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While many have claimed the World’s Strongest Man title, only one could claim being blacklisted from competing for being stronger than everyone else.

Throughout the early 80s, Bill Kazmaier reigned as not only the strongest man on the planet, but perhaps the strongest man to ever live.

At a densely muscular, lean 300+ pounds, Kaz was an athlete many bodybuilders wanted to look like and every strongman wished to emulate.

With virtually no weaknesses, he was strong in every lift. Breaking multiple powerlifting records while regularly hitting totals over 2,000 pounds, setting a deadlift record with two torn hamstrings, winning World’s Strongest Man with a torn pec, and becoming the first man to bench 661 pounds raw in an IPF meet, Kaz was unstoppable.

So unstoppable that he wasn’t invited to compete in World’s Strongest Man for five years after winning the title three consecutive times.

From playing psychological games with other competitors, intimidating judges, suing another strongman for claiming he was the strongest in the world, to nearly killing his partner in one of the contests, Kaz had a darker side, which many theorized was the reason he wasn’t invited back to compete.

Coming from a broken home, abused by his father as a kid, to dominating the world of powerlifting and strongman, this is how Bill Kazmaier became the strongest man who ever lived.


Bill Kazmaier's GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bi...


🎙 Interviews & Podcasts:
Unveiling a Strongman Icon: Mr. Universe M...
Bill Kazmaier Exclusive Interview
Bill Kazmaier Exclusive Interview Part II
Talking Strongman with Bill Kazmaier
STRONGMAN Podcast | Bill KAZ Kazmaier |  "...


📰 Other Sources:
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🎬 Chapters:
00:00 - The Strongest Man Who Ever Lived
00:44 - The Perfect Strongman
02:19 - Rough Childhood
03:50 - Surfshark
05:23 - Bigger, Faster, Stronger
07:40 - Rock Bottom
08:31 - Coming Up
09:25 - 1979 World's Strongest Man
11:03 - Financial Struggles
12:16 - Breaking Records
13:23 - 1980 World's Strongest Man
04:41 - The First 661 lbs. Bench
15:44 - 1981 World's Strongest Man
18:08 - 1982 World's Strongest Man
20:18 - Too Strong or Too Hated?
22:41 - Life After World's Strongest Man
24:46 - World's Strongest Man VS. World's Strongest Man
25:58 - The Wrestler
26:56 - The Comeback
29:34 - 1989 World's Strongest Man
30:24 - A Deadly Mistake
31:52 - The Unliftable Dumbbell
32:23 - Mission Not Over

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