Is Wilt Chamberlain Stronger Than Arnold Schwarzenegger?

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[@FoobasSports]

Do you think any NBA player was ever strong as Wilt Chamberlain?

[@jonathontuttle]

Nope

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

No. And it's not fair to compare to Arnold, who was a BODY BUILDER not a weight lifter. Compare to someone like Vasily Alekseyev, who WAS a weight lifter (stronger than Wilt, but also more massive abet shorter).

[@Johnadams20760]

wilt was stronger than world class power lifters and body builders noone in the NBA history besildes him ever came close to that. artis gilmore however was the 2nd strongerst, but even he would be handily out strenghted by wilt. artis was stronger than shaq, wil twas way stornger than shhaq

[@Legend33Larry]

​@@Johnadams20760 My young friend. I was born in 1949. Back then, we knew everything said by Chamberlain or surrounding his feats should be taken with a grain of salt. Sadly, Wilt wasn't stronger than World Class powerlifters. People always exaggerated about what they saw. People and Chamberlain made up records (100, 200, 400 yards, shot put, high jump). But, when he competed, he ranked in the top 50, but never cracked the top 10, except in high jumps. If his records were true, he should had won every competition he appeared in. It wasn't the case. We have records of his wins in HS and in college. We're far from the 6'10 he claimed he had. On a sidenote, Bill Russell cleared 6'10.25" in NCAA during an official competition and was then ranked 6th in the World!

[@Johnadams20760]

@@Legend33Larry i know bill was slightly better then wilt in the high jump, he would have won a silver medal in the olympics. i know that too. but wilt raced jmi brown in his prime 2x and beat him both times. now i don't know if Jim Brown ever competed in the 100 200, but he was known to be one of the fastest pro athletes . mohamed ali stated that wilt lifted the back of a car up while someone changed a tire, i mean yes that is not lifting the entire car up but still. . there was delivery guys who got stuck in an elevator who ha dtheir load stuck 8 inches below the floor, wilt lifted it up by himself they said it looked pretty easy for him and they themselves, not wilt said it was an 800 lb load. as for speed, there iliteral video of him, particularly in his younger years, running across the court blazing past people from end to end who were already near half court, beating them to the basket and gionto block it. he was dam fast.

[@kylejohnson5371]

You guys are doing an excellent job keep the content coming 👏

[@FoobasSports]

@@kylejohnson5371 Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@stevelussier775]

Forget about basketball, bodybuilding or cinema for a moment; Wilt Chamberlain is, pound per pound, the strongest, and most documented, human ever known, the Legend of legends...proof is that the further removed we are from his death, the more his status is growing!

[@JohnnyRodgers3]

No he isnt... basketball player yes...but human? No

[@zzzvain9710]

@@JohnnyRodgers3 YES HE IS, BECAUSE WHAT HE DID IN MULTIPLE THINGS MAKES HIM STRONGEST EVER. PPL SAY HENRY WWE WAS STRONG. WELL GUY DID JUST 1 THING LIFTED AND DOES NOTHING. WILT NEVER SLEEP , HAD 20 WOMEN DURING NIGHT THEN GET CAR LIFT BENCH PRESS OR RUN TRACK AND FIELD PLAY VOLLEY BALL AND THEN PUT 50 25 AND 10. MEANWHILE HENRY BARELY WALK AFTER 1 WWE MATCH. HAS NO STAMINA MOBILITY OR EVEN SPEED AND VERT.

[@JohnnyRodgers3]

@zzzvain9710 yea, wilt was more athletic than Mark Henry by far...but stronger? I HIGHLY doubt that

[@david.tousignant20]

@@JohnnyRodgers3 Even as a basketball player. Are we forgetting Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson ever existed? He was a former pro basketball athlete in Iceland (I know, it's a stretch), but he is holding multiple strength records (501 kg deadlift!) and won World Strongest Man title in 2018.

[@Matt-g4s9d]

​@JohnnyRodgers3 Let me ask you this: How was Mike Henry built, compared with Wilt?

[@stubarnum7344]

Wilt as The Terminator? I'm going!!!

