Mark Henry Was OVERPOWERED - Lifting Legends

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[@BackGuy]

WE'RE BACK❤ After getting monetization back, videos will be out regularly once more. I take a lot of time to make these and I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for supporting me guys

[@beepboop9848]

When and why did you lose monetization??

[@abdullahstrongman]

yes his natural many reasons 1- see his body size from he was chilled 2- he was not rich 3- see him when he was teenager

[@brycegymjourney]

Yo you commented on one of my video shorts.... appreciate comment of a legend.. hope to be like you one day... going for bodybuilder look but its a grind ahead of me

[@jz2890]

Do one for Andrey Smaev

[@JackgarPrime]

The greatest Supertotal of all time. To be able to compete at the top level of powerlifting, weightlifting, strongman, and pro wrestling means he's a freak among freaks. Not to mention making history as the first ever Arnold Strongman Classic winner. "World's Strongest Man" isn't just a gimmick name for this guy.

[@Kado1609]

IDGF what people say this dude is one of the guys with most potential... if you have seen the arnolds... where he fucking ripped the appolons axle off the gound an cleaned it several times while no other even lifted it... that to me is one of the most insane feats of strength i think any of us will ever witness... sorry my language BUT IT IS FUCKING INSANE

[@TheSamp00]

And he could dunk a basketball while being +400 pounds

[@hrsmp]

Prime Koklyaev is still better.

[@jeremyweems4916]

​@@hrsmpIf he was better, he wouldn't have needed juice.

[@erikness4231]

C'mon, he was born 3 weeks early. He had a 3 week feeding advantage. This guy was a true phenomenon in strength sports, absolute respect for him. Seems like a cool guy as well.

[@Death_Strong]

He actually signed up to compete because other strongman athletes were criticizing him for using the wrestling nickname “The World’s Strongest Man” without ever winning the competition. So he decided to shut them up by competing in the Arnold.

[@TheSamp00]

And he could dunk a basketball while being +400 pounds. Athletic as hell

[@TommyNitro]

He was an absolute anomaly.

[@Solemn_Kaizoku]

Wait, for real?

[@jmgonzales7701]

thats just unfair man

[@user-ii7xc1ry3x]

For those of you curious, there's a good interview with Mark Henry and Zach Telander. I don't quite remember, but I think he mentions he could bench either 130 or 150kg in his 8th grade, with barely any practise

[@mekullag]

noo way, right? A yt video from 2021 showed a "world record" bench press from a 13 y.o. and it was barely over 100kg.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqO9h2B9YpllisU

[@Kado1609]

What the flying fuck?

[@user-ii7xc1ry3x]

@@Kado1609 Yday I went back to that interview to make sure, and that was in his seventh grade; in his 8th grade, he was just shy of 400lbs (180kg). And by the end of his career, I would say Bench was his least impressive feat of strength, which speaks volumes of his athletic feats

[@Kado1609]

@@user-ii7xc1ry3x ye IMO mark henry is the biggest mystery of strength and the biggest freak of all time training 3 months for arnolds and cleaning 3 times a appolons axle with handle as thick as a can of soda........ just think about that the way he ripped it off the floor

[@mekullag]

@@user-ii7xc1ry3x that‘s impossible though, right? I tried linking a video from 2021 that showed a bench press WR from a 13 y.o. which was below 100kg, apparently my comment was auto-deleted. But seriously, he‘s gotta be embellishing here… Like when Ronnie Coleman said at some point he had negative bodyfat 😂

[@diepimmelkuh1341]

This toddler footage is completely insane 😳

[@BigD2688]

lol the meme is mark henry??

[@Paroex]

It's a meme video, and even if it were him, which it isn't, no child can walk at 2 weeks old.

[@yammie9660]

I seriously can’t imagine how strong he would’ve been enhanced, he’s one of the most unbelievable strength athletes that has ever lived

[@michaeltagor4238]

Huh he's natty? Lmao

[@ActualHumanPerson]

He was enhanced by the gods

[@gabadiamond]

@@michaeltagor4238yup, he competed in mostly drug free comps

[@StrawHat-68]

@@michaeltagor4238the fact that he refused to compete unless they cracked down on PED use in comp, call me gullible but that convinces me he was just a freak natural… if he were using why would he only come back to compete if he got tested more strictly as well😂

[@user-ii7xc1ry3x]

@@michaeltagor4238 He claims so, and he competed tested. But regardless, he's one of the most valuable human specimens to date.

[@SLouiss]

When he was younger he could dunk a basketball

[@johntrains1317]

My jaw was hanging open through the whole vid. I had no idea Henry was such a specimen?

