This is the man who is the sole reason that I got into strength training. 9 years old watching 93 WSM. There he was. The world's strongest man from my Wales, my Cardiff. My single inspiration. Absolute beast
A true legend of the sport! I always felt your last event at the 1995 WSM was highly unfair, having to load those objects on such a high platform and then of course crushing your knees in the tire flip years later. You were fast and had immense static strength. One of the best!
@@Azamat421 Absolutely! They were running with the Nordic superman angle back then and a Welsh Celt went against that. Lifting weight to height like they did to Gary was absurd. I was talking about this with some guys at the gym, I put a 5 pound plate on the top of a power rack and asked the guys to beat that. They couldn't because they didn't have my height or arm length. Gary couldn't do it either, so I'm stronger than Gary Taylor? No way
Love Gary. Remember him in his prime. He had a very imposing, muscular physique and was super strong with a mental attitude to match. Only standing 5'11-6', he was at a great disadvantage at WSM and yet still was a force. Unbelievable
You're on form Loz, another fantastic guest! Gary Taylor what a Welsh/British legend. Great work loz, loving the podcasts, you're a natural! Keep up the great work big man!
I didn't know much about Gary Taylor before watching this podcast but now I have he's become one of my favourite guests that you've had on, what a personable guy. Would be good to see him more involved in the current big Strongman shows in some capacity, he's a natural speaker and clearly has a good head on him plus his history as the No.1. Massive respect to that man 🙏
Had the pleasure of meeting Gary when was guest referee for Cornwall strongest Man many years back nice chap. Always remember when he won wsm after the stones his build was incredible. Great interview again Loz keep them coming
The first WSM I ever saw was in 1995. Gary Taylor was my favorite competitor straight away, I remember being so pumped watching him dominate the Flinstone press. Watching that planted the seed for almost 20 years of Strongman in Western Canada. Thank you for the motivation, you are a true legend 😊
So I'm from Australia but my mum is British and I have never been more aware of that fact because of two occasions from my childhood. No. 1 unfortunately the death of lady Dianna. But also happily no. 2 is the day we saw Gary Taylor win WSM!!! Great interview Loz 💪
Wow, I said yesterday was my favourite yet, but I'm from the Rhondda in Wales and garry is why I got in to watching strongman. I watched all the world's from 77 to now last week and i still love it at 43 and enjoyed watching you to loz mate. Remember your first Britain's mate. Thanks loz you're smashing it mate.
Great to see Gary again ! I used to love watching him in WSM back in the 90's, still remember his win in France in '93 with such excitement. And yes Loz, that flintstone press was out of this world ! Thanks for another great interview.
Has to be said that these interviews and choice of guests are superb! As far as Gary, he paved the way for a lot of people in the sport now, an absolute legend and legitimate great strength athlete with a CV very few of the elite can match.
What a great interview. I suggested this a week or so ago so thank you. Ok I am old, I won the UK prison service powerlifting championship in 1994 ( I think 😂) at 67.5 kg and met Gary. What a rounded and honest bloke. Nice to hear him referencing Forbes Cowan and Wayne Price. Pity you cannot interview George Leggett. Thanks Loz and Gary.
That Flintstone Barbell lift was amazing! I would have loved to have seen how far Gary and Joe Onasai could have gone with it on the day with a crowd behind them! What a positive, grounded, easygoing guy Gary is!
Would love to see you interview all of these guys: Gerrit Badenhorst Jamie Reeves Ab Wolders Raimonds Bergmanis Hjalti Árnason Hugo Girard Svend Karlsen Glenn Ross Phil Pfister Derek Poundstone Bill Kazmaier Geoff Capes Tom Magee Mariusz Pudzianowski Jarek Dymek Kevin Nee Lars Hedlund Travis Ortmayer Dave Waddington Manfred Hoeberl Vasyl Virastyuk Dave Ostlund Don Reinhoudt Bruce Wilhelm Joe Onosai Flemming Rasmussen Heinz Ollesch Derek Boyer Mark Philippi Janne Virtanen Nick Best Mike Burke
You mentioned Joe Onosai on your list and ironically i think it was he that knocked Gary out of the 94 wsm finals,but yes that would be a great interview.