[@steventorres6819]

Another banger from Foobas? Let's go🔥

[@FoobasSports]

🙏🙏🙏

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

Wilt could probably deadlift 5000 pounds dude lifted a car that weighted 3000+ at the age of 17

[@jonathontuttle]

Great video, thank you (again)!

[@FoobasSports]

@@jonathontuttle Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@chrismassaro3435]

Franco Columbo, who weighed under 200#, was stronger than Arnold. He could beat Arnold in bench press, squats, curls, everything

[@davidwilliamson2341]

Hell yes Arnold will tell you. 570 to 600 bench depending on who you believe Wilt said 600! 465 at 59 there's video on You Tube of that. Arnold said Wilt worked out with 500 and lifted him off the ground with 1 hand! I was a kid courtside when l was a kid an met most of the players back then! Wilt was in my opinion the greatest all around athlete ever! Not So Humble but nice giant of a man !!

[@gutekzpoligonu]

I wonder if we can have a discussion here. Arnold said, and He worked with people who took the whole drugstore while preparing for Mr. Olympia events, that WILT IS THE STRONGEST GUY that He ever worked with. AGAIN: NBA player, no matter what height/size was STRONGER than any bodybuilders on ton of steroinds. Late great David Stern took the league in 1984 and from then we had a drug tests for NBA players. BEFORE THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN so ... Either You believe that Wilt was a superhuman or He got a serum for Captain America super solider or ... HE WAS ON STEROIDS His whole carrer. FINAL QUESTION IS SIMPLE: Do You believe that Wilt was one for the ages that could NATURALLLLLY be stronger than BEST OF THE BEST bodybuilders on steroinds? If not ... then we have to start to look at Wilts stats A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. Imagine being close to 7"2, 300 lbs on steroids, jumping like 40" at least in era without any Bigs.

[@FoobasSports]

If Wilt were to take steroids, I would only entertain that idea when he got into his fifties. A side effect of steroid use is losing hair (so is aging).. if he were to use steroids during his career, he could not be as cool tempered as he was. There would be many reports of his rage (like Jordan hitting Steve Kerr among many other incidents).

[@gutekzpoligonu]

@@FoobasSports At the same time it's all about small dosages that could only increase His natural potential. I'm not even trying to deny His athleticism that was one for the ages. It's really hard to think that He could be stronger than Mr. Olympia lifters/bodybuilders that took the whole drug store in theri life.

[@FoobasSports]

@@gutekzpoligonu He was always strong, even as a teenager. He was starting to lift the back of a 3,000 pound car to fix a tyre when he was 17.. the owner of the car told him to stop because he was worried Wilt would get a hernia. With the globetrotters in Europe, he was lifting the back of cars with one hand, for fun.

[@Johnadams20760]

one thing that was not even mentioned in this video was Sunny something, who knew wilt at 13 years old, wilt took him in the basment and was already benching 325 lb to which he witnessed and testified. wilt never made the claim himself, the other guy stated this. also, wilt has wha tyou call natural inner core strength that goes wya beyond smply working out

[@gutekzpoligonu]

@@Johnadams20760 It sounds like Mike O'Hearn story ; ) He was always big :D

[@johnwx25]

During the Barbarian movie, Arnold told him to take it easy on him

[@BulletBill-yb3ti]

I know he was stronger than any shooting guard that played in the mid west in the 80s and 90s.

[@morrisparrish76]

Ask Arnold that question!

[@onztufan828]

People really dont understand that he is the strongest & most physically imposing man who ever existed! Throw a basketball in the mix.....game over! Love how close Arnold & Wilt actually were! Real brotherhood.... Awesome work as always 🎉

[@FoobasSports]

@@onztufan828 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@hanselito2416]

wilt as the terminator ducking through doors is terrifying

[@david.tousignant20]

