How Strong Was Mark Henry Really?

How Strong Was Mark Henry Really?
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[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks for Watching! I hope you enjoy the video. Please let me know what you think of the voiceover

[@kevingoeminne5922]

Kinda miss your voice do... I'm here for a while now not from the start but almost I believe... I link your voice too this channel but I understand!

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@kevingoeminne5922 Thanks 🙏. This voiceover was a test to see if it helped the channel but I prefer if you guys are happy with my voice….will save me a lot of $$$$$😂

[@jessejordan8116]

It’s good and sounds more like many other videos. It’s very “professional”. But your voice lends a sense of authenticity to the content and it’s nice to hear since it’s unique and belongs to the content creator. Ultimately I want you to succeed so I guess you should sit back and see how the video does and decide!

[@yannicgraichen]

Hey I like your voice better. It's more authentic. This one sounds like a robot. Still, great video. Thank you for your content

[@floor_fluff]

Please bring your voice back, your voice is perfect for these vids mate!

[@gordfoley4760]

You have to admire the fact that he would only compete in drug tested events. What an absolute beast!

[@yggdrasild755]

as if he didn't do them himself lol

[@KAR5AVATARGT]

​@@yggdrasild755he was drug free

[@yggdrasild755]

@@KAR5AVATARGT lol yea and the moon is made of cheese

[@gordfoley4760]

@yggdrasild755 if he was using, why would he only compete in tested events? Doesn't make much sense.

[@d_tattedup]

@@KAR5AVATARGT henry is huge but he never looked like a roid head, not even in his wwe days. Maybe hes just a genetic monster.

[@dennispattarozzi5099]

I graduated with his brother and went to school with Mark. One of the nicest guys you would ever meet. A true gentle giant

[@DannyBoy426]

Then mark went on to become a high ranking mason and join pro wrestling!

[@starsareangels7]

​@DannyBoy426 oh a Mason xD oh boy why I didn't know that

[@Sumguyinavan_]

that's the kind of thing that made his wrestling career interesting. He was just as fun to watch as "The World's Strongest Man" as he was as "The Hall of Pain" and "Sexual Chocolate". He was a pretty mild tempered guy who could put on a funny character as well as a real monster of a human worthy of being feared, while also generally seeming like a guy to go hang out with

[@doctordemon5076]

I bet he was gentle,else he would have better results in competition. I mean,he couldn't push himself because he was too gentle. :)

[@star_platinum1140]

@@DannyBoy426if there is actually proof could you send it I’m curious

[@dragozaf88]

he's got my vote, the fact he came back from the WWE to win a strong man event with the wear and tear that WWE guys suffer is just mind blowing

[@aberjaylopdollar1074]

When I was a young fellow in the Army, me and a fellow soldier started horsing around in the boxing ring, pulling off Pro Wrestling moves. We soon had an audience, and after about 15 minutes, we were both totally exhausted. Until then, I thot it was fakery. Next morning, I could not believe the pain. Bruised, and abused muscles convinced me, that those guys are indeed, fit and strong athletes. More so than the candy ass, long haired pro-football and basket ball players. Over paid for what they do.

[@GregAlcorn]

Like he was in the WWE in Morrison on steroids give me a f****** break he was not he didn't compete in the world man strongest contest he's a joke

[@reidjordan4545]

@@aberjaylopdollar1074 Wrestling Matches are totally scripted and some of the punches are pulled but all of those stunts they do are totally real and take a lot of strength, endurance, and durability

[@brianmiller5750]

​​@@aberjaylopdollar1074 There's an interview of Dennis Rodman when he did his stint in WCW. He said after just one match he hurt in places he never knew existed

[@xboxonevideos7685]

@@aberjaylopdollar1074there not athletes there just good stuntmen

[@John_on_the_mountain]

Seeing him dunk a basketball is so damn impressive

[@StevenJSkiba]

💯💯💯

[@zfelps]

And at only 6'3" lol Not small, but short for basketball.

[@23aceballer]

Imagine trying to guard him in the paint lol

[@John_on_the_mountain]

@@23aceballer imagine guarding him at the top of the key then he crosses you up, spins past the help defense, then windmills it on your center

[@ThunderFist1978]

I know! I was not expecting to see that at his size!

[@thebeast9606]

Met him at a comic convention here in Minnesota a while ago. Mike Colter was there promoting his "Luke Cage" show, but when I saw Mark, I joked and said he was the original Power Man. He laughed and told me to sit at his table. We talked for at least 20 minutes, and then for another 10 or so as I was leaving. Super nice and down to earth guy.

[@MaverickChristian]

Dang, I missed my shot! (I also live in Minnesota and attend sf conventions.)

[@thebeast9606]

@@MaverickChristian It was in 2019 at Twin Cities Con.

[@thebeast9606]

@@MaverickChristian It was in 2019 at Twin Cities Con.

[@thebeast9606]

My daughters and I got a pic with Mike Colter. He's nice as well, and way bigger in person than he even looks on TV.

[@KentPetersonmoney]

Who was taller out of Mark and Mike? I know the internet says Mark an inch taller but WWE tend lie about their wrestlers height.

[@ruinwell4266]

Mark Henry and Kurt Angle competed at the same Olympic Games. That’s pretty cool too

[@cellmoore4848]

And he did it with a broken neck

[@thewelfaregourmet]

Mark Henry is one of the best strength athlete's in history. It is funny that he may also be the most famous. Yet.... the millions upon millions of people that know him from wrestling have no idea he was World Class legit.

[@abhinavkumar547]

That's sad truth when pro wrestling fans say that Someone like Brock Lesnar or Goldberg was stronger than Mark.

[@bentonja668]

I disagree because the reality is that he almost has no Olympic resume at all. His junior career is impressive but at the Olympics level there's nothing there so I don't know how he is "one of the best strength athlete's in history." One of the best "strongmen" of course. They were going on and on about his 180 kg snatch meanwhile we've seen WOMEN snatch 155 kg. Apparently 2 men in the 1996 Olympics managed to snatch 200 and that was a long time ago. Current Olympic record is 223 kg snatch set in 2020.