Awesome stuff well done Loz on getting Gary on 👊 I actually sat through the most boring bodybuilding show in mid 90s just to watch Gary attempt a dumbbell press record on the stage 🇬🇧
Loving the interviews. Reminds me of watching WSM on Christmas time in Scotland. Gary Taylor had so much raw power. Thank you for the content you keep giving us. Watching the WSM here in the U.S is good, but I still love the UK versions.
yes! Gary Taylor is a monster. The PE teacher you wouldn't want to mess with. Great work Big Loz your doing the Lords work with these epic interviews. Thnx mate.
Loz, I'm trying to finish series 2 of Stranger things, you're not helping! So many good memories of watching Gary Taylor, back in the day. I love that you're getting some top end guests on. Ahola, he's another I'd like to see.
Great man, worked with Gary as a PE Officer in HM Prison Service many years ago, a great man to have alongside you during The Strangeways Riots in 1990! Inspired me into making myself stronger fitter healthier! He hasn't changed a bit. Looking good Gary, proud to call you a friend!
Probably a little biased being a fellow native of wales,a pleasure to listen to common sense approach to stregth sports,and loz is a really good interviewer,please keep it up👍.
Played rugby alongside his son and our head coach was Gary, he’s a great person and one of the most humble people I’ve ever met. Spent many training sessions getting thrashed with his various strongman influenced sessions during the pre season, he was an excellent coach, he instilled that competitive drive into every player and motivated us to get better every training session and game we had.
Along with Mariusz, Gary Taylor had one of the best physiques in WSM history! Great interview! Humility and perspective are severely underrated characteristics of a human being.
Just Awesome Loz , thankyou so much for sharing this , all i can Remember of Gary Taylor in the 90"s had the biggest widest Shoulders i have ever seen in those days and Strong as hell, he was a Monster , absolute legend
Gary''s era of WSM was one of the best. He listed the many studs of that time. The question was asked "Is there another man with the resume of success Gary Taylor has had in so many various strength sports?" Can a fan out there help me with another? How insane would it be if he takes a seniors title in Cross Fit!
Brilliant Loz so rewarding to see these interviews and listening to their stories. These are Legends of WSM and its great to know what they are up to now. Gary a Great Guy and a Phenomenal Competitor. Keep it going Gary. Cheers. Ian.
What an incredible athlete! Succeeds in everything he does. Definitely 1 of my favourites over the years. I remember him overhead pressing and sticking his tongue out at the crowd. Great memories. Another awesome interview!
Amazing athlete and strongman and an incredible list of diverse disciplines... He casually mentions how he got silver in the snatch at the Olympics!! Great athlete and nice fella also.
I worked as an Officer at Aylesbury Prison I'm now retired. It was quite something when Gary arrived as the PE senior officer. I recall his personal dumbbells in the PE office. I could just about lift one off the floor with both hands. I recall an incident which required a cell intervention as 3 cons were in a cell and refused to come out. Gary went in first with 2 other PE Officers. These 3 lads came flying out one at a time with Gary and the team (and the Officers) taking no shit. Happy days when we actually ran the jail's!
Loz id like to see u interview colin bryce about how unfair strongman can be e.g gary taylor and the 95 loading race, od wilson missing out and novikov missing out because of that silly last man standing to qualify that really does need to go! I know its almost tradition to have a novelty event but strongman needs to be about strength does it not, also id like to see questioned how in 07 how pudzianowski got denied a deadlift and in 08 poundstone done exact same and got given it and how in 08 poundstone received log lift reps and never locked out was this the best attempt to prevent pudzianowski getting a 5th title??? Would appricate a reply loz keep up the good interviews👍
Keep them coming Loz, your interview series is revealing so many great secrets and stories from the years of Strongman, stories that would be lost to the world if not collected.
What an absolute gentleman 💪, the 1988 mr Britain was an amazing show, gary had the most insane 8 pack what an athlete he was, i reckon if he wanted to compete in mma back in the early 90s he would have done amazing as well, just a fantastic athlete.
