The Strongest Bodybuilder (Stronger than Ronnie Coleman)

[@mitchellhooperstrongman]

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[@krisztianmezei888]

Gregg Kovacs was the Strongest bodybuilder ever...everybody know who follow the sport from Arnold

[@bigal5231]

Ronnie would of won W.S.M several times but he was a bodybuilder

[@krisztianmezei888]

@bigal5231 your grandfather would of won WSM 5 times but he was market vendor 😀

[@kevinprendergast5885]

IFBB pro Kyle Kirvay just did 2430.6lbs total Raw a week or two ago

[@truthteller..]

He isn't gonna win any shows though. Dallas was a GOOD BB he is a powerlifter who bodybuilds

[@adamstacharowski5231]

@@truthteller..still an ifbb pro. Still the strongest powerlifting bodybuilder

[@alexlorincz9912]

Mitch’s criteria at the start of the video was “not some fringe IFBB pro that just happened to get his pro card”

[@kevinprendergast5885]

@@alexlorincz9912 very difficult to put up a 2430lbs total raw total and get an ifbb pro card. Mitch who is a fellow Barrie Ontarian has an official power lifting total of 1829.8lbs. Definitely a great Strongman.. but ridiculous to say that what Kyle has put up isn't impressive as a bodybuilder. Would be interesting to see what Mitch could do as a powerlifter now but im not going to hate on any of these guys.

[@truthteller..]

@alexlorincz9912 I wasn't gonna waste my time but thanks lol

[@jessupdeane]

Ronnie was like 2 weeks out from stage when he pulled that 800. That should be considered

[@markpozsar5785]

It shouldn't, If he had better lifts he would claim them for sure. I mean ffs guys was saying he had negative body fat.

[@bradhuskers]

​@@markpozsar5785 Your low IQ is showing little girl

[@drdave971]

Yes I agree , he did a lot of heavy training consistently in his dieting down phase , it is definitely something to consider , less water around the joints , and hardly any glycogen stores to give explosive quick energy . Also as mentioned earlier he did these lifts consistently. So for most of us he is the strongest

[@sarnol8973]

5 1/2 weeks he says it in the video

[@qarrell]

Hey Mitch. Thanks for featuring Dallas. I knew him and i try to tell people how strong he was for a top level bodybuilder. He was such a nice dude. I think you would have liked him. Dallas was the epitome of your Lift Heavy Be Kind lifestyle. I think he could have won Olympia if he had two more years. A good man taken from us all too soon. I miss him.

[@Derals1]

It was such a shame.. I was so excited to watch him grow more into the sport

[@dallascantrell4087]

Thank you for given Dallas his flowers. Dude was a monster!

[@KeyserSoze23]

Dallas had a very big heart. According to his autopsy he had a 833g heart (average weight is 300g). Even Rich Piana's was "only" 670g.

[@mrgaudy1954]

Can’t be a true 5%er if your heart isn’t more than twice the average weight, right babe?

[@Jimminityjabooboo]

@@mrgaudy1954Shoop Ahhhhh God Dammit

[@tedtrager9560]

@@mrgaudy1954 Gotta confuse the organs, right babe?

[@Butcher___________83]

That's because it's a side effect of roids.

[@nevertoofast2]

Stan Efferding at 275 squatted 865 raw with wraps, and 854 raw with sleeves. He benched 606 raw, and deadlifted 837 and totallef 2304. All his lifts were officially done in competition.

[@bacon435]

His squat was high as hell. Kyle Kirvay is the real deal with clean lifts and he’s stronger

[@BogdanPW641]

bro Stan is powerlifter not BB

[@boydmccollum692]

@@BogdanPW641 bro Stan has his IFBB pro card. Hence his claim as the world's strongest BB. Though Larry Wheels, while not a pro BB, still competed in BB. He's stronger than Stan and Dallas. It's all in how you want to slice the data.

