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How Strong Was Mark Henry Really?

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How Strong Was Mark Henry Really?
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@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
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@kevingoeminne5922
@kevingoeminne5922 Жыл бұрын
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@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
@@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
@jessejordan8116 Жыл бұрын
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
@yannicgraichen Жыл бұрын
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
@floor_fluff Жыл бұрын
Please bring your voice back, your voice is perfect for these vids mate!
@gordfoley4760
@gordfoley4760 Жыл бұрын
You have to admire the fact that he would only compete in drug tested events. What an absolute beast!
@yggdrasild755
@yggdrasild755 Жыл бұрын
as if he didn't do them himself lol
@KAR5AVATARGT
@KAR5AVATARGT Жыл бұрын
​@@yggdrasild755he was drug free
@yggdrasild755
@yggdrasild755 Жыл бұрын
@@KAR5AVATARGT lol yea and the moon is made of cheese
@gordfoley4760
@gordfoley4760 Жыл бұрын
@yggdrasild755 if he was using, why would he only compete in tested events? Doesn't make much sense.
@d.ink3d
@d.ink3d Жыл бұрын
@@KAR5AVATARGT henry is huge but he never looked like a roid head, not even in his wwe days. Maybe hes just a genetic monster.
@ridetoruin
@ridetoruin Жыл бұрын
Mark Henry and Kurt Angle competed at the same Olympic Games. That’s pretty cool too
@cellmoore4848
@cellmoore4848 4 ай бұрын
And he did it with a broken neck
@austinhernandez2716
@austinhernandez2716 2 ай бұрын
​@@cellmoore4848That's a broken FREAKIN neck thank you!
@harrygreb3457
@harrygreb3457 2 ай бұрын
It's True!
@tylercox1875
@tylercox1875 2 ай бұрын
@@harrygreb3457it’s damn true
@willramz
@willramz Ай бұрын
"WOOOOOOOOO!!!"
@dennispattarozzi5099
@dennispattarozzi5099 Жыл бұрын
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
@DannyBoy426 Жыл бұрын
Then mark went on to become a high ranking mason and join pro wrestling!
@starsareangels7
@starsareangels7 Жыл бұрын
​@DannyBoy426 oh a Mason xD oh boy why I didn't know that
@Sumguyinavan_
@Sumguyinavan_ Жыл бұрын
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
@doctordemon5076 Жыл бұрын
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
@star_platinum1140 Жыл бұрын
@@DannyBoy426if there is actually proof could you send it I’m curious
@John_on_the_mountain
@John_on_the_mountain Жыл бұрын
Seeing him dunk a basketball is so damn impressive
@StevenJSkiba
@StevenJSkiba 11 ай бұрын
💯💯💯
@zfelps
@zfelps 11 ай бұрын
And at only 6'3" lol Not small, but short for basketball.
@23aceballer
@23aceballer 11 ай бұрын
Imagine trying to guard him in the paint lol
@John_on_the_mountain
@John_on_the_mountain 11 ай бұрын
@@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
@ThunderFist1978 5 ай бұрын
I know! I was not expecting to see that at his size!
@dragozaf88
@dragozaf88 Жыл бұрын
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
@aberjaylopdollar1074 Жыл бұрын
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
@GregAlcorn Жыл бұрын
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
@reidjordan4545 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@brianmiller5750 Жыл бұрын
​​@@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
@xboxonevideos7685 Жыл бұрын
@@aberjaylopdollar1074there not athletes there just good stuntmen
@thebeast9606
@thebeast9606 Жыл бұрын
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
@MaverickChristian Жыл бұрын
Dang, I missed my shot! (I also live in Minnesota and attend sf conventions.)
@thebeast9606
@thebeast9606 Жыл бұрын
@@MaverickChristian It was in 2019 at Twin Cities Con.
@thebeast9606
@thebeast9606 Жыл бұрын
@@MaverickChristian It was in 2019 at Twin Cities Con.
@thebeast9606
@thebeast9606 Жыл бұрын
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
@KentPetersonmoney Жыл бұрын
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.
@seanb9698
@seanb9698 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe how strong this dude was as a teenager
@eivindgjengstjohansen9625
@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Жыл бұрын
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
@imKAYNE Жыл бұрын
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625only competed at drug tested events
@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn
@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn Жыл бұрын
Brain is taller
@eivindgjengstjohansen9625
@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Жыл бұрын
@@Olafsstolzz-lh4jn 4 inches taller
@bigbeau1758
@bigbeau1758 11 ай бұрын
@@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.
