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Brian is actually known for having insane grip strength, one of the best in the world actually (as there are multiple videos of him performing feats of grip strength that only a handful of people have done in ever). Picked up the Thomas Inch like it was his morning paper. Same thing with the (unofficial) pinch block world record in Jujis and Tom's garage. Also did the same thing with the two classic deep dish plates in Paul Anderson's basement. Not to mention his Dinnie Stones world record for distance.
Yeah, Brian would have no problem doing mixed grip on a +400kg deadlift. Personally I think his bench is higher than estimated in this video too, he recently did 240kg for a double.
@@Outland9000 I agree, I think a very realistic total for Brian would be 935lb deadlift (due to the hamstring injury), 980 squat, and 580 bench. So a 2495lb total
To be fair grip isn't just good or bad different types of grip like gripping a small bar tight or gripping the wide end of a dumbbell While gripping a bar Brian is pretty average or abit over for strong men but he can grip bigger things with ridiculous ease
I feel like some things weren't considered in this video. 1. Brian is known for his grip strength. His grip is stronger than Eddie Hall's and the car hold event was limited by his history channel show training schedule. I would put Brian's deadlift much higher, at 950lbs, or 430ish kilos. 2. Brian's bench has improved vastly since 2016. He can do 500lbs for reps easily, and has done so on several occasions, perhaps most notably during his Zoo Culture/Bradley Martyn visit. I would put his bench at 585lbs, or roughly 265-6 KG. 3. For the most part, I agree with you on squat. Brian didn't hit the depth Thor did in the two WSM squat events. However, Brian is still a monster squatter. In 2017, he ran out of time. That doesn't happen! If brian decides to be risky and hit a max squat, i feel like he could squat in the 930-950lbs range, or 422-431kg range. That gives him a Theoretical total of 1126kg, or 2484lbs. I dont know if he could hit exactly that, but itd be close. Also, please do Robert Oberst. He trains powerlifting for strongman, and can bench close to what Eddie can do.
Bro, Brian could not even deadlift 900 with straps now. His posterior chain is fk'ed. In a contest, he may bench 525 possibly. Squatting to depth when he has never had to would be a problem - I would not give him over 750 in the squat.
@@nossonwaldman4451 Powerlifting deadlifts are raw. He uses straps for weight that's not even hard for him, he's grown accustomed to it, it's a habit. He'd have issue pulling over 900lbs in a powerlifting competition. Every strongman would have their max deadlift and squat considerably lower if done in a powerlifting setting.
@@BeardOfPower7 shaw is doing pause on his bench, so I dont think this is a problem. His squat might be an issue, but all he needs is some practice deadlifting without straps and he is good
Shaw probably has the best grip strength in the world along with Mark Felix . There are items he has lifted which no one in the world can (Shaw blob) , and pressing 2 Thomas Inch dumbbells for reps
Brian's grip sucked at the deadlift hold 2019 WSM event - he failed big time and it cost him big time - correction bro, Brian had good grip - now its medicore at best.
@@joebot9309 you are basically hating on Brian on every comment. No doubt there are other people stronger than him in most if not all kinds of lifts, but overall he is one of the strongest if not THE strongest man on earth.
Hey man, Brian Shaw has the world record Axel Bar deadlift at 840lbs on a smooth, 2 inch bar. His grip could easily hold up on deadlifts wayyy over 900lbs.
brian would compete with the best of the best in powerlifting even rn. I disagree with the video because it forgot to take a lot of things into account, I believe his total would be more like 2500 by the time he is peaking for wsm. Now imagine if he wanted to peak in powerlifting
@@user-im5we1te8w Because his torso and humeruses are pretty long and for someone of his size, strongman accomplishments and training age (a really long time of very hard training) he only has average powerlifting lifts.
OneDerscore One he has the prime structure for deadlift, he has a really strong squat, and he could bench well over 500 of he trained for it. But he trains for more functional lifts at worlds strongest man.
your deadlift is off by a lot shaw has been known to deadlift 1000+ on most bars and he has one of the best grips on the planet according to other strongmen so a deadlift of 950 wouldn't be absurd
Joe Bot Brian pulled 775lb for 8 reps on a stiff bar in Santa Monica in January. When he blasts hard, his deadlift goes throw the roof. He’s capable of 900+ in a PL meet (410-420kg tips due to grip)
If you want grip examples from Brian, it is probably better to look at the many years of farmers/timber-carries at the Arnold Strongman Classic, rather than the poor showing he had last year, where one hand slipped on the car-hold. Brian trains grip specifically, and is known for having a good one. He regularly trains with inch dumbbells, blobs and other grip-specific implements, and there are lots of vids on his channel showing some of those. Obviously those types of grip exhibitions don't translate 1:1 on the deadlift, but still.
@@drewbeato9991 I was just being sarcastic, because I think this video projecting Brian Shaw's WSM lifts into powerlifting, from 15 reps to 1RM, is pretty meaningless. Hence my ridiculous examples. Lasha would probably not be that good at lifting with a rounded back either.
