It's always crazy to see that picture of Eddie Hall, Brian Shaw, and Hafthor Bjornsson on the podium and see how short Eddie is. Then remember Eddie is still 6'3".
@@holographicfrog1503 Yeah, I think the heights of a lot of these athletes, including strongmen, are/were incredibly exaggerated. Eddie hall does not look that tall to me and was around the same height of Arnold. I personally knew someone that met Arnold back in the 90s and he said he was around the same height as him, slightly under 6' tall. I knew someone else who went to both the Mohegan Sun grand prix and 2007 WSM and he said that Mariusz was around his height, 5'10".
I don't think we'll see a strongman as strong and agile as Mariusz Pudzianowski anytime soon. He was a true freak of nature. The speed in which he moved with for someone of his size and strength was phenomenal.
The new lighter, more athletic strongmen in recent years have comparable agility in my opinion. Novikov, Kieliszkowski (unfortunately always injured) and Hooper for example.
Mariusz pull ups were legit! Wide grip chest to bar and no momentum. Those are much harder than the medium or narrow grip pull ups with shoulders forward. Seriously impressive. Brian and Thor were just too heavy for pull ups.
Yeah man I always cringe a bit when people baaaaaaarrreelly get their chin across the bar. I mean what are they trying to do?! It's like doing a deadlift and immediately releasing after 95% lockout.
@@t33can that's a very silly comparison. Chin-ups / pullups are highly beneficial, and have their place in a well-round program. Chest-to-bar pullups are great too, but it's a different exercise entirely. Both variations are useful in their own way.
@@tjcogger1974 Correct, they are totally different exercises, your entire body is in a different position when doing a chest-to-bar pull up. The chest-to-bar pull up also requires way more contraction of your mid and lower traps, rear delts and rhomboids whilst the standard pull up mainly focuses on your lats. The chest-to-bar pull up is not only the better allround back exercise, it is also way, way harder. A lot of people who can do several standard pull ups can't do a single chest-to-bar pull up. That's why I claim that Mariusz's feat is the most impressive here.
@@kooroshrostami27 it's not "better" or "worse" it's just different. Just because something is more difficult, doesn't mean it's superior. Like you said, your entire body is in a different position, which means it's going to be working different muscle groups in a different way. You can't overload the chest-to-bar pull-up with added weight like you can with a chin-up/pull-up. You also can't perform slow eccentrics on a chest-to-bar pullups like you can with a standard pull-up, because the top portion is so mechanical disadvantages. They have to be performed in an explosive manner, otherwise you simply won't get high enough. You also can't do nearly as many reps with chest-to-bars, which means less time under tension. And lastly, your rear delts and biceps will likely reach muscular failure before any other muscle group during chest-to-bars, which makes it a poor movement choice if you're attempting to overload your lats. If pullups were inferior to chest-to-bar pullups, you'd never see any high-level calisthenics athletes doing standard pullups. Yet, every single calisthenic athlete in the world does standard pullups and chin-ups in addition to chest-to-bars.
Hapthor reminds me of Army PT tests. You get to 41 push-ups (42 is often the qualifying number) and then the grader just starts saying 41... 41... 41... 41.... Except with Thor it was 0, 0, 0, 0 lol.
@@masterchiefy830 Thor beat Eddie easily and is officially the world record then he whooped eddies ass in boxing 😂😂 keep coping little boy. Ur all over with ur butthurt lies hahha
It annoys me that thors record is often quoted as besting hall's record even though it is was unofficial and out of competition. There's many occasions and evidence of Olympic weightlifters putting up WR lifts during training even under competition rules, but they never claim to hold the current WR because training doesn't count
To be fair, if you carry your specific body weight, then you should at least be able to do 5 - 10 pullups. Imagine not being able to pull yourself out of danger such as of a ledge or cliff?
@@cnwil4594 that's just 95% of people. Your legs carry your body you can't expect some one to lift their one bodyweight without training especifically for it. But I agree it is an important and useful skill.
@@cnwil4594 what about other situations of danger that require strength? Stuck under a rock/car/metal, you'll want these guys help lol. There's just different types of strength.
Saw Brian Shaw at the Austin airport once, these guys aren't anything like they are on video in real life, their size and presense is really hard to capture on video, it's like they are another species.
@@RasLunacy I saw a guy who is a ultra heavyweight wrestler from Ohio State and he was taller than the aisles in the grocery store and wide as a truck. It was like looking at Samson out of the Bible.
Bro thank you for making Mariusz Pudzianowski known to the new generations, it is a pity that they did not live at the time when this man achieved the unrepeatable feat of winning the world championship 5 times, today his name must be remembered by all sports lovers and thanks to your work, this helps to achieve it 💪
You seen him grappling with Garcia? Dude moves like a cat without any combat sports experience. He moved fluidly, like he was used to it. He would've been a monster in martial arts without question.
@@TheStraightestWhitest Why do people in the martial arts world seem to think that large muscular men are somehow not able to move? Most guys in the NFL are 6'+ and well over 200 pounds, they'd absolutely dwarf the vast majority of guys you'd see at any MMA or BJJ gym and are far more athletic as well.
@@oglocbaby520 Bro through out the years I realized martial arts and their fans are full of sh*t. The training is great but I was conned bigtime by Bruce Pee, like millions have too, and dedicated (wasted) many years trying to be "likefukin water" and being "fluid", and all it made me do was starve myself so I could be light as Bruce Pee and the lightest I got was 150 and felt horrible and weak AF.Literally most gym goears couldve damaged me in a fight. Now im 230 and feel way more lethal even though I can jump or move as fast. Fuk Bruce Pee.
@@kanyewestfmypp2967 That's after him dropping a heap of weight training to box though, so it's more appropriate to use his max when at a higher weight if we're talking about strongmen's max pullups.
At those weights, that's still insane... That's like a huge guy adding 200 pounds and doing a pull up. I've done pill ups with a 20 pound vest... 200 pounds though! Frkn WOW!
I've often read online that pull-ups are the least favorite exercise in gym. Many want to look big rather than getting real functional strength. Indeed, a couple of pull-ups can really humble many dudes.
@@falcodarkzz"basic functional shit" is just pullups? Lifting things off the ground, lifting things overhead, carrying and pushing things for some distance aren't basic and functional? This guy is one of the best at these. We are not good climbers like our primate cousins, we cannot swing and jump from one tree to the next, not because we are lazy but our limbs literally changed to become less efficient in these movement patterns so by that logic we have evolved in a wrong direction.
1:55 That's some wide pull ups too, not simple "normal" pull ups ! I can do 12 normal pull ups but only 6 wide like those.... And with what ? Double my weight or something !
I remarked to a friend that you don’t see many of the real heavy weightlifters at the gym doing pullups. Actually, you don’t see many of the other people at the gym doing pullups. He said it was because it was too easy for them. This proves otherwise. I do 3 sets of 10 but I have to use a neutral grip until an issue with my left elbow fully clears up.
I've often thought the same, it's because they can't pull their own body weight upwards, deadlifting it is completely different, wide grip pull up is the hardest exercise to do in my opinion.
Elbow pain could likely be a grip issue as you hold the bar with the tip of the fingers instead of holding it deeper in your hand. Please check athlean X pull-up checklist, it’s amazing
Guess: maybe 5 Result: Was based on thumbnail, big Eddie hall Brian getting 6 was impressive Edit: bloody hell Licis is impressive at moving his own weight.
I train calisthenics and finally got up to 60 body weight pull ups in a row to match my age. I weigh 153 lbs, BMI of 22, and also do intense hill repeat cycling with a focus on mitochondrial biogenesis and type IIA muscle fibers. I was stuck in the low 50's for a long time, but then added a 20 lbs weighted vest that got me to 60 body weight pull ups in a row. Without the vest it feels like I am flying up. For the first 20-25 reps I have zero grip tension at the top for a split second, which helps blood flow during a no tension micro rest. Resting at the bottom doesn't work for me. Full range of motion. No kipping. The world record is 651 pull ups.