Hi Loz, Really enjoyed the video. It was good to see a strongman from the 90's again. It was great to hear about his career. Thank you for making the video. Cheers, Billy
Brilliant video I watch videos on TH-cam on the TV but can't like or comment on there so going fro on my phone but do watch big loz Al time without fail
I met Gary at Aylesbury YOI just after his 97 injury! Was always a huge fan and was in awe! I was opening and closing doors not being locked behind them btw
I LOVED watching Gary compete in strongman. Gary Taylor is one of my two absolute favorites from the 90s. PLEASE do an interview with my other favorite from the 90s: Gerrit Badenhorst!!!!! (Edit) I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Gary. Thanks for bringing us this interview Loz. You do a fantastic job!
It would be awesome to have Eddie. He's pretty busy, but with the pandemic, he might have some free time. I really enjoy these "talking strongman", it is so interesting ! Love you Loz for doing this kind of thing and posting it on youtube. Thank you, really ! 😉👍💪
Jon Pall Sigmarson, Gary Taylor, Marius Pudzianowski - the lineage of living cartoon characters who were as strong as they looked. Aesthetics and function in equal measure, and legends all.
One of my favorites so far in the series. Other suggestions for top athletes to interview would be Lasha Talakhadze, as well as another great interview option being Fernando Reis.
This is the man who is the sole reason that I got into strength training. 9 years old watching 93 WSM. There he was. The world's strongest man from my Wales, my Cardiff. My single inspiration. Absolute beast
Great watch Boss- loved our sessions at Aylesbury- Dave Beer
If it wasn't for his name, I wouldn't have recognized Gary Taylor. In his Prime an outstanding sportsman
Damn Loz you're getting all the icons from the past. Please get Jouko Ahola.
A true legend of the sport! I always felt your last event at the 1995 WSM was highly unfair, having to load those objects on such a high platform and then of course crushing your knees in the tire flip years later. You were fast and had immense static strength. One of the best!
100% Completely bias towards the taller guys. Ridiculous event
That event, as well as the O.D. Wilson fiasco showed me WSM was a work. Both events were created to deny the best their due.
@@oisinofthefianna3246 gary taylor got screwed too
@@Azamat421
Absolutely!
They were running with the Nordic superman angle back then and a Welsh Celt went against that.
Lifting weight to height like they did to Gary was absurd.
I was talking about this with some guys at the gym, I put a 5 pound plate on the top of a power rack and asked the guys to beat that.
They couldn't because they didn't have my height or arm length.
Gary couldn't do it either, so I'm stronger than Gary Taylor?
No way
i recall that also and the interview that followed
Love Gary. Remember him in his prime. He had a very imposing, muscular physique and was super strong with a mental attitude to match. Only standing 5'11-6', he was at a great disadvantage at WSM and yet still was a force. Unbelievable
Now you please have to interview Gerrit Badenhorst and Riku Kiri.
Wow he look healthy! Great interview
Hi Gary, looking good in retirement. it was nice working with you.
You're on form Loz, another fantastic guest! Gary Taylor what a Welsh/British legend. Great work loz, loving the podcasts, you're a natural! Keep up the great work big man!
I didn't know much about Gary Taylor before watching this podcast but now I have he's become one of my favourite guests that you've had on, what a personable guy. Would be good to see him more involved in the current big Strongman shows in some capacity, he's a natural speaker and clearly has a good head on him plus his history as the No.1. Massive respect to that man 🙏
I remember him crushing Manfred hoeberl and he had 26inc arms, Gary Taylor was a beast speed and POWER 💪🏽👊🏽
It would be awesome to see Manfred here too
Oil in those arms
NON DVCOR DVCO I Was going to comment exactly the same thing! Manfred has probably got quite a story to tell.
Tiago Cunha. Yeah very odd as he was very strong and didn’t need the visual enhancement
Yep, remember that vividly!
Had the pleasure of meeting Gary when was guest referee for Cornwall strongest Man many years back nice chap. Always remember when he won wsm after the stones his build was incredible. Great interview again Loz keep them coming
Was going to ask you to interview Gary Taylor, what a great interview.