[@kevinblank1481]

Same, the amount of involuntary chuckles I had because of how ridiculous these feats are - incredible !!

[@Motorata661]

As a WWE fan you always noticed that he was the real deal, like some of his moves were absurd, like with his matches with big show ( a giant 400+ pound man) everyone else in the roster had to wait a moment and slow down to even pick up Big Show, Mark always did it easily He also has arguably the greatest real feat of strength in pro wrestling military pressing Vader ( a huge 300+ man) sure Vader helped a bit but it was insane kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3qclaJ4bLCLrcU&ab_channel=TheLinkToThePast

[@hubbelizer8412]

The fact that a man of his size and with his career path is still alive is a very strong piece of evidence that he was never juicing

[@jasengriffin485]

Thank you

[@jeremyweems4916]

Mark didn't need it.

[@Lee-ic2yn]

Not really

[@glassofwater281]

He's just that guy

[@StrawHat-68]

Mark Henry is and always will be my favorite wrestler!

[@Gary_Kurita]

I doubt that he was on gear during his high school period when he had the junior record… some guys are just naturally gifted

[@rundown132]

Dude's fucking huge, its just natural absolute strength lol

[@Samosayummyyay]

1:08 That's the most jacked baby I have ever seen 💪

[@japanesecar1501]

Great video. I´ll take the liberty to add some on here to the details said. Terry Todd wasn´t a "weightlifter", meaning "an olympic lifter", or "a strong ass dude", Todd was himself, what you can consider ,at the time, an actual (and legally roided up/medicated), SHW Powerlifting World Champion, on top of being a historian of all things related, and a collector. He was all about all physicality and documenting it, but especially lifting and throwing, and he has taken Mark under his wing, almost being a second father to him, not dissimiliar to Cus and Mike Tyson. As far as he could tell, he was all in and vocal about Mark being natural, and Mark mostly trained with him for his big days, which include his Arnold Strongman Classic 2002 win, where he showed he was indeed the strongest in the world, for the calibre of his performance would be challenged by Savickas, and Svend, Virastyuk and others later, but you can tell Mark had 5 lifts in him for sure(Z did 4 a year later, 5 a year after that). All on of them on gear. Mark was interviewed about his usage many times, and the reaction speaks for itself. The "odd one out" thing plagued his life, and was the worst with WWE(there is a story where one of the wrestlers shat in his sandwich, and Mark took a bite or a few, even), but lifters of all walks were in awe, as long as it didn´t go full circle with the "whole natty thing", which was more feeling disturbed and even slighted, which led to them being wary, to hateful towards Mark. They still were in awe of him, but he didn´t partake in all the "PED kayfabe" that they did. He was vocal about his MO and natural status these past years even more, as people got to ask him questions. Zack Telander, a friend to Clarence Kennedy(Clarence0- HarrySquatter) was an evergreen Oly hobbyist, competitor, turned populiser and coach, had him on his podcast, where Mark was, as usual, not even a bit offcourse as far as why he stayed natural, and all the reasons around that pertains to his purpose and life. There is little to doubt as far as his natural status, as frankly, Mark is the only guy big enough to do it, and he never held obscene amounts of muscle compared to his frame, never changed dramatically, or bloated, nothing. There are big guys like Z and Eddie, "then" there are huge guys like Mark, or Rich Williams(who looks just like him build wise). Rich was also a Football player, then a PL and a "gripster", he was also about 410lbs, about as wide, and was the first guy to press two string suspended inch dumbell replicas standing. Terry Todd had measured Mark´s shoulder width, and deemed him the broadest muscular man in the world. He also talked about how Z was eyeing how much real estate Rich Williams took up when in an elevator together. Those guys are massive, and truly wide aswell. Real wide and rotund. Dudes like that can do more than others, no matter their records or status. It is just an acceptation of wrongful bias to put what they did beyond them, as you have clear ways to see that a guy like that holds the mass necessary to do what they did. Muscle is about as strong across the board, even "strong animals" are at most, just a bit stronger, or a bit more powerful, per unit of size. By default, nobody can say they were juicing, because Z was juicing, when Z lacks the frame to be as big, and was as strong because he used PEDs and retained muscle beyond normal capacity.