I wouldn't be surprised if he benched 700 if he trained it for a while, but I had assumed the "Road to 701" videos were to tease Eddie Hall (who had also said he wanted to bench 700) and Shaw was just looking to focus on bench during a layoff.
I think a 400kg mixed grip DL might be a bit conservative for Brian Shaw when he is at his best. The grip event in question was a bit of an outlier that he didn't do well in. Brian has on many occasions demonstrated phenomenal feats of grip strength.
Squat I think 1,000+. You have to take in to count that squat was in 2017, after an event, in the blazing heat as well. The bench I think 600. Watch his training he rep 540 for a triple towards the end of his cycle (before his deload so he was very fatigue) Deadlift 970-1,000. His grip shines best when lifting extremely heavyweight. Not so much for the time.
Lol.. He can deadlift over 850 with straps lmao and I doubt could squat to depth more than 750 and doubt he could comp bench over 550. Brian never does anything cause he does not want embarrass himself. He just wants u to think he is a big deal.
@@samplant8482 lets see how my post ages bro. You will never see Brian do a max deadlift contest ever again. He has never in his lift had to squat to powerlifting depth which 4 inches lower than he normally squats. He would be lucky to get 2 white lights on a 550 bench.
Joe Bot so you actually believe that if Brian, who is a freak athletically and structurally, focused on powerlifting instead of strongman, he wouldn’t have been able to get those 4 inches in depth? Also, in your first post you state he couldn’t pull 850 with straps, are you drunk or high? Why hate on a guy that most consider one of the greatest strongmen of all time?
Brian's grip is legendary. Dig through his vids a bit more. It is easily better than Thors, if for no other reason than Thor has nerve damage in his right arm that limits his grip strength.
Thor has nerve damage in both hands (not only in the right) significantly from 2016 onwards. But in 2014 or 15 he closed COC#3. Just 2 weeks ago in one of the recentmost videos, he almost closed it again. Brian and Mark Felix is officially certified at #3. Mike Burke at #3.5 and Magnus Samuelsson 'the King of Grip' at #4.
The grip for deadlift is not only a matter of strength, but strength + skill. Just like Eddie, we can’t say he can handle 400+ kg in deadlift only because his great grip strength. Just look at Cailer, Browner and Tom Martin. They can deadlift raw a lot more without necessarily stronger hands than strongman stars.
For me, it is clear that Brian is outclassed by others in most if not all competition lifts. But overall he seems to be one of the Top 5 if not THE strongest man on earth. What I'm saying is that he is good at everything
Brian is also known for backing off specific events to save for his stronger events, putting for consistency to avoid injury across 10 events. With a 3 lift event (9 if you count each attempt) and a goal of going leaving it all out there, I'm pretty sure Brian can easily (relatively) break 2200 total
Im sure there was a video where Brian went and trained with a power bodybuilder type of guy, couple of years back. I remember him daying in that video he hadnt done flat benching for yrs and incline bench for months. That video ge reped 5plates on the incline bench press. So i think his flat bench is probably higher than mentioned here. But would love to see him give powerlifting a good crack.
Brian has pulled 985lbs raw in 2013. He has improved massively since then, and although it was hitched, he could likely get that up even after a big squat. He has casually broken grip world records (unofficially) and was recovering from an injury at WSM 2019. Also his bench has improved significantly since 2016. He’s done 40 total reps with 200kg and gone on to do the rest of a hard workout after that. He also did 500lbs for 5 with Bradley Martyn and seemed like he could’ve easily had another 3.
Brain has talked about the car hold event. Sweat got into hand causing the weight to slip. This was really his event to lose. Thor's grip strength is a weakness for him whereas Brain holds many grip related records and it's doubtful that anyone could revial his grip.
It’s all about training focus. Strongman and powerlifting seem similar, but they are very different. I think if he actually put focus into max strength on the big 3 he would smash these numbers. I wouldn’t be surprised if he could even get close to 2.7k.
He would do VERY well in the pure static strength events. Specifically squats. Dude hit 1080lbs squat in a competition with strict depth. Also I could see him doing very well in events with lower leg strength. HOWEVER, he would need to work on his speed.
@@varietychillin9632 He wouldn't do well in strongman. His best deadlift is arround 400 kg which is nothing in strongman at the moment. His bench isn't that good for such big bodyweight so probably wouldn't be that good in overhead either but who knows. Any moving events he would also fall off with bodyweight close to 200 kg. He has monstrous squat but squats are only performed at WSM and not even every year.
The fact that he never trained specifically make a huge difference. Imagine give him 4 months time doing just squat(low bar) bench and deadlift. That’s completely different, those guys training doesn’t allow them to pick in this 3 movements.
400-410 deadlift 380-400 squat 230-240 bench raw numbers imo if he trained powelifting. So no, his static strength is not on highest level compared to Thor or Eddie. But he is better in dynamic events than them which he proved with 4 wsm titles
Brian’s grip is world class , a static hold is not really an accurate grip test of grip “strength” more endurance. Brain has proved his grip strength in many feats no other man can do.
