The Strongest Man You've Never Heard Of / Jan Germanus

Powerlifting World Champion, European Armwrestling Champion and World Armwrestling Champion all in the same year at the age of 20.
14 World titles from 1994 to 2008.
Buckle up my sexy friend and enjoy the ride...
Leave your questions down in the comment section.
My Instagram - CallMeCico

[@pandahsykes602]

It’s sick when powerlifters/arm wrestlers look all hypertrophied out like a bodybuilder , this guy was truly a beast .

[@ralfburon6179]

A lot of Bodybuilder came from Powerlifting or did it atthe same time like Franco Colombo.

[@shanejupp2175]

The juice was pure back then

[@gag1025]

@@shanejupp2175 Still is with far more choices.

[@GangdamStyle20]

@@shanejupp2175 Seriously, what do you guys think was he on the juice? He is not a too tall athlete, so they can rather look like he looked. But I think it is still very unlikely that he was natural in my opinion...

[@shanejupp2175]

@@GangdamStyle20 it’s obvious he was jacked up to the eyeballs

[@nemocorone6124]

Woow. Jan looks almost like Denis Cyplenkov. Guy was very powerful. Great video and thank you Filip.

[@slovakia0195]

Looked even better but he was too small if we compare him with Denis

[@Alex-1750]

He was crazy strong. Won Voevoda in 2001 Zloty final and lost to him in 2002. He and Taras were the dominant forces at 90kg weight class for years

[@johngoti4674]

Yes indeed 👍

[@ismailtopa3671]

Seeing him beating the "under the table" king move is so satisfying

[@nateblack972]

Beast mode!! Made me laugh when he flexed his bicep for the referee in the last couple seconds.

[@pbshakegains]

Facts 😆

[@jankooravec3806]

he is my friend, he lives next street, in Slovakia, in the town of Revúca,hi is good man bud not bilionar

[@Alex-1750]

@Janko oravec Nice ! You mean he is not very rich ?

[@angryencyclopediaenginamol4571]

Is he still active pulling?

[@FilipCicoHritz]

Armwrestling Fans here no, hes president of Slovakian aw association

[@angryencyclopediaenginamol4571]

@@FilipCicoHritz oohh.you guys know how old he is now?

[@FilipCicoHritz]

@Armwrestling Fans here i think hes 46 but i am not sure

[@ducnamvu6371]

Wow! He defeated Ivakin on all left hand and right hand. What a perfect armwrestler! 😮

[@guylasorsa6888]

Big Respect for Jan. Engin also talked about him when he was Pulling

[@InSaiyanPower87]

Pretty impressive stopping Taras Ivakins Toproll like that.

[@andyg4929]

The way he cupped his wrist in after getting it busted back and curling him to the pin pad was craaaazy

[@slovakia0195]

He is a world recorder in bench press. With body weight 92 kg he lift 285 kg.

[@de5bullygorilla]

Had to look him up after your comment, his squat was 285kg and bench was 215kg deadlift 270kg and he was 82kg. And it was equipped and he was a junior

[@slovakia0195]

@@de5bullygorilla In 2001 in city Liptovský Mikuláš he lift 275 kg and next year he lift 285 kg(bench press) with 92kg body weight it was world record (I think that still it is) in category up to 100 kg...

[@live4real496]

Fuck. Winning against Taras Ivakin in a losing position is legendary.

[@gmsleepless6530]

He was a beast back then , i remember some matches of him vs Voevoda and Taras Ivakin

[@etienneh4976]

What against the strongest of all Times Voevoda?

[@ianpaulcana3088]

@@etienneh4976 u high?

[@etienneh4976]

@@ianpaulcana3088 u are?

[@ianpaulcana3088]

@@etienneh4976 u need a doctor kid

[@etienneh4976]

@@ianpaulcana3088 stop callin me Kid when u see me Damn Live u would piss yourself

[@marianjung3892]

Ján Germanus, veľký a silný Slovák.. Hrdí sme naňho..))))

