Pulling a multi-ton truck for several meters, tearing a pan with bare hands, inflating a heating pad, breaking concrete blocks, hammering a nail with a fist - all this can be done by the heroes of our article. Introducing the top 10 most powerful people in the world setting incredible records. Our ranking includes not only the winners of the World Strongman Cup, a competition held among strong men, but also athletes showing amazing records of strength and endurance.
10. Od Hoginen
10th place strongman Od Hoginen. He is the owner of impressive physical data - a height of 190 cm and a weight of 134 kilograms. One of the most powerful people in the world easily lifts logs weighing more than 100 kg and dumbbells weighing 83 kg. However, he does not consider himself an outstanding person. According to Hoginen, many are capable of such records, the main thing is to properly use the muscles of the body.
9. Denis Rogers
One of the most powerful people in the world, Denis Rogers, outwardly not at all like a strong man. But with a height of 175 cm and a weight of 76 kg, he does incredible things. Denis breaks objects that an ordinary person can’t even bend - handcuffs, steel spanners and handbooks 1700 pages thick. But this is not the limit of his possibilities. He hammers a nail into the pan and the wooden board below it with his bare hand. In this case, the nail does not bend. This trick of Rogers was investigated by experts and found out that in order to break through the pan, you need to use about 160 kg of force. But the human hand weighs an average of 450-500 grams. The secret of an amazing trick is that the strongman uses speed - his hand reaches a huge speed of about 110 km / h when hit. The impact force of Denis on the nail is 150 kg.
Denis Rogers - at 9th place in the top 10 most powerful people in the world.
8. Becca Swanson
Women do not lag behind men in power sports. Becca Swanson, one of the top 10 most powerful people on the planet, has set more than one record. In the bench press, she took 270 kg, in traction - 310 kg. Becca came to power sports, like many famous strongmen, from weightlifting. Since 2002, she began to perform in various international competitions and contests. Becca Swanson has impressive physical data - with a height of 178 cm, it weighs 110 kg. Now she continues to engage in power sports, but Swanson's plans include her personal life and family.
7. Dmitry Khaladzhi
Native of Ukraine Dmitry Khaladzhi takes 7th place in the top 10 most powerful people on the planet. Sixty-three records he set hit the Guinness Book. Unusual strength Dmitry differed in childhood. As a young man, he easily broke chains, broke horseshoes and lifted cars.
An interesting fact: at the age of four, a misfortune happened with Dmitry - he burned himself with boiling water and subsequently underwent 7 operations. The disease led to muscle atrophy and he had to learn to walk again.
The records set by Khalaji look very impressive and even frightening. Many of them repeat the exploits of ancient athletes. So, in the Moscow circus, Dmitry performed with a number that broke the record of Bibon, an athlete of the ancient world. The modern strong man lifted a stone weighing 152 kilograms with one hand, while the stone raised by Bibon in the VI century BC. e., weighed 143 kg. Another amazing record of the Ukrainian strongman received the name "Devil's Forge". The athlete was lying on the nails, three concrete blocks with a total mass of 700 kg were put on his chest and they were broken with a sledgehammer.
6. Mariusz Pudzyanovsky
Mariusz Pudzyanovsky takes 6th place in the ranking of the most powerful people in the world. Five times he became the winner of such a famous competition as "The Strongest Man in the World."
Originally from a family of professional athletes (the father of a strongman was a weightlifter), he came to sport at age 11, choosing kekushinkai karate. Two years later, Mariusz became interested in powerlifting, and then switched to boxing, which he gave 7 years. In competitions in power sports, he began performing at the age of 16. Now he is engaged in rugby and mixed martial arts.
5. Mikhail Koklyaev
On the 5th place in the top 10 most powerful people in the world is Mikhail Koklyaevwho set an absolute record for Russia in deadlift. This is a cult figure in the world of power extreme. Born in Chelyabinsk. At 13, he began weightlifting and quickly achieved amazing results. He became the 8-time champion of Russia in this sport in the weight category over 105 kg. Having won the title of the strongest man in Russia, Koklyaev came to power extreme. During his sports career, the strongman took part in more than 40 sports competitions, half of which he won. Koklyaev enjoys great sympathy and respect from Arnold Schwarzenegger. This year, one of the most powerful people in the world returned to weightlifting.
4. Haftor Bjernsson
Haftor Bjernsson, winner of contests for the title of the strongest man in the world, takes 4th place in our top 10. He is also the tallest of the modern strongmen - his height is 206 cm. Thanks to his outstanding physical data, the strongman got the role of royal guard Grigor Kligan in the cult television series “Game of Thrones”.
3. Vasily Virastyuk
On 3rd place in the top 10 strongmen is Vasily Virastyuk. He twice won the title of the strongest man in the world. From childhood he was engaged in athletics. After working as a coach for some time after the army, in 2000 he took up power all-around. The Guinness Book of Records includes some of his records: he was able to stretch 5 trams with a total weight of 101.5 tons, picked up and installed 4 ice cubes of 150 kg per minute on the curbstones.
Since 2015, Virastyuk has been working as an inspector of the border service at Lviv Airport.
2. Brian Shaw
Second place in the top 10 modern athletes Brian Shaw, three times won the title "The strongest man in the world." He began his career in power sports in 2005 as an amateur. A year later, he appeared as a professional. He became the only strongman to raise 6 Atlas stones (one of the stages of the World’s Strongest Man competition). It has excellent physical data for a strong man - height 203 cm, weight - 197 kg.
1. идydrunas Savickas
Lithuanian strongman Идydrunas Savickas - the strongest strongman of the world. He was carried away by powerlifting in childhood, watching the competitions of the strongmen on TV. During his second performance, he broke all Latvian records. In 2001, he suffered a severe knee injury, but successfully recovered and after 9 months he played at the next competition. During his sports career, he set 40 world records.