How Many Pull Ups Can The World's Strongest Man Do?

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:11 - Mariusz Pudzianowski
2:18 - Zydrunas Savickas (Big Z)
2:30 - Brian Shaw
3:37 - Eddie Hall
4:33 - Hafþór Björnsson
5:18 - Martins Licis
8:26 - Oleksii Novikov, Tom Stoltman, and Mitchell Hooper
8:42 - Mikhail Koklyaev
9:10 - Terry Hollands
9:54 - Derek Poundstone
Another world's strongest man competition has come and gone.
this was the 46th edition of The world's strongest man and I want to take a look a the past 22 years of winners to see how many pull ups they can do and which WORLDS STRONGEST MAN IS THE BEST AT PULL UPS!! the 2022 WSM competition featured the max flintstone barbell lift, bus pull, power stairs, jeep deadlift Giant's Medley, and atlas stones, so their training is completely different than training for calisthenics as you can imagine with calisthenics focusing on strength to weight ratio and therefore being lean is an important factor. nonetheless, I think its interesting to see how many, if any, pull ups a 300-400 pound, or even heavier person can do who trains in strongman at the elite level.
All I have to go by is what is available to me on the internet. I checked KZbin, Instagram, and google search and this is what I could find.
Mariusz Pudzianowski
Pudzianowski won the World's Strongest Man in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2008 for a record of 5 times, the most in history. He also won two runner-up titles in 2006 and 2009 and made 9 out of 9 appearances into the World's Strongest Man final and he weighed 313 lbs or 142 kg when he was competing in strongman and was actually a competitor who was fairly lean which is very uncommon in this sport.
He now competes as a professional MMA fighter with a record of 17-8-1
Next is zydrunas savickas or Big Z. He won the WSM in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014 unfortunately there was no information on him that I could find about pull ups.
Žydrūnas Savickas ("big Z")- 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014
Brian Shaw, and Brian actually won The Worlds strongest man 4 times as well he won in 2011, in 2013, 2015, and 2016 and Brian can weigh as much as 440# when he preparing for the competition, but he was 425 lbs in a video about 1 year after these pull ups so he's was likely somewhere in that range.
Here Brian is able to do 6 pull ups and he says it himself that his excess body weight makes the pull up much harder and obviously he needs to use a lot of momentum to get his chin to the bar.
Brian Shaw- 2016, 2015, 2013, 2011
Eddie Hall who won in 2017 and he was the first person to ever deadlift 500 kg. Eddie weighed 432 lbs in 2017 when he set the deadlift WR, but has since lost weight after retiring from strongman and boxing
Eddie Hall- 2017
Next is Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson who won in 2018 and Thor as mentioned is the current WR holder for deadlift at 501 kg and at that time he was 450 pounds at a height of 6'9''. Thor does "10" reps in the video but obviously he wasn't able to complete a actual rep by getting the chin to the bar even when you squint and while being very loose with the criteria. the ying and yang of being the worlds strongest person and world record holder the deadlift in the most prestigious lift come with not being able to do a single body weight pull up, even while generating as much momentum as possible. obviously Thor is an absolute beast and I with that legend all the best in his journey to becoming the world record holder for all time total in powerlifting.
Hafthor Julius Bjornsson- 2018
Martins Licis who won in 2019. He's one of only four strongmen in history to win both World's Strongest Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions, the others are big Z, Brian Shaw and Hafþór Björnsson. because Martins likes incorporating calisthenics into his training and has a youtube channel there is a log of information on his personal records
Martins Licis- 2019
Oleksii Novikov- 2020
Tom Stoltman- 2021, 2022
I stalked his ig and youtube channel and could not find any videos of him doing pull ups
Mitchell Hooper -- the 2023 WSM winner and the first Canadian WSM winner
Mikhail Koklyaev- who took 3rd place in 2010 he gets 10 pull ups at 165 kg or 363 lbs.
Terry Hollands who took 3rd place in 2011 and 2007
11 neutral grip pull ups. Terry Hollands was training pull ups in the lead up to WSM 2021 but Terry Hollands suffered an injury during day 1 of the heats, and withdrew after 2 events.
Derek Poundstone
Derek was the 2008 WSM runner up but placed top 10 four times, he also has 2 first place wins, 2 second place wins, and a 9th place at the Arnold strongman classic
the worlds strongest man who could do the most pull ups in modern times goes to Martins Licis which isn't a huge surprise when you find out he values training calisthenics along with his strongman training, so he's an absolute beast and Id love to see him do a muscle up at his current body weight but until then much respect to all the The World's strongest man competitors and thanks for watching, please like and subscribe for more!! :)

[@13igtyme.]

