Paul Anderson Training Footage

Footage from a documentary about how the legendary Paul Anderson trained. The full documentary can be found by searching Youtube.

[DPSDeucalion]

That smile at the end fills me with sunshine.

[jerrybyfield]

I once saw Paul deadlift 630 without a warmup in Texas. Back in the 1960's.

[wayne.]

who’s here after watching The Strongest Man in History? 👋🏻

[Commonsense]

No drugs, no technology, just practice, determination, and faith. A truly inspirational man.

[obits]

One of his more interesting contributions is how he used range of motion training. As seen in the footage, he would squat very heavy barrels from a hole in the ground (partial squat). Then, he would fill in the hole over time. This increased the range of motion for the same heavy weight until it was normal for him.

[sharonsweat]

Just a good God loving country boy. Opened a orphanage for kids in Georgia. He is a weight lifting hero in Russia still too This day. Awesome man

[theonebe]

Not only does he squat but goes well below almost touching his ass to the ground. Freaking Amazing!

[mawage]

No doubt if he trained and ate and took the same supplements and enhancers as today's strongmen, he would be a top contender with the likes of all the modern multi time World's Strongest Man champions.

[aidangrenier]

This guy was the real deal;superhuman strength but no steroids making it even more incredible!

[arthursmith]

Paul was our champion to look up to when we were kids. A great man.

[hannibalbarca]

Just amazing. The amount of dedication it takes to improvise equipment/set ups on that level..plus no belts, straps, wraps etc..the guy was genetically perfect for power lifts. Prob the strongest legs of all time and he was almost certainly natty..just a one in a million specimen

[treychambers]

No weight belt and no knee wraps are you kidding me!!!

[bigrich]

That smile at the end says 1000 words🇺🇸

[robertsuhrer]

Talk about improvising! There were no gyms, equipment or even AC like there is today. Just incredible drive and perseverance. He probably worked out in the mud when it rained. Bet the neighbors kept scratching their heads until he started to put the town on the world map.

[yeezer]

Truly a legend, him and Bill Kazmeir are something else

[dolamike]

Such a LEGEND. No excuses for why you can't do something. Make whatever you want happen and put in some WORK!

[mr.workoutman]

What fat, what muscel? Only strength, raw power . Legend . Salute him

[issurxozo]

man everyone forgets this guy was doing these feats over 60 years ago without all the PEDs/steroids these strongman breaking records take now. Guy was a genetic freak when it came to raw strength

[Arjetube]

1:41... wtf ??? doing this with his size

[torynichols]

Didn't know footage existed, incredible. Thank you