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2016-06-11, 15:44
Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE. He was a two-time Olympian in 1992 and 1996 and a Gold, Silver and Bronze Medalist at the Pan American Games in 1995. As a powerlifter, he was WDFPF World Champion (1995) and a two-time U.S. National Champion (1995 and 1997) as well as an all-time raw world record holder in the squat and deadlift. Currently, he still holds the WDFPF world records in the squat, deadlift and total and the USAPL American record in the deadlift since 1995. He is credited for the biggest raw squat and raw powerlifting total ever performed by a drug tested athlete, regardless of weight class, as well as the greatest raw deadlift by an American citizen.
As an 18-year-old high school senior, Henry was called "the world's strongest teenager" by the Los Angeles Times, and made it into the headlines in early 1990 for winning the National High School Powerlifting Championships and setting teenage lifting world records in the squat 832 lb (377 kg) and total 2,033 lb (922 kg). By the time Henry finished high school, he was a three-time Texas state champion with state and national records in all four powerlifting categories—the squat at 832 lb (377 kg), bench press at 525 lb (238 kg) and deadlift at 815 lb (370 kg) as well as the total at 2,033 lb (922 kg).
Although in early 1998 he was still able to do five reps in the bench press with 495 lbs, three reps in the squat with 855 lbs (with no suit and no knee wraps), and three reps in the standing press with 405 lbs in training, while traveling with the World Wrestling Federation, he never returned to compete again in official championships in favor of his wrestling career.[37] He weighed 380 lbs at that time, and his right upper arm was measured at 24” by Terry Todd.[37] By basically ending his lifting career at the age of 26, it is probable that he never reached his full physical potential as a professional lifter. Henry remains the youngest man in history to squat more than 900 pounds without a squat suit as well as the youngest to total more than 2,300 pounds raw[44] – he's the only person ever to have accomplished any of these feats at under 25 years of age.[44]
Holding these all-time records in the lifting sports makes Mark Henry arguably one of the Strongest Men in history. Having achieved this at the very young age of 24 while being lifetime drug-free[37][29] makes it even more impressive. Many experts in the field, including Bill Kazmaier, Jan and Terry Todd, Dr. Robert M. Goldman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muscle & Fitness magazine and Flex magazine, consider him to be "one of the Strongest Men that ever lived" or even "the most naturally gifted strongman in history".
When asked in September 2003, who the strongest man in the world is today [2003], Bill Kazmaier, considered by many to be the greatest strongman of all time, stated: "It would have to be Mark Henry.[...] I think he's one of the strongest men in the history of the world, without a doubt."
Artikel av Dr Terry Todd som vid första anblick trodde Henry var dopad: http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/IGH/IGH0501/IGH0501d.pdf
We suspected when we first saw Mark that he was
a steroid user, basing our suspicions on his prodigious size
and strength, but the more we looked into the matter the
more we realized that he was exactly what he claimed to
be—drugfree. A story which helped to convinced us
came from one of Mark’s coaches, who told us that at the
state powerlifting meet in Mark’s junior year a drug-using
young man walked up after Mark had won the state title
for the second year in a row and asked quietly, “Mark,
what kind of juice are you on?” To which Mark answered
in all honesty, “Well, I had some orange juice for break-
fast.” Even as a junior in high school, Mark was so out of the steroid loop that he was unaware that “juice” was
gymspeak for “steroids.”
Hur i helvete kan det vara möjligt? Helt omänskliga stats redan som 18 åring som folk inte ens når efter en hel jävla livstid dopad.
As an 18-year-old high school senior, Henry was called "the world's strongest teenager" by the Los Angeles Times, and made it into the headlines in early 1990 for winning the National High School Powerlifting Championships and setting teenage lifting world records in the squat 832 lb (377 kg) and total 2,033 lb (922 kg). By the time Henry finished high school, he was a three-time Texas state champion with state and national records in all four powerlifting categories—the squat at 832 lb (377 kg), bench press at 525 lb (238 kg) and deadlift at 815 lb (370 kg) as well as the total at 2,033 lb (922 kg).
Although in early 1998 he was still able to do five reps in the bench press with 495 lbs, three reps in the squat with 855 lbs (with no suit and no knee wraps), and three reps in the standing press with 405 lbs in training, while traveling with the World Wrestling Federation, he never returned to compete again in official championships in favor of his wrestling career.[37] He weighed 380 lbs at that time, and his right upper arm was measured at 24” by Terry Todd.[37] By basically ending his lifting career at the age of 26, it is probable that he never reached his full physical potential as a professional lifter. Henry remains the youngest man in history to squat more than 900 pounds without a squat suit as well as the youngest to total more than 2,300 pounds raw[44] – he's the only person ever to have accomplished any of these feats at under 25 years of age.[44]
Holding these all-time records in the lifting sports makes Mark Henry arguably one of the Strongest Men in history. Having achieved this at the very young age of 24 while being lifetime drug-free[37][29] makes it even more impressive. Many experts in the field, including Bill Kazmaier, Jan and Terry Todd, Dr. Robert M. Goldman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Muscle & Fitness magazine and Flex magazine, consider him to be "one of the Strongest Men that ever lived" or even "the most naturally gifted strongman in history".
When asked in September 2003, who the strongest man in the world is today [2003], Bill Kazmaier, considered by many to be the greatest strongman of all time, stated: "It would have to be Mark Henry.[...] I think he's one of the strongest men in the history of the world, without a doubt."
Artikel av Dr Terry Todd som vid första anblick trodde Henry var dopad: http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/IGH/IGH0501/IGH0501d.pdf
We suspected when we first saw Mark that he was
a steroid user, basing our suspicions on his prodigious size
and strength, but the more we looked into the matter the
more we realized that he was exactly what he claimed to
be—drugfree. A story which helped to convinced us
came from one of Mark’s coaches, who told us that at the
state powerlifting meet in Mark’s junior year a drug-using
young man walked up after Mark had won the state title
for the second year in a row and asked quietly, “Mark,
what kind of juice are you on?” To which Mark answered
in all honesty, “Well, I had some orange juice for break-
fast.” Even as a junior in high school, Mark was so out of the steroid loop that he was unaware that “juice” was
gymspeak for “steroids.”
Hur i helvete kan det vara möjligt? Helt omänskliga stats redan som 18 åring som folk inte ens når efter en hel jävla livstid dopad.