[@thewelfaregourmet]

@@bentonja668 He won the Arnold. He was the ATWR powerlifter for years and made the US Olympic team and went to two Olympic games, and has the highest 5 lift total in history. Find a comparable resume.... I will wait.....

[@RockFan2000]

@@thewelfaregourmetBrian Shaw, Big Z, Thor, Eddie Hall

[@thewelfaregourmet]

@@RockFan2000 Neither Shaw, big z, or Eddie hall have been the all time powerlifting Champ, gone to the Olympics twice or.... passed a drug test. 🤪

[@Jeff-ok6dr]

Mark is definitely a once in a lifetime athlete.

[@chelseafcgirl]

Yes yes 👍

[@hansolo631]

Yea. It's selfish of me to say, but I wish he had gone all in on the pharmaceuticals lol. It'd be fun to see what numbers he might have hit

[@seanb9698]

I can't believe how strong this dude was as a teenager

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

I believe that Mark was natty, take a look at Brian Shaw, at his heaviest he was 460 pound's, and he had more defined muscle's than Mark, who was 412 pound's at his heaviest, and Brian was actually LEANER go figure.

[@imKAYNE]

@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625only competed at drug tested events

[@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn]

Brain is taller

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

@@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn 4 inches taller

[@bigbeau1758]

@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Mark's actually only 6 foot 2. Brian is 6 foot 7. 5 inch difference is huge and Mark would weight around the same if he was his height. And muscle definition still doesn't mean natty or not. Plenty of fatasses on steroids and you can see many people around mark's build are on steroids.

[@DexterJackson-ud5hb]

I had the extreme fortune to lift on the University of Texas Longhorn Powerlifting team where he trained with Dr's Jan and Terry Todd. True story: In 1995 a couple of us younger lifters (myself included) had failed to make the qualifier of collegiate nationals. Dejected, he said to me, "Don't worry about it, it'll happen." Because they decided to hold a meet at UT where he was lifting, there were national judges, and hence it was an official qualifying meet. And I finally got my act together and made it to Nationals! I was so excited that I didn't even see him come up behind me and pick my ass up in the air (I was a 148 pounder, Mark ate steaks bigger than I was). He just said to me, "See, I told ya you'd make it little man." So 2 national collegiate championships and 4 American collegiate records later, I have Mark to thank. He truly is the NICEST guy you'll ever meet.

[@StrengthUniverse]

That's so cool, thanks for sharing and congrats on your remarkable achievements!

[@Dirty_Dan205]

The undertaker told a story of how one time a parked car blocked in their bus and was running late. Mark came out and lifted the car and moved it over for the bus to get out of the parking spot. He’s truly something else.

[@aberjaylopdollar1074]

You should read about Andre the Giant and his run in with a car.

[@abhinavkumar547]

@@aberjaylopdollar1074 Flipping cars is not a very big deal, every top strongmen can do it. They used to have car flipping contest in wsm competition back in late 80s- early 90s. Mark Henry could do it too what Andre did.

[@mrmarr8308]

​@@abhinavkumar547when you start flipping cars, then you can say whether it's a big deal or not.

[@abhinavkumar547]

@mrmarr8308 Don't act like a child. I wasn't talking about myself. Flipping cars are not big deal for professional strongmen. They used to have car flipping contest in wsm where they needed to flip consecutive 3 cars. What Andre did can be done by any pro strongman.

[@mrmarr8308]

@@abhinavkumar547 so how is that not a big deal. Anyway I'm not about to argue with someone online.

[@Outland9000]

Dude literally built different. Had no idea about his early life, Mark was born to lift. I think that the fact he _has_ a legit five lift total speaks volumes. That's a very rare thing indeed.

[@Jeff-KK]

I trained at the same gym as Mark for about 2 years (in Phily). He was a great guy. Helpful and encouraging to everyone young and old. He spotted me a few times on big lifts. My claim to face is that Mark asked me to videotape him for a strongman lift once 😂

[@StrengthUniverse]

That's really cool, thank you for sharing👍

[@ennjaychannel]

Nice story

[@fredkemp1444]

I never knew all his history. Very impressive. Way to go Mark Henry! And kudos to his mother for getting him a weight set.

[@adnanrawashdeh3965]

Mark is an animal of strength and he was very well rounded as well. One last note the original voice over was much better

[@StrengthUniverse]

Would have been nice to see him compete at WSM. re voiceover, thank you, i'll do the next one.

[@justaguyfromreddit]

@@StrengthUniverse I second that, og voice has vibes...

[@Rich-tc2lh]

are you dope

[@abhinavkumar547]

​​@@StrengthUniverseReg. Mark Henry's participation at wsm competition, Dr. Todd has written that Henry told the producers of wsm competition in the 90s that he would take part in the contest if they start adding all the events that test strength and not endurance.

[@StrengthUniverse]

@@abhinavkumar547 That’s never happened to this day. I enjoy the WSM but wish they’d redesign the competition

[@bigmaguire9714]

5"5" and 100kg at 10, wtf 😅

[@MojKanal-cz1iz]

He was eating other kids

[@Mikemikethegod]

@@MojKanal-cz1iz😭

[@beburs]

@@MojKanal-cz1izthe Cookie Monster

[@ivabel4eva314]

Mark Henry is the definition of strength

[@charlessavoie2367]

His lifting to body weight ratio is scandalously poor!

[@josephperkins4857]

Horse crap

[@abhinavkumar547]

​@@charlessavoie2367I asked u something about Scott Norton's best behind the neck press' figure source

[@shoaibhaq8680]

​@@charlessavoie2367and how good is that ratio for guys like Brian shaw and hafthor given they weighes well over 400lbs with immense ped support??

