Jouko Ahola was amazing. You wouldn't expect that strength out of a guy that size. Mitchell Hooper reminds me of him, as in another man you wouldn't expect to have the strength he does.
@everythingstrength14854 ай бұрын
His podium % is 2nd to none 💯 I believed he podiumd every show he entered. Also the lightest Worlds Strongest Man ever 💪 he had an insanely strong back 🧐
@storiedstrength4 ай бұрын
He weighed a measly 275 at 6’1 haha
@everythingstrength14854 ай бұрын
@@storiedstrength goes to show, that pound for pound, he's one of the best 💯
@anzeerjavec2973 ай бұрын
Brian podiumed 13 times
@JSStrength4 ай бұрын
One of my biggest inspirations for strongman, as someone who will also be very undersized
@everythingstrength14853 ай бұрын
Vytautas Lalas, also was an inspiration to myself. Being only 5'10 and winning the Arnold's in '08 against a VERY stacked lineup. A true David vs. Goliath battle, that no one thought he was going to win.
@JSStrength3 ай бұрын
@@everythingstrength1485 he also barely came in 2nd to Big Z at WSM one year
@alanaliyev456GT3 ай бұрын
AHOLA... PUDZIA.... BOTH ARE ATYPICS SUPERHEAVY
@rpipower3 ай бұрын
Very Nice!
@papalegba67963 ай бұрын
Big Z my favourite strong man ever, but this guy well up there. For his size he was crazy strong.
@alanaliyev456GT3 ай бұрын
6'1" 270 lbs vs 6'4" 390 lbs (big z ) and now, True monsters over 400/500 lbs ( for various height) IRON CHEIKH SANOU BIBI....LASHA TALAKHADZE.... MADDOX... SHAW .... SAVATINOV (5"9 !!! 380/420 LBS !!!)
@tombrunner81813 ай бұрын
His death as Odo was an impudence, much too early🤬😂
@torringtonstonekeeper3 ай бұрын
Yeah big dawg
@everythingstrength14854 ай бұрын
....and the first like 👍😁
@storiedstrength4 ай бұрын
Abtholute thavage
@simenandersen32624 ай бұрын
Jouko would get 3 more WSM titles I think if he kept going. Svend Karlsen, Janne Virtanen and Magnus Samuelson had too many weaknesses to compete with Youko. 2003 Mariusz Pudzianowski would probably beat him.
@storiedstrength4 ай бұрын
I guess he was just too photogenic to be contained by the sport
@simenandersen32624 ай бұрын
@@storiedstrength hahahah 😂 I just wish he had continued 3 more years so we could see him in Arnold Classic as well. I think Strongman advanced a lot 2000-2004.
@storiedstrength4 ай бұрын
@@simenandersen3262 oh yeah, seeing him at a heavy show like the Arnold would have been epic
@Mustaerkki3 ай бұрын
He said in some finnish interview that he had several injuries and some inner organ that was injured, that he decided to stop! But now at 53 he gonna do world record in deadlift (over 50y)
@storiedstrength3 ай бұрын
@@Mustaerkki based on some leaked training footage from Tnation, he’s definitely still strong as all get-out