@thewelfaregourmet
@thewelfaregourmet Жыл бұрын
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
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
That's sad truth when pro wrestling fans say that Someone like Brock Lesnar or Goldberg was stronger than Mark.
@bentonja668
@bentonja668 Жыл бұрын
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
@thewelfaregourmet Жыл бұрын
@@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
@RockFan2000 Жыл бұрын
@@thewelfaregourmetBrian Shaw, Big Z, Thor, Eddie Hall
@thewelfaregourmet
@thewelfaregourmet Жыл бұрын
@@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. 🤪
@DexterJackson-ud5hb
@DexterJackson-ud5hb Жыл бұрын
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
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
That's so cool, thanks for sharing and congrats on your remarkable achievements!
@GrandMasterKai
@GrandMasterKai 29 күн бұрын
Got any proof?
@slushyglue9167
@slushyglue9167 14 күн бұрын
That's really touching.
@Jeff-ok6dr
@Jeff-ok6dr Жыл бұрын
Mark is definitely a once in a lifetime athlete.
@chelseafcgirl
@chelseafcgirl 11 ай бұрын
Yes yes 👍
@hansolo631
@hansolo631 5 ай бұрын
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
@Dirty_Dan205
@Dirty_Dan205 Жыл бұрын
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
@aberjaylopdollar1074 Жыл бұрын
You should read about Andre the Giant and his run in with a car.
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@mrmarr8308 Жыл бұрын
​@@abhinavkumar547when you start flipping cars, then you can say whether it's a big deal or not.
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@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
@mrmarr8308 Жыл бұрын
@@abhinavkumar547 so how is that not a big deal. Anyway I'm not about to argue with someone online.
@biggdoggc2490
@biggdoggc2490 Жыл бұрын
When you have a God gifted gift of strength like Mark Henry you don't need to take any steroids or drugs.
@nordskyrim6312
@nordskyrim6312 7 ай бұрын
Yea right 😂
@bigmaguire9714
@bigmaguire9714 Жыл бұрын
5"5" and 100kg at 10, wtf 😅
@MojKanal-cz1iz
@MojKanal-cz1iz Жыл бұрын
He was eating other kids
@Mikemikethegod
@Mikemikethegod 5 ай бұрын
@@MojKanal-cz1iz😭
@beburs
@beburs 5 ай бұрын
@@MojKanal-cz1izthe Cookie Monster
@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson
@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson Ай бұрын
Without his effort, his story could easily have been VERY different. Possibly involving cranes and cutting walls out of the house. Momma made the right decision getting him those weights.
@jaberjansabe1539
@jaberjansabe1539 Ай бұрын
I'm 18 he's literally bigger and heavier than me 💀
@fredkemp1444
@fredkemp1444 Жыл бұрын
I never knew all his history. Very impressive. Way to go Mark Henry! And kudos to his mother for getting him a weight set.
@Matt561
@Matt561 4 ай бұрын
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.
@rakuengrowlithe4654
@rakuengrowlithe4654 Жыл бұрын
I knew him from WWE fame but I didn't realise he was this impressive outside the WWE too.
@doctordemon5076
@doctordemon5076 Жыл бұрын
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.
@TitB1199
@TitB1199 3 ай бұрын
​@@doctordemon5076It was actually fake,but Americans don't do research so who cares I suppose
@mzanziman9150
@mzanziman9150 Жыл бұрын
Bro seeing him dunk is insane
@Outland9000
@Outland9000 Жыл бұрын
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
@Jeff-KK Жыл бұрын
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
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
That's really cool, thank you for sharing👍
@ennjaychannel
@ennjaychannel Жыл бұрын
Nice story
@keithpetersen560
@keithpetersen560 Жыл бұрын
They never gave enough credit to Mark in WWF. He could wipe the ring with anybody. Massive and strong. Very underrated.
@atodaso1668
@atodaso1668 Жыл бұрын
What a unit. Many of his records still hold to this day.
@eivindgjengstjohansen9625
@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Жыл бұрын
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
@drywater2228 Жыл бұрын
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 Please learn how to pluralize
@jimclaus1576
@jimclaus1576 11 ай бұрын
Lol! 😂 Shaw >>>>> henry either way you try and slice it
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 11 ай бұрын
​@@jimclaus1576Mark was a natty, Brian was not that alone makes him stronger.
