Making the Case | Mariusz Pudzianowski

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • I think that there are 7 strongmen in history that you can make the argument for them being the Greatest of All Time. Mariusz Pudzianowski is one of them. In this video, I make the case.
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  • @combinemax
    @combinemax 4 місяці тому +14

    He was definitely the most hungry out of all of them, beyond human

  • @Nirsterkur
    @Nirsterkur 4 місяці тому +28

    His 70.5% international winning percentage will never be surpassed. Truly the 'Dominator' of Strongman!

    • @josephmccabe9146
      @josephmccabe9146 4 місяці тому

      Never won any Arnold’s, wasn’t strong enough.

  • @josephmajor7761
    @josephmajor7761 4 місяці тому +12

    He’s easily my favorite.

  • @bronchoped
    @bronchoped 4 місяці тому +9

    His international win rate really should be considered more than it does in most lists.
    Hard to argue against him being top 3

  • @markovasil1608
    @markovasil1608 4 місяці тому +5

    Mariusz was an absolute beast

  • @torringtonstonekeeper
    @torringtonstonekeeper 4 місяці тому +9

    Everybody always says he wasn't that strong, but he beat them more than they beat him. Brian,Z, big loz a whole bunch of them. Bet Marius would easily kick they're ass

  • @PhillipCalvin627
    @PhillipCalvin627 4 місяці тому +5

    I think in pure, raw strength, I'd go with Zydrunas. Shaw was a great counterbalance and Bjornsson of course was always nipping at their heels but Z and Brian pushed the sport to what it is now for better or for worse. My favorites though out the years in terms of dominant champions though have to be Magnus Ver Magnusson and Marius Pudzianowski. They were so incredibly well rounded and in the case of Marius Puzianowski, he was basically peerless. His most impressive loss in my mind isn't even Vasyl for the reasons mentioned in this video (I think he just had more in the tank as that year was absolutely exhausting. Everyone was spent and Virastyuk simply had that manic energy keeping him going to the finish) or Zydrunas which was also a great win. It was Phil Pfister. Marius was at his absolute best and Phil tapped into some stoic place and managed to beat the Dominator in a competition that he could have easily eaten everyone on the planet alive in, any other day. That being said I think when Thor peaked out, he was pretty incredible and possibly in terms of dominance only second to Pudzianoski in terms of total dominance. (With the exception of Loz's epic win in 2016.)
    For me, I'd say Marius has to be the greatest strongman for what I consider strongman to be as a long term fan and with the understanding of what David Webster and Douglas Edmunds were looking for in a well rounded champion. Hafthor Bjornsson is IMO the most naturally talented strongman ever, and Zydrunas and maybe Kaz on absolute brute strength. I guess the argument could be made for Eddie in raw strength but he didn't have the consistency, longevity and was not as well rounded as either Bill or Big Z or even Brian Shaw.

  • @dadedraak
    @dadedraak 4 місяці тому +1

    He is such an enigma to me, since he has always had the physique of a bodybuilder! Freak genetics and fantastic athlete!

  • @jculbert2221
    @jculbert2221 4 місяці тому +7

    B U T T H E I F S A S P L I T

    • @tv26889
      @tv26889 День тому

      He whooped plenty of the IFSA competitors prior to the split.

  • @ThorsHammer88
    @ThorsHammer88 4 місяці тому +8

    He’s the one that got me into the sport. He’s no doubt the 3rd best of all time.

  • @brandonhoad9033
    @brandonhoad9033 4 місяці тому +3

    Kasmier was screwed, he should've got 5 or 6.

  • @Hybridknfgrowchannel
    @Hybridknfgrowchannel 4 місяці тому

    My thing is you rise up to your competition. Did he do this? Yes he did he would come back the next year stronger than before and dominate he was awesome to watch

  • @boom-bm1kl
    @boom-bm1kl 2 місяці тому +1

    Its funny that shaw missed a total of 5 titles because of a sandbag mishap earlyin his career and Pudzianowski won his 5th title because his opponent had a mishap on the atlas stones.