[@petopeter4832]

Tak veru!

[@genosmrad9729]

a milan reichel ho podporoval! poznal som obidvoch z tej doby v gerlachu...!

[@dusanilko8896]

Naša žijúca legenda 😊

[@ondrejsk5947]

Jano je legenda

[@chrisbackarmwrestling2520]

Great video brother!

[@Mani_Matter]

one of the best natural bodybuilder

[@MelbourneMaster]

Nice! From the videos on youtube I dont think Ive ever seen Jan Germanus win an armwrestling match :D

[@saxonsteve]

WOW!! What a beast of man!

[@jasons2562]

And then you see how much muscle this guy had at the end holy crap

[@niggasjit]

01:00 1999 footage lookin like its from 1959

[@FilipCicoHritz]

Its from russia, be glad it has colors 😄

[@stacybishop5501]

😂

[@BX0207]

so true... I initally thought it was 1960s..

[@mikejonce1]

Hilarious

[@martins.492]

Sledujem armwrestling dlho a ani som nevedel ze sme mali a mame takeho borca. Dik za video

[@proudHughesfan]

Hah, tak to je dobré. Ja ani nesledujem pretláčanie a vedel som o ňom hádam skôr ako o komkoľvek zo vzpierania (môj šport). Rád si vždy pozriem aj výkony z iných disciplín.

[@jozefmolnar3448]

Bol TOP svojej doby... Je to legenda...Proste len nemal takù PR ako mnoho slabšìch armwrestlerov!!! Raz som si s nìm v Revùcej podal ruku....

[@physicallyrandom5635]

Legend 💪😁

[@sammymuhoro157]

Thumbnail looks like young Arnold Schwarzenegger

[@TimmyTurner421]

I know Jan Germanus! He was a BEAST!!!

[@YoLo-mn5tk]

Not again

[@eastin6868]

I remember watching him arm wrestle a lot growing up

[@danreyes736]

How do you know if I’ve ever heard of him or not. Don’t ever EVER presume anything about me or anyone else. You got that?!!You don’t know my life!!

[@claytonbragg]

Video is absolute 🔥

[@jurkolobde3687]

Slovaci su proste top:)

[@jobidden2073]

He had some brilliant pulls with Lubomir Jagnesak around 10 years back.... Btw that's Farid Usmanov pulling for Uzbekistan that Jan outhooked near the end of video... You will know him today as Ferit Osmanli for Turkey.

[@adas990]

Voevoda speaks about him 💪

[@frankcastle9877]

He looks like the saiyan final form of an olympic gymnast. Concrete physique and lean

[@CossyMango]

It's interesting to know that Farid used to represent Uzbekistan

[@giacomozanetti2077]

Political reasons, he is 100% turk

[@BFaluup]

Arnold Schwarzenegger of armwrestling.

[@leonardoarambula7283]

Huge!!!

[@Nickpaintbrush]

Modern day strongman!

[@timothyhalvorson]

Well it's easy to see now where Devon Laratt learned his stuff from. They have the same look.

[@TAROTAI]

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[@BambaGanza]

He has exactly the same hook style as Cyplenkov

[@amyeseharmonia3840]

Yes true ! Little Open, good flexion and very strong pull with pronator at the end of move

[@charlesdow4802]

In his prime John Brzenk would have took him

[@wesleyg4386]

Probably, would be interesting.

[@kombasanpracka]

Not the same weight class. John is significantly taller and heavier. Germanus was in under 90kg category + he was a powerlifter in the first place who just loved armwrestling.

[@nuclear9977]

@Pav Just hello my Russian fighter what are your thoughts on the new emerging guy Andrey Smaev

[@a-rod279]

I dont know if was the strongest but the best physique for a long distance

[@adeeo]

Toto video si Jano zasluzil, dobra praca! A co Ty? Uz sa chystas na nejake podujatie? Zajtra DEVON Vs.TODD? Dobre vidim?