@nickyfurlano8531
@nickyfurlano8531 11 ай бұрын
So do many of Louis Cyr's.
@leoerus
@leoerus Жыл бұрын
God if this man is natural, which I want to believe, he is a marvel of humanity. Dude is awesome 👌
@issackliener3065
@issackliener3065 Жыл бұрын
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
@SlickRieck Жыл бұрын
He is the OG natty daddy
@lordoffaiyum9727
@lordoffaiyum9727 Жыл бұрын
Def natty bruh
@thegreatbenis225
@thegreatbenis225 Жыл бұрын
none of them are, they all need steriods to not get hurt, you cant train like they do naturally without destroying the body
@nicholasdimedio302
@nicholasdimedio302 Жыл бұрын
I feel the big natties can hold onto size for decades dudes on drugs end up shrinking
@DoneRandomLee
@DoneRandomLee 9 ай бұрын
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.
@GenericName4488
@GenericName4488 6 ай бұрын
Excuses
@ivabel4eva314
@ivabel4eva314 Жыл бұрын
Mark Henry is the definition of strength
@charlessavoie2367
@charlessavoie2367 Жыл бұрын
His lifting to body weight ratio is scandalously poor!
@josephperkins4857
@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын
Horse crap
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
​@@charlessavoie2367I asked u something about Scott Norton's best behind the neck press' figure source
@shoaibhaq8680
@shoaibhaq8680 Жыл бұрын
​@@charlessavoie2367and how good is that ratio for guys like Brian shaw and hafthor given they weighes well over 400lbs with immense ped support??
@charlessavoie2367
@charlessavoie2367 Жыл бұрын
@@shoaibhaq8680 You are actually saying that Henry never used PEDS? And the Pacific Ocean has not a single drop of water either.
@adnanrawashdeh3965
@adnanrawashdeh3965 Жыл бұрын
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
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
Would have been nice to see him compete at WSM. re voiceover, thank you, i'll do the next one.
@justaguyfromreddit
@justaguyfromreddit Жыл бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse I second that, og voice has vibes...
@Rich-tc2lh
@Rich-tc2lh Жыл бұрын
are you dope
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
​​@@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
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
@@abhinavkumar547 That’s never happened to this day. I enjoy the WSM but wish they’d redesign the competition
@dgovna
@dgovna 3 ай бұрын
the fact that he honestly seems to be a lifetime natural gives him my vote. Genetically strongest ever
@hey-its-me-bobby-D
@hey-its-me-bobby-D Жыл бұрын
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
@shoaibhaq8680 Жыл бұрын
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
@swappedoutZ71 Жыл бұрын
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
@davidgalaviz2004
@davidgalaviz2004 Жыл бұрын
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.
@The_World_Champion. Жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for sharing
@The_World_Champion.
@The_World_Champion. Жыл бұрын
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
@yourbiologicaldaddy9784 Жыл бұрын
@@The_World_Champion. no.
@strengthandbulkMadness
@strengthandbulkMadness Жыл бұрын
@@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
@Below-Average_Joe Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
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
@garethlatcham5993 Жыл бұрын
Can you repeat that again please mate
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@garethlatcham5993 Why buddy?
@garethlatcham5993
@garethlatcham5993 Жыл бұрын
@abhinavkumar547 just a little humour my bro.... Very detailed explanation. My apologies x
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@garethlatcham5993 No problem and thank u.
@masterthomas7872
@masterthomas7872 2 ай бұрын
In other words: he built different.
@thethinkinman4147
@thethinkinman4147 Жыл бұрын
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 🤯
@georgewagner2295
@georgewagner2295 Жыл бұрын
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 🙏
@User24586fyaqyerwhkibngkiotrse
@User24586fyaqyerwhkibngkiotrse Жыл бұрын
Great to know, Mr.Veteran ! 🎉
@jshaw4757
@jshaw4757 Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍 from 🇬🇧...Best luck
@el34glo59
@el34glo59 Жыл бұрын
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
@johncady9780
@johncady9780 Жыл бұрын
Now that Mark Henry mentioned him, we need a feature on Soviet era strongman Vasili Alexeev.
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
Alexeev had 1000 lbs back squat.