Really great comparisons used here! Especially with the squat event, and Thor's own powerlifting event he did last year. The squat and bench are very accurate, in fact i think he'd be able to do about 900lbs for the deadlift, and even without straps! Because a strongman's grip, is INCREDIBLY strong, even though he'd used straps for that exhibition deadlift, he absolutely could just do a bit of deadlift-specific training with just chalk, and have it catch right up since he absolutely needs good grip to even do other events in strongman. His bench still needs some work though, lol. I'd put his total around 2400, so a bit higher than what you gave him. Still wouldn't break world records, but still would be one of the highest totals in powerlifting.
I don't know how well brian has recovered his strength from his hamstring tear at the 2019 Arnold, so he might not be able to deadlift 900. He hasn't shown anything to prove that his max is close to where is was before. I'm a big fan of his though, so I hope I'm wrong
Brian’s grip is insane and it failed in that event because sweat pooled in his hand. Just watch the videos of him throwing around Thomas Inch dumbbells like they’re toys. Also he didn’t go to failure in that squat event, so he would have beat Thor by more than one rep if he had the time.
Brian's grip sucked at the deadlift hold 2019 WSM event - he failed big time and it cost him big time - correction bro, Brian had good grip - now its medicore at best. Everyone else could handle the sweat better than Brian - dealing with sweat is part of the grip game bro.
@@joebot9309 your comments are everywhere in this video apreading hate, stop hating on brian, he slipped up, everyone does at some point, like eddie hall's first 462 kg deadlift he dropped or luke stoltman's 230 kg log he lost his footing on, one mistake, and you assume his grip is terrible when he probably has one of the best grip strength power in the world.
As it sits right now he could consistently do 600/800/800, I see 2200 as his "bad day" bare minimum total. More likely IMO 670/880/930 for 2480 as it sits right now.
And Brian did it in sleeves and thor in wraps and Thor had 460 and even 470 in my opion in terms of strenght. So Brian could well squat 500 in wraps if you look at that event and want to estimate by that.
dumb oppinion, basing it on squat for reps, Big Z had the best squat for reps but was not close to Thor in 1 rep max squat, Thor is simply a lot stronger than brian in squat and deadlift
He also won't be doing 700lbs for double digit reps. The point was to compare one guy directly with someone with a similar build and base who has done a powerlifting show.
@Omne Obstat basing it on squat for reps, Big Z had the best squat for reps but was not close to Thor in 1 rep max squat, Thor is simply a lot stronger than brian in squat and deadlift
That's not a great estimate for Brian's grip. It was a grip for time event and sweat dripped onto his hand. With more chalk he could've beat hafthor for sure
Strongman comp results should equat to much higher in a powerlifting comp. The inviroment sucks in strongman as well as there are far more events and variables with odd implements.
His grip is a lot better than the bit you showed from 2019. Easy example would be the dinny stones which he holds the WR. He has lots of content on his channel highlighting his grip strength.I think he’d easily pull 440kg
Pretty crazy considering he doesn’t train for powerlifting. IIRC Thor didn’t really train for his powerlifting meet either. Insane that these guys can just walk in and do those kinds of numbers. I realize there’s a lot of carryover from strongman to powerlifting, but I do wonder what kinds of totals they’d be capable of if they spent all year training for a powerlifting meet the way they do for a strongman competition.
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Think brians squat could be a little higher. Strongman competitions have several events and he was already fatigued by that point. Plus he was saving himself for the upcoming events. No point in cranking out 5 more reps wven if you can.
Welcome to August 2022, and the guys who are statically stronger than Brian are: Thor, Eddie, Zydrunus, Graham Hicks, JF Caron, Krystof Radzikowski and Pavlo Nakonechnyy.
The problem with Brian doing a strict squat is that the guy is too fucking big to hold a normal bar comfortably :p He needs a circus barbell in order to hold the fucking thing.
Isn’t Brians grip one of the best ever? I mean he picked up a 100lb blob and can easily close CoC level 3 grippers. As for bench i think Brian is capable of high 500’s as I’m writing this based on recent training footage. In the squat I feel like if Brian trained only to get a good powerlifting total he’d be working on depth and could probably squat close to 1000lb. I’d say his all out potential would be around 2500lb total which is just ridicolous
This guy clearly doesn’t follow strongman, not a knock just an observation. When Brian failed on the specific grip event it was a shock because he was favored to win the event, or at least place in the top 3. I also find it hard to imagine that his squat would be more than his deadlift
If you can only find one representation of his grip strength, you slacked on the research. Literally all you had to do is type in brian shaw grip strength
1. 1 minute of video does not equate to 1 minute of effort 2. The short video's are in addition to the normal ones 3. No one foreces you to keep watching if you don't like the direction of the channel
@@constantinlazar7261 yes definitely he lifted it and could've done more because it moved easily. Powerlifting judging is a joke. Thor got redlighted for depth by the front judge (ourageous) who just happened to be from the same ultra competitive country as the world record holder at the time.
Brian benched 600 pounds before i dont know how are you doing your research but he is also known to be one of fewvpeople capable of many grip strenght feats. Like he is probably strongest gripper next to Felix or something. Try harder.