[@51909relapseminem]

Mark Henry has some insane lifts. If he kept training in Strongman, he would have been one of the best Strongmen in existence. He would have been talked about in the same breath as Big Z and Brian Shaw

[@MOET02]

His Son is only 17 and is lifting more than mark was at that age it’s insane he did a 600 lb squat at 16!!! Some elite genetics

[@MOET02]

I believe he’s the greatest non PED lifter of all time just my opinion

[@Gokudo01]

THE WALL

[@emp100k]

Mark Henry was one of the most truly gifted strength athletes of all time, competed and the very highest level on Powerlifting, Weight lifting and Strongman as a young man in his late teens and early 20s. Still has one of the greatest Supertotals of all time only challenged by the also great Mikhail 'Misha' Koklyaev. He trained weightlifting for only 6 months from being a complete novice and was able to go to the Olympics, I'm pretty sure that has never happened before or since in the history of the sport. I always wonder what could have been if Mark had not retired early from strength sport and went to pro wrestling and had he continued to lift competitively for another 10-20 years all the world records he could have set.

[@mattnardo]

Waiting for the day Back Guy will compete on a renown powerlifting competition worldwide 🙏

[@jobustify]

I remember one match he was supposed to rip a rigged chain off cage and they forgot to rig the chain but he eventually ripped it anyway 🫥

[@Harbyz]

He also got one of the best WWE theme songs

[@thecraigfish8316]

can we get kg on screen for the rest of the entire world😭

[@johannesdaniel4021]

those adidas jerseys for the us olympics were sick

[@mrsmuuve]

One time I saw this man loading up weights on a bar and he put a 45 on the bar and moved it like it was a 10 lol

[@harrison3910]

4:25 I've never seen anyone pop a bar up that high after standing up a clean lol. He basically did 2 jerks

[@theepilogue2190]

LEGEND YEAH BUDDY!!!

[@alanbaskaev3907]

I'd say Henry and Koklyaev are two most impressive strong athletes ever.

[@ares6128]

Mark is mad underrated His weightlifting feets aren't talked bout much

[@dvid51524]

I cannot watch a Mark Henry video and not go straight after to listen to "The Wall"

[@drcoz23]

I honestly think he was honest about being drug free

[@joshuah9309]

@BackGuy You made this video so funny thank you lmao.

[@ethanbailey7426]

I didnt realize that 2002 Arnold was Henry's first competition. and with minimal time to prepare that makes it even more impressive.

[@watermelon58]

I think the way he just gripped that Thomas dumbbell was insane. He also looks cartoonish in his proportions like born for strength sports.

[@gamingborger]

mark is still one of my favorite WSM competitors

[@J.c410]

He never went to wsm

[@MIna4Gym]

Amazing video bro

[@littlemoo52]

7:50 a ~50 year old Kaz looking jacked.

[@russm4391]

Growing up I didn't like that a chubby guy was the wsm gimmick in wrestling. I always thought it should be a really buff guy, but after finding out just how strong Mark is he's become one of my favorite wrestlers.

[@davidtatro7457]

Wow! I have seriously never heard of Mark Henry before, but he sounds like an amazingly cool and gifted athelete. It hurts to hear of examples like this where people back in that time could be very smart and very gifted, but really downtrodden in life due to a routine kind of learning disability which got him probably flunked in school and looked down upon, where he should have been admired and encouraged for his amazing talents.

[@calisthetics]

This dude has to have the blood of gods in his veins 😂

[@DLV_Channel]

Wholesome.

[@edofarido3175]

Elite athlete

[@bonerici]

strongest natty all time. No question. He's never taken peds. He should be one of the all time favorites. Who stays natty their entire weight lifting life since steroids were invented. . Mark Henry.

[@J.c410]

People need to stop believing he was natural

[@bonerici]

@@J.c410 I believe.

[@spicydoughnut8397]

He even bent a quarter 💪🏻

[@GeneralGrizzy]

If only he dedicated purely on lifting. But I loved him in wwe

[@mikebitting8616]

Great video, how about a John Grimek video.

[@DCJayhawk57]

I honestly can't imagine what he could have achieved in any of those sports if he had not gone into wrestling and had stuck with one sport. He could have definitely medaled in weightlifting or won WSM. I'm pretty sure he claims natural to this day. His body composition always looked like a natural guy. Hard to believe given his ability in Strongman and Olympic lifting, but you never know. He was a freak beyond freaks from a very young age.

[@BackGuy]

Very hard to believe he was natty, but drug tests are generally the best measure if done over time, so at least on paper he was 100% natty and an absolute beast regardless

[@iamk108]

Mark Henry is not Natural, he is supernatural.

[@jk-tn8ry]

It's never mentioned that this was terry todd's comp, he was mark Henry's trainer. He had all the advantages of know the events, them suiting him and be able to train on the equipment. The man was elite but lets not make it out that he was going in to this comp blind and ill prepared. This one strongman he did wasbuilt around his strengths.