The first WSM I ever saw was in 1995. Gary Taylor was my favorite competitor straight away, I remember being so pumped watching him dominate the Flinstone press. Watching that planted the seed for almost 20 years of Strongman in Western Canada. Thank you for the motivation, you are a true legend 😊
So I'm from Australia but my mum is British and I have never been more aware of that fact because of two occasions from my childhood. No. 1 unfortunately the death of lady Dianna. But also happily no. 2 is the day we saw Gary Taylor win WSM!!! Great interview Loz 💪
A true legend the man in the Tonka top . Great interview .
Gary Taylor probably the nicest bloke in strongman seemed a true gent! Modest very likeable, def be going back over some old videos of his!
I love these interviews!! Gary was one of the best built strongmen ever.
Wow, I said yesterday was my favourite yet, but I'm from the Rhondda in Wales and garry is why I got in to watching strongman. I watched all the world's from 77 to now last week and i still love it at 43 and enjoyed watching you to loz mate. Remember your first Britain's mate. Thanks loz you're smashing it mate.
Great to see Gary again ! I used to love watching him in WSM back in the 90's, still remember his win in France in '93 with such excitement. And yes Loz, that flintstone press was out of this world ! Thanks for another great interview.
One of my fav competitors
super awesome, one of my best sporting memories growing up was Taylor winning in 93., loved that Loz
This is incredible! Lovely to see these guys that have been quiet after their strongman career and seeing what they're up to and hearing their story.
Love this interview. Gary was my favourite strongman from the 90's. So much so that I tried to replicate his build. Nice one Loz.
Has to be said that these interviews and choice of guests are superb! As far as Gary, he paved the way for a lot of people in the sport now, an absolute legend and legitimate great strength athlete with a CV very few of the elite can match.
What a great interview. I suggested this a week or so ago so thank you. Ok I am old, I won the UK prison service powerlifting championship in 1994 ( I think 😂) at 67.5 kg and met Gary. What a rounded and honest bloke. Nice to hear him referencing Forbes Cowan and Wayne Price. Pity you cannot interview George Leggett. Thanks Loz and Gary.
Remember cheering Gary on to his win in 1993. I watched Geoff Capes beforehand, his battles with JPS. They were good years.
That Flintstone Barbell lift was amazing! I would have loved to have seen how far Gary and Joe Onasai could have gone with it on the day with a crowd behind them!
What a positive, grounded, easygoing guy Gary is!
Would love to see you interview all of these guys:
Gerrit Badenhorst
Jamie Reeves
Ab Wolders
Raimonds Bergmanis
Hjalti Árnason
Hugo Girard
Svend Karlsen
Glenn Ross
Phil Pfister
Derek Poundstone
Bill Kazmaier
Geoff Capes
Tom Magee
Mariusz Pudzianowski
Jarek Dymek
Kevin Nee
Lars Hedlund
Travis Ortmayer
Dave Waddington
Manfred Hoeberl
Vasyl Virastyuk
Dave Ostlund
Don Reinhoudt
Bruce Wilhelm
Joe Onosai
Flemming Rasmussen
Heinz Ollesch
Derek Boyer
Mark Philippi
Janne Virtanen
Nick Best
Mike Burke
You mentioned Joe Onosai on your list and ironically i think it was he that knocked Gary out of the 94 wsm finals,but yes that would be a great interview.
@Tyler Vincent Nah, I left out a ton of guys! haha The ones I listed are the cream of the crop.
Manfred 26” arms 💪🏼🥇😂
This channel is awesome. Next is 1992 World Strongest Man Ted Van Der Parre
Awesome stuff well done Loz on getting Gary on 👊 I actually sat through the most boring bodybuilding show in mid 90s just to watch Gary attempt a dumbbell press record on the stage 🇬🇧
Respects Gary, you used to take us circuit training in Wandsworth Prison, you was one of the better prison officers.
Could you interview Glen Ross?
Good call! Yes love Glenn "Who's the DADDY"!
Yes!!! I love Glen Ross!!!
Get the subtitles ready then
Legend 👍🏼 one of my favourite strongmen
One of my all time favorites! Amazing shoulder power
Loving the interviews. Reminds me of watching WSM on Christmas time in Scotland. Gary Taylor had so much raw power. Thank you for the content you keep giving us. Watching the WSM here in the U.S is good, but I still love the UK versions.