[@charlessavoie2367]

@@shoaibhaq8680 You are actually saying that Henry never used PEDS? And the Pacific Ocean has not a single drop of water either.

[@keithpetersen560]

They never gave enough credit to Mark in WWF. He could wipe the ring with anybody. Massive and strong. Very underrated.

[@davidgalaviz2004]

I'm from Pine Forest, Texas and my high school powerlifting team competed against his in Silsbee. I got to see him my freshman year, his senior year and believe me he was twice the strength of anyone else. Like a man amongst boys. His name echoed through those halls for a long time.

[@The_World_Champion.]

Wow thanks for sharing

[@The_World_Champion.]

I want to ask you as Black British Man, do you think The American slave trade with it's selective breeding played a part in why so many African Americans display such athletic superiority??

[@yourbiologicaldaddy9784]

@@The_World_Champion. no.

[@strengthandbulkfitness5586]

@@The_World_Champion.African slaves mixed with Europeans and Native Americans which resulted in them getting stronger. The average Black-American is 70% African.

[@Below-Average_Joe]

@@The_World_Champion. there are close to 50 million people of African descent in the USA and 90% of us have roots in the slave trade. Trust me, we are not all elite athletes by any means.

[@atodaso1668]

What a unit. Many of his records still hold to this day.

[@eivindgjengstjohansen9625]

I believe that Mark was natty, take a look at Brian Shaw, at his heaviest he was 460 pound's, and he had more defined muscle's than Mark, who was 412 pound's at his heaviest, and Brian was actually LEANER go figure.

[@drywater2228]

@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Please learn how to pluralize

[@jimclaus1576]

Lol! 😂 Shaw >>>>> henry either way you try and slice it

[@abhinavkumar547]

​@@jimclaus1576Mark was a natty, Brian was not that alone makes him stronger.

[@nickyfurlano8531]

So do many of Louis Cyr's.

[@mlksntch]

I think he was definitly the strongest Guy in the World in the early 2000s

[@aldrogo7510]

I briefly met Mark Henry at the Arnold Classic in 2011. I think he'd already retired from Strength sports at that point and was acting as one of the judges but still looked like he could have been competing! It would have been interesting if he had been at his peak and competing against guys like Hafthor, Brian Shaw, etc.

[@yozkopf3000]

Mark Henry never reached his true potential in any strength discipline. He was way too young when he set his Olympic weightligitng and powerlifting records. And he only trained for and competed in one strongman competition (ASC 2002). Guys like Big Z or Hafthor trained for many years until they won their first ASC or WSM. Henry did it the first time he tried and then immediately retired and went back to his wrestling career.

[@arbresnow401]

Brian Shaw and Hafthor are basically human experiments on strength at this point. They eat 6 times more calories than the average person and have regular temperature treatments and physiotherapy, stuff which I don't think Mark Henry had access to in such egregious manner in his prime

[@rushgush]

hence why modern popular strongmen refuse to do his feats and refuse to use the exact replica dumbbells that louis used.

[@mzanziman9150]

Bro seeing him dunk is insane

[@johncady9780]

Now that Mark Henry mentioned him, we need a feature on Soviet era strongman Vasili Alexeev.

[@abhinavkumar547]

Alexeev had 1000 lbs back squat.

[@carlyletom301]

​@@abhinavkumar547He lifted in a time when Russia and other countries used steroids as often as sunrise.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

@@carlyletom301 Steroids were invented by the doctor for the US weightlifting team in 1958 nobody has been natty since then.

[@Facts-Over-Feelings]

@@carlyletom301 YUP.. MARK HENERY THE BEST

[@abhinavkumar547]

A great video as usual of yours. Thank u. What many people overlook is the fact that Mark Henry was regarded, acknowledged and considered as the world's strongest man in not one point but 2 different points of phase in his career. The first one was when he won both national and world powerlifting championships in 1995 and in that process set the all time world records in raw squat with knee wraps of 953.5 lbs and raw deadlift with 903.9 lbs. These two were world records in both tested as well as untested federations of powerlifting. The squat world record lasted for 15 years from 95-10 in untested division in superheavyweight class broken by Robert wilkerson, but was originally broken 3 years prior in 2007 by Sergey Kurnaukhov in a 308 lbs weight class so for 12 years regardless of weight class from 95-07 and for 22 years in tested division from 95-17 broken by Jezza Uepa whereas deadlift world record lasted for 10 years from 95-05 in untested division broken by Benedict Magnusson, for 17 years from 95-12 in tested division broken by Mikhail Koklaev in superheavyweight class and regardless of weight class by Konstantin konstantinovs at the lighter weight class in 2009 so, 13 years from 95-09. In addition to that he also set the all time world record in drug tested raw powerlifting total with 2337 lbs and that total was also the 4th best among non drug tested totals as well at that time behind only Reinhoudt, Cole and Kuc. . This total lasted for 22 years from 95-17 in drug tested meet broken by Jezza Uepa . What's worth noting is that he set those records and won the national and world Championship while primarly being a weightlifter and hadn't competed in powerlifting for 5 years prior to 1995 as his whole focus was on weightlifting as a result he trained on the powerlifts only sparingly in 95 when he won and set the world records in powerlifting. In the same calendar year,in weightlifting he won the bronze,silver and gold medal at Pan American games. In the next year in 96 , he won the national weightlifting championship for the 3rd time and by doing so set the american national record in snatch of 396 lbs and clean and jerk of 485 lbs which gave him the total of 881 lbs. The all 3 national records set by him in snatch, clean and jerk and total lasted until 1997 When Shane Hammon broke them , but this 881 lbs total , in the opinion of many experts in track field of international lifting including Dragomir Cioroslan ,the 96s coach of us team - was the highest made by an athlete who had never used anabolic steroids. who has never used peds. Due to his 5 lift total by that time, Henry at the age of 24 , was generally acknowledged as the strongest man in the world, even by many of the eastern Bloc European weightlifters who outrank him in weightlifting. No one in the history of sport has lifted as much as him in the five competitive lifts - 2 lifts of weightlifting and 3 lifts of powerlifting. To this day his 5 lift total is still the greatest in history making him arguably one of the strongest man that ever lived , and stamp him according to lifting statistician, Herb Glossbrenner as history's greatest overall lifter . Having achieved these all time records in the lifting sports and achieving these at a very young age of 24 while being lifetime drug free makes it even more impressive. He also held the world record in combined lifting supertotal which consists of official weightlifting total + official powerlifting total, in addition to 5 lift combined total from 1996-2012 when Mikhail Koklaev superceded this record. Mark is no. 2 even at this point of time. The second time when Henry was again seen as the legit strongest man in the world by many lifting experts since 1996 when he won the inaugural Arnold strongman classic in 2002 by training specifically for 6 weeks for the contest and defeating the best worldwide strongman of that time including, the then reigning world's strongest man of 2001 Svend Carlsen , who all were practicing for years. His win was a shock for strongman experts worldwide. Many experts in the field , including Bill Kazmaier, Dr. Terry and Jan Todd, Dr. Robert M. Goldman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muscle and fitness magazine and Flex magazine , consider him to be one of the strongest man that ever lived or even the most naturally gifted strongman in history. What's more frightening was that Mark with all of these accomplishments was never even in his physical prime as he quit his lifting career by the age of just 26 in 97 and came back for just one strongman competition in 02 . Normally strength athletes in powerlifting and strongman reach their prime between 28-35 and Mark was far away from reaching his strength peak. We can just imagine what he might've done had he kept lifting.