[@tonynilsson3765]

@@boydmccollum692 but Larry wheel is not a bodybuilder ;-)

[@boydmccollum692]

@@tonynilsson3765 but he won overall at the NPC Gold Coast Muscle Classic in California in Feb 2023 in Classic Physique. He came in second at the 2023 Amateur Olympia Men's Classic Physique. Had he won, he would have gotten an IFBB pro card. Seems to make him a bodybuilder. As much as Ronnie Coleman was a powerlifter (he competed in 4 deadlift only meets). Larry ranks 72 all time, while Stan ranks 114 by DOTS, and 29 and 57 respectively, by total. Their BW when they made their best totals were within 9 pounds of each other (283.6 for Larry, 274.7 for Stan).

[@KyleThain-c2k]

Mitch, great video. I grew up close to Dallas and I use to work with a lady he was dating so I remember his death like it was yesterday. Dallas actually died a while ago back in 2017.

[@fredesti1]

**Greg Kovacs** he was pulling over 900 and benching over 600. Idk his squats, but everyone forgets how strong that guy was.

[@flaviusjosephus373]

*Kovacs...but yes, you're right

[@WesleySissons]

If you know you know.

[@Pp-sr4cs]

He's a fraud

[@gsftbeast9761]

@@fredesti1 yh he used fake plates and was 500lbs of tumours

[@M1keDaly]

My best squat ever is 505lbs. So yeah, when he cracked out 6 controlled rows with 495, I was impressed.

[@gsftbeast9761]

@@M1keDaly he’s done more king kamali said that he trained back with Ronnie in the offseason and he was doing 6plates

[@MANG00J]

What a lot of people seem to forget about Ronnie is that he was knocking on the door of world record squat/deadlift numbers at the time of his peak right before he was stage ready. I don’t think we’ve had a bodybuilder since then that is pulling and squatting 1000+ just a few weeks out from a show.

[@K-hi7ed]

When did he pull and squat more than 800? They where his best lifts

[@drdave971]

Absolutely correct

[@RecarnateKEKW]

Thank you for this video,Dallas deserve way more recognition than he gets.Being so strong and good at BB at only 26 is just mindblowing,wonder where woudl he be now.

[@PATRICKMARCUCCI]

Thanks for all the great content Mitch

[@Taylorage]

Iain Vallaire and James Hollingshed numbers defo need looking at aswel

[@MilyaushaErmakov-f8x]

Honestly, this video brightened my mood!

[@lionarofficial]

Dallas McCarver was rumoured to have deadlifted 820lb x 2 reps but was never recorded. He was ahead of his game at 26. FREAK of nature left his benchmark 💪

[@justsayin7865]

That's what steroids make you 😅

[@lionarofficial]

@@justsayin7865 steroids alone would not get you to that level. You need that something different in your DNA 🧬

[@joshferguson9703]

@@justsayin7865 just sayin you know nothing about steroids do

[@mariusastier8138]

pete rubish who trained in the same gym at the time said in a podcast that he even got 905lbs above his knees and was pissed because pete did it two days before 😂

[@shonuffLA]

@@justsayin7865you can take everything he did and not lift a 1/10th of what he did.

[@strongmansam289]

I’d put James Hollingshead and Iain Valliere up there with him. Day a million of demanding a deadlift or shoulder session with either of them!

[@Innermostmoon112]

Definitely James up there. 660 for 10 on the squat with knee sleeves and I think he's benched 5 plates for 4 or 5 reps.

[@strongmansam289]

@ it’s the control James has on his squats that’s particularly revolting. Seen him do 7 plates (340kg/750ishlb) with elevated heels, vertical torso and controlled eccentrics for multiple reps. Reminiscent of Eddie back in his heyday.

[@thomasspielman577]

The only thing higher than Dallas' total was the grams of gear he was on to get there.

[@TheSaxon.]

The problem is, it took gram after gram of gear a week to be that strong and that's why he's dead, along with other irresponsible practices.

[@1vootman]

Massively over abused steroids is the reason for his early passing, which is a shame in light of his potential future in the sport of bodybuilding

[@Bricknose91]

And Ronnie was one of the pioneers to the mass monster era. He also massively over abused steroids and almost died from taking so much insulin without eating enough carbs

[@brokencigarette3017]

Crazy he was only 26 when he passed away. He looked mid 40's. This guy abused his body beyond the limit and it cost him his life.

[@dr.options]

What about Greg Kovacs? He had some pretty crazy lifts and was massive.

