feet maximum. Met him several times here in Montreal.
Having a long torso is NOT an advantage for the deadlift, it is only an advantage for the squat and bench press
When people question Angus Macaskill, I just come back to Andre the Giant. Angus would have just been very similar, an 1800s version of Andre (but without Gigantism)
Tony atlas fail to mention that, when Andre flip the car, there were 4 men inside !
I read that he trained full body each monday with a barbell 2-3 hours due to a large amount of sets, breakfast was alot of pasta, ground chicken and tomato sauce and dinner was alot of white rice, beans and pulled pork holy shit (no pun intended)