Bill Kazmaier Benching At Daves Gym Northwich 1988 World's Strongest Man (with Jamie Reeves)
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- This was filmed at the old Daves Gym Winnington in 1988 with World's Strongest Bill Kazmaier and Jamie Reeves www.davesgym.co.uk
Kaz is a mix of a world class powerlifter and strongman, and he excelled at both sports. That is one of the strongest human beings to ever exist. Imagine what he'd be able to do with today's supplements, today's dietary knowledge, and technology... He's seriously break and set every single powerlifting and strongman record.
#thatissotruenotrolling Good explanation
He'd probably be the same (incredible). Kaz came from an era where training hard as hell, eating big and having a high testosterone level made you world class. Modern supps, smith machines and a paleo diet wouldn't make a blind bit of difference but distract him from being the greatest lifter on earth, something we could all think seriously about.
and todays drugs
Yes, Kaz was indeed amazing. However, we do have incredible powerlifters today as well. They deserve some respect as well.
So forget running back too
He literally throws 315 like it's 45 lbs lol
and with only one pec as well (his left pec is not attached)
7:30 that look is the reason I don't want to raise my hand in Prof. Kazmaier's class.
The people criticizing his ROM are hilarious. Thanks for the laughs.
+H Barnia Well, you can't fix stupid.
Lets criticize possible the strongest athlete to ever live lol you form critics will never make gains
@@Learn_Listen_Love People who lift like that, the way he does, will have horrific injuries & from interviews he's done, Kaz himself has had so many injuries that it would make Ronnie Coleman blush. It truly is a miracle & proof that God is real that he's still alive let alone able to move at all from what he's done to his body.
@@janoycresva276 I think his training programs contributed to it, too. I have a copy of his bench press program from 1981 and it's intense. Extreme linear periodization with insane volumes of straight bar benching every week. Can't be good for the shoulders and elbows long term.
@Yeomannn nothing like that is good long term without the proper recovery. Steroids helps the muscle fibers repair themselves, but they dont loosen the tendons that get tight from the intensity of ones training. Thats why self massage and stretching is important, one of the main things that I bet was neglected by top lifters back then. Most injuries in my personal opinion comes from a lack of recovery towards ones own body, letting your tendons tight up eventually leads them to snap without appropriate care when constantly training with high intenstities. Take a rubber band and pull on it slowly until it snaps, thats what happens and causes muscle tears even off the bone you slowly pulling on the band while it eventually gets tense is what happens when you constantly lay on the gas with extreme amounts of volume and intensity with no brakes to allow your body to recover, stretching and rolling out even self massage helps with this when training that long under higher intensities and likely will reduce the risk of any injuries. Just wanted to share that with you is all since you explained his program, but this guy was definitely on gear and that doesn't help either constantly going heavy and pushing your muscles either, when on gear people understand that gear helps the lifter recover, but it doesn't help the tendons and ligaments to recover at the rate the muscles do hence why the muscles vastly get stronger than those parts of the body, thats why when taking a gear I wouldn't even bother pushing weight past what you did naturally, I'd still just build up gradually where you left off on your natural level of strength and build up in small increments if some one is to ever take anything. A lot of lifters on gear even nowadays get so caught up in how strong they feel on gear that they mentally overestimate their actual strength compared to whats going on under the muscles over time, lifters will start taking these big jumps on gear and then boom they get injured due to an overestimation. I am going on rant, sorry, just love talking about this stuff. Anyways I hope you got what you needed out of the program and if you did then it was a success!
Kaz is goddamn legend......period.
The quote " BUT I"M A RETARDS " does not help the argument at all...JS
This video is full of amazing information but it seriously needs captions, the audio is a pain to listen to.
this is awesome. could you imagine having him at your gym just to show you how. o m g.
Kaz said everything about bench in five minutes that the great benchers of today write text books about.
Jamie Reeves, Jon Paul, Pudzianowski, Magnus, etc. were very strong men but compared to Kaz in the competition lifts of Sq-Bench and Deadl...they weren't even in his league, we haven't had a Strongman since Kaz who dominated both PL and Strongman the way he did....
Big Z...
