How Strong Was Louis Cyr Really?

[@StrengthUniverse]

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[@BIGJATPSU]

There is VIDEO of Paul Anderson doing a side press of 300lbs. FOR A DOUBLE................ A DOUBLE....................... in 1957. Yeah he gets my vote. 😅😅

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@BIGJATPSU yep, that’s shown in this video

[@dvskane1808]

Sorry mate but you make this interesting story boring.

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@dvskane1808 Sorry

[@niallkennedy23]

Angus Macaskill?

[@themanofsteel6520]

In the age of steroids, growth hormones, and other strength increasing methods, he has to be considered to be one of the strongest men to have lived given that he only used raw natural strenghth. Indeed, he was very impressive.

[@Novusod]

He is not the strongest to ever live but might be the strongest natty of all time.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

I would say that any discussion about the strongest natty has to include Paul Anderson.

[@Bryanseas]

@@tidefanyankee2428he 1920s already had substance to help for strength such as the ones babe ruth were on. Let alone the 1940s and 50a which paul anderson was in.. louis cyr was truly a natty Edit: they were testosterone injections

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@Bryanseas What substance did they have in the 1920's to "help for strength"?? Specifically? Steroids weren't synthesized until the 1930's. So again, name the specific substance.

[@Bryanseas]

@@tidefanyankee2428 testosterone injections

[@kevinsnyder2026]

He also bent steel bars and his stone/rock lifts have Never been replicated. All without supplements or modern training. Much respect to this man.

[@darkkingastos4369]

sawmill life when he was young made him tough as nails

[@ewaf88]

Actually Geoff Capes could bend bars , down to technique

[@justinlaite5542]

Except it's a lie. Literally taking the word of long dead carnival barkers, LOL

[@redblack8414]

@@justinlaite5542 Prove it Sherlock !

[@RossoNero1987]

'The Mighty Atom" - this guy

[@olliefoxx7165]

5'8" tall and weighing 290 lbs! Thats an anvil with legs! Fantastic feats of strength. Amazing man.

[@StrengthUniverse]

later on in his career he weighed close to 400lbs!

[@killingheros3554]

Actually, 5'10.

[@speleokeir]

He'd have made a great rugby prop forward.

[@Ripplin]

Similar to Paul Anderson; as wide as he was tall, haha.

[@Flesh_Wizard]

He was built like the weights he lifted

[@jocec3283]

Being a Montrealer as well, growing in the neighbour district from Louis-Cyr's, i can attest that Cyr's legend still lives to this day. His statue still hanging high and proud.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

I didn't statues were hung. Certainly Michelangelo's David isn't.

[@martinportelance138]

His county, St-Jean-de-Matha, is still home to many renowned families of strongmen, like the Gadoury, to this day. That's his legacy.

[@jocec3283]

@@martinportelance138 MUST be the water...

[@thethinredline4714]

Until the BLM will tear it down

[@Sirdeezthedirty]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bcType correctly if you are gonna try to be a witty dick. Amateur.

[@maxpeterson8616]

Given his birth weight and the number of kids, I think the real prize goes to his mom.

[@Huntingdonn]

Being 6'1" and 265lbs ? With 17 children ? That woman was certainly a creature to behold !!

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

@@Huntingdonn Her husband (Louis's dad) must have been one weirdly happy dude.

[@jocec3283]

That was common back in the days. My 2 grand mothers had 22 and 16 kids... My own mom had 9...

[@Huntingdonn]

@jocec3283 22 kids is crazy. I think it was more because the lack of knowledge, contraceptive or religious reason.

[@jocec3283]

@@Huntingdonn I totally agree. 22 is ludicrous, but truth be told, not all of them survived though. I think overall, on my mother's side, they were 17. And many were dead before my own birth. But all 16 on my father's did. I got to meet them all. Large families like those, were basically the norm back then, even if my family wasnt religious at all...

[@123Goldhunter11]

As a 72 year old ex-construction worker - my back is reminding me of the hard physical work done when younger. I can't imagine the ailments these guy must experience in old age.

[@squadgeman3247]

He died at 49, so it isn't really applicable.

[@celuiquipeut6527]

Thats why he died young.

[@cahg3871]

All of us manual labourers pay for the work we did as we get older.I retired at 55 after 2 shoulder surgeries and now my hip is needing replacing.I still love what I did for a living,and if possible,would go back to work tomorrow if it wasn’t for my physical ailments.✌️

[@renviluan2842]

Grew up doing manual labor and did enjoy it. Body aches only when I stop moving.

[@doublem1975x]

Construction work isnt training.

[@ge0arc244]

As a former Power lifter and Strength trainer I can say with certainty that he was probably if not very close to being the Strongest All-Natural Man to ever Live. Imagine this Mans Strength level if he had access to Modern Equipment, Training Methods, Nutrition, Medical Care and a Staff of Professional Trainers like todays Professional Athletes have!?! Not to mention P.E.D.s or Performance Enhancing Drugs. If he were alive and at his Peak today with what is available now this Man would be the ULITIMATE GOAT!!!