@carlyletom301
@carlyletom301 11 ай бұрын
​@@abhinavkumar547He lifted in a time when Russia and other countries used steroids as often as sunrise.
@Paul-vf2wl
@Paul-vf2wl 11 ай бұрын
@@carlyletom301 Steroids were invented by the doctor for the US weightlifting team in 1958 nobody has been natty since then.
@Facts-Over-Feelings
@Facts-Over-Feelings 6 ай бұрын
@@carlyletom301 YUP.. MARK HENERY THE BEST
@aldrogo7510
@aldrogo7510 Жыл бұрын
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
@yozkopf3000 Жыл бұрын
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
@arbresnow401 11 ай бұрын
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
@toddapplegate3988
@toddapplegate3988 Жыл бұрын
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
@nwngunner Жыл бұрын
I believe he could have done a 500kg dead lift.
@vidarye5859
@vidarye5859 Жыл бұрын
man Kaz in his prime could do anything lol
@jimzimprich6969
@jimzimprich6969 Жыл бұрын
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.
@stopplzs
@stopplzs Жыл бұрын
go back to the old narrator plz
@michaelloughrie5519
@michaelloughrie5519 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, we can go back to the old narrator anytime.
@richrick6168
@richrick6168 Жыл бұрын
I like the new one give him a chance we want the channel to grow
@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
@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
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
@richrick6168 that's my hope
@everythingstrength1485
@everythingstrength1485 Жыл бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse we all prefer the original 👍 long time subscriber here
@aldrogo7510
@aldrogo7510 Жыл бұрын
5:00 is the deepest squat with 900+ I've ever seen!
@robertdemon3550
@robertdemon3550 Жыл бұрын
That was ass to grass deep.
@jd9119
@jd9119 Жыл бұрын
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
@aldrogo7510 Жыл бұрын
@@jd9119 you might be right, but maybe his legs/quads are so huge that it's tough to judge from the front
@Luis-ln7ob
@Luis-ln7ob Жыл бұрын
Murakami
@robertdemon3550
@robertdemon3550 Жыл бұрын
@@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.
@inthemiddleof
@inthemiddleof Жыл бұрын
The legend has it that Anatoly called in sick the day he was scheduled to clean after Mark.
@michaelslash7633
@michaelslash7633 Ай бұрын
Imagine if Mark Henry sculpted himself like a bodybuilder and juiced on top of his natural superhuman strength! I think he would be the closest thing to a real life HULK!!!
@Ben-xl7ft
@Ben-xl7ft Жыл бұрын
Please keep your original commentary. You speak well and have a distinct accent that differentiates you from other channels.
@YingJwo
@YingJwo Жыл бұрын
I'm convinced. As always, great job with the research and presentation!
@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@AfflictedSinister
@AfflictedSinister Жыл бұрын
Mark is and was an absolute unit!
@Matt561
@Matt561 4 ай бұрын
Paul White who wrestled at the Big Paul White who wrestled as The Big show that he once saw Mark upset in the locker room because he was trying to rip a quarter in half and only was able to bend it.
@CHUNKYNUGGET666
@CHUNKYNUGGET666 Жыл бұрын
Oh wow I thought it was just BS this whole time.. Much respect to Mark, a true strong man!
@lordoffaiyum9727
@lordoffaiyum9727 Жыл бұрын
You are young. I knew him for this b4 he ever wrestled
@thegreatynot5049
@thegreatynot5049 2 күн бұрын
Wanna point out that Mark doesn't look like most bodybuilders on enhancers. He's bigger, but he isn't fat either, he's just a massive blob of muscle. So not on any Tee, man is literally just *built different*
@XPXhumble
@XPXhumble 4 ай бұрын
being able to dunk a basketball at 6'3 450 pounds is insane.
@shawnj1966
@shawnj1966 Жыл бұрын
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
@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd Жыл бұрын
Mark Henry wouldn't have competed in WSM coz it ain't a drug free competition
@yozkopf3000
@yozkopf3000 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd Жыл бұрын
@@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
@levondarratt787 11 ай бұрын
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
@japanesecar1501 10 ай бұрын
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
@johngruber6015
@johngruber6015 Жыл бұрын
One of the most amazing naturals ever. He was a legend in his own time
@rushgush
@rushgush Жыл бұрын
hence why modern popular strongmen refuse to do his feats and refuse to use the exact replica dumbbells that louis used.