@@pettergustafsson5007 Yes, 60 clean pull ups in a row, full range of motion, chin over the bar, no kipping, continuous, one set/no rest, no rest hanging at the bottom. The world record is 651 (Japanese Navy diver), so my numbers are puny and not even that guy's warm up. The World Pull Up Championship 70kg weight class record (at their events in Europe) is 97 pull ups in a row (judged). Too bad there is no senior division since I am 60 years old. I started training seriously when I retired a year and a half ago with a baseline of 4 pull ups way out of shape. Did pull ups and push ups every other day to failure and bicycling every other day, alternating. Gradually progressed until I was doing two sets of a total 100 pull ups (52+48=100) every other day, but started to be no fun and gains slowed, so I added a 20lb weighted vest with single sets every other day. Progressed from 40 weighted pull ups in a row to 50 (personal best) over 6 weeks or so. Then I attempted a new body weight PB and got to 60 pull ups in a row (PB). Still training single sets with 20 lb weighted vest, since I reached my fitness goal and now I am in maintenance mode (but at an elite level of conditioning for my age). Younger people could do more sets for faster gains. I don't expect to get much better, but maintaining this level for 5-10 years would be nice. The advice is to go to complete failure (most can't tolerate that amount of discomfort), to hyperventilate before and during to maximize aerobic zone, fast down, "bounce" off the bottom instead of pausing at bottom, zero weight on grip at top of the pull up for first 20-25 reps for micro rests, push ups ab roller and back rows for balance, intense hill repeat cycling for cardio (it's mainly about blood flow at high reps), maximizing mitochondrial biogenesis and Type IIA muscle fiber development for fatigue resistance, never missing an exercise day, dropping BMI ( I went from 25 to 22), and lean body type.
@@pettergustafsson5007 this type of endurance oriented strength training can keep improving with age for a long, long time. I'd have harder time to believe that someone turning 20 would do that
I bet Oleksiy Novikov can do the most of these last 22 years of WSM winners since he is the lightest at only ~295lbs. He's also been lean and is very athletic and explosive. Other smaller WSM winners were Gary Taylor, 6'0" 295lbs competition weight, did olympic lifting and personal training, was very lean, he could probably do a lot of pullups Magnus Ver Magnusson, 6'3" (1.90 m) and 287 lbs (130kg) Jouko Ahola 6'1" (1.85 m) and 275 lbs (125 kg) 293.215 Jón Páll Sigmarsson 6'3" (1.91 m) and 293 lbs (133 kg) They could all probably do more than Licis just by virtue of being so much lighter.
Neat to see a fellow speedrunner as a strongman fan lol. My money would be on Mariusz Pudzianowski, partly because he was among the lighest champions, and was also great at reps in general.
Nope, none of these would do more than Licis. He does calistenics movements often, for difference than the other guys. Also, 14-15 reps isn't a small achievement at all, even for 70 kg guy, let alone 140 kg strongman.
@@leonardhpls6 BS. At my commercial gym there is not a single person, who does 15 pullups. And at the calistenics bars in the park nearby (in London) 15 is about the maximum number anyone does. Of all the people that I have personally known, less than 1% could do 15 pullups. I've no idea where have you got such a wrong view... It's like saying that 120 kg bench press is average...
I remember watching WSM competitions in the 90s and always being amazed by Pudzinowski. He was so strong compared to his competition but also so lean and aesthetic. I grew up thinking that was what a strongman should look like
Edits: Mitchell Hooper has now become the 5th person to win the World’s Strongest Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions. Oleksii Novikov was the **2020** WSM winner and he can be seen doing 15 reps with Martins Licis in January 2021. ua-cam.com/video/4ypUBEXaDAw/v-deo.html
8:37 there may be no video of Hooper doing pull ups, but he can legitimately do a fucking muscle up at 140kg, so hes gotta atleast have 8 clean reps in him MINIMUM, possibly 12+
I think calisthenics can help allot with the strong man competitions. You just have to balance it right. The last dude weighed significantly less than the previous champions, over 100 pounds in brian shaws case. You said it yourself it focuses on building strength to weight ratio and it looks like he hit that balance the year he won.
Well, Strongmen events have also drastically changed over the year. Since the last 4-5 years, Strongman has focused towards moving weights over distance in the shortest time versus 2000s-2010s where it's only moving massive weights.
Brother what the fuck are you even saying lol. It doesn't make sense. It's called world's strongest man, not world's highest number of pull ups man (Wilks calculated).
@Tim, yes and no. Are there benefits of applying calisthenics to strongman training? Probably, is it optimal? To their sport? Probably not. When it comes to global scale competitions where you compete against the best of the best, there is something called the principle of specificity in where these “pro” athletes practice and train specific movements that will more than likely appear in the competition. Allotting time to doing “calisthenics” as a strongman is like training for the NBA but instead of using a basketball, your whole team uses a volleyball during the preseason. I mean they are both circles you can throw right? Motions are similar, they engage the same muscles BUT the teeny weenie fact is they JUST AREN’T THE SAME. Who’s team do you think will win? The one practicing on volleyballs? Or the actual basketballs? Anyways, a good majority of their challenges in strongmen are incredibly taxing to their central nervous system(cns) already, implementing extra calisthenics movements that isn’t part of their challenges only adds on EXTRA nervous system fatigue they could have used for something else that can actually help in their field. I believe there is a sport in which includes the feats you might be looking for, They lift heavy stuff, move around a lot, and yes, you got it! even calisthenics! it’s called CrossFit!
Great topic. But as far, as, strongmen using calisthenics for strongman training goes I don't think there is much carry over in completion prep phase of training but definitely worth including IF you have time and fancy a change. Great stuff from Martins. Awesome to see a giant doing pistols!
Brian Alsruhe talks about the pull up as a great antagonist for all that overhead pressing, to keep the shoulders healthy and stay in the game for longer, but yeah, not a lot of carryover to strongman events save for rope pulling stuff, maybe
3:44 Just to clarify, Eddie's 500kg record wasn't beaten by Thor because Eddie's did it in competition. I'm not saying Thor didn't lift 501kg, he did and it was freakin awesome but it was done in his own gym with WUS. Not the same by a long shot because doing a record in competition (waiting for other competitors to lift, travel fatigue etc) as opposed to your own gym (no travel, lift at your own leisure) is vastly more difficult. I believe Strongman/Giants Live still has Eddie listed as the deadlift record holder at 500kg, and rightly so!
Thors Deadlift record had way more rule then Eddies, Thor had strict pausing time between lifts, he couldn't lift at his own leisure, Thor also didn't dicide the weight jumps. Eddie chose the weight jumps (Thats why Brian Shaw didn't compete at that Record Breaker event) Eddie could take as long pause between his lift as he wanted, between his last lifts he took 30 min. Thor had stirct 10 or 15 min between lifts. Eddie didn't had "travel fatigue" it was 30 min from his home. And Eddie brought his own Bar and Deadlift plattform to do the WR. Eddie got A LOT of special treatment at that event. Also all federation recognizes Thors lift as the WR , except Giants Live which is owned by eddie hall, so thats not really an argument.
@@Hesher93 Was Eddie's in an official competition? Yes. Was Thor's? No. Was Eddie's in an arena? Yes. Was Thor's? No. Were there other competitors with Eddie going for similar lifts, i.e. a competition? Yes. Were there other competitors with Thor going for similar lifts, i.e. a competition? No. Did Eddie use his own bar? Yes. Did Thor? Well yes, he used his own bar, platform, weights and everything because he was in his own damn gym, his dad even weighed the plates for God sake! It's simple, a world record needs to be broken under the same circumstances as it was set, i.e. competition. Otherwise any man and his dog could film themselves lifting in a gym and claim a world record because some "federation" sanctioned it. Like I say, I do believe Thor lifted 501kg, I don't think he cheated the weight or anything like that and it was an awesome feat of strength and brilliant to watch but it's not an official world record, simple as that.