[@nelocarbon3284]

I really like the stories he is telling. However, many people have very plausible doubts about the truth behind that

[@Qwer-eg1rj]

No brad castleberry is wayy stronger

[@MeLoNHeAd00]

Kovacs did a ton of his lifts on the Smith machine . Poor Dallas he pushed his body way too far.

[@DavidVirtanen]

Greg Kovacs The Goat 👑👑👑🐐🐐🐐💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

[@fredesti1]

I was thinking the same. The giy was a beast. Just a strong ass farmer lol

[@patrickmurphy5842]

great to see Mitch giving credit where credit is due!

[@tomels8]

James Hollingshead is damn strong! You should compare them.

[@benglasscock1505]

Kyle Kirvay is the strongest with actual competition lifts 👌🏻

[@ctzninsn]

thought this was going to be about Kyle Kirvay lmao

[@adamstacharowski5231]

Kyle kirvay disagrees

[@camsmallweak1820]

Kyle Kirvay does exist

[@gym-kneecrickets6294]

What’s your thoughts on Mike O’Hearn ? Didn’t he beat Nick Best in a power lifting show while bodybuilding when he was 10 playing football while mastering jujitsu

[@raidenj1295]

He benched 405 since birth 😂😂

[@gym-kneecrickets6294]

@@raidenj1295 after he drove his mom home from the hospital.

[@willman43]

The only thing Chuck Norris fears is Mike O’ Hearn.

[@sarnol8973]

as a high level bodybuilder myself i can confirm that we do indeed focus on hamstring tension when deadlifting 800+lbs for reps

[@isaiahmartinez7799]

Dude hasn’t heard of Kyle Kirvay

[@awsomenesscaleb]

Why are we talking about a dead bodybuilder being the strongest based on what he maybe could have done to become top 100 in the world when a current IFBB pro literally just set a new raw ATWR? It makes zero sense to talk about anyone other then Kyle Kirvay being the strongest bodybuilder of all time.

[@slee2695]

He literally said not a fringe IFFB pro...has to be high level bodybuilder

[@knowwe]

Big Country!!! I still watch his leg day redcon1 vid every week before leg day

[@gainz_godz1098]

There is a single video thats hard to find floating around where dallas was interviewed after a show that he actually did not compete in and said his next off season (he died during that comp season) he would be trying to deadlift 1000lbs.

[@joshferguson9703]

I can agree about Dallas but I would argue Joel Mackey,Stan Efferding or Johnny Jackson are just as strong or stronger

[@brbodybuilder]

Stan Efferding would like a word

[@drluisgoncalves]

In one of his shoulder workouts, Thor performed 8 repetitions with 150 kg (330.69 lbs) dumbbells.

[@Mark-ef2ly]

No !! He didn't !!

[@augustc8995]

Svend Karlsen was an IFBB pro bodybuilder, wasnt he? And since he is, to my knowledge, the only ifbb pro to do so, it seems like he would be the strongest

[@aqulloskarst6378]

Dallas past away in 2017 and was not the stronges ifbb pro

[@reganboulton1868]

Damn you posted the same comment twice huh 😂 and he already said he died in 2017 use your eyes

[@BogdanPW641]

he was strongest BB ever bro

[@metalgear74]

Mike O' might not be quite as strong, but at least he is 100% natural.

[@michaelsloan1360]

Sure he is 😂

[@TroyLindekugel]

Lol

[@michaeloxlong5697]

Mitch, do you think those ORM calculators are still applicable for top-tier athletes like this? I would assume they're more calibrated toward "normal" people, solely based on availability of data.

[@TheJipino]

They're not reliable for anyone until you can personally confirm that they are for you. People vary a lot in how their rep work translates to singles.

[@TheJipino]

Here's all the mental steps required to reach the conclusion in the video, numbered for clarity: You are 1)adding a hypothetical 100lbs to someone's 2) already completely hypothetical total (e1rm is not reliably accurate at all) based on lifts that aren't even done in a competition, i.e. to 3) comp standards (especially bench) or 4) in succession to one another with 5) (usually) nine total attempts as would be the case in a competition.