Iron Smasher Yeah I agree, Big Z (Zydrunas Savickas) is a beast in both strongman and powerlifting, but still...Kazmaier really was/is someone special
@iron smasher - look at the physique of kaz compared to savickas
zxxXMETALLICAXxxz Actually if you want to compare totals and World records and World Titles...Kaz outdoes Big Z in Powerlifting....
sigamarsson actually out deadlifted Kaz once
I had the pleasure(lol) to have wrestled Bill in a scrimmage back in 1969. We were rival schools He from Burlington, Wi. myself from Waterford, Wis. It was an experience to say the least!
Just think of the volume of the farts Bill would've achieved with the advent of Whey powder.
He could've powered Auschwitz for an entire winter.
And you think roids is a great void for hard ass work. You can take all the roids you want no matter how much hard work triumphs all and the dedication these guys put. Not saying it's not a stepping stone cause it is. But the Kaz is the man!
Poppin' 315 like it was lunch.
Kaz made that 315 sound like Cow bells!!!
Anyone commenting on how Kaz benched here should look at videos of Eric Spoto bench pressing. They both did their volume bench with similar form and both were raw benching world champions that dominated their time at the lift. Just food for thought.
But they've also had horrific injuries on top of it & are genetic freaks who got to that world class level of strength in spite of their horrible technique, not because of it. The overwhelming majority of people who train do so not to compete but to look good & be healthy which you won't look good if you have pectoral or bicep tears, nor will you be healthy. Ronnie Coleman also used horrific form & look at him now, he can barely walk with crutches.
@@janoycresva276 true sir
This guy benched what, 660lbs in official competitions, and 725 unofficially?
If you even have a passing thought of critiquing his ROM, know you're wrong by default. If anyone knows what they're doing, it's Bill.
+Dr.Beef Exactly. Bill, in my opinion, is the godfather of the bench press. He was a powerlifter, but had a physique that could have easily transitioned into bodybuilding if he wanted to go that route. Clearly, he didn't want to.
that would be pat casey
See, I saw his ROM and thought damn, dude's doing half reps! But then I sat back and realised that a) it's with 8 times the weight at 26 times the speed I lift and b) whatever he's doing made him Bill freakin Kazmaier and I, clearly, am not.
Plus this was at a time when strong dudes spent most of their time time lifting like savages - instead of sitting on their soft squishy ass criticising the form of legends on TH-cam.
+Chris Hood exactly. If you told me that putting my shoes on and off for reps would make me Kaz you better believe I'll do that for hours haha. Yeah those are short reps but it's obviously for a purpose. I'd love to see one of these keyboard warriors tell this Kaz he's doing something wrong. He'd just laugh as he bangs our reps with 500.
He admitted to steroid use in a 1999 article in Sports Illustrated. The guy known as "the godfather of steroids," Tony Fitton, was Kaz's personal assistant/ trainer at Auburn University in the 80's. Fitton was a powerlifter who had been friends with Terry Todd, who started the National Strength Research Center on Auburn's campus. Kaz is one of the strongest men who ever lived, and he would've been stronger than most naturally, but he most def. was not natural.
Who cares. So calied natural stopped in the early 50's with bodybuilders and powerlifters.
@@johnsambo9379, I don’t care that he took steroids. But many people in these comments think he didn’t. They’re wrong. I don’t think absolutely everyone in the bodybuilding/ powerlifting world started taking steroids in the 1950’s, though many did and do.
:D
Then, why he does not have any reaction of drugs in his body as he does not have manboobs, his voice is manliest and he does not look pregnant 😂😂
Lol 😂 the good ole comments section of TH-cam. Where all pro strongmen and athletes bill kazmaier competed against give their expert opinions. Lol not!!
absolute legend kaz Geoff capes and jon pall made worlds strongest man what it is today all three are legends ,
Greatest strength athlete of all time. Excelled in every strength feat. Even his Olympic totals were impressive. From powerlifting to strongman to highland games to Olympic lifts he was great!
If you look at this guy's skeletal structure and compare it to all of the world strongest men the only one is the one whos is similar to Kaz started it all which is Paul Anderson. People with big bones and muscle kill at WSM. That is the secret. The density of the bone for Kaz and Anderson explains that bone and muscle make for the strongest people of all time. The larger bones gives more mechanical advantage and more muscle mass has to cover larger bones making them unbeatable. They were both legends and probably the strongest of all time. This is the same reason why black people aka lots of muscle with small joints and small bone structure suck at strength sports. There is nothing to hold weight up for extended amounts of time once muscle gets exhausted. It all comes down to science.