Few things 1) you won't be good at pullups if you don't do pullups on regular bases 2) you do pull your weight but there is massive difference pulling 175 pounds and 300 pounds 3) repetition requires endurance, endurance isn't something strongest men workout on ( and are always very heavy so their oxygen levels are used fast) 4) grip & strenght of wrist often plays big role in amount of repetiton you can do I worked them up with +12 kg for a few months, despite fact it should make massive difference in how many of them i can do without additional weight, it did, but nowhere near as much as i thought. At some point your grip starts to fail ( at least it was in my case). Same with chinups, with difference being, chinups are easier to do so by a nature, you can do more, and/or with more weight.
Repeating a pullup 30+ times requires endurance for sure, repeating 5-10times does not at all.. It just means it is near your max effort so you can't do more
@@christiansmemefactory1513What if the weight they lost was all muscle? How would they do a pull up then? It may or may not translate, it’s called duality…
@@TurdBoi666 Yes and no. It’s called Duality. If you’re too weak and have no muscles then you won’t be able to move very easily. On the flip side, if you’re too strong and have too much muscle you will begin to use too much energy for any type of simple movement and will experience difficulty.
I used to be able to do about 17 or 18 neutral grip pull-ups back in the day when I weighed 220lbs. Now at 270lbs. I can do 10 if I swing and maybe 5 if I do them very strict.
I still say that the most well rounded strongman was Derek Poundstone. He preached that you had to train all the muscles as you’re pnly as strong as your weakest link😁 When many others were neglecting “show” muscles, he trained them all and truly looked one of the best. He could do some amazing pull-ups as well, considering his size
I am 2 metres tall, 114 kg, amateur bodybuilder and pullups are still extremely hard. Can´t even begin to imagine the kind of strength to move a body with 400 lb...
I can relate. I'm 2M tall and 127 kg. I can do it, but mainly because I've been doing them for years. It's pretty remarkable that these guys can do pull-ups at their weight.
Depends on how much you work on pullups, when I was in the Marine corps and doing pullups very frequently, got to a point of doing 37 pullups or 14 muscle ups, can still break 20 even after almost a couple decades later. Of course Im nowhere near the weight of these guys
This is a really interesting dynamic of big-guy strength. I’m relative small in stature but with above average strength and muscular development (ffmi 22-23 range). My vertical pull strength - body weight plus added weight - is 240lbs for 5 reps. My horizontal press strength is 230 for 5 reps on the bench press. Based on those numbers I would think that a guy that is 350lbs and can bench press 500lbs for reps SHOULD be able to hit at least 1. Full range of motion pull up for body weight, but they can’t. I think two things are going on (1) they generally don’t train vertical pull. (2) bench press is a completely different (and easier movement) for big guys… a guy who weighs nearly 400lbs has his chest far closer to the bar than someone who is say… 170lbs.
It is just a law in nature. The smaller the organism the more relatively strong it can be. It is easier for a 60kg person to lift 60kg, than a 90kg person lifting 90kg. You can, for example, check all the records in Olympic weightlifting and see that the lower weightclasses lift more weight pound-for-pound.
@@Bru7aLis that’s true… but I’m talking about absolute strength in this instance. My point was that is not uncommon for trained intermediate/advanced lifters to be able to pull ~300 lbs vertical with good form (some even for reps), yet I’m seeing plenty of big guys here struggling to hit a ~350 lb vertical (with controlled/complete form). You would think that if you add nearly 200lbs of body weight… a substantial proportion of that is quality muscle mass. Many lifts would go up dramatically… so a 300 lb vertical might go to a 450 lb vertical… but it doesn’t seem to happen.
@@spencerschubert5001 Yeah, I agree with you. Hard to know how much of the added weight is functional without a scan. I think Eddie did one in a video, but not sure if there was any kind of comparison. Also for the pull-ups, and pronated grip specifically, most of these strongmen have terrible flexibility, so I think that might be another factor to consider.
thats because bench has nothing to do with a pullup. its just different muscles. i cant say for sure but id imagine back is there least trained muscle since they are not using it that much
They aren’t doing strict form pull-ups. You can’t just stick your chin up & call it a real pull-up, it’s all the way over the bar. Just like the guys who do pushups for records short stroking all the way. We need to see chest to ground & full extension. 😊
@@claytonpuranen So is that more impressive than Martin's pull ups ? I ran a half marathon at the same pace that Mitch ran the full marathon and I weighed 90 pounds less than him
I was surprised that Haftor couldn't do even one proper rep, even with whole body. I know he is 2m tall and weights 180kg but nonetheless he is one of the strongest man ever. Idk what to think really.
He is one of the strongest men in the world ONLY in his soecific lifts that's it. Still impressive but has nothing to do with grip, arm wrestling, calisthenic, punching power, farmer strength etc they all are impressive in their own ways
5:35 this dude is beyond impressive!! Also his pull ups are really clean. Insane strengh. He moved a total of 2584 kg (2,6 tons) with his 17 pull ups !! My record is like 32 clean pull ups at 66kg which is "just" 2112kg (2,1 tons) and pull is my strongest exercise. At 106 kg (40kg extra weight) i did exactly one clean pull up haha. This dude is an absolute freak. Now i got new goals.
These guys are insanely strong overall. The strongmen you see struggling here were close to or over 400 pounds, which is insane. Something else to factor in is that these guys are well over 6' tall, some even close to 7'. Their range of motion on an exercise like this is incredibly long, which would make it even more difficult. I'm 6'4" and 240 and when I peak on weighted chin ups I'm doing high volume sets of 3-5 reps with 50 pounds extra. I've found that I can't get much stronger than this, I'm 33, and you aren't going to get too much stronger than this, what these guys are pulling is amazing.
@@habbo159 if u learned how to read u would have understood one of the last sentences.. i repeat it for u. "At 106 kg (40kg extra weight) i did exactly one clean pull up haha."
i'm 68 now and my shoulders are shot but i can still rip out 20 to 30 pullups. my best, at about 32, was 55. won a lot of beer. 6'3" 190 #. if you know, you know.
@@Incomudro1963 I agree when it comes to calisthenics vs weightlifting. But strongmen are among the most impressive athletes around. They can move weights that humans should not be able to move. Very different from doing basic dumbbell reps. They are exceptional physical specimen on top of their unreal motivation and work ethic. With enough work and dedication, anyone can excel in calisthenics (which is part of what makes it great. Any physical type can achieve it).
Onr of reasons I stopped doing weights was my running times got worse and I felt it didn't help with my speed in martial arts. Our bodies are so adaptable, but you can't be perfect at everything. I think a bit of weights and complementary exercises is nice, but you just have to exercise suitable to what you want.
Martins is the most intelligent of the strong men. He’s not naturally the strongest but is smarter than any other competitor with his training… absolute legend of the sport
I saw Novikov doing pull-up like it's nothing in his story when he won worlds strongest man. He is definitely one of the best pulluppers in strongman..also considering he is from Ukraine (pullups are popular there)
Last month I managed 2 reps of chin-ups with an 11-yr-old boy hanging from my neck (I estimate him at around 35kgs - tall but skinny). This was right after demonstrating a bunch of different pull-up variations to him and his friends - probably 80+ reps spread over 45 minutes. Happy with my progress. :)
6 reps or 5 reps at 240 is pretty good. Form is like everything when it comes to cales. Honestly all of these guys are literally doing crossfit pullups. I dont think any can do 1 strict pull up with chin well over the bar, except probably Martin, 1-3 reps.
@@carlcarlssen4299 Yeah I'm straight up jealous of/inspired by Mariusz's form, at 200lbs I can't manage more than 4 pull-ups keeping that kind of form.
Halfthor's dead lift was NOT in a competition. It was in his gym. He needs to make this lift at the convenience of a competition, not at his personal convenience.
He was ready to do it in competition that day but due to covid they had to cancel the competition and livestreamed it in his gym with officials. Not saying it should count as the record because I dont think it should, but tbf to him I think he had the strength and will eventually beat it in competition. Even Eddie has said he believes Thor will do it eventually in competition.
@@kavishU0902why wouldn’t it? He did it in front of officials and it officially counts. He also clearly could have lifted even more whereas Hall nearly passed out.
