The man is a pure winner. Beat bigger, stronger guys repeatedly. Excellent--albeit strict--referee and wonderful with the fans. (Kazmaier could take a cue from Magnus on that score.) Loz, these interviews are terrific...
Would be really neat to hear from Hjalti Árnason. My understanding is that he and JPS were very close. I'm sure he could offer some wonderful insight. Not to mention he has been running Iceland's Strongest Man for a number of years. Would also be nice to hear from Stefan Solvi Peterson, another of those famous Icelanders, too.
I can attest to the fact that Magnús loves to find new ways to torture us here in Iceland. I'm still recovering from walking those 20m with the farmers he made last month lol
Met Magnus at a local contest in Aviano Italy at my first strongman contest. He was super nice and gave most of the amateur competitors advice on all the events as we did them.
Great stuff, bro! I subscribed to the channel before it had 100 followers and I knew it was a good decision! If I can advise you on something ... It would be great if you added a timeline in the description of each episode at which point the next questions appear. Very often I don't have time to watch the entire episode and I'm sure you will be talking to the guy about something that interests me. This is just a little advice, good luck from the rainy north of Poland :)
It's cool how Magnus kept on competing for so long in Iceland after retiring from WSM. I think his last strongman comp was the Westfjord Viking 2007 when he tore his bicep.
Any plans to speak with Jan Todd or David Webster one day? David is getting up in their age though. However, would be valuable to have him on record. He's done and seen it all in his day.
You should be able to run like a hare, with a 200 pounds sack of grain , like 200 meters . Or else you are not a fighter. Because that's what it takes in a war-like situation . Not just stand there and go Up , and , (surprisingly) go down. And that's it ?? You don't win a war with that !?
Magnus is one of my top ranking favs of strong man and I've been watching it from the start.AGuy who set the standard for others to try and emulate and now an ambassador for all aspects of this fantastic sport.
There's nothing like coming home from work to another awesome big loz interview with another one of my all time favourite strongmen. Loz just keeps smashing it.
I am not a disabled strongman but I have been disabled since birth. I am a fan and wish that I had gotten into it. Listening to the 2 of you commenting on it here makes me happy. I follow those who do compete in it and was amazed to hear that someone apparently pulled a 555kg sitting dead lift. Anyway, thank you for mentioning it as often as you do
This is a nice interview. Magnus is awesome. I went to the old Jakabol in 2013 when Magnus was 50. I remember walking in after being given instructions over the phone by Magnus himself. I saw a few giants in there working out to thrash metal music and felt very very intimidated. But they were gentle giants. One of them pointed me in the direction of Magnus's office. Upon seeing Magnus at his desk, I felt like I was dreaming... I thought OMG, that's him!
My favorite strongman of all time. And he always was an entertaining athlete to watch. When he came out and did the Hercules Hold with Kaz recently, I lost it. 😂 Felt like a kid again watching two of my heroes, especially Magnus. That was an electric moment. Thanks for the interview, man. 💪🏼
Magnus is the reason I started lifting waits and getting into strength training and watching strong man because when I seen him on tv when I was teenager I could not stop watching him and I became a fan and he was my first idol I looked up to
My Top 3 Favorite Strongmen; Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Magnús Ver Magnússon, and Of Course; Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ❄🏔🏅🏆💪Big Icelandic fan here 😺 You should make an Icelandic Tribute Video about their 10 Strongest Men Ever 😍 love to see Stefán Sölvi Pétursson, Hjalti Árnason and Benedikt Magnússon!
When Zydrunas won with a 360kg deadlift in 2004 it was without straps with a powerlifting bar. I would love if they banned suit and straps in strongman because some of these guys gets ridiculous amounts of weights from figure-8s, suit and deadlift bar. There's a Swedish strongman right now who pulls 400kg equipped but raw without straps his best lift is 300kg.
Yeah I think there's some guys for instance like Thor, where the suit really doesn't make too much difference. After pulling 474kg as a speed rep at the Arnold then 480kg in his gym, both suitless. But then failing a 430kg in the powerlifting meet due to his grip, having said that he only had a short prep. But some other guys seem to really get a lot out of a suit, you see them pull raw and the difference is mental.
Magnus Ver Magnusson may be the greatest strongman in history. The total package: Static Strength, Intelligence, technique, stamina, speed, endurance, competed in an ultra competitive Era, etc. Legendary.
I second that and being Welsh Garry Taylor was my hero as a kid watching world strongest man at Christmas with my dad. Jamie Reeves and karlsen was up there for me to.