[@garethlatcham5993]

Can you repeat that again please mate

[@abhinavkumar547]

@@garethlatcham5993 Why buddy?

[@garethlatcham5993]

@abhinavkumar547 just a little humour my bro.... Very detailed explanation. My apologies x

[@abhinavkumar547]

@@garethlatcham5993 No problem and thank u.

[@Ben-xl7ft]

Please keep your original commentary. You speak well and have a distinct accent that differentiates you from other channels.

[@hey-its-me-bobby-D]

Not many with his mass that could move like him. Even more impressive than his numbers if you ask me. A true all around talent.

[@shoaibhaq8680]

That's how agile you should be if you are truly natty with that much size... Or else peds might give you size but not the energy and athleticism to move like that with extra amount of muscle mass gained with drugs

[@swappedoutZ71]

His body was genetically meant for heavy weight and his large amount of muscle allowed him to move freely since his weight was not a hindrance

[@rakuengrowlithe4654]

I knew him from WWE fame but I didn't realise he was this impressive outside the WWE too.

[@doctordemon5076]

Dude,like...everytime they present him in wwe,they say "the strongest man" we know it wasn't just for show,but because of his title.

[@georgewagner2295]

I used to coach weightlifting in college, and I have been to a number of power lifting competitions. I have never seen anyone even close to his strength. The fact that everyone who has left a comment that knows him says that he is down to earth and genuinely nice and polite. I was personal friends with a man who was at one time listed as the strongest man in the Marines when I was in California near Camp Pendleton, California. He was also genuinely nice and polite and respectful. I have been in shape and extremely healthy in my past and I am on a self improvement course of my own to strengthen my heart ❤️ and I have begun a routine of getting back into great physical shape at the age of 74. I am excited about staying healthy and with God's help off of medication 💊 until He calls me Home.!! Amen 🙏

[@Sansanesantu]

Great to know, Mr.Veteran ! 🎉

[@jshaw4757]

👍👍👍 from 🇬🇧...Best luck

[@el34glo59]

Good for you boss! Keep it up. You got plenty of heart to stay in shape at 74,so I'm sure you'll be ok

[@jimzimprich6969]

Army 97th General Hospital 1984ish Sgt. Henry hurt his knee. I believe it was his Left. I made a Lenox Hill knee brace for him. Largest knee brace I ever made. A real gentleman.

[@thethinkinman4147]

It's tripping me out, because a popular body builder broke his neck squatting around 400lbs last week, and here Mark Henry is squatting more than double 40 years ago. Any one of us would literally die trying to lift these weights. It's kind of blowing my mind 🤯

[@Holdfast-]

Normally I'm pretty damn sceptical about athletes being natural at the top of the world level. Mark Henry might have actually been that much of a phenom that I could believe him having been natural.

[@jaypaige7550]

Yup dude was insane , I remember being inspired by him during my high school days !

[@bdegrds]

No he was not natty. It is not possible to move that weight natty. Regular people do not understand.

[@jaypaige7550]

@@bdegrds What you don't understand is the man competed in all drug tested events , your words are not valid ! 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

[@bdegrds]

​@@jaypaige7550I've been lifting since 98 my words are valid kid stay in your lane. Ed Coen, Lance Armstrong also tested natty. Not up for debate

[@jaypaige7550]

@@bdegrds

[@EatMe420]

What a gamble mom. Trying to keep your boys out of trouble so you fed the worlds strongest beast iron plates. Thank god you were such an amazing mother. You created debatably one of the most special humans to ever exist.

[@DoneRandomLee]

Something to add to that 2002 challenge, not only was he out of practice for years and came back to it, but that compeition also had future strongest men such as Svend 'Viking' Karlsen and compeititors that broke history being the first to achieve certain feats of strength. It wasn't a easy compeition.

[@errrytangraysiss8083]

Excuses

[@johngruber6015]

One of the most amazing naturals ever. He was a legend in his own time

[@toddapplegate3988]

It's a worthy argument. His all around strength and athleticism is beyond impressive. If he decided to do a strength sport he became a top level athlete in that sport powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman. Kaz, Shaw a few others enter the conversation but it's no twenty others.

[@nwngunner]

I believe he could have done a 500kg dead lift.

[@vidarye5859]

man Kaz in his prime could do anything lol

[@GodofWarChuka]

Mark Henry was almost as strong as the Ultimate Warrior.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Sarcasm?