@blurredlights5235
@blurredlights5235 11 ай бұрын
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.
@nia.d3356
@nia.d3356 2 ай бұрын
Brother , this man was a genetic freak. A marvel on earth. 1 in billions. The fact he could dunk like that at 380lbs is just outrageous. A man that size should not move that explosively. Thats just outright tiers above the average man. A straight up mutiple deviation above the norm. A freak of nature all due respect. Simply amazing.
@adielstephenson2929
@adielstephenson2929 Жыл бұрын
There just seemed to be no limit to this guy's strength.
@Holdfast-
@Holdfast- Жыл бұрын
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
@jaypaige7550 Жыл бұрын
Yup dude was insane , I remember being inspired by him during my high school days !
@bdegrds
@bdegrds Жыл бұрын
No he was not natty. It is not possible to move that weight natty. Regular people do not understand.
@jaypaige7550
@jaypaige7550 Жыл бұрын
@@bdegrds What you don't understand is the man competed in all drug tested events , your words are not valid ! 🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑
@bdegrds
@bdegrds Жыл бұрын
​@@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
@jaypaige7550 Жыл бұрын
@@bdegrds
@Bexar2204
@Bexar2204 Жыл бұрын
Mark is an absolute monster in the most positive meaning of the word
@asymptoticspatula
@asymptoticspatula Жыл бұрын
Great video. Mark Henry is awesome. Like others, I really like the original narrator.
@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the feedback
@user-gn5uy6lx7z
@user-gn5uy6lx7z Жыл бұрын
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
@RonnieM90 Жыл бұрын
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
@Paul-vf2wl 11 ай бұрын
He finished 10th in the 92 Olympics and 14th in 1996
@clashzero6093
@clashzero6093 2 ай бұрын
This man is admirable, I remember in my early 20's I searched the life of this man and I was impressed about him and now it's even more seeing how humble this man is.
@Jaddynads
@Jaddynads 2 ай бұрын
Gravity doesnt exist. Its just Mark Henry holding the world down.
@feynmanschwingere_mc2270
@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 10 ай бұрын
Mark Henry was the 8th strongest man IN THE WORLD at the age 18. Let that sink in! He is the strongest man of ALL TIME. Kazmeier was my favorite but Mark Henry was naturally stronger. He just was. And Bill would be the first to tell you himself.
@jasonbradford5345
@jasonbradford5345 Жыл бұрын
Wow I had no idea he had such an impressive resume! 💪 Amazing accomplishments
@edrueter9
@edrueter9 5 ай бұрын
1:50 2,033 pounds total! Wow thats a ton!! I'll see myself out...
@clintpreslar452
@clintpreslar452 2 ай бұрын
The fact that he was able to come back and compete in Arnold’s after wrestling is astounding considering how much damage wrestling does to your body. Dude must have had some insanely strong tendons and ligaments.
@elvikingobarbaroja
@elvikingobarbaroja Жыл бұрын
As amazing as he clearly was, we'll never know.
@giovannicupello1977
@giovannicupello1977 Жыл бұрын
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.
@malcolmt7883
@malcolmt7883 Жыл бұрын
That dunk was very surprising
@davestewart1656
@davestewart1656 4 ай бұрын
Mark was often compared to a Silverback, and that's an insult. Mark can deadlift more than any gorilla ever could.
@scheun2
@scheun2 Жыл бұрын
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
@doctordemon5076 Жыл бұрын
Yes dude,when we talk about strongest EVER,we should include Samson and Hercules too. :))
@brianbray2721
@brianbray2721 Жыл бұрын
Watch something about Paul Anderson
@vidarye5859
@vidarye5859 Жыл бұрын
@@brianbray2721 that dudes legs were tree trunks
@johnj1573
@johnj1573 11 ай бұрын
He’s top 3 for sure
@nickyfurlano8531
@nickyfurlano8531 11 ай бұрын
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
@richardmurray6903
@richardmurray6903 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic. A true strength legend 💪
@izom
@izom Жыл бұрын
powerlifting and weightlifting is total different - to be good in both is wow amazing !
@mlksntch
@mlksntch Жыл бұрын
I think he was definitly the strongest Guy in the World in the early 2000s
@TitB1199
@TitB1199 3 ай бұрын
Based on what?