Nah these estimated are to low. Brian has never risked a 1 rep max cuz he’s smart. If he pushed it he could easily have a 650 bench, 1000 squat, and 1040 deadlift after he peaks this year for worlds. He has been dealing with injuries and 2 kids for the past 3 years. 2020 is the first year he is injury free since 2016.
he has often risked and gotten injured because of that, in 2018 and 2019 Arnold, because Thor had gotten much stronger than him in the deadlift, his ego couldn't deal with it and he went for weights too heavy for him and we who watched the livestream all knew it wasn't happening and he was just getting injured.
Sorry but it will take shaw forever to get to 700 My buddy Gar Rosario was hitting 500+ at 18 years old gear free in competition at 225 lbs. now that's a potential 700+ lb bencher
so what ive learned........this guy knows absolutelly nothing about shaw and bases his entire video off a injured shaw because hes gotten so many actualy maxes incorrect said hes never benched 600...he did 675lb....his deadlight is MASSIVELY incorrect as hes done 1050 and he said he thought he could do more but was to tired to try again
This video was really poorly researched. Like, really, really poorly. Did Brian dirty compared to Eddie and Thor. Especially considering you did oeak Eddie hall. Wack.
Brian is actually known for having insane grip strength, one of the best in the world actually (as there are multiple videos of him performing feats of grip strength that only a handful of people have done in ever). Picked up the Thomas Inch like it was his morning paper. Same thing with the (unofficial) pinch block world record in Jujis and Tom's garage. Also did the same thing with the two classic deep dish plates in Paul Anderson's basement. Not to mention his Dinnie Stones world record for distance.
Yeah, Brian would have no problem doing mixed grip on a +400kg deadlift. Personally I think his bench is higher than estimated in this video too, he recently did 240kg for a double.
@@Outland9000 I agree, I think a very realistic total for Brian would be 935lb deadlift (due to the hamstring injury), 980 squat, and 580 bench. So a 2495lb total
To be fair grip isn't just good or bad different types of grip like gripping a small bar tight or gripping the wide end of a dumbbell
While gripping a bar Brian is pretty average or abit over for strong men but he can grip bigger things with ridiculous ease
@@simondean5227 It be even less now since he buggered him hamstring again recently.
@@the_snowball3718 I mean currently yeah he's under 400kg, gonna be awhile before he gets back to where he was even in 2021
safe to say that in 2019 WSM brian shaw was dealing with an injury affecting his deadlift performances...
Hamstring injury from the Arnold's if I remember correctly
@Tyler Vincent maybe Rauno Heinla. At WUS in December, he liftet 450 quite easily
@Tyler Vincent Rauno competes at WUS and at the Arnold. He did WSM in 2011 but got banned for smuggling steroids
@@druurdemuur3473 That's beyond rediculous😂
I feel like some things weren't considered in this video.
1. Brian is known for his grip strength. His grip is stronger than Eddie Hall's and the car hold event was limited by his history channel show training schedule. I would put Brian's deadlift much higher, at 950lbs, or 430ish kilos.
2. Brian's bench has improved vastly since 2016. He can do 500lbs for reps easily, and has done so on several occasions, perhaps most notably during his Zoo Culture/Bradley Martyn visit. I would put his bench at 585lbs, or roughly 265-6 KG.
3. For the most part, I agree with you on squat. Brian didn't hit the depth Thor did in the two WSM squat events. However, Brian is still a monster squatter. In 2017, he ran out of time. That doesn't happen! If brian decides to be risky and hit a max squat, i feel like he could squat in the 930-950lbs range, or 422-431kg range.
That gives him a Theoretical total of 1126kg, or 2484lbs. I dont know if he could hit exactly that, but itd be close.
Also, please do Robert Oberst. He trains powerlifting for strongman, and can bench close to what Eddie can do.
Bro, Brian could not even deadlift 900 with straps now. His posterior chain is fk'ed. In a contest, he may bench 525 possibly. Squatting to depth when he has never had to would be a problem - I would not give him over 750 in the squat.
His bench is much higher. In his last bench video he hit 510 for reps. Brian can dead over 1,000 and has many times. I dont know about his squat
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@@nossonwaldman4451 Powerlifting deadlifts are raw. He uses straps for weight that's not even hard for him, he's grown accustomed to it, it's a habit. He'd have issue pulling over 900lbs in a powerlifting competition. Every strongman would have their max deadlift and squat considerably lower if done in a powerlifting setting.
@@BeardOfPower7 shaw is doing pause on his bench, so I dont think this is a problem. His squat might be an issue, but all he needs is some practice deadlifting without straps and he is good
I wouldn't be concerned about Brian's grip, he has some of the strongest hands in the world.