[@user-gn5uy6lx7z]

I never understood why he wasn't presented as a multiple Gold, Silver, and Bronze winner from the Olympics during his matches in Pro wressling like they did for Kirk, and he only won one medal. But that is water under the bridge. Mark was possibly one of the most humble and nicest people in the world.

[@RonnieM90]

Kurt Angle won an Olympic Gold Medal, so he was billed as that. Mark Henry was billed as the world's strongest man. Henry competed in two Olympics, but he never won any Olympic medals. He won medals at the Pan-American Games and other competitions but not the Olympics.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

He finished 10th in the 92 Olympics and 14th in 1996

[@ronnana694]

The new voiceover is not bad but that being said the old voiceover is part of strength universe’s signature style

[@blurredlights5235]

My dad was from Silsbee, where i lived many years as well. He was friends with Mark Henry, and has so many crazy stories about the guy. Mark was in the rap game when it was the in thing for people to do. He had a necklace with a "CD" on the end of an industrial gold chain. When he got closer, he realized that it was actually a vinyl record and mark henry was so massive it looked like a CD.

[@immortal8447]

go back to the old narrator plz

[@michaelloughrie5519]

Yeah, we can go back to the old narrator anytime.

[@richrick6168]

I like the new one give him a chance we want the channel to grow

[@StrengthUniverse]

@immortal8447 the one negative comment I usually receive is about my voice so I thought I would see what the reaction was to a pro voiceover

[@StrengthUniverse]

@richrick6168 that's my hope

[@everythingstrength1485]

@@StrengthUniverse we all prefer the original 👍 long time subscriber here

[@leoerus]

God if this man is natural, which I want to believe, he is a marvel of humanity. Dude is awesome 👌

[@issackliener3065]

You can believe he's natural. He is extemely opposing in using any kind of drugs. He also does not drink alcohol or smoke.

[@SlickRieck]

He is the OG natty daddy

[@lordoffaiyum9727]

Def natty bruh

[@thegreatbenis225]

none of them are, they all need steriods to not get hurt, you cant train like they do naturally without destroying the body

[@nicholasdimedio302]

I feel the big natties can hold onto size for decades dudes on drugs end up shrinking

[@CHUNKYNUGGET666]

Oh wow I thought it was just BS this whole time.. Much respect to Mark, a true strong man!

[@lordoffaiyum9727]

You are young. I knew him for this b4 he ever wrestled

[@malcolmt7883]

That dunk was very surprising

[@shawnj1966]

He has the perfect build for strength related sports. Would've loved to see him compete in the WSM competitions. Wasn't aware of these amazing accomplishments and only knew him as a wrestler. I think he would've been amazing to watch!

[@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd]

Mark Henry wouldn't have competed in WSM coz it ain't a drug free competition

[@yozkopf3000]

@@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd The Arnold strongman classic, which Mark Henry won in 2002 wasn't drug-tested either. The other competitors there were taking gear 100%. In this event Mark defeated the reigning WSM champion among other elite strongmen of that time. But after that win he never competed in strongman again as far as I know. He made an exception in 2002 because his mother or father had died and he wanted to prove something.

[@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd]

@@yozkopf3000 Mark Henry needed no steroids coz he was naturally gifted in strength. One of the reasons why mark Henry stopped Strong man apart from low pay was that he competed with guys he clearly knew that they were on gear. Mark Henry even criticized his colleges and de officials. As for me any strongman who uses steroids is a cheat and shouldn't be considered the strongest like today's strongmen. The strongest should be naturally strong and not steroids. That makes mark Henry one of the strongest naturally to ever walk the planet

[@levondarratt787]

Yeap , hes an outlier. Usually it's European guys who have that long torso and big upper body... that being said the current guys are all a half a foot taller and 40 pounds heavier with the same body proportions, so it would have been hard to compete with them even in his prime which is only 10 years ago

[@japanesecar1501]

Well, they don´t have the same proportions. Mark is broader than Thor at 6´2", and he has more reach per height, and his chest is the biggest on any strongman, just like his hips and ass, and nevermind that overall, Mark is just a stump of a man that is also X shaped because why not. He has bigger hands, better grip. Anything you can think of, Mark had the edge, and had WAY more to give, as was, nevermind that the crazy bastard was natural.@@levondarratt787

[@YingJwo]

I'm convinced. As always, great job with the research and presentation!

[@StrengthUniverse]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@biggdoggc2490]

When you have a God gifted gift of strength like Mark Henry you don't need to take any steroids or drugs.

[@nordskyrim6312]

Yea right 😂

[@bencarignan2711]

Mark Henry is the drug free GOAT. Imagine if he had crossed that line and got on the sauzul!

[@swappedoutZ71]

Mark Henry on juice would be benching 1000 squatting and deadlifting 1500

[@jimclaus1576]

LooooL!!!! Nice try. But no. He isn’t the GOAT at strength sports or wrestling ;) And prove he was natural before making dumb statements. Brian Shaw 4 WSM titles. henry…… 0 😂😂😂

[@abhinavkumar547]

​@@jimclaus1576Watch the video of strength universe on Mark's natty status. Brain shaw was stronger but it is really close to say and can go either way but Shaw also took anabolic steroids which Mark didn't. So Mark was naturally stronger.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

Imagine if he told the truth

[@charleshammer2928]

Imagine being the normal Sized Highschool lineman that had to face, what would have been an exceptionally strong large NFL lineman in a Highschool game?

[@gtpicasso4794]

only competed in drug tested events this man is a pure legend

[@bentonja668]

unless you actually look into the history of performance enhancing drugs and realize that the Olympics has been testing for decades and yet when we watch the next Olympics pretty much everyone is on PEDs or has been on PEDs. Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100 meter dash gold medal and we learned later that Carl Lewis who was awarded the gold was ALSO on PED's. Its all about the chemistry of the PEDs staying one step ahead of the testing...Also check out that documentary about the Soviet doping program its called "Icarus." Here's a fun trivia question: Who was the last American to win the Tour De France? (actually, the ONLY American to have done so it turns out). Hint: Its not Lance Armstrong.