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]

6'2"

[@98danielray]

​@@holographicfrog1503 he was measured. 6'2.5

[@carlpiaf4476]

Battle of the pedants...

[@holographicfrog1503]

@@98danielray with shoes on

[@oglocbaby520]

@@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".

[@ernieb4883]

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.

[@Stokurev_]

The new lighter, more athletic strongmen in recent years have comparable agility in my opinion. Novikov, Kieliszkowski (unfortunately always injured) and Hooper for example.

[@almightythor6089]

He was a great champion and looked amazing. But he got busted for roids by not coming off his cycle early enough

[@absitinvidia3948]

Strongman os different sport today.

[@Outland9000]

​@@Stokurev_ I was gunna say - Novikov.

[@mrsensei8878]

@@almightythor6089 All of them use.

[@captainh3831]

Pullups are one of the hardest upper body exercises. When you weigh as much as these guys, they're very hard.

[@cnwil4594]

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?

[@petershanle9675]

You are spot on everyone should be able to lift there own body weight it's Ur body after all

[@cnwil4594]

@@petershanle9675 Sad, being able to lift so much but not functional enough to pull your on body weight if needed to save your life.

[@AlejandroLopez-ze8gu]

@@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.

[@tootalltank1346]

@@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.

[@cabela7869]

Can lift a car but can't pull themselves back onto a boat.

[@ncshuriken]

Can't swim but you don't need to when you can empty a whole pool by jumping in it.

[@SuperRingoffire1]

😅😅​@@ncshuriken

[@kooroshrostami27]

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.

[@t33can]

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.

[@tjcogger1974]

​@@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.

[@kooroshrostami27]

​@@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.

[@oakmonolithband9000]

@@t33can very dumb take. however the other guy already explained why so im not gonna repeat it

[@tjcogger1974]

@@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.

[@roybatty-]

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.

[@KineticTaco]

Definitely no steroids there. For sure…

[@piececake5820]

​@@KineticTaco try to be a strongmeb without ped :D good luck, they all are juiced up

[@Ryannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

Sure. Maybe. I see a guy who can do about two pull-ups.

[@BaldMancTwat]

@@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.

[@ozensensei6133]

@@piececake5820 jesus that one nigga weight 192kg

[@bergums]

Martins is just a monster. Not just freakishly strong, but amazing coordination and stamina to do that kind of body weight work. Super inspiring.

[@vlastimil-furst]

Yeah, his pull-ups are really impressive at his fairly high body weight. He almost makes it look easy.

[@trevorpullen3199]

I think his big advantage is his athleticism. He can move and has way better flexibility than most strongmen.

[@richardcaulker1017]

Not a monster, size-wise, but definitely an absolute beast.

[@staycold547]

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

[@baki_sigma]

Martins is the clear winner ... not even a doubt

[@mathewmou6148]

@@baki_sigma Pudzian 27 pullups 140kg

[@oskarsbambalis1766]

Yes he did golden standart others did none of that Mariusz winner

[@LuminiaSkincare]

I do 10 clean pull ups with +20kg at 90kg bw at 17 years of age. These Strong man are weak asf

[@bazejm187]

@@LuminiaSkincare yes but u will never be able to deadlift 500kg sooo...

[@jk23414]

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

[@masterchiefy830]

thor's deadlift aint counted...

