A toned body and powerful muscles are the subject of admiration from girls and envy from men. However, to achieve an athletic physique, you need proper nutrition and long-term training. And the strongest people in the world are a great example of this. They worked hard to become who they are and succeeded in the field of strength sports.
Take the expander in your hand, and we will tell you, who is the strongest man in the world. We did not rank all the participants of the list from less to more powerful. However, the first place was given to the current holder of the title "the strongest man on Earth".
10. Becca Swanson
The only representative of the fair sex among the tough powerlifters, American Swanson is currently the only woman to squat 387 kgFrom a lying position, this lady is able to bench press 270 kg.
She has also participated in the World's Strongest Woman competition since 2002. She is currently the strongest woman on Earth.
9. Mikhail Koklyaev
In 2018, the Russian strongman managed to move the 6,500-ton floating crane Volgar in 2 minutes and drag it 2 meters 22 centimeters. This record was recorded in the presence of a representative of the Russian Book of Records.
Earlier, Koklyaev's successes were noticed by Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. In 2011, Schwarzenegger expressed admiration for how the Chelyabinsk athlete lifted 111 kg twice during the Arnold Strongman Classic-2011
8. Eddie Hall
This British strongman can easily lift a normal person off the ground like a rag doll. He was named the world's strongest man in 2017 and is currently the only person capable of lifting 500 kg. The previous record was 465 kg, also set by Eddie Hall.
However, due to health issues, Hall expressed his intention to return to competition at a lower weight.
7. Yuko Ahola
This Finnish athlete holds the world record for the Hercules hold. In this exercise, the strongman must use chains to hold two poles that lean in opposite directions. The winner is the person who can hold the longest poles. Anhola was able to hold the 197 kg poles for 45.7 seconds.
Anhola also set a world record in the Atlas Stones exercise (215 kg). During this competition, a round stone or concrete ball must not only be lifted, but also thrown over a stand of a certain height or placed on a special pedestal.
After leaving his strongman career, Yuko tried his hand at cinema. He appeared in such films as "Invincible", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Vikings" and "War of the Dead". He is also one of the organizers and judges of the World's Strongest Man competition.
6. Magnus Ver Magnusson
The former strongman and powerlifter from Iceland was crowned the world's strongest man four times.
Magnusson's titles include "West Coast Viking", "Northern Europe's Strongest Man", "Europe's Strongest Man" and "World Muscle Champion".
The athlete has now left the world of big-time sports. He owns the prestigious gym "Giant's Nest" in Reykjavik and guides future powerlifters on the right path.
5. Zydrunas Savickas
One of the strongest men on the planet comes from Lithuania. He is considered one of the greatest modern strongmen, having won all major competitions.
Savickas has been named the “Lithuania’s Strongest Man” 14 times, the “Europe’s Strongest Man” three times, and has won the “World’s Strongest Man” competition four times. He also won a silver medal in Japan in the World Powerlifting competition, lifting a total of 1,020 kg – only 2.5 kg less than gold medalist Brad Gillingham, which even earned him the title of one of the most unusual people.
The Lithuanian athlete’s achievements also include six-time victory in the Arnold Strongman Classic.
4. Mariusz Pudzianowski
The pride of Polish sport is known in the country as "The Dominator" and "Pudzian." During his career as a strongman, Pudzianowski won five World's Strongest Man titles, more than any other athlete according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
And in 2009, "Dominator" made his debut as a mixed martial artist.
3. Brian Shaw
In his youth, Shaw was an excellent basketball player (he is 6'11") and played for his college team, where he received a degree in wellness management.
He is a four-time winner of the World's Strongest Man title, winning the Arnold Classic twice and the All America Strongman Challenge, which is held at the annual California fitness festival FitExpo, once.
In 2011, Brian Shaw became the only person (at the time) to ever win two major sporting events, the Arnold Classic and the World's Strongest Man, in the same year.
2. Elbrus Nigmatullin
The multiple winner of the title of “the strongest man in Russia” has been involved in powerlifting and arm wrestling for many years, and his name has repeatedly appeared on the pages of the Guinness Book of Records.
In 2016, he was able to repeat the ancient game of strongmen - holding two horses, each weighing 870 kg, pulling in different directions.
And in 2017, Nigmatullin set a new world record. He was able to move and pull a balloon with a shell volume of 2,500 cubic meters and a lifting force of 350 kg over a distance of 50 meters. It took the Russian strongman 2 minutes 35 seconds to complete this task.
The Chelyabinsk strongman did not bypass an acting career. He starred in the TV series "Yellow Dragon", playing a master of oriental martial arts.
1. Hafthor Bjornsson
If you watched one of the most popular series in the world, Game of Thrones, you probably remember Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane. He was played by Icelander Hafthor Bjornsson.
This year, the mountain of a man took part in the World's Strongest Man 2018 competition, which was held in Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines. He has participated in this event every year since 2012, but this was the first time he won first place.
A happy Bjornsson posted a photo on social media of himself standing on the top step of the podium.
The athlete and actor, who weighs 200 kg and is 206 cm tall, is the first person to win the title of "World's Strongest Man", the title of the Strongest European and the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition in the same calendar year.
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