Bill Kazmaier Victories: 1980-81 | World's Strongest Man

[@clash5j]

Sat next to him on a flight from Ohio to Atlanta right after the Arnold in I think 2008. He was tired as hell but allowed me to pester him with tons of questions and was a pretty gracious guy

[@johnchestnutt6892]

Saw him working out at his gym in Auburn in the mid to late 80s. I have never seen weights bend bars like that. Benching 500+, squatting much more. Absolutely insane and a great guy to everyone he met!

[@EDGEDAZZA]

John Chestnutt So jealous!

[@jordangroff8978]

Crazy, he wasnt even in his prime by then too!

[@STSADaniel]

I met Bill few years ago, in person, and talked with him a little, a very humble man and down to heart. I will never forget that moment.

[@OrangeDiamond33]

Lies

[@SteveNinetyski]

Down to earth*

[@lethrneck4]

"yeah the tendon just popped out in the shoulder, but we put it back it, its probbaly torn a little,,but we should be fine for the squat and deadlift" haha baddass!

[@elvecinodeltio5960]

lethrneck4 and he was so serious about it badass

[@jamesavery6671]

AHHHHHHH !!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

[@odudi]

Jozy X lets see you get a serious injury like he did and you just say "ouch". In reality he had torn his pec permanently taking 100 pounds off his bench. The pec is a large muscle to tear, unless your on a few strong painkillers any person would scream with an injury like that.

[@archon3715]

@Jozi X Worse injury this dudes probably had is a paper cut

[@ivankontra3446]

@@archon3715 look at his liked videos, he's literally just playing video games, he's the stereotype

[@whenisdinner2137]

The only man to get banned because he was too good

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

They were so Jealous of him

[@sdgakatbk]

I read your comment and thought "year sure!". Then I looked it up. Sure enough, the organizers thought he was too dominant.

[@lucasschoubye8432]

in 1980 he scored an impressive 105 point, his runner-up scored 79. giving him a lead of 26 points. keep in mind the average score of those events at the time was about 50-60. doubling the score of the competitiors both then and today.

[@srinureddy6395]

One of the best and strongest humans to ever walk the earth

[@Palrath1]

that bar bend is a nasty event...

[@Micke12312]

Very weird event

[@unidentifiedx9391]

Was mr incredible based on this guy

[@gymweeb9229]

Unidentified X i saw that movie yeeeeear ago and i do see the resemblance too haha

[@unidentifiedx9391]

Zeebaktu wtf don't tell u never saw the incredibles when u were a kid dumbduck

[@denwilson7278]

Hahaha

[@Shadow-bs1iu]

Yes, with plenty of Trenbolone and Halotestin thrown for some good eye yellowing effect

[@turinturambar8622]

@@unidentifiedx9391 I've never seen those dumb movies

[@worstnightmare3134]

Bill kazmaier is a real life Mr.Incredibles from the Incredibles movie

[@LukeFaulkner]

My neck hurt just watching 2:25...

[@pryme2013]

26 years old and looked mid 40's easy. If you said he was 46 I would believe that.

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

Yeah same here the steroids makes people look old.

[@Joshg1984]

If only they let him compete 83-88. He would have the record for most wsm wins.

[@corygrant26]

will never see anything to this extent or competition again.... these emen pushed themselves and broke themselves down... nowdays we watch and cheer our heroes to see them fold cuz they dont want to hurt themselves.. even if they may win

[@shadyhassoun9384]

hes a strength legend.

[@odudi]

Can you imagine how good Kaz could have been today if he was in his prime now with all the advancement in training, diet, supplements, "gear", and all the other knowledge they have now?

[@sujitsharma4346]

not really...the gear back then was actually of much better pharmacutical quality

[@odudi]

Kaz admited tht he over trained and if he knew the training methods he knows of today he could have been better. And there is more powerfull steroids out there now. And bobybuilders and powerrifters use a combo of different steroids, GHM, insolin, and other supliments. But when you compare pound for pound wiithouut any chemichal help KAZ wins hands down

[@solce5720]

What a legend !

[@musclevilleking897]

legend!