Another great interview Big Loz 👍
Great job with this channel Loz! This is without a doubt the best strongman channel ever!
Keep up the good work!!!
I watched Gary win after coming out of hospital again and he was the best.
Great to see gary Taylor he is looking great used to watch him as I was growing up what a inspiration he is
Another great one Loz. We don’t hear enough from Gary Taylor, a WSM winner and one of our own
Gary is so knowledgeable and had a fine career. Another great interview from Big Loz.
I remember Gary winning it, as a boy from South Wales ( Llanelli ) he inspired me to train, brilliant interview.
yes! Gary Taylor is a monster. The PE teacher you wouldn't want to mess with. Great work Big Loz your doing the Lords work with these epic interviews. Thnx mate.
Really cool to hear from guys of early eras. Man it would of been great to hear from Jon Pall like this RIP .
Loz, i'm loving this series. Thanks so much for putting the effort in
Loz, I'm trying to finish series 2 of Stranger things, you're not helping! So many good memories of watching Gary Taylor, back in the day. I love that you're getting some top end guests on. Ahola, he's another I'd like to see.
Great man, worked with Gary as a PE Officer in HM Prison Service many years ago, a great man to have alongside you during The Strangeways Riots in 1990! Inspired me into making myself stronger fitter healthier! He hasn't changed a bit. Looking good Gary, proud to call you a friend!
You're the gift that keeps on giving Loz. Gary Taylor is an absolute legend!
What a great interview. To see and hear Gary talk about his career was a real treat. Keep up the good work Lawrence. 👍
Probably a little biased being a fellow native of wales,a pleasure to listen to common sense approach to stregth sports,and loz is a really good interviewer,please keep it up👍.
Played rugby alongside his son and our head coach was Gary, he’s a great person and one of the most humble people I’ve ever met. Spent many training sessions getting thrashed with his various strongman influenced sessions during the pre season, he was an excellent coach, he instilled that competitive drive into every player and motivated us to get better every training session and game we had.
This is awesome to hear. He’s a great guy
Hey loz what about forbs Cowan
Great interview, awesome see you getting legends on
I really enjoyed this video big fan of wsm. Hope one of your videos will bring Jouko Ahola on one of my favorite strongman
Massive fan of Gary Taylor amazing lifter . True Welsh strongman loved watching you in the 1993 win well.deserved
Along with Mariusz, Gary Taylor had one of the best physiques in WSM history! Great interview! Humility and perspective are severely underrated characteristics of a human being.
Just Awesome Loz , thankyou so much for sharing this , all i can Remember of Gary Taylor in the 90"s had the biggest widest Shoulders i have ever seen in those days and Strong as hell, he was a Monster , absolute legend
Love the interview Loz!
I hope you can get Kaz on in the future
Great video loz
Gary''s era of WSM was one of the best. He listed the many studs of that time. The question was asked "Is there another man with the resume of success Gary Taylor has had in so many various strength sports?" Can a fan out there help me with another? How insane would it be if he takes a seniors title in Cross Fit!
Wow havn't seen him for years, this is amazing, such a refreshing change to see on TH-cam.
Brilliant Loz so rewarding to see these interviews and listening to their stories. These are Legends of WSM and its great to know what they are up to now. Gary a Great Guy and a Phenomenal Competitor. Keep it going Gary. Cheers. Ian.
Fantastic interview. Thanks. Gary Taylor was great and it is great to see he is doing well.
What an incredible athlete! Succeeds in everything he does. Definitely 1 of my favourites over the years. I remember him overhead pressing and sticking his tongue out at the crowd. Great memories. Another awesome interview!
Loved this. Best interview yet
Thanks for doing the interview, great to hear from Gary after all these years.
Enjoyed that ..I know I'm getting greedy now but keep them coming haha
Amazing athlete and strongman and an incredible list of diverse disciplines... He casually mentions how he got silver in the snatch at the Olympics!! Great athlete and nice fella also.
I think he meant behind the neck push press 270kg. Unbelievable shoulder strength.