[@milanaleksic8979]

Also won ZERO arnolds and rogue invitationals kekw

[@D9Wx]

​@@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

[@Solus]

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

[@tmus1402]

​@Fake Namenson it wasn't unofficial

[@badrrharri]

Haftor's pull up attempts looked like he's never done any before

[@EnricoBM]

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

[@DAVEONDAVEON]

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

[@Bigbencher]

Thor did 10 half-reps. Martin's 15 is amazing...

[@kanyewestfmypp2967]

In a Ludwig video he actually did 10 full reps, with good form

[@ddandymann]

@@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.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

Thor cheats at EVERYTHING.... SIGH

[@diegodonjuan]

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!

[@Phobos1483]

Spoiler alert ‼️‼️‼️

[@BigPark51]

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.

[@jannek5757]

Congratz, huge view count! :) Very interesting video, I have been sometimes wondering about the strongmen pull ups. Nice to know, thanks!

[@laystorage]

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!

[@jaysoniorg2950]

Man, Martins Licis is insanely strong! He's also explosive. He probably could have been an amazing combat sports athlete.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

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.

[@brrrt6666]

I was super impressed as well!

[@oglocbaby520]

@@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.

[@carlcarlssen4299]

@@TheStraightestWhitest If he wouldve followed martial arts, then ppl would be saying he would be great if he did strongman.

[@carlcarlssen4299]

@@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.

[@pWin317]

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"

[@claytonpuranen]

I wish I had found that video! Thanks!

[@jamesgrove6371]

Mitchell Hooper can do pull ups too, if you go through his new KZbin channel. But Martins still takes the cake in my opinion, regardless of evidence.

[@Joncka]

Martins is just so freaking athletic all around. He moves like he weighs half of his actual weight. My favorite strongman 🐉.

[@deez5149]

This was a deep dive. Nice video

[@carlpiaf4476]

A very well researched and presented video! Thank you.

[@claytonpuranen]

Thank you! :)

[@dquinn8344]

Martins muscle-ups and pistol squats were impressive as hell...

[@charlieprince8671]

Just proves how many different facets of strength there are and how they don't necessarily translate.

[@christiansmemefactory1513]

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.

[@skateordiee]

@@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…

[@christiansmemefactory1513]

@@skateordiee it wouldn’t be because they take PEDs and diet properly so that doesn’t happen

[@johnnyc1227]

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. 😊

[@bodazephyr6629]

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.

[@lastofthemohicans7743]

I can deadlift 1000kg whitout pulling the weight off the ground

[@Aleblanco1987]

Mariusz is my favourite strongman, he was not only lean but fairly short too and strong as hell. Such a beast.

[@big_mike_nyc]

Omg I had no idea Martins is that strong calisthenics wise and that agile, that is incredibly impressive!!!!!

[@cbrackett93]

Ayyy I see you Mr. Shaw! THC fit baby!

[@athiefinthenight6894]

Martinz doing pullups is actually insanely insanely impressive. That weight and that many reps just wow.

[@thereisa6inthename]

Also with that form.

[@domsumner7307]

Is it really?

[@seanwhitehall4652]

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.

[@claytonpuranen]

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqrThnV7jcZ3d9k

[@jithinsankar]

interesting topic ! Keep it up

[@aliensconfirmed3498]

Watching this today when I got my first ever clean full range pullup

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

Nice! On that video with Koklyaev, the other 2 guys, who are powerlifters and weight above 160 kg, are doing even more pull-ups...

[@mikeharding9396]

Pudzian Power!!! I loved watching Mariusz in WSM.

[@domsumner7307]

Aye, he looked super jacked too. Remember i think it was his last comp where he came on and just destroyed every event.

[@JustSomeoneIncognito]

nice video man :) well done

[@cri5ar]

Bro thank you for making Marius 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 💪

[@ben1ben2ben1]

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

[@domsumner7307]

Mauriusz

[@johnwebb4292]

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!

[@leonardoandrade471]

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

[@Joncka]

Did you watch the video where Martins does pistols (can't remember if single or more) standing on the handle of a kettlebell? Insane.

[@brianrasmussen2956]

I'm inching my way to 15 reps per set. I feel even stronger after watching this!

[@brianrasmussen2956]

And NOT using momentum.

