This thread is for anything to do with physical strength, be it powerlifting, strongman, bodybuilding, or tales of pushing manlets over that refuse to move from the olympic platform and then try to get you kicked out from the gym. Or, anything else interesting
Good stuff to come when I can be bothered to post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9STaNL7FzUQ
Pure Strength was a strength competition that started about 30 years ago, the competition in the video featured the 3 strongest men in the world at the time: Bill Kazmaier, Jon Pall Sigmarsson, and Geoff Capes.
Long video but it is worth the watch.
Spoiler: Sigmarsson wiped the floor in every event but two (8/10), he breaks the world record with a 1077lbs deadlift, then breaks it again immediately after with a 1153lb lift. Capes quit halfway through due to an injury. 8 world records were broken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh-ikyBAQr8
Konstantin Konstantinovs pulls 939lbs with no straps and with no belt, it set the world record for a raw deadlift, and for a raw deadlift with no belt. It is one of the greatest deadlifts of all time. It was 7 years ago and Konstantinovs can no longer lift as much (he did not break 900lbs at WPC European Championships in 2015) so it is unlikely he will beat it. Benedikt Magnusson beat it raw, taking the world record for best raw deadlift, but he used a belt for it so it still stands as the best raw deadlift without a belt ever.