Yeah, yeah, but just you wait until they add the keg toss to Powerlifting and he'll be laughing
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Shaw probably has the best grip strength in the world along with Mark Felix . There are items he has lifted which no one in the world can (Shaw blob) , and pressing 2 Thomas Inch dumbbells for reps
Not sure how well that would transfer to deadlifts, would be interesting to see him try
@@LiftingVault that's what I'm saying. Not all grip training transfers to eachother. It will be very interesting to watch
@@rickybeckley7495 he's good at that stuff because they're very wide, and shaw has large hands. His hand size wouldn't help as much doing a deadlift
Brian's grip sucked at the deadlift hold 2019 WSM event - he failed big time and it cost him big time - correction bro, Brian had good grip - now its medicore at best.
@@joebot9309 you are basically hating on Brian on every comment. No doubt there are other people stronger than him in most if not all kinds of lifts, but overall he is one of the strongest if not THE strongest man on earth.
That squat event was timed out. He didnt go all the way maxed out on reps because he was taking his time
Omne Obstat you see Thor collapse. No disrespect to Thor everyone pretty much did. But he fail his last rep with time left too
It was almost annoying to see Brian go so slow. He left reps on the table that day
Brian didn't know he had a time limit
@@erickvelasquez6410 do you think he hit depth on those squats? Thor shouldn't have went so low and he may have had more reps in him.
@James West well Brian and Thor aren’t the ones setting the depth. That’s responsibility goes to the refs before the comp.
I hope Brian wins this year's WSM
Me 2 but I'd feel sorry for Licis xD
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Hey man, Brian Shaw has the world record Axel Bar deadlift at 840lbs on a smooth, 2 inch bar. His grip could easily hold up on deadlifts wayyy over 900lbs.
If Brian trained for powerlifting, he’d be amazing. But he trains for strongman.
It’s not just that. He has pretty mediocre anthropometry for powerlifting
OneDerscore One how can you tell that? I just see a big ass dude
brian would compete with the best of the best in powerlifting even rn. I disagree with the video because it forgot to take a lot of things into account, I believe his total would be more like 2500 by the time he is peaking for wsm. Now imagine if he wanted to peak in powerlifting
@@user-im5we1te8w Because his torso and humeruses are pretty long and for someone of his size, strongman accomplishments and training age (a really long time of very hard training) he only has average powerlifting lifts.
OneDerscore One he has the prime structure for deadlift, he has a really strong squat, and he could bench well over 500 of he trained for it. But he trains for more functional lifts at worlds strongest man.
your deadlift is off by a lot shaw has been known to deadlift 1000+ on most bars and he has one of the best grips on the planet according to other strongmen so a deadlift of 950 wouldn't be absurd
Brian can no longer deadlift even 900 with straps bro. His posterior chain is destroyed....
Joe Bot- he tore his hamstring which lead to a bad year of training.. I wouldn’t really call that a destroyed posterior chain
I mean at Brians last competetion he pulled 775 for 8 so wouldnt be suprised if he could do over 900
Joe Bot Brian pulled 775lb for 8 reps on a stiff bar in Santa Monica in January. When he blasts hard, his deadlift goes throw the roof. He’s capable of 900+ in a PL meet (410-420kg tips due to grip)
Joe Bot he douchebag, I thought you said he couldn’t pull 850 in another post, now you jump it to 900, go back in that hole you came out of.
Brian’s grip is good, he just slipped from sweat in his hands.
Brian has the best grip in Strong man, he holds many records in grip strength feats.
If you want grip examples from Brian, it is probably better to look at the many years of farmers/timber-carries at the Arnold Strongman Classic, rather than the poor showing he had last year, where one hand slipped on the car-hold.
Brian trains grip specifically, and is known for having a good one. He regularly trains with inch dumbbells, blobs and other grip-specific implements, and there are lots of vids on his channel showing some of those.
Obviously those types of grip exhibitions don't translate 1:1 on the deadlift, but still.
His grip sucked at 2019 - it cost him big time. Brian had good grip - now it medicore at best.
Joe Bot you are beyond delusional
Without a shadow of a doubt if Brain took 12-16 weeks to train for a powerlifting meet he would blow a 2400lb+ raw total out of the water no problem.
I agree.
I think he could get the world 🌎 record
idk about 12 weeks, i was thinking closer to 6 months+ with no injuries to really come in impressive.
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How would Lasha do in Atlas stones and how would Hafthor do in Snatch?
Thor doesnt have enough mobility to do a snatch efficiently
Martins probably the only strongman with descent mobility for oly lifting
@@ShayanGivehchian yeah I was thinking that
@@drewbeato9991 I was just being sarcastic, because I think this video projecting Brian Shaw's WSM lifts into powerlifting, from 15 reps to 1RM, is pretty meaningless. Hence my ridiculous examples. Lasha would probably not be that good at lifting with a rounded back either.
@@ShayanGivehchian he train his mobility so he dont have as big
Brian has immense grip strength, in some of the videos he’s made with oberst and Ed he’s shown to out grip both of them by a lot
In the 2019 worlds strongest man grip hold he was hurting
very interesting, great video
Ever since brain said he was going for 700 I've been thinking the same thing, he's never benched close to 600 yet...
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I wouldn't be surprised if he benched 700 if he trained it for a while, but I had assumed the "Road to 701" videos were to tease Eddie Hall (who had also said he wanted to bench 700) and Shaw was just looking to focus on bench during a layoff.