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@@brianrasmussen2956 Try pulling up explosively without momentum but going down slowly.

[@theviewer9363]

Great tip

[@rjari8578]

13 pull up for me

[@vinniefabian6816]

@@rjari8578 8 in a row, and 10 in a row on a good day for me haha

[@anomalyp8584]

Mariusz and Martins without a doubt. They are tremendously powerful, but retained their functionality/ROM.

[@pianoman47]

Respect to these guys!

[@anklebreaka03]

Wow Martin is insanely impressive. Very clean pullups too

[@UnDeAdSpRaYe]

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

[@angus12345]

This makes me feel a lot better about my pull ups haha

[@jules.634]

Fantastic video.

[@thoomn]

this video was aggressively being shown on my homepage xD I finally gave in.

[@kevinsips3658]

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.

[@SpiderWaffle]

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.

[@klooger28]

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.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

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]

​@@ConnoisseurOfExistence 15 reps is disgraceful at 70kg 😂

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

@@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...

[@pavelbreza9190]

@@ConnoisseurOfExistence 15 pullups are harder than 120kg bench lol

[@yoyoandrew123]

I agree Martins was the best. But I see why people also like Mariusz. Very good content!

[@joshuamerck3468]

respect. They are inspiring

[@CJax749]

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

[@Trizzer89]

Mariusz is crazy good at everything

[@claytonmiller3345]

Hey Clayton, good video. - Clayton

[@reallymysterious4520]

Mitch ran a marathon about 3 or 4 years ago in 3 hours 25 minutes at a weight of 225 pounds

[@claytonpuranen]

Wow!

[@reallymysterious4520]

@@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

[@stevelau7694]

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

[@NeverTilt96]

600k views and people are not subbing to my man, good vid man!

[@mrrightbernandas8364]

Strongest men but very sportmanship. Their effort and training decipline👏. Nice events i like to watch this, its a fair sport.

[@wompastompa3692]

I like how Shaw works the negative.

[@davidhickey8613]

The grip strength of the big guys to do pull ups at their body weight is most impressve to me

[@derkabronen]

I needed this video so much... I never could get mi chin to the bar... but if strongmen struggle, then it makes sense :D

[@ChickenDude12]

The cut's gonna be crazy

[@TrueUnderDawgGaming]

Those are kips, not even pull-ups. That said, he's a beast! Mad respect to his strength!

[@ChocolateMilk..]

Who?

[@booshmcfadden7638]

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.

[@Kbeens55]

Them pull-ups real no matter the weight. Salute to the warriors!

[@Atticus6557]

Good job guys at pull-ups!

[@mikeuuuytffvghjjoopoiytf]

Thor is strong AF and a genetic freak but he is a bit delusional sometimes. How does he get 10 reps from 0?

[@DjisasXIII]

He's a known cheat :D

[@marshallwayne-uf4pq]

​@@DjisasXIII he's known to cry like a toddler in the 2017 WSM

[@djo-dji6018]

That wasn't zero, you guys should do some pullups and learn the difference between 10 half reps and zero reps.

[@HoxMeister]

@@djo-dji6018 he did 0 real reps

[@MargootMC]

@@djo-dji6018 none of those reps were close to full range of motion and none would have been counted

[@rushgush]

louis pushed UP an incline , an empty train freight car. 60,000lbs empty. good luck trying that

[@mosaclipz6549]

this vid crazy good for 750 subs

[@alunmorgan2352]

Maruisz clearly the best. Right up to his chest. No jerking, perfect

[@schnecktec]

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)

[@KevinBalch-dt8ot]

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.

[@MarkyB1]

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.

[@davecom3]

If you can't lift your own weight then all other workouts are pointless surely. Every man should be able to do pull ups.

[@alexandru6747]

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

[@revhthboma7087]

What an interesting and unique thing to study.

[@kanbalamajaw9321]

Pudzian The King!

[@tim6454]

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.

[@ArchiveRagtagMoe]

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.

[@Derploop]

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).

[@gabrielalvarez2889]

@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!