Wilt Chamberlain was strong and an elite basketball player. But, he was a master in changing the narrative about himself : he lied about his shot put, his running times and his jumping results, even if he competed in the Public League Track Championships from 1953 to 1955 (he won two high jumping events in 1953 and 1955). Then, he high jumped 6'6.75" in college and failed to clear +6'7. The triceps extension of 150-170 is strong, but not World Strongest Man title worthy. Back in the days, Bill Kazmaier pushed 240 for repetitions (the whole stack) and even added weight into it. Bill Kazmaier was legitimately the strongest man to ever walk this earth. On the bench, he "struggled" to put weight on the bar because he was tall for a strongman 6'3" and 330 lbs! The thing about Chamberlain is we would never know the truth, because Chamberlain was an incredible storyteller and he tend to make himself bigger than life (Jerry West said it multiple times). In short, Chamberlain was indeed strong, but not as strong as the mythical Wilt Chamberlain.

[@Johnadams20760]

you are a hater. wilt's winning high jump height in 1956 ,had he gone to the Olympics in 1956, that height would have placed him 11th in the high jump finals, wintensses have actaully stated they seen him clear 6'9 his speed for 100 m/yard 200 etc.. were all actaully timed, and he did win shot upt and throw frutehr than in a a dare than one of the olypics medal wnners. you just hate wilt and are oen of thsoe peopel who cna't handle thsi

[@Legend33Larry]

​@@Johnadams20760 You don't clear 6'9 during practice to failed your 6'7 attempts... Chamberlain competed in 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1956. In competition, his best jump was 6'6.75". The kid is right about this one. Also, Chamberlain didn't even ranked in the top 50 in shot put and in the 100, 200 and 400 yard dash. His "records" don't make any sense. If you're able to achieve something in practice, you are 120% sure he would be able to achieve it during the competition. Chamberlain was a fierce competitor, not someone who folded under the pressure.

[@david.tousignant20]

@Johnadams20760 The problem with Wilt Chamberlain... Is he claimed to have a 6'10" record jump, a 52 inches vertical, a 600 lbs bench... But, officials and the Warriors had measurements which disproved his claims. He Warriors measured his max reach with a running start at 12'9! If he was able to reach 13', his vertical would be 41.6 inches! Far from the 52 inches he claimed. Bill Russell jumped years prior 6'9.25" and would had ranked 6th in the world if he competed in Olympics. I acknowledge his athletic abilities, but he wasn't the mythical creature he presented himself. He competed in athletics (ranked in the top 60 in multiple events), but he wasn't approaching anything he claimed he was able to do! Facts over feelings.

[@zzzvain9710]

@@david.tousignant20 OFFICIAL DID NOT EXZISTED IN OLD ERA. SO IN 80S AND 90S WHEN INTERNET START TO GROW MEDIA TRY TO DISCREDIT RETIRED PLAYER SO MUCH TO SELL NIKE WHO AT THAT TIME NEED AS AN AMERICAN BRAND TO TAKE MARKET FROM GERMANY IN USA. ADIDAS WAS DEUTCHLAND NUMBER 1 BRAND SO FIG OUT WHY THEY TRY EVERY DAY ON TV TO SELL U JORDAN WHO CANT EVEN REBOUND BLOCK DEFEND OR PASS. HOW CAN U BE BEST EVER WHEN 2000 PLAYERS AVERAGE MORE REBOUNDS BLOCKS AND DIMES THAN U IN CAREER?

[@Jackson-g7x]

​@david.tousignant20 so Wilt and Arnold are lying? Arnold said wilt was the cheapest guy he knew and also the strongest. Of all the guys he could lie for, why would he continually lie for Wilt? Strange...

[@TylerHingleton]

If Arnold confirmed Wilt was stronger than himself, then it's more than likely true, since the two used to work out together around filming of Conan The Destroyer, and he has no reason to lie in his interview. Eye witnesses saw him still putting up 465 lbs at age 59, which was 4 years before his passing, and someone like Shaq's max was 450 lbs.

[@david.tousignant20]

@@TylerHingleton Eyewitness should be always taken with a grain of salt... On a Wilt Chamberlain fan Facebook page, someone claimed he saw Wilt Chamberlain benched 660 lbs in 1962! The world record was 565 back then... Another example in the wonderful world of the power community. Paul Anderson held multiple strength records. The thing is, two two strongmen of the time said they saw Mr. Anderson achieving an incredible back lift (the record was held by Louis Cyr). He never even came close of tying the record. Over time, people always tend to embellish. Incredible athletes became mythical. The same may apply to that fishing catch your uncle always talks about.