[@fluph1]

Much of what we see is embellished and repeated as fact. Shame as he was one of the strongest.

[@Frost.7xx]

If some of this sht is true, he’s done things most roid freaks nowadays could only dream of. A 500+ lbs deadlift with his middle finger? I’d love to see a meat monkey try to do that today…. 573lbs boulder on his shoulder.. Even the juiced strongmen today barely got a 520lbs rock on a wait high platform

[@badrobarkat3342]

​@@fluph1he is strong man in history

[@Ilrichard007]

Proud french Canadian here!💪 We have an old tradition of strongman here in Quebec, Jos Montferrand, Victor Delamarre, Baillargeon Brothers and more recently Hugo Girard and Jean-François Caron

[@StrengthUniverse]

Don't forget Mitchell Hooper

[@ryanorlando1122]

@@StrengthUniverse Mitchell is from Ontario, not french. Another Canadian strongman Maxime Boudreault is also from Ontario, but is french Canadian.

[@blank300dayday8]

My grandfather was also a strong man too! Not like Delamarre in Montreal as well!! Louis cyr the ONLY strongman to have his own statue! Well deserved! He was a legend!

[@kremata]

It took many people to break a few of his records. So in my book, he is still the strongest man ever.

[@michelbellemare4666]

C,est vrai

[@GiantsLiveSTRONGMAN]

Another very enjoyable watch 👍

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks, really appreciate your support

[@markedmonds8694]

Great video mate, always fascinated by old time strongmen like Cyr, Apollon, Anderson, Hepburn, Eder, Pat Casey & JC Hise, & that none of these guys were behemoths Like Thor, Brian & Eddie & didn't benefit from what we have & what we know today, but were still incredibly strong, so thanks for doing this, really interesting & much appreciated. At 5'8.5" with no peds, support gear, poor nutrition / living conditions of the 1800s, no Nathan Payton or sports psychologists etc... this guy was insanely strong & obviously didn't reach his strength potential. Would have been amazing to see what he could have done if he'd been around today.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks mark, pleased you found it interesting

[@daviddupre5591]

We of the old school don't care about today's overweight steroid strongmen.

[@kiracyr2401]

He’s my great great great uncle, and he is an absolute legend in our family! Thanks for the video!

[@StrengthUniverse]

My Pleasure!

[@gutsywarrior8785]

I went to his museum in Quebec. Lifting the Louis Cyr dumbbell is still a feat of strength, but he lifted it in a way nobody as been able to replicate to this day. He lifted that dumbbell without bending his knees. It was also filled with powdered lead. Lifting it too fast would of throwned him off balance so he had to lift it slowly, inch by inch.

[@justinlaite5542]

Pics/video or it didn't happen. It's just tall tales.

[@doublem1975x]

@@justinlaite5542 Dude photos of the museum can easily be found on google. He’s probably telling the truth…I’ve been to his museum too, a lot of the heavy weights he used during his lifetime are on display including the legendary 273 pound dumbell and 500 pound cast iron barbell he would regularly train with. It’s a very humbling experience to say the least. Most of the equipment is well worn and scratched from constant use.

[@theone___]

That means the way he lifted it is much much harder.

[@justinlaite5542]

@@theone___ It also means it's most likely embellished.

[@redblack8414]

@@justinlaite5542 There were no videos in 1885 and cinema had not been invented yet in case you didn't know. On the other hand there are many photographs of Louis Cyr and many articles describing his feats in the newspapers of that era. People were not dumb and could easily detect a charlatan although they probably were not as smart as you are.

[@aldrogo7510]

Great video - that boulder-to-shoulder lift and one finger deadlift are insanely impressive if accurate. There are Basque (Spanish) Strongmen who specialize in lifting a rectangular stone (Harri-jasotzaileak) that could maybe challenge the boulder lifting record - the record is over 700 pounds for the rectangular stone though I'm unsure how that correlates with a natural boulder or how the stone lifters would fare in more conventional powerlifting/strongman feats.

[@bustercherry8734]

I highly doubt the numbers on those two lifts.

[@blank300dayday8]

​@@bustercherry8734 the one finger lift was absolutely accounted for by the authorities in London. The Boulder also was accounted for by the towns folk who documented it all and even weighed it.

[@CaptainLuckyLuke]

I always found it interesting how not one of the other Strongmen of his day questioned his feats. Eugen Sandow in particular admired the hell out of Cyr which is a pretty ringing endorsement.

[@redblack8414]

When Louis Cyr went to England he challenged Sandow to confront him in a strenght contest. Sandow never accepted.