@@joel5956 yea I'm not sure how that missed them. It was just suppose to be a joke. But he can definitely blow up his bench if he keeps training
When Eddie made his road to 700lbs, Brian named his road to 701 just to make fun of Eddie. I dont think he plans to hit 700.
I think a 400kg mixed grip DL might be a bit conservative for Brian Shaw when he is at his best. The grip event in question was a bit of an outlier that he didn't do well in. Brian has on many occasions demonstrated phenomenal feats of grip strength.
Squat I think 1,000+. You have to take in to count that squat was in 2017, after an event, in the blazing heat as well.
The bench I think 600. Watch his training he rep 540 for a triple towards the end of his cycle (before his deload so he was very fatigue)
Deadlift 970-1,000. His grip shines best when lifting extremely heavyweight. Not so much for the time.
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Lol.. He can deadlift over 850 with straps lmao and I doubt could squat to depth more than 750 and doubt he could comp bench over 550. Brian never does anything cause he does not want embarrass himself. He just wants u to think he is a big deal.
Joe Bot the most absurd comment on the internet today, congrats!
@@samplant8482 lets see how my post ages bro. You will never see Brian do a max deadlift contest ever again. He has never in his lift had to squat to powerlifting depth which 4 inches lower than he normally squats. He would be lucky to get 2 white lights on a 550 bench.
Joe Bot so you actually believe that if Brian, who is a freak athletically and structurally, focused on powerlifting instead of strongman, he wouldn’t have been able to get those 4 inches in depth?
Also, in your first post you state he couldn’t pull 850 with straps, are you drunk or high? Why hate on a guy that most consider one of the greatest strongmen of all time?
I disagree with u on everything
He has the best grip in the strongman community go watch his vids with Eddie hall about grip strength
Good analysis, I think the bench might be a little low though.
Brian's grip is legendary. Dig through his vids a bit more. It is easily better than Thors, if for no other reason than Thor has nerve damage in his right arm that limits his grip strength.
Thor has nerve damage in both hands (not only in the right) significantly from 2016 onwards. But in 2014 or 15 he closed COC#3. Just 2 weeks ago in one of the recentmost videos, he almost closed it again.
Brian and Mark Felix is officially certified at #3. Mike Burke at #3.5 and Magnus Samuelsson 'the King of Grip' at #4.
The grip for deadlift is not only a matter of strength, but strength + skill. Just like Eddie, we can’t say he can handle 400+ kg in deadlift only because his great grip strength. Just look at Cailer, Browner and Tom Martin. They can deadlift raw a lot more without necessarily stronger hands than strongman stars.
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For me, it is clear that Brian is outclassed by others in most if not all competition lifts. But overall he seems to be one of the Top 5 if not THE strongest man on earth. What I'm saying is that he is good at everything
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#8 Brian Shaw.
Brian is also known for backing off specific events to save for his stronger events, putting for consistency to avoid injury across 10 events. With a 3 lift event (9 if you count each attempt) and a goal of going leaving it all out there, I'm pretty sure Brian can easily (relatively) break 2200 total
When and IF Brian competes in Powerlifting, he will be allready well past his prime strength
Im sure there was a video where Brian went and trained with a power bodybuilder type of guy, couple of years back. I remember him daying in that video he hadnt done flat benching for yrs and incline bench for months. That video ge reped 5plates on the incline bench press. So i think his flat bench is probably higher than mentioned here. But would love to see him give powerlifting a good crack.
Brian has pulled 985lbs raw in 2013. He has improved massively since then, and although it was hitched, he could likely get that up even after a big squat. He has casually broken grip world records (unofficially) and was recovering from an injury at WSM 2019.
Also his bench has improved significantly since 2016. He’s done 40 total reps with 200kg and gone on to do the rest of a hard workout after that. He also did 500lbs for 5 with Bradley Martyn and seemed like he could’ve easily had another 3.
bullshit, he never pulled 985 raw
Strongmen are the mma fighters of the strength sports world
Brain has talked about the car hold event. Sweat got into hand causing the weight to slip. This was really his event to lose. Thor's grip strength is a weakness for him whereas Brain holds many grip related records and it's doubtful that anyone could revial his grip.
It’s fair to keep in mind he doesn’t specifically train those events and if he did I’m sure his numbers would be significantly higher
Brain right now is the strongest man on earth
And what is his bodyweight??
It’s all about training focus. Strongman and powerlifting seem similar, but they are very different. I think if he actually put focus into max strength on the big 3 he would smash these numbers. I wouldn’t be surprised if he could even get close to 2.7k.
Ray Williams as a strongman.
He would do VERY well in the pure static strength events. Specifically squats. Dude hit 1080lbs squat in a competition with strict depth. Also I could see him doing very well in events with lower leg strength. HOWEVER, he would need to work on his speed.