@@sage6336 to be fair i think 270kilos push press is doubtful
Awesome, love watching his stuff. Please get Dereck Poundstone and Hugo Gerard on the show , in fact all the old strongmen .
Good work Loz, top guy
I worked as an Officer at Aylesbury Prison I'm now retired. It was quite something when Gary arrived as the PE senior officer. I recall his personal dumbbells in the PE office. I could just about lift one off the floor with both hands. I recall an incident which required a cell intervention as 3 cons were in a cell and refused to come out. Gary went in first with 2 other PE Officers. These 3 lads came flying out one at a time with Gary and the team (and the Officers) taking no shit. Happy days when we actually ran the jail's!
Loving this loz 🔥
Loz id like to see u interview colin bryce about how unfair strongman can be e.g gary taylor and the 95 loading race, od wilson missing out and novikov missing out because of that silly last man standing to qualify that really does need to go! I know its almost tradition to have a novelty event but strongman needs to be about strength does it not, also id like to see questioned how in 07 how pudzianowski got denied a deadlift and in 08 poundstone done exact same and got given it and how in 08 poundstone received log lift reps and never locked out was this the best attempt to prevent pudzianowski getting a 5th title??? Would appricate a reply loz keep up the good interviews👍
Keep them coming Loz, your interview series is revealing so many great secrets and stories from the years of Strongman, stories that would be lost to the world if not collected.
killing it with the content Loz! such a great list of guys to reach out to still, I'm excited to see who's next!
The Welsh Dragon! nice Loz Thank You!
WAY TO GO LOZ!! ABSOLUTELY CLOBBERING IT! Good for you! Can’t wait to see who you have on next!
I seem to remember Gary wanted to go on gladiators as a competitor but they won't let him 😂
He'd do great and take out all the gladiators... but I wouldn't fancy his chances on that evil Travelator at the end! LOL
Gary had phenomenal shoulder strength 267.5 kg behind the neck press that's serious power !!!
What an absolute gentleman 💪, the 1988 mr Britain was an amazing show, gary had the most insane 8 pack what an athlete he was, i reckon if he wanted to compete in mma back in the early 90s he would have done amazing as well, just a fantastic athlete.
Great interview as always Big Loz. When Gary does a CrossFit competition next year, please follow up with some footage and his results. Thank you.
Hi Loz,
Really enjoyed the video. It was good to see a strongman from the 90's again. It was great to hear about his career.
Thank you for making the video.
Cheers,
Billy
Brilliant video I watch videos on TH-cam on the TV but can't like or comment on there so going fro on my phone but do watch big loz Al time without fail
I met Gary at Aylesbury YOI just after his 97 injury! Was always a huge fan and was in awe! I was opening and closing doors not being locked behind them btw
Brilliant. Great to hear from mighty Gary again.
I LOVED watching Gary compete in strongman. Gary Taylor is one of my two absolute favorites from the 90s. PLEASE do an interview with my other favorite from the 90s: Gerrit Badenhorst!!!!!
(Edit) I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Gary. Thanks for bringing us this interview Loz. You do a fantastic job!
Great interview, good to listen to an amazing athlete like Gary.
Great interview Loz. You should get Eddie on, would be great for your channel growth as well.
It would be awesome to have Eddie. He's pretty busy, but with the pandemic, he might have some free time. I really enjoy these "talking strongman", it is so interesting ! Love you Loz for doing this kind of thing and posting it on youtube. Thank you, really ! 😉👍💪
Great interview loving the coverage
Thanks loz my man
Another great show man. Keep them coming
Fantastic guest I met mr taylor a few years after he won worlds lovely man 👌
Awesome video. Ten times a week. What a G! Great stuff ✌💪
Gary was an incredible strongman, amazing and explosive to watch, Him and MVM were my favourites from the 90's.
Jon Pall Sigmarson, Gary Taylor, Marius Pudzianowski - the lineage of living cartoon characters who were as strong as they looked. Aesthetics and function in equal measure, and legends all.
Favourite ever winner. What a final that was, the big out door amphitheatre in Orange. Looked so dramatic.
One of my favorites so far in the series.
Other suggestions for top athletes to interview would be Lasha Talakhadze, as well as another great interview option being Fernando Reis.