  • @daviesugo7641
    @daviesugo7641 4 місяці тому

    Bringing nba contenti
    to strongman. Love it

  • @Sirmodzel
    @Sirmodzel 4 місяці тому

    ....To nic by nie dało... nia dało by nic 😊

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому +2

      Unfortunately I couldn’t include the audio of that clip. Nonslavic people wouldn’t get it. To nic by nie dalo.

  • @szafraniec8164
    @szafraniec8164 5 днів тому

    Quite a highlight

  • @Larry-n4n
    @Larry-n4n 4 місяці тому +2

    Big Z is the strongest man to ever walk the 🌎

    • @bury4660
      @bury4660 4 місяці тому

      he is second, first is mighty bloatlord KYRIAKOS KAPAKOULAK (Grizzly)🤣

    • @Larry-n4n
      @Larry-n4n 4 місяці тому

      @@bury4660 🤣🤣 that's funny

  • @jaket2274
    @jaket2274 4 місяці тому

    Definitely the Dominator, however, I simply can’t put him as the GOAT because he won during the split, he won the lighter shows (relatively obv), and once WSM got heavy again he left (for a good reason but still)

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      To be fair to Pudz, even tho Z was better at the 2009 WSM he absolutely had a shot at winning it.
      It’s not like he got his ass handed to him.
      The top 5 times at the Plane Pull and Stones were all within like 2 seconds. That’s where Pudzian lost 6points to Z. It could have flipped if he was just a touch faster in those.

    • @tv26889
      @tv26889 День тому

      @@thestrongmanhistorian - Z is like 70 pounds heavier than mariusz. its a testament to his well-roundedness that he kept up with him.

  • @nobshistoryengineering4421
    @nobshistoryengineering4421 4 місяці тому +1

    Personally I'd say Jouko Ahola is the greatest, he was very small compared to these guys.

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      I thought about including Jouko in this series but making the case for him would be really tough. I wish he didn’t retire when he was the best, would have been great to see him in the early 2000s.

  • @vojtechkorhon4159
    @vojtechkorhon4159 4 місяці тому

    Who are the other GOAT candidates going to be? Žydrūnas is an obvious one, and I'd expect the other four-time winners to be there. Kaz deserves a mention too. But that still leaves a spot open.

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      Thor

    • @vojtechkorhon4159
      @vojtechkorhon4159 4 місяці тому

      @@thestrongmanhistorian thanks you. He was my guess for that spot. Despite only 1 WSM win, he has a lot of extremely high placements and also tons of victories in other international comps. And while I wasn't following the sport back then, people seem to agree that he was the best strongman ever that one year.

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      That will probably be the last video as he still has some years left in him.

    • @vojtechkorhon4159
      @vojtechkorhon4159 4 місяці тому

      @@thestrongmanhistorian that makes sense. He is still a contender for winning the big shows.

  • @ConnoisseurOfExistence
    @ConnoisseurOfExistence 4 місяці тому

    Definitely one of the best. Another one to consider is Kazmaier. All things considered, I think Z should count as the greatest. That might be challenged in the near future by Tom or Hooper. And the greatest strongman natural talent is Biby, in my opinion.

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому +1

      The guys that I'll be doing these videos for are Zydrunas, Kaz, Maggie, JPS and Thor.

  • @rayclam8079
    @rayclam8079 4 місяці тому

    Powerlifting is a far purer test of strength than strongman contests. Therefore the strongest man in history is Jesus Olivares who set a raw powerlifting total at 2,540 lbs (1,152.5 kg), in 2023.

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      Strongmen can get very close to those numbers in a couple of months of PL training, just look at Hafthor or Graham Hicks. Jesus would have to train strongman for years to even be close to the best.

    • @rayclam8079
      @rayclam8079 4 місяці тому

      In individual lifts, maybe, but all three main lifts on the same day? Strongman contests require you to sacrifice some strength for speed and endurance in order to run around with weights.

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      Thor put up a 1100 total in wraps with a 6weeks prep. Hicks 1100 in wraps first time squatting for max.
      The fact that they can pull an all time great total out of their ass speaks volumes.

    • @rayclam8079
      @rayclam8079 4 місяці тому

      If one of them could break the powerlifting world record total in one day then I would consider them to be the strongest of all time. Just having one great lift on one night isn't enough to make them the strongest of all time - except maybe in just that lift if it breaks the previous world record.

