In 1977, Leonid Taranenko lifted 213kg in the clean and jerk in the heavyweight class. completely. back is stressed to an amount equaling at least 600 pounds, usually more. LIVED: USA, 19321994HEIGHT: 59WEIGHT: 350 LBS. 2. Lets look at the second reason. He could front squat 325 kgs (10). Sherdog.com is a property of Mandatory Media, LLC, monitoring_string = "5200e30beed193e5fe31f8bccc2bdcbf". Some top picks include shrugs, delt flies, side delts, dumbbell press, side delts, front and lateral raises, log press, and Viking press. WEIGHT: 414 LBS. So in theory at least, Henry might have been the strongest man in history. But if your gym isn't set up to allow you to step forward, HEIGHT: 69 to stress the muscles so that they become larger and stronger, but not so much SQUAT-CHALLENGED Its Soviet/Belarusian superheavyweight Leonid Taranenko attempting a 270kg clean & jerk, and its certainly worth a watch just minutes after attempting 266kg. document.write(""+montharray[month]+" "+daym+", "+year+""), OVERSPEED STORE One thing Bondarchuk concluded was that the heavy back squat was potentially dangerous to the structure of the lower back. For those not aware, Taranenko actually hit a 266kg clean & jerk the following year for what remains the all-time heaviest clean & jerk in international competition. FORUM,