[@david.tousignant20]

@@TylerHingleton The eyewitness you talked about was Mr. Donahue. In that interview, Chamberlain and Donahue wanted to sell his newer book; during the interview, Chamberlain made the bold claim of sleeping with 20,000 women, to have bench 600 lbs (when he claimed 500 lbs when he trained with Arnold Schwarzenegger) and to have a 52 inches vertical. His vertical was verified with the Warriors on his prime. He had a 41.6". His max reach with a running start was measured at 12'9 or 13' depending on your sources. It's elite, but we're talking about a 10 inches difference.

[@TylerHingleton]

@david.tousignant20 He said close to 600 lbs, and him working out with Arnold wasn't even in his prime years, when talking physical peak. But, I believe the 41.6 vertical and his max reach of 13, but could care less of how many women he slept with.

[@david.tousignant20]

@TylerHingleton When working out with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chamberlain claimed he was able to bench 500 lbs when working out for the Lakers. Then, in 1997, he said close to 600 lbs. Looked like, Wilt lied about his bench record. Chamberlain competed in running, shot put and high jumps. He lied about his results. We can still look at them right now! Chamberlain claimed to be able to jump 6'10. His record occured in the NCAA @6'6.75". He won the competition with that jump. It was one of the best jumps of the year. Jerry West worked out with Chamberlain when they played for the Lakers. He said he never saw Chamberlain benched something relatively close of 500 lbs : "He tend to elaborate on things that make him bigger than life." Chamberlain lied all the time about his records like many exceptional athletes. Jerry West wasn't afraid to say it in multiple interviews.

[@david.tousignant20]

@@TylerHingleton Jerry West never saw Chamberlain benched something relatively close of 500 lbs. He said : "He elaborated on things that make him bigger than life." That's the problem. Chamberlain was a marvelous athlete, but he lied all the time about his exploits. Today, it's impossible to distinguish the mythical person Chamberlain created and Chamberlain the human being.

[@carlobenedetti2407]

I saw several people 2+ metres tall (6'6+ ft) working out, and some of them had an incredible strength, expecially in their arms and legs, compared to their not so big circumference. I think there is a neurological adaptation in some tall people to recruit more muscle fibers. It would be interesting if some research were done out on this

[@danielandersson7485]

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[@FoobasSports]

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[@danielandersson7485]

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[@zzzvain9710]

@@FoobasSports WE LOVE U MAN. DONT PAY ATTENTION TO BAD COMMENTS THEY COME FROM DWARF JORDAN FANS WHO CANT AVERAGE 1 BPG AND 5 RPG IN CAREER RETIRED 15X LOAD MANAGED 6 YEARS AND 450+ GAMES. JORDAN NOT EVEN BETTER THAN JOHN STOCKTON WHO PLAYED 19 YEARS IN ROW MISSING ONLY 15 GAMES IN 2 DECADES

[@Jackson-g7x]

10k women. Legend.

[@NeilHartman-o8h]

Bodybuilders in general are not very strong, because strength is only one component of muscle size, with the other being volume. Strength increase causes muscular and tendom hyperttrophy, while volume causes increase in mitochondria and glycogen storage capacity, which also increases the size of a muscle. But Arnold just happened to be stupid, stupid strong. Arnold would bench 525 lbs for 10-12 reps on the flat bench(his record for that weight was 14 reps), and do a single with 690 lbs, which makes him even today one of the top #1-3 atrongest raw benchers ever. He could do triples with 300 lbs on the Arnold Press, which is a frontal barbell press. Arnold was so ridiculously strong that he actually surpassed the strength of even the strongest powerlifters on some lift, like the clean and jerk where he pushed 600 lbs and on the flat bench at which, like I said, he clocked at almost 700 lbs for s single But if Arnold says that Wilt Chamberalin was even stronger than him, then I believe him. Wilt is notorious for being the most freakish physical specimen ever, so I wouldn't be surprised. But here is the thing that no one is taking into consideration : Arnold in his prime was 6'1 1/2. He is now 2-3" shorter because he's 77 yuears old and on top of that bodybuilders and powerlifters tend to shrink more than most men do in old age due to the stress on their spline. Wilt was 7'1, and with a wider frame than Arnold as well. If you adjust for the fact that Wilt was a foot taller than Arnold with wider shoulders and bigger joints, Arnold was actually stronger than him. A 7'1 version of Arnold could probably do 500 lbs Arnold Presses for reps, and do a single of 1,300 lbs on the flat bench, which is almost at the level of strength of a lowland gorilla.(a male gorilla could bench raw 2,000-4,500 lbs raw depending on who you ask. Pound-for-pound, Arnold was definitely stronger, although in abgsolute strength Wilt was stronger since he was over 7' and a freak athlete.