The black people thing is complete bullshit though. To that I can only say RONNIE FCKING COLEMAN!
You have not read what I said above.
Tremendous Lad
10,000$ a month in gear and HGH helps...
BTW, black human tend to have fast twitch muscle fibers. Nordic white people tend to have slow twitch muscle fibers. Just a couple of facts you should research....
Vazcular Do you really think that kazmaier ain't on tons of gear? If so then you are a boody idiot. And yes I know about the different muscle fibres. Fast twitching muscles are mostly responsible for maximum strength and slow twitching muscles are more needed for endurance. This should only strengthen the argument that black people have higher maximum strength but this is bullshit also. The differences between the races are so insignificant that it's totally unnecessary to discuss them. At the end of the day it's hard work that'll get you where you want. You're both fucking idiots.
Tremendous Lad
Where did I say Kazmaier wasn't on gear? He was juiced to the gills.
Hands down, Kazmaier had the best physique in WSM.
I think Pudzianowski might've been more shredded
Listen. Listen to the IDEAS behind what he's saying. Short rest periods. Do a lift a lot to get good at it. Limit your exercises to the key ones for you. Gold
Does Kaz say at 01:00 that he could bench 600 for 5 reps?
Kazmaier bench pressed 661lbs raw in competition and he was the first man to ever bench that much officially (without elbow wraps). The 661 is still one of the highest raw benches ever performed in an official competition. Ronnie Coleman surely never could have benched 660 in competition form. 600lb max for one rep in gym manner is a bit more realistic - and that's outstanding already.
Glenn Ross is the strongest man ever.
For sure a world class powerhouse !
god damn it! bro.... that dude's got a CHEST!!
Thats a true legend right there, Kaz is awesome!
Watching Kaz on WSM back when I was a wee little, grasshopper, mesmerized me...! I have been a big fan of him, and WSM, ever since then! The weight that some of these behemoths throw around, is absolutely mindboggling!
Not fair. Kaz is actually a time-traveling Viking who is toying with other mere mortals.
What a legend...Kaz is the greatest!
This man is my idol
Glad they kept him around as an interviewer and commentator.
Bill was a beast. power box
Does anyone know how to contact Bilol Kazmaier?
Thank you. Fantastic video for power training and mental preparedness.
Wonder if back in the day when i was working out at the age of 18 i would of got stronger if i knew this info, only thing i did do was little rest between sets. Never knew bill was from Burlington Wis, really close to where i grew up and used to go swimming at the lake their with neighborhood friends ,was about 10 - 14yrs old at the time. Ywars later at 25 i joined the army and completed all basic and advanced training and that was a bitch i was a thin man then and that was a bit rough to a under developed man but i set my mind to it and i proved to myself i could complete my training, set your mind state and i guess anyrhings possible, loved watching bill on strongman competitions, was one of my favorites.
I never train shoulders and chest on the same day.Stupid as they both involve heavy pressing,you can't give your all to either bodypart.
7:07
Actually what he is doing is maintaining the pressure on the chest solely, by using the range of motion that mostly only the chest is involved in. If you lock out up top it takes ALL pressure off the chest, and same with keeping the bar too low/onto your chest. He also explains different motions and grips. Watch the fucking video before you comment. He was crowned strongest man in the world 3 times, your opinion on his form means nothing whatsoever.
I'm a dumbass because I'm hesitant that Kaz could've logpressed 220 kg? I'm sorry, did you not see him failing at 365lbs in '87?
Sure there could've been more room on the platform but Big Z could've done that on a tightrope, and wouldn't have had a cry if Lalas or Radzikowski beat him.
And don't bring up the powerlifting argument, Z totalled over 2400lbs many years ago and deadlifted 440kg raw recently.