[@geoffmealing9427]

Awesome guy

[@DavidVirtanen]

Good Ole Kaz 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💛💛💛💛

[@EonSlumber]

Inspiring.

[@arktomorphos]

That's one strong chef in the thumbnail

[@clarkyow1418]

World’s Strongest Man 30 years of pain 👌🏼

[@apointtomake1517]

Sadly that injury he sustained in the finals never healed to 100% and literally ended his powerlifting career. Going from a 660+ bench, to struggling with 500lbs.

[@Some_Random_Idiottt]

Kaz is the strongest Strong man ever

[@hmackprotection1]

Saul Almanza Fact !!!!

[@sujitsharma4346]

no..its Jon pall

[@hmackprotection1]

Sujit Sharma, You sound ridiculous

[@sujitsharma4346]

@@hmackprotection1 you are ridiculous.

[@hmackprotection1]

Sujit Sharma If In all honestly you truly believe that Jon Paul was stronger than Bill, then there’s really nothing I can tell.. I Love Sigmarsson, but The Fact remains he was not Stronger than Kaz.

[@ben9965]

The possession of Bill Kazmaier

[@benmiddleton9984]

Originally from Burlington Wisconsin just like me

[@xlsacredlx2666]

Henry cooper the legend

[@winston678]

zydrunas savickacs now stronger but kaz physique was better

[@Exekutioncro]

Gilbert Michaud its true but nobody cares about physique in strongman

[@giovannyc3886]

Big Z says that in his opinion Kaz is the strongest strongman ever

[@liquidsquid101]

@@giovannyc3886 If you're referring to the interview I think of, he put Kaz on his alltime top 5 a long with himself 😀

[@Kain_R_Heinlein]

@@giovannyc3886 and Kaz says the same about big Z.

[@-Strongman-Russia-]

классные соревы

[@pizzaDhut]

Had they not banned him he could have won 6 titles

[@Unstablecells]

Why was he banned?

[@rivecol-long4448]

@@Unstablecells for being too strong in the competition

[@Kylo_ren518]

​@@rivecol-long4448dont forget Douglas Edmunds, who took over the WSM in 1983 and wanted England's strength poster boy athlete Geoff Capes to finally win. People say it was either because he was too dominant, he was too disrespectful toward the organizers and judges, or because people would lose interest if he kept on winning, but Douglas Edmunds is the man to blame

[@RickyBobby42069]

KAZMAIERINN!!!!!

[@jrdnwhtny1]

A 7/8s bar is either a number 7 or 8 bar. Ain’t no fucking way that’s being bent overhead. These guys are insane.

[@kurtangle4304]

Playboy resort in 1980 🤤

[@rc7199]

I'm a huge fan of this sport but today's athletes don't compare to these guys in the 80s whens the last time you saw strongmen not use a rope to pull a truck or even a bar bend on the head or neck crazy to think these guys did that shit

[@ShadowLegendxxx]

i don`t know why in the world Mariusz quit in 2009 32 yrs old when he was in his best strongest age he quit he could easly be 5 more times world strongest man

[@Vazcular]

ShadowLegendxxx The events changed a bit and Big Z came back while Shaw was on the rise. Oh, and he went to MMA.

[@sujitsharma4346]

More money in mma

[@liquidsquid101]

He knew he couldn't keep winning once Zydrunas reached his peak

[@AlexBelte3002]

2 of his titles were against some very weak fields of athletes (2005 and 2007) compared to what came in 2009. In 2006 and 2008 respectively, only Pfister as the fortunate yet great '06 winner and Poundstone as the very close '08 first runner-up were a real threat to his dominance. As the other threatening big guys went to IFSA after the WSM and IFSA split. His best wsm victories, to me, are his first in '02 and second in '03 with such big margins of respectively 8 and 20 points ahead, especially considering the quality of the athletes he was against.

[@GiovaniFBiffi]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@actionfigurescollectionssu7854]

Bill Kaesemeyer is super strong has fuck.