@@varietychillin9632 He wouldn't do well in strongman. His best deadlift is arround 400 kg which is nothing in strongman at the moment. His bench isn't that good for such big bodyweight so probably wouldn't be that good in overhead either but who knows. Any moving events he would also fall off with bodyweight close to 200 kg. He has monstrous squat but squats are only performed at WSM and not even every year.
Anything below 900 on deadlift for Shaw is disrespect
Can you imagine Brian as Bane in TDKR with Tom Hardy’s voice?! Batman would have been completely fucked. No coming back from that!
The fact that he never trained specifically make a huge difference. Imagine give him 4 months time doing just squat(low bar) bench and deadlift. That’s completely different, those guys training doesn’t allow them to pick in this 3 movements.
Trust me, grip isn't an issue for Brian
400-410 deadlift
380-400 squat
230-240 bench
raw numbers imo if he trained powelifting. So no, his static strength is not on highest level compared to Thor or Eddie. But he is better in dynamic events than them which he proved with 4 wsm titles
Before injuried i say he easily dl 420, squat over 400
Brian’s grip is world class , a static hold is not really an accurate grip test of grip “strength” more endurance. Brain has proved his grip strength in many feats no other man can do.
Really great comparisons used here! Especially with the squat event, and Thor's own powerlifting event he did last year. The squat and bench are very accurate, in fact i think he'd be able to do about 900lbs for the deadlift, and even without straps! Because a strongman's grip, is INCREDIBLY strong, even though he'd used straps for that exhibition deadlift, he absolutely could just do a bit of deadlift-specific training with just chalk, and have it catch right up since he absolutely needs good grip to even do other events in strongman. His bench still needs some work though, lol. I'd put his total around 2400, so a bit higher than what you gave him. Still wouldn't break world records, but still would be one of the highest totals in powerlifting.
I don't know how well brian has recovered his strength from his hamstring tear at the 2019 Arnold, so he might not be able to deadlift 900. He hasn't shown anything to prove that his max is close to where is was before. I'm a big fan of his though, so I hope I'm wrong
I love Brian shaw other than pudenowski and big z he is the most entertaining and who I want to win
I don't know Brian has huge forearms his grip extremely strong
Brian’s grip is insane and it failed in that event because sweat pooled in his hand. Just watch the videos of him throwing around Thomas Inch dumbbells like they’re toys. Also he didn’t go to failure in that squat event, so he would have beat Thor by more than one rep if he had the time.
I'm sure he could double overhand grip a 700lb deadlift
Brian's grip sucked at the deadlift hold 2019 WSM event - he failed big time and it cost him big time - correction bro, Brian had good grip - now its medicore at best. Everyone else could handle the sweat better than Brian - dealing with sweat is part of the grip game bro.
@@joebot9309 your comments are everywhere in this video apreading hate, stop hating on brian, he slipped up, everyone does at some point, like eddie hall's first 462 kg deadlift he dropped or luke stoltman's 230 kg log he lost his footing on, one mistake, and you assume his grip is terrible when he probably has one of the best grip strength power in the world.
This is comparing Thor in 2017 when he wasn't at his strongest, he suprpassed Brian in strength in 2018
445 kg squat 265 kg squat 445 kg dead lift
I'm sure he'll switch over eventually and crush it
As it sits right now he could consistently do 600/800/800, I see 2200 as his "bad day" bare minimum total. More likely IMO 670/880/930 for 2480 as it sits right now.
And Brian did it in sleeves and thor in wraps and Thor had 460 and even 470 in my opion in terms of strenght. So Brian could well squat 500 in wraps if you look at that event and want to estimate by that.
dumb oppinion, basing it on squat for reps, Big Z had the best squat for reps but was not close to Thor in 1 rep max squat, Thor is simply a lot stronger than brian in squat and deadlift
Brian was wearing a squat suit in that video
This video was lame
He also won't be doing 700lbs for double digit reps. The point was to compare one guy directly with someone with a similar build and base who has done a powerlifting show.
Point was to compare the squat for reps event to other strongman who have done powerliftng.
@Omne Obstat basing it on squat for reps, Big Z had the best squat for reps but was not close to Thor in 1 rep max squat, Thor is simply a lot stronger than brian in squat and deadlift
That's not a great estimate for Brian's grip. It was a grip for time event and sweat dripped onto his hand. With more chalk he could've beat hafthor for sure
Brian’s literally deadlifted over 1000lbs on an elephant bar in competition
Strongman comp results should equat to much higher in a powerlifting comp. The inviroment sucks in strongman as well as there are far more events and variables with odd implements.
I’d give Brian 882 deadlift seems fair 800 squat maybe in sleeves 585 bench if he trained for it
His grip is a lot better than the bit you showed from 2019. Easy example would be the dinny stones which he holds the WR. He has lots of content on his channel highlighting his grip strength.I think he’d easily pull 440kg
he might have the grip for that,but because of the injuries he suffered i don't think he can go above 430 rn
@@constantinlazar7261 I can see him pulling 1,000lb again, but think he’s more suited to reps at deadlift
@@Dluger123 rn? no way,he's maybe close to 970 i guess
@@constantinlazar7261 hopefully we will see
Equipped powerlifting should allow straps and knee wraps during deadlift
Pretty crazy considering he doesn’t train for powerlifting. IIRC Thor didn’t really train for his powerlifting meet either. Insane that these guys can just walk in and do those kinds of numbers. I realize there’s a lot of carryover from strongman to powerlifting, but I do wonder what kinds of totals they’d be capable of if they spent all year training for a powerlifting meet the way they do for a strongman competition.
