Bill kazmaier

Bill Kazmaier
By: Jeffrey Lara

Some may not know who Bill Kazmaier really was. In the article Bill Kazmaier by Curtis Dennis Jr. he tells us a little bit about the legendary Kazmaier or Kaz as most people called him. Kazmaier was the first man to win the Worlds Strongest man title 3 times in a row. Bill started out as a great high school football player, receiving a scholarship to play at Wisconsin University as a full back. Bill soon came to realize that his love for lifting put everything else on the back burner. Bill went on to break several world records in the bench press, making him a world champion power lifter. Power lifting is a sport that consists of the bench press, squat and dead lift, unlike strongman these are all lifts you do in one motion. Once Bill became a renowned power lifter he was invited the World’s strongest man in 1980 which he ended up winning that year and 1981 and 1982 which made him the first man to ever win the World’s strongest man competition consecutive for 3 straight years. Bill kazmaier was known for his unbelievable strength and ambition to win, some say that there is none like the great Bill kazmaier; he won the 1981 Worlds Strongest man title even with a torn pectoral. Kazmaier was so dominating for those 3 years that he wasn’t invited back until 1988 where he came in 2nd to Jon Pall Sigmarsson. It is said that Bill could have won at least 5 titles if he wasn’t suspended from the competition for 5 years. Kazmaier is still known as the U.S.A’s greatest strength athlete and is said to be considered the single most studied human being in history.Kazmaier was an absolute beast of a man, he had this inner rage that none could match, he terrified people with just the look in his eyes but Bill Kazmaiers days of heavy lifting came to an end with torn pectorals so bad he has a permanent hole in his chest and quads so beat up that it hurts to walk. He still lives today as the announcer at the Met-Rx Worlds Strongest man, teaching other strength athletes about strongman and proper training. Students at the University of Auburn still study the strength he with held. Now is the year of 2010 and the weight in the World’s Strongest man are increased, the athletes are bigger and faster, and yet out of all the Strength athletes to have ever walked the planet they say that Bill Kazmaier would have been the only one who would have been battling it out with competitors such as 5x WSM winner Marius Pudzianowski and even the most widely known strongman Zydrunas Savickas. Bill Kazmaier will always be known as the greatest strength athlete of all time.

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Marius Pudzianowski

Who is the Dominator?
By: Jeffrey Lara

The five time Worlds Strongest man champion is Marius Pudzianowski. Marius has the most titles in the sport of strongman and is considered by many the strongest man ever. Marius has been competing in strength athletics since the age of 13 which is why his experience is so much greater than those he competes with. Marius is sponsored by many companies which allows him to support himself. He also owns a chain of food markets making his income very great, this allows him to train longer hours, but even though he holds these riches Marius never comes to a competition unprepared, he is always ready for anything and his will to win is always very powerful. He holds many names including the dominator, super Marius and the python. Marius is the best Scandinavian strength athlete of all time, he is said to be the greatest strongman to have ever competed in the sport. Most say that the reason Marius wins so much is because he doesn’t love anything more than winning. Marius is not only a great competitor but a great entertainer; unlike most strongman athletes Marius keeps a well cut physique which makes him look more like a very athletic body builder. Marius has competed in over 100 competitions and always placing very well in all of them. Marius is said to be pretty much unstoppable in every sport he does Marius has retired from strongman in the year of 2010 to take on a career in mma. After his first fight winning in 20 seconds was an absolute astonishment counting the fact that the man he fought was a veteran to the sport. Marius is currently undefeated.

The Worlds Fourth Strongest man

In this article The Worlds Fourth Strongest Man by Paul Solotaroff he talks about rising Pro Strongman Derek Poundstone which has overcame so much . Derek has overcome so much in his lifetime and he is now one of the most famous strength athletes of all time. Poundstone has fought drug abuse and mental abuse, and yet he was able to come out on top. Poundstoneeven tore a major muscle in his back and was told he would never lift again and yet he came back and broke several records. Derek Poundstone is now ranked as the 4th strongest man on the planet but in some people eyes he is looked at as the strongest man ever, he has only placed less than 1st recently because of minor mental mistakes. Poundstone is said to be easily the greatest U.S athlete in strength athletics right now. He has only been a pro strongman for about 5 years now and at age 29 he is absolutely dominant, Derek is going to easily take the title next year, his training is spot on and he pretty much hasn’t missed a beat in years.

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Strongman

Strongman in the United States?

By: Jeffrey Lara

The United States has always been the underdog in Strength athletics, especially in strongman for the past 10-15 years. Most might not even know what strongman is, you’ve possibly seen it on television and thought hey! Those guys are a bunch of meatheads lifting massive weights that would add up to more than your mini van but in reality it is a sport much like any other sport it has a point system much like any other sport but instead of shooting a basket or scoring a touchdown you are lifting cars, pulling Mack trucks and lifting circular atlas stones that weigh more than your refrigerator.
Some would say why is the U.S not doing well if we are the best in everything else?
Most would think we would be the best in everything counting that fact that we have the most worldwide known gyms in the world and are the best at pretty much every sport. The last best group of U.S strongmen was in 1980’s-1990’s then after that athletes from the Netherlands and other such countries such as Poland and Iceland have been dominating the sport until recently, the U.S has had a change in luck since the year 2005 when a group of Strongmen from all over the U.S have been taking the sport by storm. Americans Kevin Nee, Derek Poundstone, Travis Ortmayer, Brian Shaw and Dave Ostlund are some of the names of the reigning U.S Strongmen who have been extremely dominant over the past 5 years. Derek Poundstone recently placed top 4 at the World’s strongest man and Travis Ortmayer in the top 6 and Brian Shaw placing top 3 are all impressive feats for American strongmen.
Throughout the past 15 years the strength athletics in foreign countries have been the most dominant in the World’s level of strongman and now things are starting to turn around having 6 men from America place in the top 10 of the entire world. Every year the U.S has been increasing in rank, with Derek Poundstone winning the Arnold Classic twice which is a huge feat in strength athletics for anyone and Fortisimus which are both actually harder competitions than the Met-Rx World’s Strongest man Competition. Some would say the reason for the foreigner’s success is that they are able to survive off such an income that strongmen are able to accumulate through each year as where in the U.S all strongman athletes must have another occupation to survive. With this happening it allows the foreigners to train harder and longer knowing that their bills are paid and as for U.S athletes they have to withstand a full time job and find time throughout the week to train. Bill Kazmair is known as the best U.S strongman in the 1990’s having won the World’s strongest man title 3 times in a row says that “the U.S will be the future of the sport hands down, there are so many hungry young American strongmen out there that they have but no choice but to take over”. It’s just something to look out for next time you see those men of bulk on your TV that it is not just a sport it is a life style for pretty much all Strongman athletes.