Thank you. These are so, so good. Seriously awesome athlete; so tough, huge IQ for events and power to match. He made everything look easy- ‘believe me, it’s not easy.’ 90s style contests were the bomb: beaten up cars, stones overhead, flintstone barbells, pole push, tug of war, brick lift... quirky, awesome entertainment. Keep the old legends coming 🙏🙏🙏
Love these podcasts in the background! Loz has the most down to earth strongman interviews, Loz should try some other athletes he is a great interviewer I thought I was a strongman fan but I've learnt so much from all the channel
my fav strongman legend of all time quiet humble polite intelligent and definitely very strong. in my opinion he is the strongest strongman who ever competed !! Reason he is the most natty one.
One of my favorite Strongman moments was at 1989 Pure Strength, which was a team event. Bill Kaz/OD Wilson for the Americans and Magnus/Árnason for Iceland. It's a loading event and OD drops his implement in a difficult to reach spot and has to go down some stairs to fetch it. To buy him time, Kaz tries to shove Magnus into a wall which causes Magnus to drop his implement. It falls onto OD Wilson almost killing him! It's not funny, but it's also hilarious. It's on UA-cam, you can see it here: ua-cam.com/video/gFlr0b7j30c/v-deo.html
Bill Kazmier was a crazy asshole, he literally puts down everyone who isn't him, i used to think he just turned into a bitter older guy but he was a crazy asshole when competing, he used to be an abusive friend to OD, super abusive to literally anyone.
I trained with Magnus back in 2003 in Iceland. It was an amazing experience to learn powerlifting and strongman from him, with his equipment. I think he should have entered UFC 1 though, he might have beaten Royce Gracie.
Another fantastic interview well done Loz! Although he didn’t sound very convincing when you asked him if he and Thor got on you should have dug deeper there
@Big Loz Official and yeah, just about anyone else stopping by, I'd love to address a myth that has gone far too long. When people think about Magnus Ver, they think he won 4 WSM titles because of being very smart, very technical and applying great tactics. Yes, check all of those, he really is quite an inteligent man, of course. But people usually forget how gifted he was on a sheer, brute, raw strength level. His deadlift was at least 380, 390 kg (in a time when 410 was WR). His log lift was around 175 kg, in a time when 180 was WR. His squat was easily above 430+ kg. The man had it all, speed, pressing, back and leg power, was the best in the world at stones, car rolling, loading race, etc. People only think he was THAT good because of being smart and technical, as he was smaller than other giants. Thing is: his muscles and tendons were extremely efficient. He could weigh 130 kg, and still outlift 160 kg men easily. Again, not because of technique but because of having really efficient muscles and tendons. I could on about this for days, people think if someone smaller is stronger it must be because of technique. No, someone smaller can be stronger because of muscle efficiency. Magnus was amazing at that.
True, people underrate his static power. In a 100% raw powerlifting meet he would be lifting bigger weights than most guys competing today. And who knows how much he would lift if he was competing today at heavier bodyweight using all this modern equipment to make everything easier.
magnus was my eras worlds strongest man ...as a teenager watching him he was almost invincible and so laid back ...he was almost regular sized too if you count 6'3 and 280 as regular lol
Magnús, yes, yes, yes. Ever hear someone speak about something you have passion for and say, “yeah what he said, right there, yes! See! That’s what I’m saying!”. I love this interview! Great job Loz! Obviously sharing!
I did lightweight crew. Boat had to average 155 pounds. Everyone was the same size so to be good you had to push much harder than everyone else. I found the lightweights to train much harder than the heavyweights.
I've always liked that in strongman a lot of the greats wind up being referees after they retire. Then they don't treat the job as a purely honorary position; They're out there passing the good lifts and calling the bad ones.
Forearms don't get a lot of attention. I don't think people understand how much strength comes from them. Not just grip. It doesn't make sense really. They affect things they honestly shouldn't.
The Magnus era of WSM was amazing! So many great athletes like Hoeberl, Badenhorst, Kiri en Big Ted. Magnus is a legend!
I want to see Magnus Ver against Magnus Samuelsson in the Hercules Hold at Giants Live, using the full weight this time!
Make it happen!!!
That would be cool
Yeees!!!
Odd Hagan
Nah I wanna see Mariusz Pudzianowski in Hercules Hold
An interview with Mike Burke would maybe also be interesting. Mike Burke was so underrated like JF Caron.
My favourite strong man growing up,my mate who I used to train with,died 26 years ago today and we both admired him greatly!
The man is a pure winner. Beat bigger, stronger guys repeatedly. Excellent--albeit strict--referee and wonderful with the fans. (Kazmaier could take a cue from Magnus on that score.) Loz, these interviews are terrific...