His squat and deadlift are nice. But def needs to get that bench up. Pretty sure he's never benched over 6 yet.
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Think brians squat could be a little higher. Strongman competitions have several events and he was already fatigued by that point. Plus he was saving himself for the upcoming events. No point in cranking out 5 more reps wven if you can.
Welcome to August 2022, and the guys who are statically stronger than Brian are:
Thor, Eddie, Zydrunus, Graham Hicks, JF Caron, Krystof Radzikowski and Pavlo Nakonechnyy.
Faz do thor e do big z
You should know he has some of the best grip strength in the world just watch his vids ab grip
These estimated numbers sound very conservative to me. Brian would do far better than 1075, imo.
Good chanel mEN
Do Mateusz Kieliszkowski as powerlifter
The problem with Brian doing a strict squat is that the guy is too fucking big to hold a normal bar comfortably :p He needs a circus barbell in order to hold the fucking thing.
Isn’t Brians grip one of the best ever? I mean he picked up a 100lb blob and can easily close CoC level 3 grippers. As for bench i think Brian is capable of high 500’s as I’m writing this based on recent training footage. In the squat I feel like if Brian trained only to get a good powerlifting total he’d be working on depth and could probably squat close to 1000lb. I’d say his all out potential would be around 2500lb total which is just ridicolous
FWIW Sullivan's SSB lifts were a fucking mile high. It's less the bar issue and more that he never came close to depth.
This guy clearly doesn’t follow strongman, not a knock just an observation.
When Brian failed on the specific grip event it was a shock because he was favored to win the event, or at least place in the top 3.
I also find it hard to imagine that his squat would be more than his deadlift
Mark Felix, Brian, add hugan have the best grip
edd hougan
oud hagen
haug odden
never mind
Strongmen have better grip than powerlifters. Its just strongman has grip specific events so don't test it with the deadlift.
If you can only find one representation of his grip strength, you slacked on the research. Literally all you had to do is type in brian shaw grip strength
Back when you had enthusiasm in your videos and put more than 1 minute of effort in
1. 1 minute of video does not equate to 1 minute of effort
2. The short video's are in addition to the normal ones
3. No one foreces you to keep watching if you don't like the direction of the channel
Thor did 1016 in his meet not 948
Well he did, but the referees undid it xD
@@makaan699 that sucked,for me ,it was a succesfull lift
@@constantinlazar7261 yes definitely he lifted it and could've done more because it moved easily. Powerlifting judging is a joke. Thor got redlighted for depth by the front judge (ourageous) who just happened to be from the same ultra competitive country as the world record holder at the time.
@@makaan699 thor had a good depht,they he pretty much cheated him
What accent is this
All that size and nowhere near the level Eddie hall was, the shorter man. #TallGuysAintMeantToBeStrong
Brian benched 600 pounds before i dont know how are you doing your research but he is also known to be one of fewvpeople capable of many grip strenght feats. Like he is probably strongest gripper next to Felix or something. Try harder.
Nah these estimated are to low. Brian has never risked a 1 rep max cuz he’s smart. If he pushed it he could easily have a 650 bench, 1000 squat, and 1040 deadlift after he peaks this year for worlds. He has been dealing with injuries and 2 kids for the past 3 years. 2020 is the first year he is injury free since 2016.
he has often risked and gotten injured because of that, in 2018 and 2019 Arnold, because Thor had gotten much stronger than him in the deadlift, his ego couldn't deal with it and he went for weights too heavy for him and we who watched the livestream all knew it wasn't happening and he was just getting injured.
Sorry but it will take shaw forever to get to 700
My buddy Gar Rosario was hitting 500+ at 18 years old gear free in competition at 225 lbs. now that's a potential 700+ lb bencher
hes already at 600
homie please just decide to use kg or lbs dont switch between them like the swiss switched around in ww2
Ha he can only squat 400kg.
"hes never benched 600lb" clearly uve never actually watched his videos because he does all the time his max was 675... so nice research on that.....
Well that's just plain wrong …
so what ive learned........this guy knows absolutelly nothing about shaw and bases his entire video off a injured shaw because hes gotten so many actualy maxes incorrect said hes never benched 600...he did 675lb....his deadlight is MASSIVELY incorrect as hes done 1050 and he said he thought he could do more but was to tired to try again
Why do you talk like you are recording this in your bedroom at 3AM and don't want your parents to hear you
You were sooo wrong on everything 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Bs analysis
Not accurate
this channel sucks at making estimates
Fix your voice
I votes for this video, but this is a load of crap.
This video was really poorly researched. Like, really, really poorly. Did Brian dirty compared to Eddie and Thor. Especially considering you did oeak Eddie hall. Wack.