Paul Anderson The strongest man in history. The greatest a | Honest historian
Paul Anderson
The strongest man in history. The greatest athlete of the last century.Paul Anderson began his strength training in high school to make the American soccer team. At the age of 15 he already weighed 90 kilograms. In 1952 he became seriously interested in weight lifting, and already in 1955 Anderson won the world title and the Olympic Games.
In 1957, in a Las Vegas nightclub, he squatted 526 pounds three times in a row. This lasted seven days a week and for several weeks. How was he able to keep up with that kind of exertion? In fact, that was his normal work weight. Anderson never used a weight belt in his squats, never bandaged his knees and usually performed barefoot.
Paul squatted 408 kilograms for 10 times and did the half squat at 680 kilograms. On June 12, 1957, in his hometown of Toccoa, Paul broke 2,844 kg from the racks. Standing right handed squatting 136 kg 11 times and left hand 7 times, one of the most famous nicknames of Anderson was "The Crane".