    • @Enhancedgenetics
      @Enhancedgenetics 4 місяці тому

      No Olympic lifting is

  • @steveffuksake
    @steveffuksake 4 місяці тому

    Did he say baggy shoes or bad issues 😅

  • @Nirsterkur
    @Nirsterkur 4 місяці тому +14

    In no particular order, Hafthor, Zydrunas, Mariusz, Brian, Kaz, Jon Pall and Magnus Ver are the 7 Greatest Strongmen of All time. However, when it comes to Pure Brute Strength, Hafthor Julius Bjornsson is the Strongest Man to have ever lived.

    • @metalheadjackass
      @metalheadjackass 4 місяці тому

      Kazmaier would like a word, at least for the 7 greatest

    • @Kiromony
      @Kiromony 4 місяці тому +2

      @@metalheadjackass he literally said kaz

    • @metalheadjackass
      @metalheadjackass 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Kiromony My bad, I misread. :(

    • @Healthliving1967
      @Healthliving1967 4 місяці тому

      No,hafthor and his attitude stinks. The way he behaves in strongman events is very disrespectful,him and his yes men suck. Mariusz is in my opinion #1 of all time.

    • @Wutangkilla79
      @Wutangkilla79 4 місяці тому +1

      Pure strength big z has no equal except maybe Eddie Thor only won worlds once and was possibly a deadlift specialist his 501 is still a very dubious record to this day

  • @SJR4815
    @SJR4815 4 місяці тому +1

    To me: Zydrunas is the best Strongman athlete, Kazmaier is the most impressive strongman for his time and at his peak, could likely still compete against today's athletes... but Eddie in 2017 was objectively the most statically strong *MAN* who has ever lived.

  • @rborowy28
    @rborowy28 4 місяці тому

    Doesn’t matter what people say, he will forever hold the 5x world strongest man! No one will ever match or beat that! Polish Power!

  • @adairtl
    @adairtl 4 місяці тому

    I looked at your channel. Not much about Ole Bill. He is the best...EVER....no doubt. You don't even have him on your "strong man" channel. What is up? You don't like fact or Americans?

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому

      I literally made a video about the best Americans with Kaz in it. So I have Bill on my “strong man” channel but I guess you don’t like facts or non Americans.

  • @Nicespirit
    @Nicespirit 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the video !! He is my favorite strongman and to me the most complete strongman ever.
    He is definitely the best of his time (2000-2009) nobody has ever been that dominant in any era !
    He understood that you don't just need to be strong but also athletic, fast and have very good stamina, and his determination to win was on another level !!
    Here is my Top 5 Greatest Strongmen of All Time :
    1. Zydrunas Savickas (LIT)
    2. Brian Shaw (USA)
    3. Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
    4. Bill Kazmaïer (USA)
    5. Jon Pall Sigmarsson (ICE)
    What's yours ?

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому +1

      Solid top 5. It’s hard to argue against Z being the greatest and Brian, Mariusz and Kaz being a step behind.
      I can see JPS, MVM and Thor being pretty much interchangable.

    • @Nicespirit
      @Nicespirit 4 місяці тому

      @@thestrongmanhistorian Yeah totally, Thor is definitely one of the best too, considering the fact that he competed in the toughest era ever with Big z and Shaw at their prime ^^
      I think that he has 3 second places and 3 third places before he won in 2018, plus he won 3 times in a row the Arnold Strongman Classic that's really impressive !

    • @thestrongmanhistorian
      @thestrongmanhistorian  4 місяці тому +1

      He will be a part of this series for that exact reason.

  • @martinprince9652
    @martinprince9652 4 місяці тому

    All sports have to be entertaining and nobody was more entertaining than Mariusz.

  • @ThabangSelebi-vt7sc
    @ThabangSelebi-vt7sc 4 місяці тому

    The Dominator ❤

  • @Healthliving1967
    @Healthliving1967 4 місяці тому +1

    I don’t like Thor,his attitude stinks and when he was competing in wsm he was just awful towards other competitors. Him and his yes men are ridiculous.

  • @MsBetke
    @MsBetke 3 місяці тому

    the dominator is the GOAT