[@FilipCicoHritz]

Mario Manni ďakujem... ja len na dobrovodsku zatiaľ, uvidíme čo bude do konca roka. Todd a Larratt je len opakovanie z minulého roka.

[@MacLeodRoy]

What's the song?

[@bsebrut973]

Красаучег с фигурой бодика

[@joseph_krupa8155]

He is from my country and town Revúca.

[@robs3961]

Crazy physique

[@jordanspry8032]

never heard of him my dad was 6 foot 320 raw bench of 525 abd a shirt bench of 605 thats the strongest man I ever heard of

[@aaronrus]

he should come back

[@tomlanders6188]

I like his last name...

[@felixgiguere4488]

When your name is Germanus,you know tour gona get utra strong🤣

[@sharonremez]

A shame he stoped.

[@borisx7895]

He was caught because he use steroids

[@amyeseharmonia3840]

@@borisx7895 Lol all guys use Steroid at this LVL. just for Jan is more visible, is a bodybuilder/Powerlifter and Armwrerstler

[@myotheraccount5947]

"Juicy Vitamins" 😉

[@kademzorlu8442]

Heard him many time

[@LuciTulcea]

Ian Arnoldus!

[@kevipurielhoungu578]

I always knew ive never seen strongest man yet cuz some have passed away or some i still havent seen yet

[@TAROTAI]

How can you see something that hasn't happened? You are a *fortune teller* !

[@danielmuscarella8239]

He had a built like Franco Colombo

[@mosherabinovich]

Amazing champion

[@Broxine]

Did he ever armwrestle against Devon Larratt ?

[@ΔημητρηςΠικραμενος-β6ρ]

Anabolic steroids.....thats why guys he was so muscular and strong.

[@adamlorden2322]

Of course

[@myotheraccount5947]

"Juicy vitamins" 😉

[@Desneaky.larrat]

Is he great bodybuilder or armwrestler?...he looks better as a bodybuilder.

[@joeyng919]

Can someone tag Devon Larratt..? I'd like to see this match if this guy still around

[@K9SN-gi8qi]

Did he ever go up against the GOAT?

[@foxmulder5438]

Perfect arms what kind of exercise he do?

[@jasonhull2163]

Forgive my ignorance but I am guessing this man no longer competed in Devon Larratt’s time frame?

[@FilipCicoHritz]

Jason Hull Ján is retired from the big competitions for years

[@jasonhull2163]

Filip Cico Hritz He definitely looked like one hell of a man. Thanks for video.

[@jasonhull2163]

Jake Dbiop I am well aware.

[@luminairist]

Probably Jan Germanus never heard of John Brzenk.

[@Long285]

Nice muscle

[@BigDaddy-vn3ww]

The question is can he beat Devon Larratt??????

[@Alex-1750]

Of course .. In fact he would most likely do so , since he was usually winning Ivakin who steamrolled Larratt

[@chetchelios7614]

Have you heard of Dennis Cyplenkov?

[@ДимаИванов-ъ2е]

А куда он пропал?

[@paquirriwifi6812]

Is there any footage of him facing Alexey Voevoda?

[@k.vlmalsawmzualanotea7522]

But when alexey arises

[@zarakshah1336]

now adays a devon larrat

[@antownemercer7552]

Rock Solid!

[@peterwho9380]

Yes he's a great puller but nothing close to being the strongest man we've never heard of!

[@erikseavey9445]

Dang lol guys beast

[@HardcoreNaturalFitness]

He used creatine

[@damonthomas8955]

Im not trying to be insulting here, but I really wonder if that is a natural physique, or is there some steroid activity going on.

[@benh2156]

Looks like Devon Larratt's cousin

[@adas990]

Filip startujesz na Senec Hand?

[@FilipCicoHritz]

i cant, i would get banned from WAF

[@FilipCicoHritz]

but i may be there just to watch

[@adas990]

@@FilipCicoHritz a jaka waga teraz?