[@ericpelletier7721]

It’s easy to understand the critics when barely none of those records were officially recorded, but it was so long ago. And remember, he was challenged constantly by other strongmen of the day who could, for most of them, barely keep up with him in those jousts. And those many events were highly documented. Still, more than a century later, it’s hard to find some people to match or beat those feats of strength. And when someone does it, it’s basically always a different strongman succeeding in only one feat, whilst Louis Cyr « holds » multiple records to this day. Find me someone who can beat many of those feats if you really want to impress me. Paul Anderson has probably the most legit case to claim this title, but there are so few of them.

[@MrJtin69]

Louis cyr makes paul anderson look like a bitch

[@daviddupre5591]

All strongmen weren't big and fat in those days.

[@1701peterbrown]

I think it is possible he is because no one man has beaten all his records

[@celuiquipeut6527]

We alao hhad another strong men, in our contemporary days. In the 80's there was a honeless guy, nickname samson, he would do feat of strenght in order to eat. One of the famous one was to bind a strap with his hair and pulling busses with it.

[@reiniernn9071]

@@1701peterbrown You only need one man beating Half +1 of his records...not needed to be all his records. (But in this video no one is named who even was able to beat only that half.)

[@samarthur1847]

Great video, thank you, lovely to see both Marvin Eder and Greg Ernst getting a shout out. 😊

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks Sam, Marvin was a beast!

[@boerieroll]

Thank you for continuing to put out such great content

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you👍

[@alaintouchette-z4t]

I went to Louis Cyr high school in Napierville, i always love him for his fame.

[@Compassiron1]

With modern training, diet and biochemistry he quite possibly could have been

[@ronnana694]

He wasn’t gifted with height tho but in powerlifting he could’ve been the best ever like Paul Anderson build

[@mark4lev]

What on earth is ‘biochemistry’ ?

[@NordicHebrew]

He most likely ate far better/ more healthy than nowadays. He probably ate lots of meat and fats and very little sugar and carbohydrates.

[@anthonyproffitt5341]

@@mark4lev the branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms.

[@anthonyproffitt5341]

@@NordicHebrewhe certainly wasn’t on a keto diet. They didn’t have processed food like today, but they certainly had starches back then. I’d imagine he had access to breads, pastas and potatoes.

[@justiceprevail1552]

I believe mention must be made of the Cape Brenton giant Angus MacAskill. Angus was 7'9" tall, weighed 510 lbs. and had an 80" chest.

[@StrengthUniverse]

I made a video on Angus here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbKhpitpLt0i9E

[@crush42mash6]

Here in Canada Cyr is a legend in the strongman world

[@Nirsterkur]

Fantastic video Strength Universe! There is a reason why the ASC trophy is moulded after LC.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks mate

[@huvlarvrhorg4818]

Angus MacAskill a giant with The feat that made him famous was the lift of a 2800 pounds heavy anchor from a ship. lifting 50 kgs with one finger . he would be a freakin monster today with all those athletes take today.

[@rottenanimal619]

I read a story of Louis Cyr years ago. When he was young , he picked up and carried a young calf. He did this every day. As the calf grew fast, so did Louis's strength.

[@StrengthUniverse]

I believe the real story is that Cyr carried a calf on his shoulders to emulate one of his heroes Milo of Croton but thought better of it after the calf kicked him in the back

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Must have taken all his remaining strength not to eat the calf.

[@timmyasikin4177]

Wakakak.....❤❤❤

[@timmyasikin4177]

​@@davidanderson_surrey_bcwakakak❤❤❤

[@ashini9511]

LOuis Cyr is definitely the strongest man. A different man broke one record and they trained hard to beat only this record. Louis Cyr had them all. Some specialist strenght coachs argued that if he was living today with good diet, modern training and all the chemistry that strong men take today, his records could be boosted of 10% and I completely agree with it.

[@johnreidy2804]

Dom Delouse was actually stronger

[@ashini9511]

@@johnreidy2804 ?? Argue

[@johnreidy2804]

@@ashini9511 Did you follow Delouise's career? He was very powerful

[@Dejan-gz6vz]

Marijan Matijević is No1.

[@DexterHaven]

John Grimek was my favorite overall bodybuilder/ strongman / gymnast. The guy was squatting 400+ lbs. in his late 60's and in his day won Mr. America and Mr. Universe and could do all kinds of hand stands too. The complete package of aesthetics, strength, and coordination. In a different league than Arnold S., Coleman, and Heath given his gymnastics.

[@williamwalker3336]

Very nicely done. I enjoyed that.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@beekayboy]

Yeah some of his records are beaten by one guy and then another, but juste on feat of Strenght. Louis Cyr did all these by himself. To be stronger than him, someone would have to beat all his records, which seems impossible. So in my book, he's the strongest man to ever live (that was recorded).