Magnus was an ultimate strongman of his era.... not only was he a technician but he was great at static strength events too....
Would be really neat to hear from Hjalti Árnason. My understanding is that he and JPS were very close. I'm sure he could offer some wonderful insight. Not to mention he has been running Iceland's Strongest Man for a number of years. Would also be nice to hear from Stefan Solvi Peterson, another of those famous Icelanders, too.
Stefán Sölvi is a good one. Not so much Hjalti
@@InspectorHaines why?
@@meginna8354 his english is so bad that it would be a very awkward conversation
Lol, Hjalti is the wannabe that Magnus talks about...
I love how Big Loz has such a positive energy respects everyone and gives credits to everyone. Great ambassador of the sport right there!
I can attest to the fact that Magnús loves to find new ways to torture us here in Iceland. I'm still recovering from walking those 20m with the farmers he made last month lol
One of the greatest of all time...pretty underrated too!
Met Magnus at a local contest in Aviano Italy at my first strongman contest. He was super nice and gave most of the amateur competitors advice on all the events as we did them.
Great stuff, bro! I subscribed to the channel before it had 100 followers and I knew it was a good decision!
If I can advise you on something ...
It would be great if you added a timeline in the description of each episode at which point the next questions appear. Very often I don't have time to watch the entire episode and I'm sure you will be talking to the guy about something that interests me. This is just a little advice, good luck from the rainy north of Poland :)
One of my top 3 strongman competitors of all time!! Along with big Z and brian shaw.
It's cool how Magnus kept on competing for so long in Iceland after retiring from WSM. I think his last strongman comp was the Westfjord Viking 2007 when he tore his bicep.
So..........Nathan Jones must hate the name Magnus. (Edit: Magnus Ver Magnusson humiliated him. Magnus Samuelsson broke his arm.)
Your admiration for the disabled athletes is a beautiful thing. Big Loz you’ve got the best strongman channel on youtube!
Any plans to speak with Jan Todd or David Webster one day? David is getting up in their age though. However, would be valuable to have him on record. He's done and seen it all in his day.
In talks with Jan
@@BigLozOfficial You the man!
You should be able to run like a hare, with a 200 pounds sack of grain , like 200 meters . Or else you are not a fighter. Because that's what it takes in a war-like situation . Not just stand there and go Up , and , (surprisingly) go down. And that's it ?? You don't win a war with that !?
He was my favourite when I was a child. As a nine year old from Belfast I thought he had the coolest name!
My all time favorite Strongman!
This channel has became legendary 👏
Magnus is one of my top ranking favs of strong man and I've been watching it from the start.AGuy who set the standard for others to try and emulate and now an ambassador for all aspects of this fantastic sport.
i graduated high school in 1995 and Magnus was the king in those days
There's nothing like coming home from work to another awesome big loz interview with another one of my all time favourite strongmen. Loz just keeps smashing it.
I am not a disabled strongman but I have been disabled since birth. I am a fan and wish that I had gotten into it. Listening to the 2 of you commenting on it here makes me happy. I follow those who do compete in it and was amazed to hear that someone apparently pulled a 555kg sitting dead lift. Anyway, thank you for mentioning it as often as you do
This is a nice interview. Magnus is awesome. I went to the old Jakabol in 2013 when Magnus was 50. I remember walking in after being given instructions over the phone by Magnus himself. I saw a few giants in there working out to thrash metal music and felt very very intimidated. But they were gentle giants. One of them pointed me in the direction of Magnus's office. Upon seeing Magnus at his desk, I felt like I was dreaming... I thought OMG, that's him!
So stoked when this popped up in my feed. Magnus is one of the greatest, always will be.
My favorite strongman of all time. And he always was an entertaining athlete to watch. When he came out and did the Hercules Hold with Kaz recently, I lost it. 😂 Felt like a kid again watching two of my heroes, especially Magnus. That was an electric moment. Thanks for the interview, man. 💪🏼
Magnificent stuff 👍
Absolute appreciate this channel. What a cool and laid back guy Big Loz is. Much love from good old germany.
Magnus is the reason I started lifting waits and getting into strength training and watching strong man because when I seen him on tv when I was teenager I could not stop watching him and I became a fan and he was my first idol I looked up to
I love Magnús. He seems like such a cool guy to have a beer with.
My Top 3 Favorite Strongmen; Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Magnús Ver Magnússon, and Of Course; Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ❄🏔🏅🏆💪Big Icelandic fan here 😺 You should make an Icelandic Tribute Video about their 10 Strongest Men Ever 😍 love to see Stefán Sölvi Pétursson, Hjalti Árnason and Benedikt Magnússon!