[@FilipCicoHritz]

@@adas990 85kg +-

[@danieljulian5172]

@@FilipCicoHritz that's really unfortunate. Even Devon Larratt said in an interview last year that he really wanted to see you in WAL

[@yjite]

Машина

[@kosta7453]

How am I never heard of him?

[@Alex-1750]

@Tilenista either you’re too young or not following armwrestling enough time.

[@kosta7453]

@@Alex-1750 I think ur right, I follow armwrestling since 2017

[@Alex-1750]

@Tilenista Nice ! 👍🏼

[@TAROTAI]

I never heard of you!

[@maverick-gp6mg]

brznk would have destroyed him. if he can beat dennis, lupkes, etc etc. this is an another one on the list.

[@najebemsevammamice]

Daaamn he looked like a beeeeast xD

[@gerrardkilgrave1401]

He never been the strongest, just win strong rivals couple years.

[@FilipCicoHritz]

Gerrard Kilgrave he was unbeatable for a decade. Many experts say he had strongest hook ever, horse power wise.

[@gag1025]

If he was so dominant why did he never enter the big arm wrestling tournaments where the world champions are crowned? Why did he never come to the US to the huge competitions we have here. That is how you get recognition. If he is the world champion in arm wrestling, and power lifting as the introduction says he is why have we never seen him in the US? I have never seen his name in the power lifting records.

[@FilipCicoHritz]

gag1025 maybe youre just uneducated, its said in the video that he won WAF Worlds 14x , which is the only real world championship and hardest tournament in the world to win, he also won zloty tur which is hardest non tested event in the world where he won his category and then beat Voevoda in the overalls. He also traveled all around the world and won world championships when they were held in US. For his powerlifting title and bench press record i dont wanna state exact Numbers because i dont want to mess them but you can just easly Google them.

[@justaguyfromreddit]

Us has the weakest armwrestler tournaments lol 🤫🤫🤫

[@gag1025]

@@justaguyfromreddit And you know this how? I have never seen you at any competitions in the US.

[@87karolino]

vsak je to slovak! 💪

[@leovellicertified6683]

Would school boy beat em tho ?

[@Dota2WeeklyUpdates]

Music pls

[@TrojiteQ]

I am from slovakia and never heard about this guy

[@lekkerpruven887]

Nice to see video from before the slipping away nonsense. Just grab on and arm wrestle

[@davevowels7568]

AND STILL COULDNT BEAT DEVIN LARRET.

[@MMAoracle]

Where is he from?

[@marekdzurak1867]

Slovakia

[@BIGNESHO]

🙀🤫🏆

[@thepersonbehindelonmusksuc1634]

Where is he now?

[@andrejmikulik4483]

home

[@etienneh4976]

Voevoda was the strongest of all Times

[@proudindian2186]

not really. he lost to travis bagent as well. fair to say denis cyplenkov for 1 to 2 years around 2017 18 was strongest armwrestler. but not sure total natural. but so was voeveda banned by olympics.

[@dashrek136]

@@proudindian2186 he got his revenge in 2003 zloty tur voevoda was unstoppable in that year

[@etienneh4976]

@@proudindian2186 are u kiddin me? Not sure if cyplenkov was Natural?!?!?! All of them took and take roids.....Voevoda 2004 was different just ask Bagant

[@adeeo]

@@proudindian2186 Not sure, Voevoda is a long time blacklist PED runner, Dennis the same and Jan... Guess what... :)

[@olleolle1607]

The strongest man on drugs!

[@Gatnor]

Ya.. Steroids work...

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

He took steroids 💉💊💪🏻🏋🏻‍♂️

[@cleverone3768]

Captain obvious!

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

clever one My uncle Alfred calls me that

[@yahushaking4367]

Lots if bodybuilders take steroids and suck at armwrestling.

[@Magneticlaw]

Impressive, but Devon Larrett would take him💪

[@TAROTAI]

prove it!

[@magicsinglez]

The gayest man I don’t want to know about.