[@kristiankember8973]

I'd say ronnie still edges out in his own ways over dallas. Like ronnie 2300 pounds leg press for reps only really being matched by eddie hall. Ronnie also makes a consistant statment that his biggest regret is only doing 2 reps on the 800 pound squat, showing he was far from failure in his own eyes...I'm surprised Larry Wheels isn't brought up for strongest body builder, as he did do body building.

[@TheGraca]

He s got the biggest heart of all time too... 😪

[@jamesmartinez6504]

I think you are right. Not to mention look at Dallas's condition during these lifts he ripped and his waist is tiny. Power lifters are not in this kind of condition not to mention how many sets have been done with this kinda of weights. I believe Dallas is and would have gone down in history as one of the greatest of all time. I believe he accomplished just that

[@angelradev4968]

You forget about Greg Covacs

[@MegaLegz]

Bro why did your voice get deeper and smoother?

[@trentreimer130]

I think it's bizarre that we've come to hold up bodybuilders as the benchmark of human health and beauty. We're talking about a man who is crippled before his time versus a man who died before his time. They both had amazing accomplishments, absolutely, but we need some serious recalibration and redefinition of what we want to present to our youth as ultimate gym goals. Assuming, of course, that we would wish for our children to be healthy and long-lived.

[@NOLIFTINGNOLIFE]

Didn’t he pass away a while back?

[@garretthibbard3812]

Some of these comments have no class of any kind. Thank you for shouting out Dallas!

[@riccardos3196]

Akim williams and James hollingshead are super strong too

[@EdYochim]

Beast 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.

[@Jeff-k8b]

Also Jonnie O Jackson , that dude had some impressive lifts for sure

[@andrewmadden8824]

Guys like him are a testament to not waste your health trying to look cool. Do it the right way, or else you’ll die trying. 26 is just crazy that’s supposed to be the time you come into your manhood not end it.

[@Fitin10nation]

Checkout Kyle Kirvay. He’s an IFBB pro bodybuilder who just recently set a 2430lbs total.

[@derekmota2134]

Dallas didn't pass away last year he passed away around 7 years ago. I believe it was in 2017

[@gimlee44222]

Strongest < Dead

[@jackreacher2095]

So you are as douchey as you look

[@reganboulton1868]

You think you’re immortal?

[@gainz_godz1098]

Dallas also attempted 900 in the gym after the 845 and almost got it.

[@timtrainage]

Andrey Smaev and Larry Wheels have entered the chat

[@brianholt594]

John Haack also is the strongest pound for pound person that ever lived no comparison. Plus he benched I’m pretty sure 563 in a competition at 220.

[@ScotB-j7o]

That's interesting that he was that strong being so big and muscular

[@EVL6479]

Is that...Matt Damon!?

[@punxsutawneyphil3944]

Not from the neck down.

[@DavidVirtanen]

BS Mitchell Greg Kovacs Was The Strongest Bodybuilder Of All Time 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@jedinxf7]

Matt Kroc was definitely up there.

[@justsayin7865]

I can't believe we glorify these guys on steroids and have competitions like natural world's strongest man, should be the other way around, enhanced world's strongest man

[@dr.ohhimark174]

All pro strongmen are on gear. Others on more than some. Less gifted strongmen in world's strongest man push similar doses as these bodybuilders do. I guess you're one of those who believe elite athletes aren't on gear just because they pass drug tests...

[@1TieDye1]

This was a weird video lol. Multiple ifbb pros are stronger than Dallas and better than Ronnie and even comparing Ronnie to Dallas, you showed some bias for Dallas lol like the rows? Neither were strict at all and you acted like Dallas’s were amazing. Just weird

[@miksuc]

Kyle Kirvay is literally the world record holder in raw 140kg/308lbs class currently and an ifbb pro. you just wasted time by calculating some imaginary total from gym lifts thats less than Kyles actual competition results.

[@r2dadizubz]

Ye but there's nothing else to do

[@alexlorincz9912]

Who?

[@dummy9517]

Not a fringe IFBB pro who just happens to get his card and then completely focus on powerlifting. This was literally Mitch's criteria

[@Innermostmoon112]

@@dummy9517Kyle competed as a pro. Didn't just have his pro card. Didn't win shows but he competed as a pro.