When Zydrunas won with a 360kg deadlift in 2004 it was without straps with a powerlifting bar. I would love if they banned suit and straps in strongman because some of these guys gets ridiculous amounts of weights from figure-8s, suit and deadlift bar. There's a Swedish strongman right now who pulls 400kg equipped but raw without straps his best lift is 300kg.
I would love to see a raw deadlift event without straps in strongman too
Yeah I think there's some guys for instance like Thor, where the suit really doesn't make too much difference. After pulling 474kg as a speed rep at the Arnold then 480kg in his gym, both suitless. But then failing a 430kg in the powerlifting meet due to his grip, having said that he only had a short prep. But some other guys seem to really get a lot out of a suit, you see them pull raw and the difference is mental.
Loved this. Thanks to both of you for the great chat.
Magnus Ver Magnusson may be the greatest strongman in history. The total package: Static Strength, Intelligence, technique, stamina, speed, endurance, competed in an ultra competitive Era, etc. Legendary.
Thank you guys for the time.
Magnús and Gary Taylor were my faves in the 90's.
I second that and being Welsh Garry Taylor was my hero as a kid watching world strongest man at Christmas with my dad. Jamie Reeves and karlsen was up there for me to.
Watching Gary at his best was amazing. That guy was frighteningly strong. Especially overhead.
This is the interview I have been Waiting for ! Awesome interview Loz
Thanks Loz you're helping keeping my spirits up sitting here with a head full of staples after neural surgery and a weak arm 👍love Doochy
Big loz ,another strong guy from my time ,gerrit badenhurst ,apologies for spelling but I'm sure you know of him ,take care and another top interview
Trying to get hold of him
I'm pretty sure you could get German strongman Dennis Kohlruss on the show... I'd say he's the most popular strongman in Germany (60k subs also).
I will definitely get him on at some point soon. It’s a big long list I’m working through ;) still some big big names coming 👍
Thank you. These are so, so good. Seriously awesome athlete; so tough, huge IQ for events and power to match. He made everything look easy- ‘believe me, it’s not easy.’ 90s style contests were the bomb: beaten up cars, stones overhead, flintstone barbells, pole push, tug of war, brick lift... quirky, awesome entertainment. Keep the old legends coming 🙏🙏🙏
Love these podcasts in the background!
Loz has the most down to earth strongman interviews, Loz should try some other athletes he is a great interviewer
I thought I was a strongman fan but I've learnt so much from all the channel
The ambassador of STRENGTH!
Best referee on the circuit.
Fantastic content thanks Loz
The great M.V.M! just when I think these interviews can't get any better you land another legend! a tough but fair Ref.
my fav strongman legend of all time
quiet humble polite intelligent and definitely very strong.
in my opinion he is the strongest strongman who ever competed !!
Reason
he is the most natty one.
I could listen to Magnus for hours, so much wisdom!
Magnus was always my favourite love to see him still involved
One of my favorite Strongman moments was at 1989 Pure Strength, which was a team event. Bill Kaz/OD Wilson for the Americans and Magnus/Árnason for Iceland. It's a loading event and OD drops his implement in a difficult to reach spot and has to go down some stairs to fetch it. To buy him time, Kaz tries to shove Magnus into a wall which causes Magnus to drop his implement. It falls onto OD Wilson almost killing him! It's not funny, but it's also hilarious. It's on UA-cam, you can see it here: ua-cam.com/video/gFlr0b7j30c/v-deo.html
Wow, never heard about this before (not surprised with Kaz though). Thanks.
Everything about that competition was funny, especially the opening music.
Bill Kazmier was a crazy asshole, he literally puts down everyone who isn't him, i used to think he just turned into a bitter older guy but he was a crazy asshole when competing, he used to be an abusive friend to OD, super abusive to literally anyone.
@@meginna8354 Calm down. We're not making a Western here.
The king is here.
Absolut legend💪💪 as athlete and referee, best one around. Love that guy
Top 5 of all time
Hope you get kaz on soon. Had nearly all the og greats now just need him to finish the set. Great interview as always 👍💪
I trained with Magnus back in 2003 in Iceland. It was an amazing experience to learn powerlifting and strongman from him, with his equipment. I think he should have entered UFC 1 though, he might have beaten Royce Gracie.
Beating an Icelander, the reign WSM, in Iceland, on an legendary Icelandic carry event must have sent Ted over the moon.
1 hour and 26 minutes of entertainment. Thank you
Loz thank you so much for doing this!! You do an outstanding job! Loving this series of vids!
