How GOOD Was Magnus Samuelsson Actually?

[@lycosa10]

Magnus was an absolute beast, and still is btw.

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@lycosa10 yep, ageing well!

[@Nirsterkur]

In addition to breaking the Arm of Nathan Jones, Magnus is the first man to close Captains of Crush No. 4 for two consecutive reps. The following year he got certified as the 5th man to officially close it (total number of men is 6, with Carl Myerscough being the only man to do it with the inception of the credit card rule, 19 years after Magnus). Magnus also held the Rolling thunder WR with V1 at 118.8 kg (including 129.6 kg during training the following year). He is also the first man to lift the Thomas Inch dumbbell using a thumbless grip.¹ His 270*2 Bench and 140*4 Barbell Curls from World's Strongest Arms are so memorable as well. He was also a former King of the Stones, and the 2nd man to hold that distinction after Jon Pall. In addition to Atlas Stones, he was incredible with Húsafell stone carries (holds 3 different WRs with replicas) and any moving event. He also shares the Medicine ball toss WR with Zydrunas. Magnus (alongwith Svend) is the main reason behind me being a Strongman fan as a kid, and to this day he is still my 2nd favourite Strength Athlete of All-time after Hafthor. I still watch 1998 WSM and WS💪🏻s often to bring back those great memories of him, in addition to watching his latest content in KZbin. Sweden being one of my most favourite countries on Earth and my love for Farms and drinking farm fresh raw milk is both credited to him. Thank you for the fantastic video about Magnus, Matt! --- ¹ According to David Horne

[@MattRhodesSport]

Cheers mate

[@markovasil1608]

Magnus was such a beast, great video Matt

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@markovasil1608 cheers mate

[@DorlaVegas-cw2kz]

Grate video like only Matt does THANK YOU

[@MattRhodesSport]

Thank you!

[@a1b9c2]

Great vid as always showcasing the many great athletes from strongman. I've been watching strongman since the mid 80s with Jon Pall, Kaz and Capes being some of my favourites. Of course, I love watching the old footage bringing back the memories I had of strongman in my youth.

[@MattRhodesSport]

Cheers, the good old days

[@christiaanjellesma1851]

Magnus is the man with the Viking iron fore arms

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@christiaanjellesma1851 yep 🙂

[@Mr_Jingles_147]

1 of my all time favourites AND with Brian Shaw transitioning to armwrestling it's renewed interest in Magnus coming back to the table. He is still in superb shape and active on the socials :)

[@MattRhodesSport]

Agreed mate

[@scottessery100]

I bet Nathan jones remembers Magnus

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@scottessery100 unfortunately so 😂

[@boerieroll]

These videos deserve more views, send to your mates

[@MattRhodesSport]

:)

[@mickyd5009]

Would be good to see him back on the arm wrestling table with how popular it's becoming

[@MattRhodesSport]

Agreed, I did ask him over a year ago

[@michaelxz85]

Great video. Magnus is my favorite strongman . Matt, how do you think a prime Magnus, would do in armwrestling today?

[@MattRhodesSport]

I think he would do well mate, a national champ in his time so has the skill and of course strength

[@klyded8523]

Hey Matt, are you and Don Idrees out of King of the table or what happened there?

[@MattRhodesSport]

Complicated mate but I still have a shareholding

[@Mr_Jingles_147]

Matt, do you know if Magnus ever did the Hercules Hold in competition? It would certainly be his type of event.

[@MattRhodesSport]

Yeah he did it mate, I can't remember how he used to do at it but I'd also imagine well. I seem to remember him doing it with cars

[@zyan558]

Why iam getting very late notification ? 😤

[@MattRhodesSport]

That's annoying :(

[@scottessery100]

Can you imagine Magnus with all the modern nutrition and supplements 😊

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@scottessery100 that good protein 😁

[@Nagy.Patrik]

Not much difference. Maybe back in the day in lack of knowledge they overdone gear, so maybe he could achieve the same with better health. The big difference would be the help of an experienced coach, what a beast, he was always overtrained and he was on the top of the game still.

[@Roaring.On.Carnivore.]

No more king of the table for you Sir

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@Roaring.On.Carnivore. I’m still a shareholder

[@Roaring.On.Carnivore.]

@ 👍🏼

[@bluefm344]

Make a video thor the strongest man ever lived

[@MattRhodesSport]

I will

[@bluefm344]

@MattRhodesSport brother you make one vedio about mark Henry you say mark 10 old 102 kg body weight Eddie hall 16 years old 106 kg thor 18 years old 110 kg but why thor is the strongest man ever lived they both Eddie and mark is bigger him in tenger why they both not stronger then thor

[@boerieroll]

When I think Samuelson, I think Karlson

[@MattRhodesSport]

Me too!

[@DorlaVegas-cw2kz]

6:02 sounds like my son

[@MattRhodesSport]

:)

[@willyhwang1059]

he's viking so automatically strong

[@MattRhodesSport]

True :)

[@damiensmith9240]

I think if you combined Tom Stoltman's arms and Mark Felix's hands, you'd just about have a match for Magnus!

[@MattRhodesSport]

@@damiensmith9240 Haha yes!

[@Nirsterkur]

Mark is a superb choice for the grip however, the closest pro strongman to Magnus in terms of pure 'crush grip' is Mike Burke, who is a CoC#3.5 certified. What was your reasoning for Tom on the Arms? Is it solely based on the Manhood stone? Or have you seen Tom doing heavy curls? I'm curious to know.