[@johnwheatman3569]

Is it me somebody please correct me if im wrong but his this guy the strongest man that ever lived. Yeh theirs new guy Zedrunas, Marius but I just think that if he was competing now or he had to compete against any of those guys hed of just blown them away he was immence just simply mind blowingly awesome. No ones has strong has that Marius was ok but Kaz was more consistant over all n power per square in marius was in no ay has strong has kaz, n anyone who thinks marius in power per square inch of pure strength is stronger than kaz dont know what their talking about. I dont no who am i maybe zadrunas could of competed against him n held him a bit well nvr no who am i all hyperthetical lol...........

[@Nastgardaren]

This is a very late answer, but I think Kazmaier from 1981 (before his pectoral injury) would be the strongest Pound for Pound today, but not the strongest in absolute strength. Give him a year or two and he would make anything possible. He would be a top contender for both the Arnold and WSM for sure, but I'm not sure how he would perform against Shaw, Savickas, Björnsson and Hall, surely give them a hard time though!

[@dazburnside7340]

Nastgardaren O.D. Wilson was stronger than all of them

[@Exekutioncro]

Zydrunas. Looking at how long hes competing and how sucessfull hes been there isnt really anyone else. Most of the guys come gor like 5 years and disappear again Big Z is now competing for 20 years and has won pretty much EVERY thing. Not only 5x WSM but several Arnold Classics aswell together with even more other events. Mindblowing

[@Kal-i6w]

ExeKuTioN Cro Savickas has won x5 wsm ? I thought he won x4

[@tdane5017]

What impressed me about kaz is that he was actually banned from the wsm for being too dominant. Who really knows how many he would have won.

[@sridasaliyange7407]

Victor Hugo

[@elvecinodeltio5960]

Somewhat Eddie hall comes into mind

[@michellestancil809]

I think it's gross and strange and derange when mothers talk and stalk on their sons and talk about their winner

[@tjeerdoosinga9932]

Great guy but not the strongest men ever

[@tdane5017]

Tjeerd Oosinga I am a Mariuz fan but I have to say that kaz was a beast. Pound for pound he was so strong. These guys now weigh 100# more than he did.

[@Reese2279]

@@tdane5017 .....Mariusz Pudzianowski only weighed 313.......and won 5 times, 2 more than Caz

[@tdane5017]

Dave Mariuz is my favorite by far!! Kaz was banned from competing in the wsm by the organizers after 3 wins ( 80,81,81.)because he was too dominant. He didn't compete again until 1988. He probably could have won several more.

[@Reese2279]

@@helpallofem4428 Ok so my comment was 2 years ago. Doesn’t really matter why Kaz couldn’t continue, it’s irrelevant

[@DM-yi1ur]

He's a strong dude for sure but the problem with him is he's a bit rude, mouthful and a mean competitor.

[@TheReapersSon]

If you had the background he did, you'd have a little bit of a chip on your shoulder. Some handle it better than others.

[@littlemoo52]

2:35 and that's before pornhub!

[@Sara-L]

Strongmen train all their lives to lift heavy things a limited number of times... Navy SEALS train for a few weeks to lift heavy things all day long. Who's badder?

[@tonda01]

SEALS not lift as heavy things as Strongmen, nobody is stronger then strongmen.

[@gunfighter3890]

Sara Llewellyn Your logic suggests, anyone who inspires to be WSM, should get slapped in his face and told to become a navy seal. You bum!

[@Reese2279]

Sara........but the strongmen lift heavy things several hours a day to gain the strength. your logic makes no sense.

[@griffturkltek9933]

Boy scouts sell popcorn ...... but girl scouts sell cookies. Who's got more shoes?

[@MrSamialbeik]

Kazmeir had a look in his eyes that only a Frankenstein serial killer could have 😂

[@MrSamialbeik]

Kazmeir was totally crazy. 😂

[@kidmanila2160]

Juicer don't squeeze the juice With out juice there average people is this the 1980 German woman athletes

[@kidmanila2160]

They juice up at least in those days cage free eggs no antibiotic on chicken and steak it started 1990 foster farm chicken with out steroids the average joe the barbarian brothers were one of the strongest bodybuilders back then when the got of the juice average joes