@mlksntch
@mlksntch 3 ай бұрын
@@TitB1199 Arnold Strongman Classic in 2002
@TitB1199
@TitB1199 3 ай бұрын
@@mlksntchMariusz Pudzianowski was in that time period.
@mlksntch
@mlksntch 3 ай бұрын
@@TitB1199 not at his prime
@sjstu
@sjstu 3 ай бұрын
Big Z
@fredrik_projecte360
@fredrik_projecte360 Жыл бұрын
The old narrator pleaaaaaase❤
@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
Thanks fredrik
@Below-Average_Joe
@Below-Average_Joe Жыл бұрын
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
@vidarye5859 Жыл бұрын
i love the story of when he tried to haze Brock Lesnar. love that hes honest about it too
@felixlara2945
@felixlara2945 6 ай бұрын
I think it's fair to say he's the most athletic strongman to ever live
@user-dd1bb4tw4r
@user-dd1bb4tw4r 2 ай бұрын
I truly believe Mark Henry is the strongest man of all time. He may have been beaten in some lifts here and there by guys using PEDs but overall supertotals i don't think he will ever be beaten. His giant genetics cannot be matched.
@antoniocenteno1483
@antoniocenteno1483 Жыл бұрын
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
@hoffjdod3276 Жыл бұрын
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
@4ndy123 Жыл бұрын
@@hoffjdod3276 hhahahahaha
@antoniocenteno1483
@antoniocenteno1483 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@samuellp1146 Жыл бұрын
@@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?
@Elthenar
@Elthenar Жыл бұрын
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
@jamesvick6070 11 ай бұрын
He would have killed somebody in the NFL I'm glad he only did wrestling 😂
@bigbeau1758
@bigbeau1758 11 ай бұрын
He was on roids. Personal beliefs mean nothing when you're paid to say you're not on roids
@jamesvick6070
@jamesvick6070 11 ай бұрын
@@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
@bigbeau1758 11 ай бұрын
@@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
@jamesvick6070 11 ай бұрын
@@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. 😂
@troyb.4101
@troyb.4101 11 ай бұрын
Mark Henry did it the right way, no drugs! Thank you for being a role model.
@phildicks4721
@phildicks4721 6 ай бұрын
One thing I respected Mark for was that when he first started in the WWE he wasn't what is called a great ring worker. However he used that same determination and willpower he had as an Olympic weightlifter to work hard learning the wrestling business and vastly improved his performance in the ring.
@TheOlsonOutfit
@TheOlsonOutfit Жыл бұрын
He's incredible.
@keithdefreitas3399
@keithdefreitas3399 Жыл бұрын
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
@clintoruss153 Жыл бұрын
Lol 😆 😂😂😂😂I never even saw him compete in WSM, let alone win
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@clintoruss153 Жыл бұрын
@abhinavkumar547 sure ,
@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd
@ERICTEMBO-zu9qd Жыл бұрын
​@@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
@clintoruss153 Жыл бұрын
@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 ,
@drwakeup2407
@drwakeup2407 29 күн бұрын
I took a picture with Mark at 125th street subway. He was in town for a WWE event. It was in Harlem NYC
@Frosty4Real
@Frosty4Real 23 күн бұрын
mark henry is like someone beating actual hackers without using any xD. what a dude, holy.
@CloudCrash
@CloudCrash 11 ай бұрын
Honestly my biggest reason for skepticism against Mark’s natty status is when he not only condemned Hafthor for admitting PED usage as if everyone didn’t already know, but he claimed that he thought the guys competing at the Arnold were natural and was shocked and appalled. Like how do you believe the pro-strongmen were natural, especially being in the strength world, that is either some serious naïveté, or you’re really overcompensating to make people think you’re natty
@Paul-vf2wl
@Paul-vf2wl 11 ай бұрын
Wrestling fans will believe anything
@TitB1199
@TitB1199 3 ай бұрын
He was roided up and so was everyone else with him in WWE. He's just black so gets more passes to talk nonsense in the media
@TitB1199
@TitB1199 3 ай бұрын
​@@Paul-vf2wlMostly double digit IQ people. Although I did like the attitude era I can't lie
@SD80
@SD80 Жыл бұрын
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
@parkerclay Жыл бұрын
Not sure about hockey and basketball but track and WL, yes
@SD80
@SD80 Жыл бұрын
@@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
@CloudCrash 11 ай бұрын
@@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
@Paul-vf2wl 11 ай бұрын
Steroids were invented by the doctor for the US weightlifting team.