If you don't have numbers on your side, all you can do is speculate.
im sorry to hear your still so mad,,,and i have no idea why you think im a dope, i spelled it out very clear for you please realize people can see you dialogue and are probably chuckling at your ineptitude.my statement still stands firmly rooted in fact powerlifting is just a test of strength,and strongman has many factors that test many energy systems that can give victory to just the fastest or luckiest on the day,,obviuosly there strong,but its a strength endurance test
strongman competitions dont even award the strongest man in there own competitions on the day many times the winner is just the fastest or the smartest or the luckiest or just didnt get hurt earlier,he is just the man with the most points,,,,many times 2nd and 3rd place guys are just as strong or stronger they just didnt have it come together...thats because its not an event designed to test just pure strength its multiple events that test diferent energy systems and skills.pls see im not hatin
wow you sound like an angry person,maybee you didnt read my comment i agreed with you when i mentioned that wsm compettitors were the strongest athletes in the world,,,,but that strongman competitions are about endurance and running,wich is what you used as an example in your comment to me so you must understand that,,,powerlifting is an example of pure total body strength,its not an opinion,just definitions.im sorry that confused you.
please dont get all out of shape with this comment but,strong man is a test of strength endurance many of the lifts they do are not that heavy they just have to do lots of reps or running around with weight.powerlifting is a test of the ultimate strength,having said that i agree with you strong man test real world strength,and has the biggest and strongest competitors in the world.
I dont know much so i cant be sure, but Louis cyr was best at one event (backlift) so he really cant be the strongest one of all time. He would not stand a chance against todays guys. Just as todays guys will never be as strong as the guys that compete in 10 years. Kaz waso ne of best in his time but he would not stand a chance against todays champs.
Yeah yeah, and if Zydrunas hadn't torn the ligaments in both his knees he would definitely be squatting planes by now.
Seriously dude. Kazmaier's beastly log presses in 1980?
The guys that come fifth and sixth in the log press nowadays do that weight for reps. But you won't give a fuck what I say because you won't look at numbers objectively.
Think of things not who is stronger, but who are the strongest human beings in existence. Ofcourse, Louis Cyr was the strongest ever so far, but, we have - Zydrunas Savickas, Glenn Ross, Magnus Samuelsson, Bill Kazmaier, Mariusz Pudzianowski and Geoff Capes. These are the strongest.
He just always claimed he was steroid free which I admit means nothing. So with them saying that I am sure he was juicing like crazy. That being said almost all the population could juice and still not perform the feats he did.
Not even, Bill Kazmaier would have definitely been the strongest man ever if it weren't for his major pec tear in 1981 and his quad pulls in 1980 and 1982. IDGAF what u say kaz was definitely stronger than zydrunas
Definitely not, Ross's shoulder press nees to be topped. During deadlifting the entire body is working, whereas Ross isolates his shoulders during the press therefore his deltoids are pressig 429 lbs.
why koklyaev? his best event is the overhead and his technique is perfect whereas big z has bad technique but still easily beats him. koklyaev isnt especially fast at the moving events either
If you have been trying to build strength, you should look up on google Mega Muscle Method. That might help you get the body you deserve.
Say it ain't so... My all time strongman hero Bill Kazmaier wearing a belt and chalking up for benchpress?! haha C'mon Bill. Great vid.
Kaz is the strongest guy ever I meat him in Columbus his head even looked big when I shook his hand his hand was big Kaz is the best
excellent vid. bill seems like a really nice guy too.
This was something special, thanks for uploading this. Powerlifting for life!
Even today the guy looks immense. Not as cut of course but ridiculously big
@donthatejoerogan Savickas is stel ger than koklayev he would beat him in strongman and powerlifting.
His fucking traps have their own gravitational pull...
could have been the greatest raw bencher had he not got hurt
Yes, his torn pec was serious, but he still went on to win another World Championship after despite only benching in the 500s.
Alejandro Sanchez if he would have specialized for sure. He was just so well rounded
Imagine, this was after Kaz tore the hell out his pectoral. He lost over 100 lbs off his bench after that and by this time I'm sure he lost even more off his max since he focused on on strongman competitions. His 635 he did on one of the videos her on youtube was just awesome.
+standepain Bench press....uh...and uh...yah, like bench press....and push up some weight....and use some muscles I'm telling you about that I heard someone say...and uhhh...ha, ha....oh and you will increase your bench. Oh and also a massive amount of steroids that would make a retarded goat incredibly strong....and, yah, that's about it...
kaz is the strongest NATURAL men ever lived...fuck those strongmans on steroids
I am not mentioning people inferior to the above list, now who's insane?
Are you implying he is dead? ....You do realize that he is alive right?
Zydrunas broke the record with 220kg last year. 182's ridiculously heavy, but a walk in the park for big Z.
not being invited equal a win in my eyes, he is the real goat
I've noticed a lot of Canadians giving this negative flanks. Noobs.
