Paul Anderson Tribute

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The world's real strongest man triumphed in the Melbourne Olympics and the 1955 AAU world championship in the Soviet Union, winning the heavyweight gold medal in each.

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  • says 1955

    says 1955

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  • Exactly. That is ...

    Exactly. That is why there is no longer a clean and press. Everybody cheated.

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  • Anybody out there ...

    Anybody out there old enough to know who Ray VanCleaf was? He was a weight-lifting historian. He said Paul would drink a quart of beef blood from the slaughterhouse every day. Remember the AAU, back when athletes were amateurs and held down jobs in addition to competing?

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  • Dianabol came in ...

    Dianabol came in 1956 - same year as Paul won Olympic Gold medal.

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  • I met Paul and he ...

    I met Paul and he was a very nice gentalman He came to church with us and did a show.

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  • i love how in the ...

    i love how in the 88 olympics naim sulymanoglu beet his 2 lift total at less then half andersons body weight

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  • Powerlifting USA ...

    Powerlifting USA acknowledges paul anderson as the strongest man who ever lived. If any one says that he cheated what about all the powerlifters now who use one or two plys to do there lifts.

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  • Please note Paul ...

    Please note Paul does not cheat on the press or the jerk with a massive back bend, turning this lift into merely a bench press, the way Alexseyev did. It's all on film. Paul did his lifts before the era of Dianabol. Good man, and an actual amateur. I know you guys are really gonna kick my ass around for saying this too.

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  • yeah, vasiliy had ...

    yeah, vasiliy had bigger lifts than anderson, but Reza is now the strongman to beat.

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  • he was the greatest ...

    he was the greatest olympic lifter of all time, not the worlds strongest man.

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  • I sure Paul was ...

    I sure Paul was closer to about 540-550kg, maybe you do more study! The 500 was done when he was quite sick, Soviet cowardice meant they did not enter lifter. Glad to educate you!

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  • Just because you ...

    Just because you want... lol

    Paul Anderson - 500,0 kg
    VASILIY ALEKSEYEV - 640,0 kg
    Diference - 140,0 kg

    Study more before talk shit.

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  • Vasiliy Alekseyev, ...

    Vasiliy Alekseyev, THE WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN OF ALL TIME.
    CCCP forever!

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  • he also drank milk ...

    he also drank milk between sets, he had some turly wierd training methods

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  • you maybe talk ...

    you maybe talk about vasily alexeev... he won olympics (superheavyweight) at munich and montreal..

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  • they never tested ...

    they never tested Vlasov or anyone in 1960 & 1964,

    tests for anabolics started in 1968?

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  • I doubt it's ...

    I doubt it's steroids. A lot of people loaded to the top with steroids didn't even get half his strength, and by that time, the steroids took their toll and wiped them out. It would be nearly impossible to reach this guy's level with just steroids. It's more likely because he's a genetic freak of nature, like a lot of other guys said.

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  • you've got to be ...

    you've got to be kidding me with that kind of reasoning. anablolic steroids, injections or pills are bullshit and you know it.

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  • Vasily? Which one? ...

    Vasily? Which one? I don't know what Vasily you are talking about?

    Maybe you meant Vlasov? but then it is clear you don't know what you are talking about.

    USSR athletes used significantly less steroids than western lifters, they did not have as much oney and since vlasov passed Olympics tests, that means he had NOTHING on him.

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  • Vasily also was on ...

    Vasily also was on so many steroids he wouldn't have passed a drug test using someone elses urine.

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  • Vlasov beat ...

    Vlasov beat Anderson's record while being WAY lighter. It happened in 1960 Olympics.

    Anderson is my inspiration in terms of the form though.

    I want to have legs larger than his, I am 5-11, and I wanna weigh 400 pounds, I am powerlifter. But most of this weight I want in legs and lower body. I know it will look freaky, but I don't care.

    In terms of form, physique, Anderson is simply superb, he had a truly weightlifter's body.

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  • OMG! He makes 3X Mr ...

    OMG! He makes 3X Mr Universe & Legendary Strongman himself Reg Park look weak in comparison. There's a post of Park who's prime (1950's) was at the same time as Pauls. He's benching 500lbs (the 2nd ever to do so) with ease.Reg played Hercules during 60's and had real Herculean Strength. But Pauls Power was from beyond the Gods and on a whole another level completely Awesome!

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  • i remember reading ...

    i remember reading paul used to drink tomato juice with blood squoze out of ground beef. he believe something was in the blood. for all you steroid bashers we use steroids everyday produced
    by our bodies. without them we will die

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  • Have a look at Paul ...

    Have a look at Paul`s mom then you get an idea where he got his genetics from. Not even ona llt ehj juice the use these days noone has done his raw squats in his style, n o o n e! Her had freak genetics and a genius mind that knew no limits. "Inhuman Strength is mental/spiritual ability" according to L. Da Vicni

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  • anderson wasn never ...

    anderson wasn never defeated by vlasov. Vlasov came 5 years after him and wieghed allt eh way up to 300+ lbs. Wow, how many idiots I readh time I visit the web, sweet :). Anderson was a ton stronger but had not the finesse of OLWLs.

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