So Eddie beating the deadlift world record by 1 kilo some time before the 500 kg deadlift doesn't count either? Or Eddie's 216 axle press, which was supposed to break Žydrūnas' 215 kg axle? Anyways, that's stupid. The world record is the heaviest weight done in that event. 501 is heavier than 500. It's that simple.
@@vojtechkorhon4159 To establish a record, you'd need neutral grounds in which the even takes place, referees, witnesses, calibrated weights, etc. Seeing how Half-Thor was able to pull 501 so easily makes me wonder why he didn't push for more other than for pure spite, and people do all kinds of shady xxxx out of spite, including fraud. And only pulling that 501 after Eddy broke the record, why didn't Half-Thor do the 501 BEFORE Eddy broke the record?
@dallysinghson5569 First of all, people didn't really know that 500 kg was possible before it Eddie pulled it and even if they did, Thor wasn't strong enough back then. Anyways, I do not see why it would be that important. The deadlift happened as an official event sanctioned by WUS that just happened to take place at the gym due to COVID lockdowns. And it's not like competitions never happen there, it's not exactly Thor's house and it was also the venue of Iceland's strongest man. Magnús Ver Magnússon, who works as referee for many competitions including Giants Live and Rogue Invitational, also refereed the lift. Including checking the weight.
look at where their grip is placed: it is far easier to do pull ups with grip closer to each other or within the length of shoulder to shoulder. pullups the further out you grip get way harder to do, please keep this in mind when trying to compare.
It's always crazy to see that picture of Eddie Hall, Brian Shaw, and Hafthor Bjornsson on the podium and see how short Eddie is. Then remember Eddie is still 6'3".
6'2"
@@holographicfrog1503 he was measured. 6'2.5
Battle of the pedants...
@@98danielray with shoes on
@@holographicfrog1503 Yeah, I think the heights of a lot of these athletes, including strongmen, are/were incredibly exaggerated. Eddie hall does not look that tall to me and was around the same height of Arnold. I personally knew someone that met Arnold back in the 90s and he said he was around the same height as him, slightly under 6' tall. I knew someone else who went to both the Mohegan Sun grand prix and 2007 WSM and he said that Mariusz was around his height, 5'10".
I don't think we'll see a strongman as strong and agile as Mariusz Pudzianowski anytime soon. He was a true freak of nature. The speed in which he moved with for someone of his size and strength was phenomenal.
The new lighter, more athletic strongmen in recent years have comparable agility in my opinion. Novikov, Kieliszkowski (unfortunately always injured) and Hooper for example.
He was a great champion and looked amazing. But he got busted for roids by not coming off his cycle early enough
Strongman os different sport today.
@@Stokurev_ I was gunna say - Novikov.
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All of them use.
Mariusz pull ups were legit! Wide grip chest to bar and no momentum. Those are much harder than the medium or narrow grip pull ups with shoulders forward. Seriously impressive. Brian and Thor were just too heavy for pull ups.
Yeah man I always cringe a bit when people baaaaaaarrreelly get their chin across the bar. I mean what are they trying to do?! It's like doing a deadlift and immediately releasing after 95% lockout.
@@t33can that's a very silly comparison. Chin-ups / pullups are highly beneficial, and have their place in a well-round program. Chest-to-bar pullups are great too, but it's a different exercise entirely. Both variations are useful in their own way.
@@tjcogger1974 Correct, they are totally different exercises, your entire body is in a different position when doing a chest-to-bar pull up. The chest-to-bar pull up also requires way more contraction of your mid and lower traps, rear delts and rhomboids whilst the standard pull up mainly focuses on your lats.
The chest-to-bar pull up is not only the better allround back exercise, it is also way, way harder. A lot of people who can do several standard pull ups can't do a single chest-to-bar pull up. That's why I claim that Mariusz's feat is the most impressive here.
@@t33can very dumb take. however the other guy already explained why so im not gonna repeat it
@@kooroshrostami27 it's not "better" or "worse" it's just different. Just because something is more difficult, doesn't mean it's superior. Like you said, your entire body is in a different position, which means it's going to be working different muscle groups in a different way. You can't overload the chest-to-bar pull-up with added weight like you can with a chin-up/pull-up. You also can't perform slow eccentrics on a chest-to-bar pullups like you can with a standard pull-up, because the top portion is so mechanical disadvantages. They have to be performed in an explosive manner, otherwise you simply won't get high enough. You also can't do nearly as many reps with chest-to-bars, which means less time under tension. And lastly, your rear delts and biceps will likely reach muscular failure before any other muscle group during chest-to-bars, which makes it a poor movement choice if you're attempting to overload your lats.
If pullups were inferior to chest-to-bar pullups, you'd never see any high-level calisthenics athletes doing standard pullups. Yet, every single calisthenic athlete in the world does standard pullups and chin-ups in addition to chest-to-bars.
Martins is just a monster. Not just freakishly strong, but amazing coordination and stamina to do that kind of body weight work. Super inspiring.
Yeah, his pull-ups are really impressive at his fairly high body weight. He almost makes it look easy.
I think his big advantage is his athleticism. He can move and has way better flexibility than most strongmen.
Not a monster, size-wise, but definitely an absolute beast.
Yes too bad he is prone to injuries
@@richardcaulker1017 how's that? The man's above 150 kg!
Hapthor reminds me of Army PT tests. You get to 41 push-ups (42 is often the qualifying number) and then the grader just starts saying 41... 41... 41... 41.... Except with Thor it was 0, 0, 0, 0 lol.
Mariusz could easily do 20 perfect form pull ups when fresh. He was finishing up a heavy back workout with pull ups in that video.
Definitely no steroids there. For sure…
@@KineticTaco try to be a strongmeb without ped :D good luck, they all are juiced up
Sure. Maybe. I see a guy who can do about two pull-ups.
@@KineticTaco I don't know what point you're trying to make, but it's widely known that all World's Strongest Man competitors are on steroids.
@@piececake5820 jesus that one nigga weight 192kg
FYI, Eddie was the FIRST to deadlift 500kg in competition. He opened the gates so that people can walk. Also broke the axel shoulder press
thor's deadlift aint counted...
Also won ZERO arnolds and rogue invitationals kekw
@@masterchiefy830 Thor beat Eddie easily and is officially the world record then he whooped eddies ass in boxing 😂😂 keep coping little boy. Ur all over with ur butthurt lies hahha
It annoys me that thors record is often quoted as besting hall's record even though it is was unofficial and out of competition. There's many occasions and evidence of Olympic weightlifters putting up WR lifts during training even under competition rules, but they never claim to hold the current WR because training doesn't count
@Fake Namenson it wasn't unofficial
To be honest, the best pullups for me did Mariusz Pudzianowski, not only 9-10 of them with his 110kg but very very clean ones
Martins is the clear winner ... not even a doubt
@@baki_sigma Pudzian 27 pullups 140kg
Yes he did golden standart others did none of that Mariusz winner
I do 10 clean pull ups with +20kg at 90kg bw at 17 years of age. These Strong man are weak asf
@@LuminiaSkincare yes but u will never be able to deadlift 500kg sooo...
Mariusz is my favourite strongman, he was not only lean but fairly short too and strong as hell. Such a beast.
He used to be listed as 5"10 which is still taller than average lol
He is 6'1"
Pullups are one of the hardest upper body exercises. When you weigh as much as these guys, they're very hard.
To be fair, if you carry your specific body weight, then you should at least be able to do 5 - 10 pullups. Imagine not being able to pull yourself out of danger such as of a ledge or cliff?
You are spot on everyone should be able to lift there own body weight it's Ur body after all
@@petershanle9675 Sad, being able to lift so much but not functional enough to pull your on body weight if needed to save your life.
@@cnwil4594 that's just 95% of people. Your legs carry your body you can't expect some one to lift their one bodyweight without training especifically for it. But I agree it is an important and useful skill.
@@cnwil4594 what about other situations of danger that require strength? Stuck under a rock/car/metal, you'll want these guys help lol. There's just different types of strength.
Martinz doing pullups is actually insanely insanely impressive. That weight and that many reps just wow.
Also with that form.
Is it really?
@@domsumner7307ok
Martins is just so freaking athletic all around. He moves like he weighs half of his actual weight. My favorite strongman 🐉.