[@Bryanseas]

Makes me wonder about the freaks who lived before him that werent recorded. Humans truly are capable fascinating stuff. I have no doubt the genetics living today are a bunch of pansies compared to our ancestors

[@ThatGuyz82]

Research Miles Darden. Literally nobody could do the things he did. He was 7'6" and weighed 800+lbs. he was never a strong man. Just a farmer who drug his bulls around by the horns and tossed 500lbs bales of hay on a daily basis. Guinness recognizes him for his daily feats and size (only man to weigh over 1,000lbs and walk under his own weight.

[@SamGather]

Samson is the strongest ever lived period.

[@SeptemberChild1835]

@@SamGather Nope! Hercules!! 😃😃

[@MigoKazan]

Hey, I'm actually related to the guy! There's plenty of folks in my family that are just naturally strong, tall and dense of bone.. they don't even need to train, although some of 'em did continue the strongman (and woman) tradition

[@keterbinah3091]

i enjoyed that thanks for your vid , realy well put together

[@StrengthUniverse]

Much appreciated!

[@dragonspeaker2059]

Louis was a phenomenom - The movie Louis Cyr is awesomely performed also.

[@johnanderson4132]

thank you so much for making such an informative video

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you, Glad you enjoyed it

[@miamidolphinsfan]

I got to meet Paul Anderson at my Grandmothers Church (West Flagler Park Baptist Church) here in Miami in 1968 or 1969. Paul was a faithful & dedicated Christian and he toured the country giving his testimony at a lot of Churches.

[@dadimadh4528]

Remarkable detail! Didn't know about the Massachusetts connection! Great video...

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks Tim👍

[@RichardCollier434]

i remember reading in his bio. that he was told to make it look hard and not to use all his power , and the reason for that was not to scare people from challenging him.

[@jamiecassells5587]

Best video yet really enjoyed this would love to see appolon next

[@StrengthUniverse]

Cheers Jamie, much appreciated. I'll see what I can do

[@paulbeck6410]

I remember reading about him in I believe in True magazine. The story of him was astounding to young me.

[@bigmaguire9714]

His mother being 6'1" and 265lbs or 120kg is absolutely mental. That is the same height and weight as a big rugby prop nowadays. I would also imagine it was alot rarer to see people of such stature 150 years ago due to the far lower average height and food shortage compared to now.

[@StrengthUniverse]

As you say, 150 years ago the average male was 5'6" tall and weighed 140lbs. Cyr's mother was a giant

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

I have always considered him the strongest human of all time. He was certainly utterly dominant in his era. His lifts were unorthodox but extremely impressive... and, in some cases, unsurpassed.

[@niallkennedy23]

Angus Macaskill, worth looking into. Let us know what you think.

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

@@niallkennedy23 You're not gonna believe this but Angus Macaskill The Nova Scotian Giant) is actually a distant relative of my ex girlfriend!! 🤣🤣 It's absolutely true. His strength was legendary, but it's difficult to separate the myth from the man in his case.

[@unlockedmfg5591]

​@@ThouSwell-zx3fdno way.... For real?? Cause obiusly is difficult to believe you

[@ThouSwell-zx3fd]

@@unlockedmfg5591 It is absolutely true lol.

[@unlockedmfg5591]

@@ThouSwell-zx3fd and she has some of that strengh? (it made me curious to know)

[@nbaldwin45]

Fantastic video, thanks for this!

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks Nick, pleased you liked it

[@IVANHOECHAPUT]

I'm Louis Cyr's 4th generational cousin on my mother's side. I'm now 77. I never got any of his genes althuough my brother was very strong, short and stout - nowhere as strong as Louis. Really don't know why so many French Canadians are very strong. I held the school record for the most pull-ups in High school and could do 30 one-hand pushups. This video was very interesting for me!

[@tomfisher7751]

The one I've been waiting for 😊 glad to see this

[@StrengthUniverse]

Cheers Tom

[@lordmegatron6145]

very nice video brother. louis cyr movie was very good btw

[@Nagy.Patrik]

Whats the title?

[@lordmegatron6145]

@@Nagy.Patrik what ?

[@tarkovic9623]

​@@Nagy.PatrikLouis Cyr

[@Serafos]

Probably the best video so far. Great job! :)

[@StrengthUniverse]

Wow, thanks!

[@gvaillancourt1]

Excuse for the quality of the english ! The text was written in french ad translated by Google translate. First, some precisions. Louis Cyr was lifting slowly using his brute strength; now we use techniques for the press and the snatch that allow us to use the legs and the back more effectively rather than the arms. The weights at the time of Louis Cyr were hollow balls connected by a hollow cylinder which were filled with small iron balls to reach the required weight. The indirect effect is that any slightly unsteady lift would cause the marbles to pitch in that direction and make the grip very difficult. It was therefore necessary to get up in force and slowly to counter this effect, which Louis Cyr did. For Louis Cyr's one-arm record, he did a slow arm press while Victor Delamarre used an unscrewed technique that keeps the arm straight throughout and requires much less effort. His weights are available at the Maison Louis Cyr museum. Likewise, for lifting the platform, Louis Cyr held the weight for a few seconds so that the spectators could see clearly. I saw on video someone who had supposedly broken his record for lifting a platform; there was a person at each end who slid a sheet of paper, but the platform was not stable and it was very possible that the sheets were not slid at the same time. For further information on Louis Cyr, Paul Ohl's book is recommended, as he has done a lot of research.