[@houndz-du7el]

RIP Dallas

[@brianholt594]

6 foot 300 pounds is absolutely ridiculous

[@TheOneandPrime]

We're any of his lifts verified in competition? Not trying to throw shade but he did a lot of his on video lifting during "the fake plates" era

[@jaydog77]

I wanna see larry wheels and Mitch do a video together

[@jaydog77]

Larry's best total is 2370lbs

[@toocool2bblue]

Now hear me out as its just an idea but why not celebrate some of the natural (drug free not drug teated) strength athletes and not those that have died from abusing steroids....

[@aqulloskarst6378]

Dalls past away in like 2017 and this video is complete bs. People like james hollingshead are way stronger than dallas. Dallas could have gone far in the strength and bb world if he had had more time but definitely not the stronges bb ever.

[@gsftbeast9761]

@@aqulloskarst6378 annoying he doesn’t even do research on the nigga😂😂

[@magg0078]

Surprised it was not Stan Efferding

[@daltonmason62]

But who actually holds the title of World's Strongest Bodybuilder? The White Rhino himself!

[@antoinegladney6523]

I liked Dallas and yes he was strong as hell. However Dallas died at 26 while Ronnie not the same anymore, but still alive at 58 or 59.

[@offshoreclientrep5529]

Why drag this up Ronnie is the GOAT

[@user-eh8it8lr1r]

dallas had a testosteronelevel of 55.000 ng/dl , that's about 54.200 ng/dl more than a natural healthy male ... insanity

[@slumking112]

Mitchell...sniffing too too much ammonia

[@OttoHermann-j3x]

Greg Kovacs of Canada was the strongest bodybuilder in the world.

[@gsftbeast9761]

Do a video on Craig monson

[@gujakis4688]

What I'm wondering is, what would his numbers be without the 30+ banned substances found in his system and the order to the supplier? A strong desire and search to be the best, led him into bodybuilding astray like many others before him. Where he became a walking laboratory. The image of Dallas is too romanticized, especially in the eyes of many young people. He made up for his lack of talent to be the best with a powerful drug that is (in)directly responsible for his premature death.

[@phantasam1904]

I remember dallas saying in ine of hus videos that he feels he could have probably been a strongman too if he wanted to

[@Butcher___________83]

Pound for pound the strongest of all time was Franco Columbu.

[@jadbhirich7560]

RIP DALLAS

[@WesleySissons]

Greg Kovac easily the strongest body builder ever.

[@massimilianosolvino44]

What about Johnnie Otis Jackson?One of the strongest ifbb pro bodybuilder of all time!Many greetings from Italy!👋

[@5milemacc737]

Greg Kovacs was stronger g if ur gonna glorify Dallas at least also reveal what happened to him. Dying at 26, full of tren with enlarged organs, thyroid cancer, heart issues, pulmonary/breathing issues etc. Same happened to Greg but later in life.

[@King.Mark.]

Wish everyone was natty

[@Blackbolt-411]

To be the best or the greatest of anything ...you need to be able to repeat it again and again . Ronnie will always considered to be the srtongest

[@grahamanderson7717]

I mean no disrespect but I have to say I just read McCarvers toxicology report from his post mortem . I’d rather stay clean of drugs and lift honestly . Performance enhancing drugs should really be called kill ya early drugs .

[@gus_jp]

Strongest to die at 26yo? How worthy was the gear?

[@truthteller..]

R.I.P Dallas smh 🙏🏼🦍💪🏻

[@davidbarak5510]

This is nice but this entire video is hypothetical, essentially this doesn’t carry any weight and doesn’t mean anything. Love ya Mitch but you’re better off just deleting this nonsense

[@TrenchStormer]

Kyle Kirvay is the strongest bodybuilder!!

[@tommylarnefeldt7671]

Very dark backside to that strength

[@gsftbeast9761]

Watch nick walker do 225dumbells press

[@Edwardscissor]

He didn't pass away last year ,do your research better

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Jason Bourne looking swole. As if he wasnt dangerous enough.

[@neilstanley7693]

Greg kovaks anyone