[@BulletBill-yb3ti]

I don't think you can just linearly increase Arnold's lifts like that if he was 7'1" he may do more, but often times a longer reach hurts in some lifts.

[@NeilHartman-o8h]

​@@BulletBill-yb3ti It's true that when you're taller that your arms will be longer, and that longer arms takes away from your strength in some exercises bv increasing the distance of pull. But the relationship betwen height and strength *IS* linear. All else being equal, the taller man will be stronger. Why? Because the taller you are, the more cells you have, inclusing muscle cells, and including the more cells to support the strength of your muscle cells, like having thicker tendons and thicker bones to support the strength. It is the same reason for why a human adult is much, much, much, much stronger than a toddler. If Arnie were 7'1, he'd have naturally 20% more cells than he has including muscle cells, thicker bones(because when you grow taller, your bones also grow thicker to b5ecome proportional with the greater length of the bone), thicker tendons, etc. Saying that height doesn't make you stronger is the equivalent to saying that an adult is not stronger than a toddler. If you look at boxing and MMA, they are divided into weight classes. There aren't many heavyweight or even ligh-heavyweight fighters that are 5'7. Why? Because the taller you are, on average, the more cells you are going to have and the heavier you'll be. Height correlates with weight because it correlates with the number of cells that you have.

[@Mr.bobo123]

@@BulletBill-yb3tihe would do less actually.

[@BulletBill-yb3ti]

@@NeilHartman-o8h " All else being equal, the taller man will be stronger." Replace taller with heavier and you are correct. Height correlates with weight but does not guarantee someone will be heavier. Bone frame and other genetic factors will come into play.

[@NeilHartman-o8h]

@@BulletBill-yb3ti No, it has nothing to do with being heavier. If that were the case, then the strongest man in the World would be the most obese, which is not the case. Strength has to do with lean body mass, not weight. Height correlates with lean body mass, which is why taller men tend to be stronger. Lean b5ody mass, not the same as "weight", which can be lean body mass but also can be bodyfat which does not make you stronger.. I am blocking you now. You're one of those people known as "trolls", the kind of guy that keep an argument going forever and never conceads defeat because your whole point is to upset people. I have said all I had to on the topic, so I am canning you at this point.

[@stubarnum7344]

Yes, and Wilt did not use steroids!

[@Noname-ni1dy]

Wilt at the moment can’t lift anything. Maybe the title should have asked “Was wilt stronger than Arnold”?.

[@rickriekert866]

I put Wilt’s alleged 600 lb. deadlift in the same category as Paul Anderson’s 6,270 pound backlift- sheer fabrications by two very strong men.