[@abhinavkumar547]

​@@bentonja668Learn more about Mark Henry before jumping to conclusions.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

All Olympic lifters have been tested since the 80s they still all used steroids and HGH

[@jasonbradford5345]

Wow I had no idea he had such an impressive resume! 💪 Amazing accomplishments

[@stephencooper3583]

Question: "How strong was Mark Henry really?" Answer: "Yes" 😆

[@troyb.4101]

Mark Henry did it the right way, no drugs! Thank you for being a role model.

[@Traderjoe]

This is what dedication, determination and an unwillingness to compromise can do for a person.

[@antoniocenteno1483]

Mark Was definetly the strongest man on earth at one time, probably the only one to that point to pass Bill Kazmaier, a defintive animal in all strenght related media. He was passed eventually by the likes of Big Z, shaw, Thor, Hall and maybe now Hooper... I call bs on his naty claims though

[@hoffjdod3276]

Honestly I think Mark might be one of those 1 in 100 million people that’s just genetically blessed for strength, I mean ALL the men in his family are huge and considering his ethnicity (fast twitch dominant genes) he could be natty.

[@4ndy123]

@@hoffjdod3276 hhahahahaha

[@antoniocenteno1483]

@@hoffjdod3276 Maybe when he was a Junior, no way he was in WWE and was a Natty lol, is common knowledge at this point, and in powerlifting/Strongman is way too common too, Mark does come forma school of lifters that deny the use of It and condemn It, like Ronnie Coleman, but everybody close to them knew they where not Naty

[@abhinavkumar547]

@@antoniocenteno1483 then u need to read the article of Dr. Terry Todd on Mark. U said the opposite and everyone close to Mark actually know that he was a lifetime drug free. I wrote a very detailed 7 points in my comment in this video that strongly support why he was natural but it was deleted due to some reason. Read dr. Todd's article Mark Henry's dilemma - reflections on drugs at Olympics. It is possible but extremely rare for someone to be natural. I don't know or think any other guys were clean but Mark was certainly clean.

[@samuellp1146]

@@hoffjdod3276 that fast twitch because of ethnicity is nonsense, which ethnicity? Black? Not all blacks even have fast twitch muscles: "There’s no such thing as having fast-twitch muscle fiber because you’re black. The causal unit is a gene, or a network of genes, or a network of genes and environmental factors. Being black only makes you more likely to have a genetic variant that makes you more likely to have extra fast-twitch fiber." (Title: White Men Can’t Jump?Race, genes, and sports, BY WILLIAM SALETAN,DEC 05, 20087:30 AM) . It's not defined to one race/ethnicity because not all people in that ethnicity have that gene. I lived in Africa and the US, fast twitch muscles can be in any race. West Africa has some of the best sprinters in the planet (some from Jamaica and US have inherited this from that region) , it would be ignorant to say that because they are the fastest that automatically makes all Africans(blacks) the best runners because genetically not all blacks have the sprinter genes like many west Africans. We don't even know what kind of African he is, Bantu, Nilotic, Igbo, Hausa, Hutu, Kanuri, (there's almost 30 and they are not all the same black people, some have Asian and European ancestry since the beginning of time)? Another thing is most blacks in the US have white in them from slavery or Native American Indians heritage who's to say that these factors couldn't have helped him?

[@adielstephenson2929]

There just seemed to be no limit to this guy's strength.

[@gustafandersson207]

Thanks for making this video!

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks for watching👍

[@EndrChe]

I DEFINITELY want to see this guy’s high school basketball highlight reel.

[@Elthenar]

With his explosiveness, he probably would have made one hell of an offensive guard in the NFL. Also, if he was this strong while being so devoutly anti-roid, imagine if he had gotten on the juice. I am genuinely concerned that human joints couldn't have handled the power.

[@jamesvick6070]

He would have killed somebody in the NFL I'm glad he only did wrestling 😂

[@bigbeau1758]

He was on roids. Personal beliefs mean nothing when you're paid to say you're not on roids

[@jamesvick6070]

@@bigbeau1758 you're favorite white powerlifter was on steroids Mark Henry was not he always took drug testing as the video just stated mark Henry was 100% natural.

[@bigbeau1758]

@@jamesvick6070 Lmao Mark is my favourite powerlifter next to Louis Cyr and Mighty Atom. The fact you bring race into this shows you're mestriding. Most powerlifting events claim to have drug testing lmao, same with bodybuilding. If marks natural, so was Jay Cuttlee lmao

[@jamesvick6070]

@@bigbeau1758 then they're on steroids too mark Henry is not he did tons of drug testing while he was powerlifting. Mark is the strongest man in the world statistics wise he has no reason to take steroids. But you're great white hopes might. 😂

[@Below-Average_Joe]

I saw him at the St Louis airport maybe twenty years ago while I was waiting to pick up my wife. I asked him if he was Mark Henry the powerlifter and he said yes, but he did not look like he wanted to be bothered. I am a big man, but not big enough to go around annoying Mark Henry, so I left him alone. That said, he is one heck of an athlete!

[@vidarye5859]

i love the story of when he tried to haze Brock Lesnar. love that hes honest about it too

[@Matt561]

When Henry told Vince McMahon that he was going to compete in the Arnold strongman classic. Vince McMahon told him that the WWF had no place for the world's second strongest man.

[@izom]

powerlifting and weightlifting is total different - to be good in both is wow amazing !