[@StrengthShowcase]

Love these longer deep dives!

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you, pleased you enjoyed it

[@toddapplegate3988]

An all around strongest ever would require some standardized criteria but we can all agree cyr was super strong and likely elite in any time period. Even the WSM winner isn't the strongest in every event and thus one could argue that event selection is a major factor in who wins. When you watch the finals of WSM it's with great respect to all of these individuals some are superior static strength maybe even one lift vs dynamic events but you need to respect what you are seeing.

[@mariaorsic9763]

Really great stuff!😊

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks!

[@culturismochannel.byalvaro6836]

In my country, Spain, near my home in north Huesca, in the town of Sallent de Gallego, lived a Gigant called Fermn Arrudi Urieta, 2,29 m tall and very strong man, he showed your body tall and strong around the world, also was a musician, i don´t think if Cyr and my spanish strong man meet sometimes. Fermin Arrudi died in 1913 when he was 43 years old. Sorry for the mistakes. Buen canal de videos muy interesantes, a seguir así.

[@danielamador2834]

Suscrito a tu canal 💪

[@culturismochannel.byalvaro6836]

@@danielamador2834 Gracias

[@roderickreilly9666]

Spain is well known for its Basque stone lifters.

[@culturismochannel.byalvaro6836]

@@roderickreilly9666 Yes included the historic Iñaki Perurena. Recently Martins Licis film in el “País Vasco”

[@gdfggggg]

I love Spain 🇪🇸 great country. I often holiday there and spend my cash on the food and culture. We holiday in a nice little town called Denia, Costa Blanca. Great place.

[@csacommoner]

The Great Ghulam Mohammad, also known as Gama Pehlwan, achieved an extraordinary feat in 1902. At the young age of 22, he lifted a massive 1,200-kilogram stone from the grounds of the Nazarbaug Palace near Mandvi. Gama Pehlwan hoisted the stone up to his chest and even walked around with it over a fair distance.

[@Thinkingt7777]

Sure and I tell you I've seen a prairie dog wrapping chocolate and giving it as presents.

[@csacommoner]

@@Thinkingt7777 True, it might sound legendary - just like some of the world's greatest feats. But then again, history is filled with incredible stories that seem unbelievable to those who haven’t looked beyond the ordinary. Gama Pehlwan’s legacy lives on, unlike a prairie dog's gift-wrapping talents. 😉

[@scottcarr1534]

He was a naturally strong, and a great human being in general, My great Grand Father, Henry LaCasse of Montreal, knew him. - Said there was nothing like his generosity and amazing strength.

[@kiracyr2401]

I’m related to him, so this was really cool to read! I’ll have to share this with my dad! Thank you.

[@gymguy25]

Most of his lifts have never officially been beaten but most of his lifts are no longer commonly practiced, hard to compare men who lived in different eras with different technology but he’s easily in the discussion for strongest man of all time.

[@Bryanseas]

Because the strongmen today exist to become strongmen. He was naturally strong. Therefore they wouldnt dare do his lifts out of fear of ruining their career. If louis focused on the easy and safe lifts the men do today hed be far stronger

[@aleksd940]

Thanks for the video.

[@StrengthUniverse]

You are welcome!

[@LF-yd1hi]

18 lbs baby is incredible lol, he was born not so far away from georges st-pierre hometown, I pass by Louis Cyr,s memorial stone almost everyday going to work, great antonio was another freak from the area

[@robdoe8694]

See how "great" Antonio was when he messed with Antonio Inoki!

[@TRFrench]

Very enjoyable. NIce analysis of niche lifts and their psychology.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tomm5997]

Lifting that 517 lb stone should be an event at the next ASC, I bet Mateusz could shoulder it.

[@jamesvaughan1999]

Cool video 📹. Well done ✔️ .

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you 👍

[@coreyrowe2052]

He opened a bar in 1988!!! That must have been his greatest feat of all! 😜😜😜 I still enjoy your content immensely!! Keep up the good work my friend 💪💪💪

[@StrengthUniverse]

I thought you misheard my accent but nope, replayed that bit and definitely said 1988, doh!😂

[@coreyrowe2052]

@@StrengthUniverse 😂😂 doesn't detract from the video one bit!!! Still love your content!!👍👍💪💪

[@ASavageEye]

@@coreyrowe2052 I was gonna say the exact same thing. A 120 year old strongman opens a bar......fill in the rest of the joke here..

[@coreyrowe2052]

@@ASavageEye 🤣🤣🤣

[@robdoe8694]

LOL!