Saw Brian Shaw at the Austin airport once, these guys aren't anything like they are on video in real life, their size and presense is really hard to capture on video, it's like they are another species.
Yup, i know someone who is 6'5 280 and theyre like giants even beside other tall people, their overall mass makes people literally look in awe.
@@RasLunacy I saw a guy who is a ultra heavyweight wrestler from Ohio State and he was taller than the aisles in the grocery store and wide as a truck. It was like looking at Samson out of the Bible.
Bro thank you for making Mariusz Pudzianowski known to the new generations, it is a pity that they did not live at the time when this man achieved the unrepeatable feat of winning the world championship 5 times, today his name must be remembered by all sports lovers and thanks to your work, this helps to achieve it 💪
He won when the competition was split and most of the strongest didn't compete in WSM. Big Z was stronger than him when Marius was winning the WSM
Mauriusz
Not sure for how long he did it, but I remember him doing the ok hand gesture after every event. 👌
Man, Martins Licis is insanely strong! He's also explosive. He probably could have been an amazing combat sports athlete.
You seen him grappling with Garcia? Dude moves like a cat without any combat sports experience. He moved fluidly, like he was used to it. He would've been a monster in martial arts without question.
I was super impressed as well!
@@TheStraightestWhitest Why do people in the martial arts world seem to think that large muscular men are somehow not able to move? Most guys in the NFL are 6'+ and well over 200 pounds, they'd absolutely dwarf the vast majority of guys you'd see at any MMA or BJJ gym and are far more athletic as well.
@@TheStraightestWhitest If he wouldve followed martial arts, then ppl would be saying he would be great if he did strongman.
@@oglocbaby520 Bro through out the years I realized martial arts and their fans are full of sh*t. The training is great but I was conned bigtime by Bruce Pee, like millions have too, and dedicated (wasted) many years trying to be "likefukin water" and being "fluid", and all it made me do was starve myself so I could be light as Bruce Pee and the lightest I got was 150 and felt horrible and weak AF.Literally most gym goears couldve damaged me in a fight. Now im 230 and feel way more lethal even though I can jump or move as fast. Fuk Bruce Pee.
I once trained with Martin Licis and remember he could do at least 7-8 controlled reps. He did pullups in his back day. He is a beast
Pudzian Power!!! I loved watching Mariusz in WSM.
Aye, he looked super jacked too. Remember i think it was his last comp where he came on and just destroyed every event.
the "-Go do some pull ups." part, is the best part. Not diminishing your up to the point nice video, just recognizing the winner part. Thank you!
Mariusz and Martins without a doubt. They are tremendously powerful, but retained their functionality/ROM.
Thor did 10 half-reps. Martin's 15 is amazing...
In a Ludwig video he actually did 10 full reps, with good form
@@kanyewestfmypp2967 That's after him dropping a heap of weight training to box though, so it's more appropriate to use his max when at a higher weight if we're talking about strongmen's max pullups.
Thor cheats at EVERYTHING.... SIGH
At those weights, that's still insane... That's like a huge guy adding 200 pounds and doing a pull up. I've done pill ups with a 20 pound vest... 200 pounds though! Frkn WOW!
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This is awesome man! Keep posting videos like this. Seeing how strength athletes do in avenues that aren’t their own is super interesting to me.
Martins muscle-ups and pistol squats were impressive as hell...
Congratz, huge view count! :) Very interesting video, I have been sometimes wondering about the strongmen pull ups. Nice to know, thanks!
I've often read online that pull-ups are the least favorite exercise in gym. Many want to look big rather than getting real functional strength. Indeed, a couple of pull-ups can really humble many dudes.
Humble? You little fitness Princesses act like u can nearly lift what these strongman do. No one cares about how much pullups you can do.
I find that it ought to be hilarious. The egos are out of control
@@TrevorHamberger gyms are a breeding ground for ego. Can't blame em, they need to show off their hard-earned muscles 😁
Haftor's pull up attempts looked like he's never done any before
Haftor proving why humans evolved to be 175lb and 5'10 not 7ft and 400lb. Basic functional shit becomes impossible lol.
@@falcodarkzzlike wiping your own ass 😂
He's just kipping a lot
@@falcodarkzz average height in Netherlands is 6'1 tho. And they are much healthier than Americans
@@falcodarkzz"basic functional shit" is just pullups? Lifting things off the ground, lifting things overhead, carrying and pushing things for some distance aren't basic and functional? This guy is one of the best at these. We are not good climbers like our primate cousins, we cannot swing and jump from one tree to the next, not because we are lazy but our limbs literally changed to become less efficient in these movement patterns so by that logic we have evolved in a wrong direction.
Novikov has done pullups in one of Martin's videos "Sharing Strongman Techniques and Prepping Martins Quest To The Arnold Classic!". He did 15 "reps"
I wish I had found that video! Thanks!
Mitchell Hooper can do pull ups too, if you go through his new UA-cam channel. But Martins still takes the cake in my opinion, regardless of evidence.
1:55
That's some wide pull ups too, not simple "normal" pull ups !
I can do 12 normal pull ups but only 6 wide like those.... And with what ? Double my weight or something !
Mariuz’s pull-ups were clean AF too, 9 strict reps at 300lbs is mad impressive.
Licis is insane, that calisthenics background definitely helps
Maruisz clearly the best. Right up to his chest. No jerking, perfect
I remarked to a friend that you don’t see many of the real heavy weightlifters at the gym doing pullups. Actually, you don’t see many of the other people at the gym doing pullups. He said it was because it was too easy for them. This proves otherwise. I do 3 sets of 10 but I have to use a neutral grip until an issue with my left elbow fully clears up.
I've often thought the same, it's because they can't pull their own body weight upwards, deadlifting it is completely different, wide grip pull up is the hardest exercise to do in my opinion.
If you can't lift your own weight then all other workouts are pointless surely. Every man should be able to do pull ups.
Elbow pain could likely be a grip issue as you hold the bar with the tip of the fingers instead of holding it deeper in your hand. Please check athlean X pull-up checklist, it’s amazing
Guess: maybe 5
Result: Was based on thumbnail, big Eddie hall
Brian getting 6 was impressive
Edit: bloody hell Licis is impressive at moving his own weight.
2024 update: Mooper can do a muscle up.
Omg I had no idea Martins is that strong calisthenics wise and that agile, that is incredibly impressive!!!!!
I train calisthenics and finally got up to 60 body weight pull ups in a row to match my age. I weigh 153 lbs, BMI of 22, and also do intense hill repeat cycling with a focus on mitochondrial biogenesis and type IIA muscle fibers. I was stuck in the low 50's for a long time, but then added a 20 lbs weighted vest that got me to 60 body weight pull ups in a row. Without the vest it feels like I am flying up. For the first 20-25 reps I have zero grip tension at the top for a split second, which helps blood flow during a no tension micro rest. Resting at the bottom doesn't work for me. Full range of motion. No kipping. The world record is 651 pull ups.
Incredible!
are you telling me you are 60 years old and can do 60 clean pullups in a row without rest between????
@@pettergustafsson5007 Yes, 60 clean pull ups in a row, full range of motion, chin over the bar, no kipping, continuous, one set/no rest, no rest hanging at the bottom. The world record is 651 (Japanese Navy diver), so my numbers are puny and not even that guy's warm up. The World Pull Up Championship 70kg weight class record (at their events in Europe) is 97 pull ups in a row (judged). Too bad there is no senior division since I am 60 years old. I started training seriously when I retired a year and a half ago with a baseline of 4 pull ups way out of shape. Did pull ups and push ups every other day to failure and bicycling every other day, alternating. Gradually progressed until I was doing two sets of a total 100 pull ups (52+48=100) every other day, but started to be no fun and gains slowed, so I added a 20lb weighted vest with single sets every other day. Progressed from 40 weighted pull ups in a row to 50 (personal best) over 6 weeks or so. Then I attempted a new body weight PB and got to 60 pull ups in a row (PB). Still training single sets with 20 lb weighted vest, since I reached my fitness goal and now I am in maintenance mode (but at an elite level of conditioning for my age). Younger people could do more sets for faster gains. I don't expect to get much better, but maintaining this level for 5-10 years would be nice. The advice is to go to complete failure (most can't tolerate that amount of discomfort), to hyperventilate before and during to maximize aerobic zone, fast down, "bounce" off the bottom instead of pausing at bottom, zero weight on grip at top of the pull up for first 20-25 reps for micro rests, push ups ab roller and back rows for balance, intense hill repeat cycling for cardio (it's mainly about blood flow at high reps), maximizing mitochondrial biogenesis and Type IIA muscle fiber development for fatigue resistance, never missing an exercise day, dropping BMI ( I went from 25 to 22), and lean body type.