Legend! One of the best ever! Very cool laid back man!☺
He should start selling those shirts
Yes, try a medium, she may contact him from the underworld.
Farnese Hercules come to Life.
Bill is dead to me, I have nothing to say to him anymore.
i wish there would be subtitles. it's amazing video. Anyone wanna take on the challenge to do subtitles? :)
+Puny Poppy Or just mainly write all that is being said in the video to a simple text file.
Them traps look like the Rocky Mountains ⛰
off topic but Bill was v special
The kaz a total freak of nature ! 💪 💪
Guy is very strong but his bench looks like shit.
he was amazing traps and chest and deltoids
Those were all warm-up sets!
I would argue that Pudzianowski takes that title.
No roids???????hahahahahahahaa what a joke!!!!!!
King kaz
Yea there were planes to NZ, but the strongman competition back in the day wasn't what it was today. The cost of flying out, taking time off work, and being in a strange place was higher than it is today probably.
I know I can't just take off work (and pay for an airplane ticket) for a strength competition that pays no money haha. I do think they have cash prizes these days.
LOL no, Zydrunas is far superior. IDGAF.
Back then the strongman competition isn't as sponsored as it is today.
Bill is a north american native, meaning he would have had to pay for the tickets to new zealand, taken more time off work, and in general all the costs it would have been to be in new zealand for the time he was there.
Ignore him, he's just a Kazmaiaer fan.
Greatest ever.. but 600?
Beast of legend.
Strongest shoulders are Glenn Rosses.
Bill is a legend.
He was the best strongman (both him and Jon Paul). To bad he never had the chance to win a 4th title at the strongman. He would have won many years in a row if they haden't moved the strongman competition to New Zealand.
Hulk is strongest-fact. 2nd big Z.
thats how you bench
Not as strong as the above list.
tut tut tut how silly u are....
Well we can forget about Paul Anderson topping Ross's shoulder press. He died in 1994 at age 61. There is a historical marker in his hometown put up by the State of Georgia which read "Paul Anderson: World's Strongest Man" & is followed by his birth & death dates & a bio. I guess nobody is interesting in topping Anderson's 6, 270 pound back lift which is still the record. One place on the web claims that likely nobody can top it. What say you?
Ross should try to beat Anderson's 6,270 pound (3 ton) back lift & knock Paul Anderson out of the record book. Anderson's lift has been in the book since the 1950's & needs to be topped. Near by house back in the 1880's & 90's, there was a man who cut & delivered railroad crossties. Two books have been written about this man who died in 1933. He would handle & load his cross ties unassisted & stack them 5 high. They weighed 265 pounds each. For years people would gather to watch him.
Hah, will do. The man was great, surely one of the strongest ever, but so many of his fans are ridiculously biased. I can't read Kaz's wiki page without cringing.
" Kazmaier came in overall second to Jón Páll.[8]... Kazmaier had defeated Sigmarsson in 1987 at the Le Defi Mark Ten event in Canada, and also prior to WSM in 1988, at the World Musclepower Classic."
Just because they couldn't go one sentence without reminding the reader how much better he was than JPS.
Was kinda impressed when Jón Páll Sigmarsson crushed the world record in a deadlift event and Kazmaier just gave up.(it's all yours) stopping at 1047lbs and then Jón Páll Sigmarsson put on even more weight(1153lbs) and crushed the new world record again lol.
kazmaier:300kg raw bench press, 420 kg squat, and a 402kg deadlift
Sigmarsson :235 kg raw bench press, 365 kg squat, and 370 kg deadlift
JPS wasn't immensely strong. He was a bodybuilder prior to this, but strong for a bodybuilder. His stature was also a lot smaller than a lot of the guys. If Kazmaier were to compare his static strength to Glenn Ross, it would fail.
Nobody put more into his lift then Magee, go back and watch him compete in the 85 WSM that is on here. Magee put every ounce of strength into every lift and is pound for pound the strongest man to ever live in my book. Also checkout the 5 part mini series also here on TH-cam titled Tom Magee Man of Iron. He should've won the 1982 Worlds Strongest you can also see that for yourself on here.
It had nothing to do with the move to New Zealand. The competition is by invitation and Bill had a falling out with the organizers. There is a nice documentary where he talks about his disappointment about not receiving the invite.