[@animus3328]

Super video..thank's

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you

[@rubenalvarez6830]

Just an absolute unit!!

[@SuperBobby1967]

Je suis Québécois comme Louis Cyr et je suis fier.

[@anonymike8280]

_Quebec pour toulours._

[@CykaBly4t]

Au Québec on est tous fiers tabarnak

[@tjakal]

0:53 All them 'your moma' jokes where true for this dude.

[@marcgrondin65]

As for tennis players : with different techniques and training -- it's incredibly difficult to assess that level of strength. We could also flip that around and say : without their specific diets and training techniques could they have done what he did in that era ?? Also considering he was strong from everybody part and not specialized - I do not hesitate to crown him : The Strongest Man Ever ..

[@DBarker-r6c]

G.O.A.T., definitely, put him in this era of time, he would set most records records and win most competitions no doubt.

[@Okenshield69]

I'd love to have seen how Cyr would have stacked up against Angus MacAskill.

[@drsiege3434]

Interesting watch. Nice job.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you👍

[@guanjun1178]

Great information, thank you. He was obviously freakishly strong, but it's very hard to say just who the absolute strongest man in history is/was.

[@duncanluciak5516]

Do we go back to Milo of Croton? I guess Gilgamesh is too mythical.

[@palmarolavlklingholm9684]

@@duncanluciak5516 What about Samson, hehe.

[@johnnysparkleface3096]

Aside from Samson, IF the Egyptian pyramid stones were placed by brute force, then those guys were the strongest. Which would be the Nephilim, but you could argue they weren't human - only half human.

[@arierome1747]

Nice video ! I really like this type of vids

[@StrengthUniverse]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@kennethquinnies6023]

There was a near east kingdom in history where the king required his body guards to lift and carry a 300 lb metal weight 500 feet with just one hand to him without stopping or putting it down just to qualify to try and enter his bodyguard and be trained

[@Battle_Beard]

You had me at “This guy’s mom was the size of Larry Wheels.”

[@Julian-i9n2q]

Great video 🎉

[@MellonVegan]

I mean, we have Iranian guys today lifting world records in training but never competing to prove their feats of strength and many are doubting their lifts. Why then should be believe someone's often ridiculous and unbelievable feats from 150 years ago, none of them done in competition (i.e. with anyone who could object involved)? And even today, even when competing, you'll have the press mix up things and suddenly your 300 kg deadlift becomes a 300 kg bench (happened to a friend of mine). I'm not saying he wasn't strong as all hell, especially for his time. But blindly believing someone who's job it was to sell a persona, well, that's just naive.

[@mikkenieminen9603]

great stuff

[@williamwatson4625]

I don't think the 7-time Mr. Olympia titlist, Arnold Schwarzenegger, could've duplicated any of Cyr's feats of strengths. I just couldn't picture a young and prime Schwarzenegger lifting a boulder weighing over 500 lbs and hoisting it up his shoulder like Cyr did.

[@AJ-lw1cp]

Its 2 different things. Bodybuilding is not the same as strongman. That's also why the bodies look different

[@jdbankshot]

there's muscular strong & thick country boy strong.

[@byromtaylor6482]

He was brillaint strongman and it is good to know in todays world of performance enhanced strongmen Lois Cyr can still hold his right middle finger up to the lot of them!

[@jamesparker3189]

My uncle Rich, God bless his soul, was the strongest man in the world when it came to lifting stones. He and my father started at a very young age supplying rock yards with field stone. They would pry the stones out of the ground with their hands and then lift them and load them on flat bed trucks. They both had incredible strength. The owner of the Johnson's Rock Yard of Santa, California witnessed my uncle lift a 700 plus pound stone and not only lift it off the ground, but also load it on the back of a truck. He was about 5'10" and weighed about 300 pounds. He was built like a barrel. He would grab the stone and role it up his body, rear back with it pressed against his chest and then load it. This same man did a 200 pound bench curl with one arm.

[@jimmiematho8082]

Imagine what your uncle could do if he got his hands on somebody

[@jamesparker3189]

@@jimmiematho8082 My uncle was actually very easy going. He never used his strength on anyone, unlike my father with his terrible temper.

[@foompaloompas1874]

Weak

[@markfox1545]

Role. 😂😂😂

[@DorlaVegas-cw2kz]

I love your HOW STRONG WAS HE OR SHE REALLY videos. Thanks

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thank you 🙏

[@jimvick8397]

Some of Angus MacAskill's feats of strength always struck me as impressive... but that pinky lift, dang...

[@bernhardeggen]

whats the name of the movie/show of him, shown in this youtube video?

[@StrengthUniverse]

It's listed in a description

[@davidpepin3017]

The strenght he would have had if he had lived in our times (with the better training and other .. things), it would have been incredible.

[@jdbankshot]

his birthplace is a 15min drive from my town, i see that sign with his picture all the time. we learned about in grade school. what a badass.