@@pettergustafsson5007 this type of endurance oriented strength training can keep improving with age for a long, long time. I'd have harder time to believe that someone turning 20 would do that
651 pullups? Sorry bud but you got lied to 😂😂
Ayyy I see you Mr. Shaw! THC fit baby!
A very well researched and presented video! Thank you.
Thank you! :)
Wow Martin is insanely impressive. Very clean pullups too
clean? the man dint even get chin over the bar in any of the reps. stop stucking dick and go learn what a dead hang strictpull up is
I bet Oleksiy Novikov can do the most of these last 22 years of WSM winners since he is the lightest at only ~295lbs. He's also been lean and is very athletic and explosive.
Other smaller WSM winners were Gary Taylor, 6'0" 295lbs competition weight, did olympic lifting and personal training, was very lean, he could probably do a lot of pullups
Magnus Ver Magnusson, 6'3" (1.90 m) and 287 lbs (130kg)
Jouko Ahola 6'1" (1.85 m) and 275 lbs (125 kg)
293.215
Jón Páll Sigmarsson 6'3" (1.91 m) and 293 lbs (133 kg)
They could all probably do more than Licis just by virtue of being so much lighter.
Neat to see a fellow speedrunner as a strongman fan lol.
My money would be on Mariusz Pudzianowski, partly because he was among the lighest champions, and was also great at reps in general.
Nope, none of these would do more than Licis. He does calistenics movements often, for difference than the other guys. Also, 14-15 reps isn't a small achievement at all, even for 70 kg guy, let alone 140 kg strongman.
@@ConnoisseurOfExistence 15 reps is disgraceful at 70kg 😂
@@leonardhpls6 BS. At my commercial gym there is not a single person, who does 15 pullups. And at the calistenics bars in the park nearby (in London) 15 is about the maximum number anyone does. Of all the people that I have personally known, less than 1% could do 15 pullups. I've no idea where have you got such a wrong view... It's like saying that 120 kg bench press is average...
@@ConnoisseurOfExistence 15 pullups are harder than 120kg bench lol
Big Z was CRAZY to watch. His muscles looked pretty smooth, then he would pick something up and all of this insane rippling would pop out.
I remember watching WSM competitions in the 90s and always being amazed by Pudzinowski. He was so strong compared to his competition but also so lean and aesthetic. I grew up thinking that was what a strongman should look like
The grip strength of the big guys to do pull ups at their body weight is most impressve to me
Can lift a car but can't pull themselves back onto a boat.
😅😅@@ncshuriken
A couple of them could
They would submerge the boat
Because while lifting cars they use their leg power as well...
That's crazy. Imagine you roll your car, it's on it's side and on fire. 1 non-kipping pullup would save your life.
I'm inching my way to 15 reps per set. I feel even stronger after watching this!
And NOT using momentum.
@@brianrasmussen2956 Try pulling up explosively without momentum but going down slowly.
Great tip
13 pull up for me
@@rjari8578 8 in a row, and 10 in a row on a good day for me haha
Mariusz is crazy good at everything
Mariusz Pudzianowski made me start weightlifting in early 2004 always had his fitness magazines
Thor is strong AF and a genetic freak but he is a bit delusional sometimes. How does he get 10 reps from 0?
He's a known cheat :D
@@DjisasXIII he's known to cry like a toddler in the 2017 WSM
That wasn't zero, you guys should do some pullups and learn the difference between 10 half reps and zero reps.
@@djo-dji6018 he did 0 real reps
@@djo-dji6018 none of those reps were close to full range of motion and none would have been counted
Edits:
Mitchell Hooper has now become the 5th person to win the World’s Strongest Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions.
Oleksii Novikov was the **2020** WSM winner and he can be seen doing 15 reps with Martins Licis in January 2021. ua-cam.com/video/4ypUBEXaDAw/v-deo.html
2:11 "Let me break this guy nose real quick" Ref - "Sure, better get my arm out of the way."
Great information mate I was also wondering sometime that can a strong man do pull up and you answered it
Thanks and come with more content
8:37 there may be no video of Hooper doing pull ups, but he can legitimately do a fucking muscle up at 140kg, so hes gotta atleast have 8 clean reps in him MINIMUM, possibly 12+
I think calisthenics can help allot with the strong man competitions. You just have to balance it right. The last dude weighed significantly less than the previous champions, over 100 pounds in brian shaws case. You said it yourself it focuses on building strength to weight ratio and it looks like he hit that balance the year he won.
Well, Strongmen events have also drastically changed over the year. Since the last 4-5 years, Strongman has focused towards moving weights over distance in the shortest time versus 2000s-2010s where it's only moving massive weights.
Brother what the fuck are you even saying lol. It doesn't make sense. It's called world's strongest man, not world's highest number of pull ups man (Wilks calculated).
@Tim, yes and no. Are there benefits of applying calisthenics to strongman training? Probably, is it optimal? To their sport? Probably not. When it comes to global scale competitions where you compete against the best of the best, there is something called the principle of specificity in where these “pro” athletes practice and train specific movements that will more than likely appear in the competition. Allotting time to doing “calisthenics” as a strongman is like training for the NBA but instead of using a basketball, your whole team uses a volleyball during the preseason. I mean they are both circles you can throw right? Motions are similar, they engage the same muscles BUT the teeny weenie fact is they JUST AREN’T THE SAME. Who’s team do you think will win? The one practicing on volleyballs? Or the actual basketballs? Anyways, a good majority of their challenges in strongmen are incredibly taxing to their central nervous system(cns) already, implementing extra calisthenics movements that isn’t part of their challenges only adds on EXTRA nervous system fatigue they could have used for something else that can actually help in their field.
I believe there is a sport in which includes the feats you might be looking for, They lift heavy stuff, move around a lot, and yes, you got it! even calisthenics! it’s called CrossFit!
The stronger I get the more impossible calisthenics becomes
@@dean0o0o That doesn't make very much sense buddy.
I like how Shaw works the negative.
Nice! On that video with Koklyaev, the other 2 guys, who are powerlifters and weight above 160 kg, are doing even more pull-ups...
Great video. Thanks 👍
Strongest men but very sportmanship. Their effort and training decipline👏. Nice events i like to watch this, its a fair sport.
Great topic. But as far, as, strongmen using calisthenics for strongman training goes I don't think there is much carry over in completion prep phase of training but definitely worth including IF you have time and fancy a change. Great stuff from Martins. Awesome to see a giant doing pistols!
Brian Alsruhe talks about the pull up as a great antagonist for all that overhead pressing, to keep the shoulders healthy and stay in the game for longer, but yeah, not a lot of carryover to strongman events save for rope pulling stuff, maybe
Did you watch the video where Martins does pistols (can't remember if single or more) standing on the handle of a kettlebell? Insane.
3:44 Just to clarify, Eddie's 500kg record wasn't beaten by Thor because Eddie's did it in competition. I'm not saying Thor didn't lift 501kg, he did and it was freakin awesome but it was done in his own gym with WUS. Not the same by a long shot because doing a record in competition (waiting for other competitors to lift, travel fatigue etc) as opposed to your own gym (no travel, lift at your own leisure) is vastly more difficult. I believe Strongman/Giants Live still has Eddie listed as the deadlift record holder at 500kg, and rightly so!
100% this !