[@scheun2]

Very difficult to say who's the strongest man ever. There are so many disciplines is strength sports. But Mark is definitely one of the all time greatest. And I 100% believe he was natty. Just a extremely gifted athlete.❤

[@doctordemon5076]

Yes dude,when we talk about strongest EVER,we should include Samson and Hercules too. :))

[@brianbray2721]

Watch something about Paul Anderson

[@vidarye5859]

@@brianbray2721 that dudes legs were tree trunks

[@johnj1573]

He’s top 3 for sure

[@nickyfurlano8531]

From what I've heard most say Angus MacAskill and some say Louis Cyr. In the modern era most say Bill Kazimaier. All time strongest most say Angus MacAskil

[@SD80]

Mark had many records in drug tested lift federations. He also was major advocate for no anabolic drugs in sports. Anyone with basic knowledge of the 1980’s Soviet Olympic team knows they were all dirty from hockey , basketball, track, lifting etc.

[@parkerclay]

Not sure about hockey and basketball but track and WL, yes

[@SD80]

@@parkerclay Yes. Basketball and Hockey. The entirety of the Soviet Olympic teams were juiced. Winning the Olympics was a chance to make the US look inferior in the world media. Not sure if you understand they had grown men play against college kids in bball and hockey. They also had paid referees along with enhancing athletes.

[@CloudCrash]

@@SD80And plenty of the Americans were juicing too just not to the same degree. Depending on the sport, most Olympians use banned substances, there’s just no reason not to since it’s fairly easy to not get caught even with random testing, but it is more common in non-Western countries for sure.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

Steroids were invented by the doctor for the US weightlifting team.

[@JoseFernandez-io1nz]

In his own words “that’s what I do”…Legend

[@XPXhumble]

being able to dunk a basketball at 6'3 450 pounds is insane.

[@aldrogo7510]

5:00 is the deepest squat with 900+ I've ever seen!

[@robertdemon3550]

That was ass to grass deep.

[@jd9119]

If you look at his legs, his thighs were barely lower than parallel. The fact that it looks like he's going nearly ass to grass just goes to show you how disadvantaged in squatting he is. Which adds to the impressiveness.

[@aldrogo7510]

@@jd9119 you might be right, but maybe his legs/quads are so huge that it's tough to judge from the front

[@Luis-ln7ob]

Murakami

[@robertdemon3550]

@@jd9119 It looked pretty deep to me pal, his ass was lower than his knees that’s for sure. His legs are so huge I doubt he could have gone lower with them tree trunks.

[@asymptoticspatula]

Great video. Mark Henry is awesome. Like others, I really like the original narrator.

[@StrengthUniverse]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback

[@inthemiddleof]

The legend has it that Anatoly called in sick the day he was scheduled to clean after Mark.

[@konnykontant]

gentle giant, you just gotta love this man

[@fredrikstrand9987]

The old narrator pleaaaaaase❤

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks fredrik

[@MickeysCorner]

Just because the law says steroids are illegal, does not mean that the people who take them can't be considered for the strongest man of all time.

[@richardmurray6903]

Fantastic. A true strength legend 💪

[@taylorgallion2748]

love that he was like natty too the max. seems like an awesome guy/athlete/role model great video

[@JohnBullard]

Got to "shake hands" with Mark at a college gym in Austin where I was an instructor in the '90's. Really personable, nice guy. My hand looked like an infant's hand in his.

[@giovannicupello1977]

We need the original strength universe voice please!!! Other than that, a good video. Strongest ever would be peak Thor, but Mark Henry is definitely in the discussion, maybe within the top 10 if not the top 5.

[@polandball694]

You should do a video on the boxer James J. Jeffries, as he's known for his insane feats of strength. Several journalists saw him lift a 500 pound steer on a wagon, and he also used to train with a 300 pound sandbag. He also used to hunt large deer and carry them during his run. He would still outrun most of the people running with him!

[@WZ912]

@polandball694 The press exaggerated his strength feats because James J. Jeffries "The Boiler Maker" was white and the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Trying making him into some kind Paul Bunyan Herculean Mythical figure.They did the same thing with John L Sullivan. claiming the "Boston Strong Boy" he lifted a Boxcar off the tracks. At least Sullivan had the good sense to avoid black fighters. James J. Jeffries.....not so much.

[@robertswift6101]

amazing career and loved him when he was a heel as the silverback in wwe....a giant and a legend

[@swappedoutZ71]

Natural genetic advantage plus effort plus consistency starting from a young age... this man somehow managed to take the perfect path

[@Bexar2204]

Mark is an absolute monster in the most positive meaning of the word

[@davequinn5735]

Mark Henry's decision to only compete in drug free events is VERY commendable.

[@keithdefreitas3399]

I have been saying this for YEARS, that Mark Henry is the strongest human being to ever walk the earth, especially when you take into consideration he only competed in drug tested events and he focused on wrestling as his career and not strongman or powerlifting.

[@clintoruss153]

Lol 😆 😂😂😂😂I never even saw him compete in WSM, let alone win

[@abhinavkumar547]

@@clintoruss153 winning wsm competition don't make someone strongest. The events there tests endurance more than the strength. Arnold strongman classic is a better indicator of pure strength.

[@clintoruss153]

@abhinavkumar547 sure ,

[@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd]

​@@clintoruss153WSM is a juice competion bro. This guy Mark henry is naturally gifted in strength and didn't need no steroids to prove that he was one of the strongest people to ever walk the planet

[@clintoruss153]

@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd " one of the strongest people to ever walk the planet " 😆🤣😂 never seen him even take part in WSM , did he ever even qualify, for finals ,

[@nuclearcrayons3511]

Even if you don't think Mark is the strongest man, you gotta admit,in his prime, he was an absolute Beast 🔥 💯 So naturally gifted and so dedicated! He is truly a one of a kind man!

[@bilbobagginssword3926]

Am I the only one here awed that he could dunk a basketball? What a beast!

[@herculesmwp7983]

Great video!