[@Trunk_Arms]

What all these athletes do prove, wether they were the strongest ever or not is that natural peak human strength is not lean. If you wanna be lean and natural you have to be smaller and weaker than your peak potential, no matter what your diet is you can not continue to gain muscle and strength without gaining fat. And if you wanna push your limits of fat burn and strength gains at the same time you need performance enhancing drugs/therapies.

[@StrengthUniverse]

All true

[@Trunk_Arms]

@@StrengthUniverse 💪.

[@abhinavkumar547]

A very nice video. A video on Cyr was due by the goat of all the strength channels strength universe. Now a video on Mark Henry is due. I m back buddy. I hope u r doing great.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Buddy welcome back! great to see you comment! I was thinking about doing Mark henry as my next feature.👍

[@josephbloxham3992]

Hard to say if any of those weights are trustworthy considering the exaggeration of promoters back then. No doubt he was freaky strong, but I have a hard time some of the numbers.

[@FoxUnitNell]

The might of four draft horses can been done in modern era though it may not be advisable.

[@Asiansxsymbol]

It's all fake!

[@josephbloxham3992]

@@FoxUnitNell if you see the photo from the event it looks like a Hercules hold. It's not like they're galloping horses.

[@adnanrawashdeh3965]

Thanks for the details and all the work that goes into these excellent and entertaining videos 👌👌 BTW where are these clips are taken from Love it

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks Adnan, The clips are from the movie: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Cyr_(film)

[@WykkedMofo]

When you consider that Louis Cyr didn't benefit from "performance enhancing" drugs. His feats of strength were phenomenal! The only downside is that, the documentation of these feats are "questionable" let's say. But aside from that, an argument can be made, that he was INDEED the strongest man that ever lived. 💪💪💪

[@mademoiselle.clarke]

Hey great vid! just btw it's pronounced Kwebec or Kébec not Kewbec

[@jaymcbakerk]

Make no mistake, old time strongmen had tricks. Like using special hollow weights that dumped out sand when a secret button was pushed. That way they could “lift” the weight when the challengers failed

[@kankikankkinen2670]

Sand isnt heavy

[@Bambloozled]

Most interesting! Thanks!

[@StrengthUniverse]

Glad you liked it!

[@odysseusnissan]

Super impressive feats. Legendary! But he wouldn't even qualify for the finals in todays WSM. But don't get me wrong...he did all that without PED's and modern technology. With his genes and brute strength and todays PED's...he'd be 400 lbs plus and breaking world records.

[@darkkingastos4369]

why wouldn't he qualify?? Seems clear he could do everything modern competitors could do..He worked in the woods and sawmills moving logs and other stuff.. pulling weight .. carrying large things....all these things are no different than today.. seems like he would dominate in his prime given he was used to long work sessions and back breaking labor

[@odysseusnissan3646]

@@darkkingastos4369 I don’t think he would be able to keep up with all the technical lifts that he had no prior training with. But if you read the later part of my post I said he would dominate if he could train in modern times. But if you just tine traveled him here for a contest…he would be overwhelmed by the competition and specific events that everyone else has been able to train for. It just wouldn’t be fair.

[@mrc4912]

Incidentally, John L Sullivan, a former heavyweight boxing champion of around this era was labelled 'The Boston Strongman' and purportedly lifted the end of a trolley car off the ground. This was in the time of bareknuckle brawlers who used to fight up to 70 rounds in a single fight.

[@Reelphresh]

They found James Ambrose dead in his cell A gaping gash in his arm had drained him down to Hell No one knew for sure if Ambrose was his name They called him Yankee Sullivan in early days of fame He'd known the game of fisticuffs had always treated him right But no one knew the men who came and took his life that night He knew the game of fisticuffs. . .

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Hafthor may be the strongest man to ever live. Of course like all modern strongmen he was enhanced. But Thor lifted a 640kg (1433) log on his shoulders for a few steps, has the world record conventional AND elephant bar deadlifts, won every weight over bar event EASILY, was unbeatable at the Arnolds, the heaviest strongman comp in the world from 2018-2020 before retiring.

[@palmarolavlklingholm9684]

And I think he has the world record, carrying the Husafeldstone. And regular shield carry. But no, if these feats people like Paul Anderson, Angus MacAskill, Louis Cyr, are really true, then he may be on fourth. But then there is Big Z and Pudzianowski.

[@darkkingastos4369]

The strongest man in the world's name will probably never be known... A million years of humanity with humans crossbreeding with other human relatives. There were probably humans that were gargantuan and make todays strongmen look like babies.. we'll just never know if they existed

[@pathedickassfuck9395]

​@@darkkingastos4369Dafuq?

[@davidyoung2702]

He was the trunk of an oak tree, stout and very sturdy, amazing feats of lifting weights to defy gravity.😊

[@michaelreid194]

Was surprised to find out he was only 5'8" Angus MacAskill died the year Cyr was born, if they lived in the same timeline it would have made for an interesting test of strength to see who was stronger.