Thors Deadlift record had way more rule then Eddies, Thor had strict pausing time between lifts, he couldn't lift at his own leisure, Thor also didn't dicide the weight jumps. Eddie chose the weight jumps (Thats why Brian Shaw didn't compete at that Record Breaker event) Eddie could take as long pause between his lift as he wanted, between his last lifts he took 30 min. Thor had stirct 10 or 15 min between lifts. Eddie didn't had "travel fatigue" it was 30 min from his home. And Eddie brought his own Bar and Deadlift plattform to do the WR. Eddie got A LOT of special treatment at that event.
Also all federation recognizes Thors lift as the WR , except Giants Live which is owned by eddie hall, so thats not really an argument.
@@Hesher93 Eddie Hall owns Giants Live? I thought Colin Bryce did.
@@awallner1 Its owned by Coling Bryce, Eddie Hall and Darren Sadler
@@Hesher93 Was Eddie's in an official competition? Yes. Was Thor's? No. Was Eddie's in an arena? Yes. Was Thor's? No. Were there other competitors with Eddie going for similar lifts, i.e. a competition? Yes. Were there other competitors with Thor going for similar lifts, i.e. a competition? No. Did Eddie use his own bar? Yes. Did Thor? Well yes, he used his own bar, platform, weights and everything because he was in his own damn gym, his dad even weighed the plates for God sake!
It's simple, a world record needs to be broken under the same circumstances as it was set, i.e. competition. Otherwise any man and his dog could film themselves lifting in a gym and claim a world record because some "federation" sanctioned it.
Like I say, I do believe Thor lifted 501kg, I don't think he cheated the weight or anything like that and it was an awesome feat of strength and brilliant to watch but it's not an official world record, simple as that.
Few things
1) you won't be good at pullups if you don't do pullups on regular bases
2) you do pull your weight but there is massive difference pulling 175 pounds and 300 pounds
3) repetition requires endurance, endurance isn't something strongest men workout on ( and are always very heavy so their oxygen levels are used fast)
4) grip & strenght of wrist often plays big role in amount of repetiton you can do
I worked them up with +12 kg for a few months, despite fact it should make massive difference in how many of them i can do without additional weight, it did, but nowhere near as much as i thought. At some point your grip starts to fail ( at least it was in my case).
Same with chinups, with difference being, chinups are easier to do so by a nature, you can do more, and/or with more weight.
Repeating a pullup 30+ times requires endurance for sure, repeating 5-10times does not at all.. It just means it is near your max effort so you can't do more
3:10 I didn’t see a single pull-up.
Mf he is 200 kg
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Doesn’t change the facts
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I did
Just proves how many different facets of strength there are and how they don't necessarily translate.
It literally does translate. They struggle due to their body weight. If they lost weight they could do way more, and properly.
Not hard to understand.
@@christiansmemefactory1513What if the weight they lost was all muscle? How would they do a pull up then? It may or may not translate, it’s called duality…
@@skateordiee it wouldn’t be because they take PEDs and diet properly so that doesn’t happen
@@skateordiee that's the same facet of strength tho? Muscles?
@@TurdBoi666 Yes and no. It’s called Duality.
If you’re too weak and have no muscles then you won’t be able to move very easily.
On the flip side, if you’re too strong and have too much muscle you will begin to use too much energy for any type of simple movement and will experience difficulty.
louis pushed UP an incline , an empty train freight car. 60,000lbs empty. good luck trying that
Mitchell Hooper has now also won the Arnold’s and WSM in the same year
Hoop' there here goes.
I used to be able to do about 17 or 18 neutral grip pull-ups back in the day when I weighed 220lbs. Now at 270lbs. I can do 10 if I swing and maybe 5 if I do them very strict.
2022 I was a 320lb strongman and could do 10. I’m honestly surprised they can’t do very much considering they’re the best of the best.
I’m talking chin to bar, dead weight
Shaw's pullups looking pretty decent considering he weighs 465lbs.
Meanwhile a 6ft 180lb guy somewhere is saying oh im to massive to do pull ups. 🙄
I still say that the most well rounded strongman was Derek Poundstone.
He preached that you had to train all the muscles as you’re pnly as strong as your weakest link😁
When many others were neglecting “show” muscles, he trained them all and truly looked one of the best.
He could do some amazing pull-ups as well, considering his size
I am 2 metres tall, 114 kg, amateur bodybuilder and pullups are still extremely hard. Can´t even begin to imagine the kind of strength to move a body with 400 lb...
I can relate. I'm 2M tall and 127 kg. I can do it, but mainly because I've been doing them for years. It's pretty remarkable that these guys can do pull-ups at their weight.
When Thor finishes his set: "ZERO pull-ups. HOOAH!"
Lol if you put a body suit on me to get to his weight, I couldn't do a single one either.
The fact that they can do a pull up even with momentum is amazing at their bodyweight
If they are strongmen they still should be able to do a few clean pullups even at their bodyweight. They train to lift heavy things.
A lot of those would be hard pushed to be called a pull up
add yr body weight to yr own body weight and show us how to do it proper
@@davidanderson5411 never said I could do better. The title of the video is self explanatory though
@@davidanderson5411 Im 285 and can do a weighted pull up with 80 lbs hanging off of me. No dolphin kick required to ascend the bar.
@@Terror1Void yeah but 99% of 285lbs guys cant
@David Anderson It doesn't take much. Just got to train pull ups every work out.
Depends on how much you work on pullups, when I was in the Marine corps and doing pullups very frequently, got to a point of doing 37 pullups or 14 muscle ups, can still break 20 even after almost a couple decades later. Of course Im nowhere near the weight of these guys
This is a really interesting dynamic of big-guy strength. I’m relative small in stature but with above average strength and muscular development (ffmi 22-23 range). My vertical pull strength - body weight plus added weight - is 240lbs for 5 reps. My horizontal press strength is 230 for 5 reps on the bench press. Based on those numbers I would think that a guy that is 350lbs and can bench press 500lbs for reps SHOULD be able to hit at least 1. Full range of motion pull up for body weight, but they can’t.
I think two things are going on (1) they generally don’t train vertical pull. (2) bench press is a completely different (and easier movement) for big guys… a guy who weighs nearly 400lbs has his chest far closer to the bar than someone who is say… 170lbs.
It is just a law in nature. The smaller the organism the more relatively strong it can be. It is easier for a 60kg person to lift 60kg, than a 90kg person lifting 90kg. You can, for example, check all the records in Olympic weightlifting and see that the lower weightclasses lift more weight pound-for-pound.
@@Bru7aLis that’s true… but I’m talking about absolute strength in this instance. My point was that is not uncommon for trained intermediate/advanced lifters to be able to pull ~300 lbs vertical with good form (some even for reps), yet I’m seeing plenty of big guys here struggling to hit a ~350 lb vertical (with controlled/complete form).
You would think that if you add nearly 200lbs of body weight… a substantial proportion of that is quality muscle mass. Many lifts would go up dramatically… so a 300 lb vertical might go to a 450 lb vertical… but it doesn’t seem to happen.
@@spencerschubert5001 Yeah, I agree with you. Hard to know how much of the added weight is functional without a scan. I think Eddie did one in a video, but not sure if there was any kind of comparison. Also for the pull-ups, and pronated grip specifically, most of these strongmen have terrible flexibility, so I think that might be another factor to consider.
thats because bench has nothing to do with a pullup.
its just different muscles. i cant say for sure but id imagine back is there least trained muscle since they are not using it that much
The inverse square law. This is why ants can lift so much but would instantly die if grown in size.
Martins is a phenom! Incredible. There should be a Guinness world record for the Lat pulldown and Martins should be the winner.
Great video.
5:07-10?More like 0
They aren’t doing strict form pull-ups. You can’t just stick your chin up & call it a real pull-up, it’s all the way over the bar. Just like the guys who do pushups for records short stroking all the way. We need to see chest to ground & full extension. 😊
Yes, nearly none of these are proper, chin over the bar, pull-ups. It's still really impressive that they can move that much weight though.
