The relief body and powerful muscles are the object of admiration on the part of girls and envy on the part of men. However, to achieve an athletic physique, you need proper nutrition and lengthy training. And the most powerful people in the world are a perfect example of this. They have worked hard to become who they are and have excelled in the field of strength sports.
Take an expander in your hand, and we will tell you who is the strongest man in the world and in Russia. We did not rank all members of the list from less powerful to more. However, the first place was given to the current holder of the title "the strongest man on Earth."
10. Becca Swanson (44 years old)
The only representative of the fair sex among the harsh powerlifters. Currently, American Swanson is the only woman to squat with a weight of 387 kg. From a prone position, this lady is able to squeeze 270 kg.
She has also competed for the World's Strongest Woman since 2002. She is currently the strongest woman on Earth.
9. Mikhail Koklyaev (40 years old)
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In 2018, the Russian hero was able to move the 6500-ton floating crane Volgar in 2 minutes and drag it 2 meters 22 centimeters. This record was recorded in the presence of a representative of the Russian Book of Records.
Earlier, Koklyaev's successes were noticed by Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. In 2011, Schwarzenegger expressed his admiration for how the Chelyabinsk athlete lifted 111 kg twice during the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic.
8. Eddie Hall (30 years old)
This British strongman can easily lift an ordinary person off the ground like a rag doll. He was recognized as the strongest in the world in 2017 and so far is the only person capable of lifting 500 kg. The previous record mark was 465 kg and was also set by Eddie Hall.
However, due to health problems, Hall expressed his intention to return to competition with a lower weight.
7. Yuko Ahola (47 years old)
This Finnish athlete holds the world record for the Hercules hold exercise. During this exercise, the strongman needs to use chains to hold two pillars that lean in opposite directions. The winner is the person who can hold the longest posts. Anhola was able to hold the pillars weighing 197 kg for 45.7 seconds.
Anhola also set a world record in the Atlas Stones exercise (215 kg). During this competition, a round stone or concrete ball must not only be raised, but also thrown over a rack of a certain height or placed on a special pedestal.
Leaving his heroic career, Yuko tried his hand at cinema. He has appeared in films such as Invincible, Kingdom of Heaven, Vikings and War of the Dead. He is also one of the organizers and judges of the World's Strongest Man competition.
6. Magnus Ver Magnusson (55)
The former strongman and powerlifter from Iceland has become the most powerful person in the world four times.
Magnusson's titles include West Coast Viking, Strongest Man in Northern Europe, Strongest Man in Europe and World Muscle Champion.
Currently, the athlete has left the world of sports. He owns the prestigious Giant's Nest Gym in Reykjavik and is setting up future powerlifters on the right track.
5. Zydrunas Savickas (42 years old)
One of the most powerful people on the planet comes from Lithuania. He is considered one of the greatest strongmen of today and has won all major competitions.
Savickas has been named “The Strongest Man in Lithuania” 14 times, three times “The Strongest Man in Europe” and won the competition “The Strongest Man in the World” 4 times. He also won a silver medal in Japan in the World Power lifting competition, gaining a total of 1,020 kg - just 2.5 kg less than gold medalist Brad Gillingham, which even earned him the title of one of the most unusual people.
And in the treasury of the Lithuanian athlete's achievements is a six-time victory in the "Arnold Strongman Classic".
4. Mariusz Pudzyanovsky (41 years old)
The pride of Polish sports is known in the country as "Dominator" and "Pudzian". During his career as a strongman, Pudzyanovsky won five World Strongest Man titles, more than any other athlete in the Guinness Book of Records.
And in 2009, Dominator made his debut as a mixed martial arts fighter.
3. Brian Shaw (36 years old)
In his youth, Shaw was an excellent basketball player (his height is 203 cm) and played for the team of his college, where he received a degree in wellness management.
He is a four-time World's Strongest Man. He won the Arnold Classic twice and once the All America Strongman Challenge, which takes place as part of the annual FitExpo fitness festival in California.
In 2011, Brian Shaw became the only (at that time) person to ever win two major sporting events, the Arnold Classic and the World's Strongest Man, in the same year.
2. Elbrus Nigmatullin (44 years old)
The multiple holder of the title "the strongest man in Russia" has been involved in powerlifting and armwrestling for many years, and his name has repeatedly appeared on the pages of the Guinness Book of Records.
In 2016, he was able to repeat the old fun of heroes - to keep two horses pulling in different directions, weighing 870 kg.
And in 2017, Nigmatullin set a new world record. He was able to move and stretch a balloon with a shell volume of 2500 cubic meters and a lifting force of 350 kg for a distance of 50 meters. It took the Russian strongman 2 minutes 35 seconds to complete this task.
The Chelyabinsk strongman did not bypass his acting career. He starred in the television series "Yellow Dragon", playing the master of martial arts.
1. Haftor Björnsson (29 years old) - the strongest man in the world
If you've watched Game of Thrones, one of the most popular TV series in the world, you probably remember Ser Grigor “Mountain” Clegane. It was played by Icelander Haftor Björnsson.
This year, the mountain man took part in the competition "The Strongest Man in the World 2018", which was held in Rizal Park in Manila (Philippines). He has participated in this event every year since 2012, but this is the first time he has won first place.
Happy Björnsson posted a photo on social networks in which he stands on the top step of the pedestal.
The athlete and actor, whose weight reaches 200 kg and is 206 cm in height, is the first person to win the title of "strongest man on the planet", the title of the strongest man in Europe and won the Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition in the same calendar year.
Liza Fedotova