[@StrengthUniverse]

That would have been awesome!

[@damiensmith9240]

Angus for sure.

[@palmarolavlklingholm9684]

@@damiensmith9240 I want to believe that. But his feats are poorly documented, and sounds somewhat inhuman.

[@hankshill71]

5'8, 1800's nutrition, dude is clearly the GOAT.

[@charlessavoie2367]

As for resisting the pull of horses; I know by personal experience that all Cyr needed to do was have enough strength to offset differences in the pull of the horses. The horses were actually pulling against each other, introducing a whiff of fraud in the stunt. I know this principal by walking sled dog breeds. Many men today could easily duplicate the feat, because it is far less impressive than it seems at first thought. Around 1913 Victor Delamarre, 150 pounds, lifted 309 pound barbell from floor to overhead with one arm, surpassing Cyr very tremendously on percent, and also in absolute strength. Mielxto Saralegi, Basque stone lifter, raised a 721 pound "stone" from ground to his shoulder. Cyr weighed 301 pounds, to equal the front squat of Alexander Varbanov, Cyr would have had to do 1,145 pounds, a total hopeless thing for Cyr. Cyr impresses me; but others, more so.

[@StrengthUniverse]

re Cyr resisting horses, I completely agree, I don't believe that was a "feat of strength" but more resistance to pain

[@Marc-Antoine-x3y]

Dogs won't dismember you. 4 horses will when they pulling in opposite direction. Funny no one ever tried it since then. If it's so easy to pull off, why no one do it. It would be so impressive, mord than lifting weights, easy world fame too. If you're right ofc about human biology against the pulling of the horses on the shoulders, arms, elbows and tendons. I wouldn't bet on it, better stay with the pull of your dogs 😅

[@charlessavoie2367]

@@Marc-Antoine-x3y I refuse this attempt on your part to put words into my mouth. I made no implication that dogs can pull as hard as horses. As for no one has tried Cyr's stunt since then, I have only your claim for this, I you are marinated in bias for this cult figure Cyr. Tom Topham was investigated by the Royal Society of London in the 1730s and 1740s and determined to be legit as to claims. The Royal Society is still in existence and is a leading scientific investigatory body in modern times. Topham is known to have "heaved his horse over a turnpike gate," Cyr would still be trying to get it off the ground. Topham's strength was verified in 1749 on autopsy, his ligaments and tendons were found to be triple average thickness and he was known for many years to have a voice too deep to sound human. In arm wrestling, Topham could have torn Cyr's arm off at the shoulder and taken it to a taxidermist. I believe there have easily been over ten men in world history stronger than Cyr. I am not prejudiced against his ethnicity as I am French.

[@Marc-Antoine-x3y]

@@charlessavoie2367 you are putting words in my mouth. Never said what you implying toward my comment. You're assuming too much. Intelligent people will read my comment correctly. Second, i don't care about who's the strongest in the world. Here again, you assuming too much. I just hate how condescending and arrogant your comment was toward Cyr, saying that it was a fraud when he was prolly the only strongmen during his life time not afraid of challenging others and have his dumbells and other equipments checked by "officials". And it was so political that, of course they could easily spit and don't care much about some french guy from Canada. France never cared about us, U.K. was our conquerer, so Cyr was fucked by trying to challenge englishmen, no way they would a french canadian challenged their champs and humiliate them, cuz he would have put a real challenge to them. They knew he would be hard to beat and they were scared of him. Don't be so condecending next time, you don't impress me either, others impress me more. Don't care that you're french, french people never were our best friends or ally anyway. They abandon us to the U.K., nobles went back and left us here, doin our best to survive. We prolly did more for France (WWI, WWII) then France ever did to Québec and french-canadians. For your info, being proud of Cyr heritage doesn't imply having a cult surrounding him. Yet again you show how condescending you are. Not suprised has a french canadian being preach by my "know better" french cousin. 🖖

[@darkkingastos4369]

Horses also have a hard time getting started with the initial pull of a heavy object.. much like a small engine has to have some rev to get going...They mainly use their weight to lean forward and begin moving and do not use much of their leg power until they begin to actually start taking steps...If you've seen horses pulling logs in the woods you know that the hardest part is getting the horses to break the log free and start walking forward

[@matlilly8795]

I wish Angus "Black Angus" McCaskill had his feats documented. The ships anchor story alone would put him way up there.

[@Mrb1ackdyn0mite]

Glad to see we're using Larry wheels as a unit of measurement now 😂

[@palmarolavlklingholm9684]

He doesn't even compare to these absolute beasts. I am not denying that he is very strong, but these guys were in an entirely different league. He will never even come close.

[@chadsworld5499]

Until i watched this video, i had no idea he picked up the rock right near me in mass.!!! Awesome video....