What a legend one of the best ever!
YES! Loz with the heat. Been waiting for this one. Just in time for pressing day.
I would have Magnus number 3 all time on my list. Legendary competitor
That was great, really enjoyed it. Thank you both.
This man should be somewhere is everyone’s top 5.
Another fantastic interview well done Loz! Although he didn’t sound very convincing when you asked him if he and Thor got on you should have dug deeper there
Magnus is a legend! Awesome interview!
I have such a man crush on Magnus Ver Magnusson. 😁
Ha! I fucking love him too!
Legend. If he wasn't the strongest he wouldn't have won so many times!! He set the bar so that you needed to be good at everything.
Massive. Best guest yet. 💪👊
@Big Loz Official and yeah, just about anyone else stopping by, I'd love to address a myth that has gone far too long. When people think about Magnus Ver, they think he won 4 WSM titles because of being very smart, very technical and applying great tactics. Yes, check all of those, he really is quite an inteligent man, of course. But people usually forget how gifted he was on a sheer, brute, raw strength level. His deadlift was at least 380, 390 kg (in a time when 410 was WR). His log lift was around 175 kg, in a time when 180 was WR. His squat was easily above 430+ kg. The man had it all, speed, pressing, back and leg power, was the best in the world at stones, car rolling, loading race, etc. People only think he was THAT good because of being smart and technical, as he was smaller than other giants. Thing is: his muscles and tendons were extremely efficient. He could weigh 130 kg, and still outlift 160 kg men easily. Again, not because of technique but because of having really efficient muscles and tendons. I could on about this for days, people think if someone smaller is stronger it must be because of technique. No, someone smaller can be stronger because of muscle efficiency. Magnus was amazing at that.
True, people underrate his static power. In a 100% raw powerlifting meet he would be lifting bigger weights than most guys competing today. And who knows how much he would lift if he was competing today at heavier bodyweight using all this modern equipment to make everything easier.
magnus was my eras worlds strongest man ...as a teenager watching him he was almost invincible and so laid back ...he was almost regular sized too if you count 6'3 and 280 as regular lol
Great interview, Loz. A real strongman legend.
Humans will continue to evolve if the lifestyle we live requires it. One day someone will be able to break half of the records by themselves!
What a legend! Firmest Ref in the game
Love Magnus! Always jovial, such a great competitor.
I love these stories, always so inspiring and motivating
Magnus is not the only one to win WSM on his first go! Jouko Ahola did it 1997
Your interviews are great, but wouldn't be better to record only audio calls, and not streaming? The sound would be much cleaner.
Another true legend.
Magnús, yes, yes, yes. Ever hear someone speak about something you have passion for and say, “yeah what he said, right there, yes! See! That’s what I’m saying!”. I love this interview! Great job Loz! Obviously sharing!
One word - AWESOME!
I did lightweight crew. Boat had to average 155 pounds. Everyone was the same size so to be good you had to push much harder than everyone else. I found the lightweights to train much harder than the heavyweights.
I love Magnificent Mag!!! Such a classical strongman!!!
Magnus throwing shade at Hjalti Arnason lol
at 17:45 ? ,
@@meginna8354 yes
just noticed now
As crazy as it sounds, you should try to interview every World's Strongest Man winner and get there stories! Crazy thought huh 😹
I’m trying lol 😂
Next video: Talking Strongman with Jon Pall Sigmarsson from Valhalla
A true legend of the sport
There is a kingly air about this man
Like to see Stefan solvi from Iceland
I've always liked that in strongman a lot of the greats wind up being referees after they retire. Then they don't treat the job as a purely honorary position; They're out there passing the good lifts and calling the bad ones.
I remember watching Nathan Jones slap away Magnus's hand. Magnus was not exaggerating about that guy.
This is one of my favs
Please, ask Jouko Ahola or Riku Kiri to talk strongman with you!
Legend!
oh yeah, quality
He couldn’t lockout, because he broke his arm the year before. So he couldn’t stay with us.” - Magnus Ver Magnusson
Didnt Jouko also win at his first WSM?
I think the big guys like to pretend he doesn't exist as he makes their endevours look less than.
Jouko was a monster no doubt
Didn't jouko win his debut
But Magnus was the reserve.
Yes. But at the time when Magnus did it, he was the only one.
Didn’t Jouko Ahola win WSM on his debut year ?
Forearms don't get a lot of attention. I don't think people understand how much strength comes from them. Not just grip. It doesn't make sense really. They affect things they honestly shouldn't.
Please get benni!
Magnus very magusnosson tells it like it is.
Fix the sound!