I can deadlift 1000kg whitout pulling the weight off the ground
Ok let’s see you do 100kg+ weighted pull ups 😂
@@tsetsenbiligunjavkhlan3388 25 w/35lbs @ 215
Mitch ran a marathon about 3 or 4 years ago in 3 hours 25 minutes at a weight of 225 pounds
Wow!
@@claytonpuranen So is that more impressive than Martin's pull ups ? I ran a half marathon at the same pace that Mitch ran the full marathon and I weighed 90 pounds less than him
Hey Clayton, good video.
- Clayton
I was surprised that Haftor couldn't do even one proper rep, even with whole body. I know he is 2m tall and weights 180kg but nonetheless he is one of the strongest man ever. Idk what to think really.
Strength x weight ratio is not linear . Dimishing returns is real.
He is one of the strongest men in the world ONLY in his soecific lifts that's it. Still impressive but has nothing to do with grip, arm wrestling, calisthenic, punching power, farmer strength etc they all are impressive in their own ways
5:35 this dude is beyond impressive!! Also his pull ups are really clean. Insane strengh.
He moved a total of 2584 kg (2,6 tons) with his 17 pull ups !!
My record is like 32 clean pull ups at 66kg which is "just" 2112kg (2,1 tons) and pull is my strongest exercise.
At 106 kg (40kg extra weight) i did exactly one clean pull up haha.
This dude is an absolute freak. Now i got new goals.
These guys are insanely strong overall. The strongmen you see struggling here were close to or over 400 pounds, which is insane. Something else to factor in is that these guys are well over 6' tall, some even close to 7'. Their range of motion on an exercise like this is incredibly long, which would make it even more difficult. I'm 6'4" and 240 and when I peak on weighted chin ups I'm doing high volume sets of 3-5 reps with 50 pounds extra. I've found that I can't get much stronger than this, I'm 33, and you aren't going to get too much stronger than this, what these guys are pulling is amazing.
Well, tbh we all have to lift our body, so it's proportional anyway.
Lol you can't just add it like that. Doing 3 reps with 100kg bench press is a lot easier than 1 rep with 300kg
@@habbo159 thats basically what i said
@@habbo159 if u learned how to read u would have understood one of the last sentences.. i repeat it for u. "At 106 kg (40kg extra weight) i did exactly one clean pull up haha."
Those are kips, not even pull-ups. That said, he's a beast! Mad respect to his strength!
Who?
@@ChocolateMilk.. thor
i'm 68 now and my shoulders are shot but i can still rip out 20 to 30 pullups. my best, at about 32, was 55. won a lot of beer. 6'3" 190 #. if you know, you know.
I'm flabbergasted with how clean Martins' reps were 🤯💯
He is the man.
2:53 Kissing the bar exercise.
One… one… still just one…
The most impressive people I've ever hung around were the calisthenics community. Guys are just monsters.
I have so much more respect for those guys than guys who can push lots of heavy weight.
@@Incomudro1963 I agree when it comes to calisthenics vs weightlifting. But strongmen are among the most impressive athletes around. They can move weights that humans should not be able to move. Very different from doing basic dumbbell reps. They are exceptional physical specimen on top of their unreal motivation and work ethic. With enough work and dedication, anyone can excel in calisthenics (which is part of what makes it great. Any physical type can achieve it).
This makes me feel a lot better about my pull ups haha
Yep they were weak 😂
I can here every veteran counting the pull ups. Zero, zero, zero, zero, zero.
Onr of reasons I stopped doing weights was my running times got worse and I felt it didn't help with my speed in martial arts. Our bodies are so adaptable, but you can't be perfect at everything. I think a bit of weights and complementary exercises is nice, but you just have to exercise suitable to what you want.
Martins is the most intelligent of the strong men. He’s not naturally the strongest but is smarter than any other competitor with his training… absolute legend of the sport
I saw Novikov doing pull-up like it's nothing in his story when he won worlds strongest man. He is definitely one of the best pulluppers in strongman..also considering he is from Ukraine (pullups are popular there)
WHERE IS THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND KYRIAKOS GRIZZLY?
This motivated me to do pull ups
Last month I managed 2 reps of chin-ups with an 11-yr-old boy hanging from my neck (I estimate him at around 35kgs - tall but skinny). This was right after demonstrating a bunch of different pull-up variations to him and his friends - probably 80+ reps spread over 45 minutes. Happy with my progress. :)
i can barely do 6 reps at 240lb body weight these men have insane strength
6 reps or 5 reps at 240 is pretty good. Form is like everything when it comes to cales. Honestly all of these guys are literally doing crossfit pullups. I dont think any can do 1 strict pull up with chin well over the bar, except probably Martin, 1-3 reps.
6 reps at 108kg is not bad at all. Lot of people that are way lighter than you fail to even do one
@@carlcarlssen4299 And Mariusz, he was doing perfect form wide grip pull-ups.
@@ddandymann Yeah true I forgot to mention him. Actually Maariusz has better form than Martins.
@@carlcarlssen4299 Yeah I'm straight up jealous of/inspired by Mariusz's form, at 200lbs I can't manage more than 4 pull-ups keeping that kind of form.
Halfthor's dead lift was NOT in a competition. It was in his gym. He needs to make this lift at the convenience of a competition, not at his personal convenience.
saw him struggle with 450 at a comp....
What does it matter where he does it? I’m legit asking because I don’t know. This has always seemed odd to me
He was ready to do it in competition that day but due to covid they had to cancel the competition and livestreamed it in his gym with officials. Not saying it should count as the record because I dont think it should, but tbf to him I think he had the strength and will eventually beat it in competition. Even Eddie has said he believes Thor will do it eventually in competition.
@@vihockeyguy1 cause he could be using fake weights
@@kavishU0902why wouldn’t it? He did it in front of officials and it officially counts. He also clearly could have lifted even more whereas Hall nearly passed out.
As far as I'm concerned,
Deadlifting 501 kg is not beating the 500 kg record.
That's just a 0.2% rounding error.
So Eddie beating the deadlift world record by 1 kilo some time before the 500 kg deadlift doesn't count either? Or Eddie's 216 axle press, which was supposed to break Žydrūnas' 215 kg axle? Anyways, that's stupid. The world record is the heaviest weight done in that event. 501 is heavier than 500. It's that simple.
2.2 lbs is not negligible. Go set a true 1 rep max deadlift then beat that PR by 1 kg and tell me it's the same thing
@@vojtechkorhon4159 To establish a record, you'd need neutral grounds in which the even takes place, referees, witnesses, calibrated weights, etc. Seeing how Half-Thor was able to pull 501 so easily makes me wonder why he didn't push for more other than for pure spite, and people do all kinds of shady xxxx out of spite, including fraud.
And only pulling that 501 after Eddy broke the record, why didn't Half-Thor do the 501 BEFORE Eddy broke the record?
@@davidtoomey4712 Look at the speed and ease in which that additional 2.2lb flew up, too sussy.
@dallysinghson5569 First of all, people didn't really know that 500 kg was possible before it Eddie pulled it and even if they did, Thor wasn't strong enough back then. Anyways, I do not see why it would be that important.
The deadlift happened as an official event sanctioned by WUS that just happened to take place at the gym due to COVID lockdowns. And it's not like competitions never happen there, it's not exactly Thor's house and it was also the venue of Iceland's strongest man.
Magnús Ver Magnússon, who works as referee for many competitions including Giants Live and Rogue Invitational, also refereed the lift. Including checking the weight.
look at where their grip is placed: it is far easier to do pull ups with grip closer to each other or within the length of shoulder to shoulder. pullups the further out you grip get way harder to do, please keep this in mind when trying to compare.
I needed this video so much... I never could get mi chin to the bar... but if strongmen struggle, then it makes sense :D
Mitchell also won the Arnold's as well as WSM. Novikov won 2020 not '22 :P interesting video nevertheless
I was just about to comment this, yeah Hooper won both also
3:15 no sorry, I only saw 1
He was swinging like tarzan
I think that 1 could be debated tbh lmao
Yeah, only chin over the bar
É que o Brant é o bonzao
He did not do any pull ups
10:11 okay Poundstone maybe got TWO of those "pull up's" to the bar......C'mon man....let's be real here.....