[@dean0o0o]

The stronger I get the more impossible calisthenics becomes

[@nohalo4836]

​@@dean0o0o That doesn't make very much sense buddy.

[@vedantkarale4077]

I'm flabbergasted with how clean Martins' reps were 🤯💯 He is the man.

[@janobidowicz]

PUDZIAN RULEEESSSS

[@spartanstrengthskills371]

Martin's! One of my favourite strongmen! 💪💪💪

[@TerrysHairySpiders]

The fact that they can do a pull up even with momentum is amazing at their bodyweight

[@markmanzo2488]

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.

[@janpetira5130]

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...

[@gk_zone4274]

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.

[@monolit23]

Mariusz Pudzianowski the real man!

[@tobystrickland8000]

I don' t care what anybody thinks but when your that heavy it takes alot of strength and i have respect and really amazed at how many he did!!

[@80sJoel]

Shaw's pullups looking pretty decent considering he weighs 465lbs.

[@dnegel9546]

Meanwhile a 6ft 180lb guy somewhere is saying oh im to massive to do pull ups. 🙄

[@Magerquark]

I remember watching World Strongest Man back then on Eurosport with my dad. Everytime we saw Mariusz Pudzianowski, we knew he would win

[@ben1ben2ben1]

Because most of the top strongman were in different sanctions

[@JoseLuisRodriguez-vd8uj]

wow, the muscle-ups were really impressive

[@joaocasqueiropt]

Strength is a Skill 💪🏻

[@radspencer3584]

Mitchell Hooper has now also won the Arnold’s and WSM in the same year

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Hoop' there here goes.

[@Anabolic_Ape]

Pullups 🤤

[@mixedmartialnutrition1746]

Marius and Martins really impressive for their weight

[@lucax2300]

That's cool.. all the different muscle physics all have different advantages and disadvantages.

[@josecg6990]

Mitchell also won the Arnold's as well as WSM. Novikov won 2020 not '22 :P interesting video nevertheless

[@Charlton2010]

I was just about to comment this, yeah Hooper won both also

[@cfalletta7220]

Wow impressive they can do it

[@user-js5rz3gp1s]

To be the strongest and most agile and flexable would be a sight to see. That would be amazing.

[@Vincentalbot]

Damn Martin is also pretty impressive!

[@spencerschubert5001]

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.

[@Bru7aLis]

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.

[@spencerschubert5001]

@@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.

[@Bru7aLis]

@@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.

[@linkplays2952]

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

[@PeteQuad]

The inverse square law. This is why ants can lift so much but would instantly die if grown in size.

[@mr_0n10n5]

Thor has a video with Ludwig (yes, the competitive Smash player) in which he does pull ups. He does about 8-10 full range pull ups in the video. The video came out after 2021

[@grahamstrouse1165]

He’s been dropping weight recently to take up boxing.

[@Kjelleros]

Thanks man! I thought i was too weak. It's my bodywieght!

[@pulledtoworkout2833]

Thanks for making this video Its confusing to see the strongest humans in the world struggle with more then 10 pull ups

[@YTho-ev1ej]

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

[@CJ-111]

A lot of those would be hard pushed to be called a pull up

[@davidanderson5411]

add yr body weight to yr own body weight and show us how to do it proper

[@CJ-111]

@@davidanderson5411 never said I could do better. The title of the video is self explanatory though

[@Terror1Void]

@@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.

[@davidanderson5411]

@@Terror1Void yeah but 99% of 285lbs guys cant

[@Terror1Void]

@David Anderson It doesn't take much. Just got to train pull ups every work out.

[@smackchumps]

Wow! None of these guys except Mariusz did actual pull ups

[@wzz7380]

Being that strong and not being able to pull yourself is really sad if you ask me I could never be as strong as these guys but i'm really happy to be able to do pull up easily and have some mobility. I would never do that trade if it was possible !

[@bassinblue]

The most impressive people I've ever hung around were the calisthenics community. Guys are just monsters.

[@Incomudro1963]

I have so much more respect for those guys than guys who can push lots of heavy weight.

[@jugurthasyphax6341]

@@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).