[@JohnnyRodgers3]

C-Bill Russell: 6’10” HOF (143 games played in 9 seasons) C-Kareem Abdul Jabbar: 7'2" HOF(27 games played in 4 seasons) C-Willis Reed: 6,10” HOF(72 games played in 8 seasons) C-Walt Bellamy: 6'11" HOF(100 games played in 11 seasons) C-Artis Gilmore: 7'2" HOF C-Bob Lanier: 6'11" HOF(17 games played in 3 seasons) C-Nate Thurmond: 6'11" HOF(47 games played in 4 seasons) C-Bob McAdoo: 6’10” HOF (5 games played in 1 season) C-Elvin Hayes:6’9 “ HOF (22 games played in 4 seasons) (Wes Unseld is also a HOF center but he is 6’7) (26 times in 5 seasons) (Dave Cowens is also a HOF Center/Forward but he is 6”9)(17 games played in 3 seasons) (Connie Hawkins is also a HOF Forward/ center but he is 6”9)(31 games played in 4 seasons) (please note there are more HOF PF who guarded and were guarded by wilt chamberlain but the majority of them are 6’8 to 6’9) SO THATS 574 OUT OF 1045…WHICH TRANSLATES TO 54% OF WILTS GAMES BEING PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER HOF CENTER…

[@Zachdennis21]

As a powerlifter who benches 540 there’s no way he benched 600 I don’t doubt he’s strong but not pressing 600

[@mehpust6085]

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[@robranko5931]

Love them both..but he never benches 6 bills ..

[@joeldriver-sp2rg]

You have to keep in mind we are talking about a guy who claimed he slept with 20K women so you take about anything he ever claimed he did with a grain of salt. No, he didn't bench press 600 pounds or even close to it. He probably could bench over 300 which is pretty good but not really considering he weighed 270. He wouldn't have come remotely close to deadlifting 1000 pounds. That's just idiotic.

[@zzzvain9710]

IF HE CAN LOCK PRIME 25 OLD MVP JABBAR AT AGE 36 WITH 2 BAD KNEE INJURED AND BLOCKED 4X SKYHOOK (ONLY NATE THURMOND AND ELVIN HAYES DID THAT 2X AND THEY WERE PRIME NOT INJURED) THEN U MUST BE DERANGED TO NOT BELIEVE IN STORY. CAN JORDAN BLOCK SKYHOOK? U DO REALIZE JABBAR IS 7'2 WITH HIS SIGNSATURE IS ALMOST 9 FEET AND WILT WITH 2 INJURED BAD KNEE ALMOST RETIRED JUST BLOCKED HIM 4X

[@elijahprasad7884]

He really slept with 20,000 women? Dang. 1000 lb deadlift is what the World Strongest Man people do like Eddie Hall, Thor Bjornsson, Brian Shaw.

[@morrisparrish76]

Ask Zelmo Beaty!

[@morrisparrish76]

Ask Gus Johnson!

[@geert574]

Ahnulds body just took to the steroids nicely and he enjoyed bodybuilding enough to put in work

[@lesterpittenger5992]

You mean, was.

[@cotoelciclondeboedo5064]

Me gustaria que alguien le preguntara a Arnold por un Conocido de Ambos Andre el Gigante a ver si Wilt era incluso mas Fuerte que Andre cosa que no creo que lo sea

[@azsegrxdhtfgvijnkomlewrhtg9508]

Absolutely not.

[@JosephMiller-gh6mv]

But bill .k trained for strength and high jump was jumping not the flop he ran sprints at Kansas yesterday there is faster but how many are 7 ft and what if he trained for strength Bill Russell said he picked 2 men off the ground one in each hand but their all lying for wilt

[@dobbins2550]

WC is a liar and everyone around him was a liar. Not one time did we see video proof of any of his feats. Show me the video of WC benching more than 500lbs with those skinny-ass, long arms. I'll wait.

[@dennisrobinson8008]

His arms are long but if you look at them in the pic next to Arnold in Conan the Barbarian, Wilt arm had a similar diameter to arnolds or 19-21" upper arms. I used to think his arms were skinny until i saw that pic. Wilt also threw the College Shot put 56 ft...

[@stubarnum7344]

There is a picture of Wilt lifting Arnold with one arm and the Asian actor from Conan with the other arm at the same time.

[@WADEPH33R3]

so this dude just lied and lied

[@Clout_chasing_boy]

Wilt was a GOD amongst men

[@bphilbac]

Anyone who has done any serious weight lifting knows ain’t no way this dude was lifting the weight he claimed. Not with those arms, back and shoulders. The legend of Wilt 😂.

[@omni-man4624]

Guck tje trigger @@