[@abhinavkumar547]

Some Quotes on Mark Henry's strength : Apart from Us National weightlifting coaching director Lyn Jones, the bronze medalist for Romania at the 84 Olympics and the 96s coach of the Us weightlifting team Dragomir Cioroslan said this about Mark in aug. 1993 - I lifted for 16 years , I've coached for 9 and i have never seen anyone with Mark's raw talent ( strength) . When asked in September 2003 , who the strongest man in the world is today , Bill Kazmaier considered by many to be the greatest strongman of all time , stated : " It would have to be Mark Henry. I think he is one of the strongest man in the history of the world, without a doubt." and " if pushed or challenged, his potential is far beyond what is shown , which puts it in a range of phenomenal ". In another interview in 2018 , Kaz said Mark could've been a great strongman and could've been history's greatest lifter had he kept competing in strength sports rather than joining pro wrestling. Dr. Robert M. Goldman in 2012 about Mark Henry at Mark's induction into the international sports Hall of fame : Mark Henry was a 2 time olympian , winner of the national and world title in powerlifting , world record holder in powerlifting. Really , Mark is probably one of the strongest humans ever born on the planet - literally! I mean in terms of natural , physical capacity! . A truly remarkable human being. Dr. Terry Todd, super heavyweight powerlifting champion and lifelong expert in the field of strength , about Mark Henry : "When I first saw Mark at a high school powerlifting meet , in Dallas he was looking for all the world like a young African king surrounded by his children. Never had i seen such muscle mass and bone structure. I've been involved in competitive lifting for 40 years and was the national champion myself in both weightlifting and powerlifting , so I've known all the top men in both sports for almost a half century. When i met Mark , however, i thought to myself that here was a man with the potential to be the best of them all in either discipline, maybe even both disciplines, at the same time". Also in the same article written for enterprise in 1996 , Dr. Todd further wrote, : " It's also worth noting that by making national and world records in powerlifting , this amazing good natured young athlete became a fraternity of one ; no other superheavyweight has ever held a national record in the open division in powerlifting and weightlifting at the same time. Indeed , Silsbee's Mark Henry has proved on the battleground of actual competition that he has realized and gone beyond his childhood dream ; he is not only the strongest man in the world but also the strongest man of all time . And he did it the old fashioned way - Drug free." When asked, who the most memorable ( male) lifters were, the world's strongest woman of his time Dr. Jan Todd , one of the greatest female powerlifters of all time , replied : "Mark Henry would top my list. Mark's natural talent for strength exceeded anything that i ever saw in my lifetime up close and personal. I first saw Mark lift at the Texas high school meet here in Texas where he squatted over 800 lbs back in 1990. Although his powerlifting career has been brief because of his involvement with Olympic lifting and wwe, I've never been around anyone who possessed his level of natural strength. I'd also have to list Bill Kazmaier , who trained with me in the early 80s." Writing for the journal for Iron game history of Stark centre in 2007 , she said - " The fact that Zydrunas Savickas has now won the asc contest for 5 straight years , it is so remarkable that buzz behind the scenes among contest's top officials was that it was time to give Savickas his due and acknowledge him as not just the world's strongest man over past 5 years but he has a solid claim to even grander title - the strongest man in history. I mean no disrespect to any other strength athletes in the history including Mark Henry , who i suspect may have become even stronger than Zydrunas had he not decided 12 years ago to assure his financial future by becoming a professional wrestler ". Magnus ver Magnusson, a 4 time winner of the tv series world's strongest man competition about Mark : " Mark Henry , unbelievable strong. To be a weightlifter, powerlifter, strongman he's tried it all , and has done really well. "

[@StrengthUniverse]

Thanks for putting these together buddy, really helps to show the high regard other athletes and experts have for Marks Strength

[@abhinavkumar547]

@@StrengthUniverse Your welcome buddy. I have edited this comment and have added a few more quotes of Jan Todd and Magnus Ver Magnusson also.

[@AfflictedSinister]

Mark is and was an absolute unit!

[@Matt561]

At 6:54 when Henry was bending the frying pan in that segment The reason why Christian looks so shocked was because they got the thickest strongest pan they could to try to play a prank on Henry. He bent it anyway.

[@leerobbo92]

Dude spent years in WWE, where cardio is super important. After years away from the sport, he decided one day to train for one of the world's biggest strongman events (The Arnold Classic), spent 6 weeks training for it, and went on to win it against the reigning World's Strongest Man amongst others. Absolute freak of nature. I don't think he gets anywhere near enough credit for his accomplishments.

[@canadiansoviet]

He is extremely decorated. His list of accolades is jaw-dropping. If he isn't the world's strongest man, hes definitely the most decorated for weight competition

[@gobblegobble7]

You’re the man, Mark!

[@mmafan8407]

Mark Henry military pressing Vader is the most impressive feat of strength ever in pro wrestling

[@abhinavkumar547]

Well Tony Atlas press slammed over 400 lbs King Kong bundy back in 1985, a few weeks before wrestlemania 1 but that match has never been shown on TV.

[@VTPSTTU]

"Strongest of all time" is one of those titles that depends on how different people define things. I'm not in that community, so I don't have an opinion. His accomplishments are impressive. Thanks for the video.

[@bsoj1977]

Would have been awesome to see what he would have accomplished if he stuck to powerlifting or strongman instead of wrestling. Of course WWE was more money than the other sports. But it would have been great to see the full potential in PL or SM. He was still young when signing with WWE, so I guess he would have developed even more later on And I agreee on narator that I see many has written here. We are used to the original one, and want it back😄

[@justinscott5680]

I think it’s safe to say he was one of the strongest of all time, and I do believe honestly that he remained drug free throughout his entire career. I’ve read that if he had used steroids, there would be no question whatsoever that he would be the strongest man to have ever lived. Either way there’s no denying what he achieved and it tells us everything we need to know that not only did he set records, but that these records took over a decade to break and some remain unbroken to this day. He is a real life legend and that’s an indisputable fact.

[@jamestheelder87]

5 ft 5 inches and 220 in the forth grade? This man was a genetic superman.

[@WZ912]

Great Vid. Your forgot git his insane coin bending spoon twisting and apple crushing power.........insane!

[@elvikingobarbaroja]

As amazing as he clearly was, we'll never know.