[@Will_Parker]

If he's really a lifetime natty like he claims he is, he's easily the strongest man on record

[@ChannelMath]

4:20 wow. after the clean, he just casually tosses the bar 6 inches above his hands!

[@HonkeyKongLive]

Mark Henry 100% would have been the GOAT by a mile if he'd stuck with strength sports. Consider that Savickas went on his dominant streak well into his 30s and you've got guys like Reino setting records past 40, and Henry was pretty much done by 25 save that one Arnold appearance. He had BARELY made it into his prime strength years. There's no telling what he could have done.

[@3rdjrh]

What happened in the Olympics? Kurt used to roast him

[@drip369]

The last time I saw him he was being interviewed by a giraffe

[@hermezkonrad]

8:30 - just so you know, that was supposed to be a regular thin aluminum pan, but Vince McMahon considered that it will be a good joke to give Mark Henry cast iron one for that skit. He still folded it. Same with a lot of these gimmicks, in a match where he supposedly should tear off the door of a steel cage and break chains that closed it, constructors of the set accidentally used real chain. You can guess, did it even stop Mark Henry for performing. 10:00 - Scott Steiner was an athletic (and of course genetic) freak before he went full roids for wrestling persona, he definitely could back up his lift claims.

[@ethanbailey7426]

not to take away from the feat but that pan clearly isnt cast iron. its physically impossible to bend a cast iron pan as its point of breaking is lower than its point of bending.

[@rohitchaoji]

Probably not a thin aluminium pan but clearly not a cast iron one. Cast iron pans would straight up break, like the commenter above said. I believe Brain Shaw (not Eddie Hall like I wrote earlier) has a video of him being given a cast iron pan to bend and it breaks instead.

[@e.c.9468]

Use kilo

[@ChannelMath]

did not know he did WWE! lol!!

[@BUMPER_PLATE_BANDIT]

I think he did this with MINIMAL drug usage! He has the build and time training to almost do it completely natty but I believe he used a small bit of PEDS

[@BackGuy]

Considering his career path, I'd be shocked if he didn't use any sort of PED. Even if he wasn't anywhere near as strong, doing all the big 3 strength sports while beating known PED users while never testing positive is incredible

[@BUMPER_PLATE_BANDIT]

@@BackGuy very true 💯

[@jeffprzonek]

I think you meant two years old not two weeks

[@bluefm344]

He was nattu like that all body are natural in olmpiya

[@durpswagjr3962]

Anyone have the link for the toddler video please? I can't find it

[@reiximus9799]

serious question, why do wrestlers get a bad rep with strength sports folks? is it really because of all the acting? what does that have to do with beeing strong or not?

[@Fillosophie]

Taking a guess at it, I believe it is that many people say “wrestling is fake” when it is scripted. It makes people brush off the feats of WWE wrestlers when WWE wrestlers are actually world-class athletes.

[@madmattgaming3951]

I do think Mark was drug free.

[@kricku]

Anor Londo man

[@Broken_Pixels]

Good video brah. It's hard to believe a drug free athlete beats drugged athletes but an interesting narrative nonetheless.

[@JackgarPrime]

It's unlikely, but possible. Strength is a more even playing field than bodybuilding when it comes to drugs. Drugs still give you an advantage, but it's possible for an insane genetic freak, which Henry without question is, to be able to stay on level with enhanced performers.

[@TheOutlierToday]

​@JackgarPrime nonsense. Drugs make a big difference that's why they use it.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@TheOutlierToday They DO make a big difference, but the difference is more pronounced when it comes to muscle size than strength performance.

[@zenzetsu]

@@JackgarPrime drugs in powerlifting do make a big difference in the lighter weight classes, it's only in super heavy weights like him that it can be less of a factor

[@TheOutlierToday]

@JackgarPrime a bigger muscle has more strength potential tho. You can't really separate the two. Usually the bigger muscle is the stronger muscle. Karlos Nassar is the strongest in his category and the most muscular. So is Tian Tao and others.

[@NoProtect]

Just think what he coulda done on tren. Missed opportunities

[@jasengriffin485]

Definitely Drug Free!!!!

[@justinmagee2203]

Why would mark say hey yall need to get rid of all the drug users if mark was usin those nasty things too? Haha makes no sense.

[@TheOutlierToday]

All the other guys were on steroids and he was beating them naturally? Don't buy it.

[@nicolasdiazsuarez1790]

Yes he would have won

[@PicaPollo]

There's no way he was natural