@Trick_or_tren
@Trick_or_tren Ай бұрын
Truly a strengh legend . I can’t imagine what he would have achieved if he went on gear
@EndrChe
@EndrChe Жыл бұрын
I DEFINITELY want to see this guy’s high school basketball highlight reel.
@bencarignan2711
@bencarignan2711 Жыл бұрын
Mark Henry is the drug free GOAT. Imagine if he had crossed that line and got on the sauzul!
@swappedoutZ71
@swappedoutZ71 Жыл бұрын
Mark Henry on juice would be benching 1000 squatting and deadlifting 1500
@jimclaus1576
@jimclaus1576 11 ай бұрын
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
@abhinavkumar547 11 ай бұрын
​@@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
@Paul-vf2wl 11 ай бұрын
Imagine if he told the truth
@polandball694
@polandball694 Жыл бұрын
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
@WZ912 Жыл бұрын
@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.
@druim-nan-deur
@druim-nan-deur 5 ай бұрын
The king of strength! No contest
@VTPSTTU
@VTPSTTU Жыл бұрын
"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.
@stephencooper3583
@stephencooper3583 Жыл бұрын
Question: "How strong was Mark Henry really?" Answer: "Yes" 😆
@michaelloughrie5519
@michaelloughrie5519 Жыл бұрын
Mark Henry was pure power. No steroids, still healthy today unlike most roided up powerlifters and bodybuilders today. He was an amazing athlete.
@oloraculocondetergenteysor3894
@oloraculocondetergenteysor3894 Жыл бұрын
Wow incredible if he was really natural!
@michaelloughrie5519
@michaelloughrie5519 Жыл бұрын
@@oloraculocondetergenteysor3894 I believe he was. Nothing about him physically seemed unordinary or natural. He was just a big strong guy.
@bdegrds
@bdegrds Жыл бұрын
ROTFLMAO
@74kross
@74kross Жыл бұрын
lol
@ChakalBravo21
@ChakalBravo21 23 күн бұрын
There’s 1 story about a cage match in the WWE, the lock of the cage door was supposed to be tampered with so that it’d be easier for Mark to rip it open, but the dude who was supposed to rig the lock did not do it, so Mark Henry broke an actual steel lock on live TV
@JeffTullock-yx1hd
@JeffTullock-yx1hd 6 ай бұрын
He lifted the weight nobody else could lift. I think he was only the second to do it. It’s on KZbin. Henry seems like a really cool dude outside the ring.
@rafatire
@rafatire Жыл бұрын
Mark was beast, he could've achieved so much more
@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
I think so too. If he had competed at the Arnolds another couple of times and won there would be no doubts
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse In powerlifting he would've been the all time world record holder in total had he not quit the sport at just 26 years of age, far from his physical prime.
@StrengthUniverse
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
@@abhinavkumar547 I think so too, could have definitely been the first to achieve 2500lb total
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
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
@StrengthUniverse Жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting these together buddy, really helps to show the high regard other athletes and experts have for Marks Strength
@abhinavkumar547
@abhinavkumar547 Жыл бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse Your welcome buddy. I have edited this comment and have added a few more quotes of Jan Todd and Magnus Ver Magnusson also.
@3thhackz531
@3thhackz531 20 күн бұрын
I personally don’t know a better way, like the worlds strongest arms, legs and other bits could be a title but if you wanna be the worlds strongest period, you should be the strongest overall.
@chiefakachi2296
@chiefakachi2296 2 ай бұрын
Mark henry is the dude in high school you make friends with.
@bsoj1977
@bsoj1977 Жыл бұрын
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😄
@talder123
@talder123 Жыл бұрын
Definitely the strongest man who ever lived. If he truly realized his potential and did not stop early. Along with had the resources lifters have today Mark Henry would be untouchable. Still has the highest supertotal and there is more money in taking his being the strongest powerlifter at the time to doing wwe when wwe was still popular. I also believe he was truly natural a genetic freak regardless. Not to mention a 400lb man dunking
@robertdemon3550
@robertdemon3550 Жыл бұрын
I was impressed by that dunk amazing at his size.
@shoeplayisbad1
@shoeplayisbad1 Жыл бұрын
Resources did not change He was natural
@TitB1199
@TitB1199 3 ай бұрын
Nope. Not even close.
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