Thanks for watching. What do you think of Arcidi’s strength?
@mikerov5618
3 күн бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse Of course these guys eat a lot and use substances .... But yes, his bench press strength is almost unhuman. Do you think julious maddox is stronger than him?
@orlandoramos1878
3 күн бұрын
Keep up the good work is pretty interesting to me and I'm looking and hearing about all the details about him I should give it a crack at it trying to be stronger you know you guys did a good job keep the door what you doing
@StrengthUniverse
2 күн бұрын
@@orlandoramos1878 Thanks Orlando
@StrengthUniverse
2 күн бұрын
@@mikerov5618 julius is stronger in the bench press, however both athletes are very closely matched on the Squat and Deadlift
@orlandoramos1878
2 күн бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse play inspire media to powerlift I like the British bulldog I wish you to do something about his cousin too you guys keep up the good work don't let nobody discourage you
@aldrogo7510
4 күн бұрын
Ted's 705 bench was one of the Iconic moments of Powerlifting. He was born to bench - perfect leverages for it and he trained like a maniac.
@matthewconnor6817
4 күн бұрын
We know plenty wrestlers bumped up their numbers, but he has a Legit 700lb bench in competition back when shirts were no more than a loose slingshot is now.
@Mooggie75
4 күн бұрын
Ted was a beast!
@mikerov5618
4 күн бұрын
Υes indeed!!
@marxmaxmuscle1
4 күн бұрын
This is always an interesting topic. Bill Kazmaier also wrestled for a time. Now when it comes to in ring usable strength I don't see either Bill or Ted in the top 10 but they could have had some excellent adventures together as a tag team.
@everythingstrength1485
4 күн бұрын
They both weren't technical. Using power moves to work the crowd. After you get so bulky, it's hard as F to move efficiently
@nbaldwin45
4 күн бұрын
‘In-ring usable strength’ brings in agility, coordination, leverage knowledge, explosiveness and flexibility as well as strength. Amateur wrestlers like Lesnar, Dr Death and the Steiners had all of those qualities in spades but when it came to brute strength, powerlifters like Kaz, Furnas, Henry and Arcidi left them in the dust
@BuJammy
3 күн бұрын
Except they hated each other.
@CapAnson12345
3 күн бұрын
The problem is they'd run across the ring once and be gassed. I'm exaggerating but pro wrestling as much as anything is cardio. And no flexibility. Raw power and nothing else is pretty boring in wrestling.
@justeatingchipsandwatching
Күн бұрын
might have ended up being a bogus journey
@joejones1779
2 күн бұрын
I started lifting at 13, which was 1983. Ted Arcidi was by far my favorite lifter, my main inspiration. I remember getting the copy of "Powerlifting USA" with him on the cover. I never got as strong as him, but did have a offical bench press of 585 pounds in competition. Thanks for the video, it brings back a lot of memories.
@abhinavkumar547
4 күн бұрын
Ted arcidi was unbelievable strong in his time. Great video mate. In addition to his world record bench presses , he also has done 500 lbs for 21 reps , which is i think world record for that weight. I m not sure Julius Maddox or someone has pressed 500 lbs for more reps or not. I don't think his neck behind the press no. was world record at the time he claimed it. Guys like Steve Merjanian , Ken Patera and i think one of the barbarian brothers did over 400 lbs before arcidi's claim. Later Scott Norton did more too. As far as him being the strongest pro wrestler concerned, he is probably in top 10 or 15 of all time. Ken Patera was stronger than him in overall body strength, so were Bill Kazmaier, Mark Henry, Doug Furnas , Tom Magee , Scott Norton , Paul Anderson etc.
@mr.tymesup3894
4 күн бұрын
Complete Monster
@dadimadh4528
2 күн бұрын
Great job as always, Nigel. What a blast from the past! Ted was a unit.
@StrengthUniverse
2 күн бұрын
Cheers Tim, always appreciated
@willyjenkins8756
9 минут бұрын
I remember Ted at Ben’s Gym in NH. My friend was squatting with 315 and Ted asked to work in with him and proceeded to do behind the neck presses with the same weight. He was huge and a really great guy. Great sense of humor.
@Coach_BigMac
4 күн бұрын
Bill Kazmaier was also a professional wrestler. While he wasn't a stronger bencher than Arcidi, he was an all around stronger athlete. More accomplished in strength sports.
@jfro5867
2 күн бұрын
Jeez. Strong guy. Wow.
@cldavis33
21 сағат бұрын
My brother and I spotted Ted back in the early 90's at Balloons Gym in Fort Worth Tx, on a bench press with dumbbells - can't remember the weight, but too heavy for Ted to lift onto the bench by himself, LOL. I just remember he was utterly unnaturally huge as a steroidal freak of a man with HGH and who knows WTF else he was on. It was that moment seeing these kind of freaks in person that I lost the lifelong desire to want to be 'big' like a bodybuilder after looking at these guys. I'm now 58, 5'9, 195lbs, still strong, still fast, and I feel amazing. I lifted a DL of 400lbs just to do it, but a played competitive tennis for 25 yrs. I now have fun grip training just to pick up heavy shit, or crush stuff LOL. You don't need the drugs boys, you DON'T. Your CNS can train you to be effing strong AF if you really want to be strong.
@mcfarvo
4 күн бұрын
I didn't know about Ted until now! Wow!
@mikerieck306
3 күн бұрын
I remember watching Ken Patera holding back a van with his back against a wall on the WWE weekday show. Vince was behind the wheel of the van. Lord Alfred Hayes was there and Lou Albano was Patera's manager. It was awesome and almost killed Patera....wheels spinning, tires smoking etc. Anybody else remember that?
@PinnaclePete
3 күн бұрын
@mikerieck306 I don't remember that, but I saw Lou Albano on television not much before he died. It was after midnight. I was channel surfing, looking for something interesting to watch. I looked through the higher UHF channels (this was pre-cable) and on a low budget, local station (Bloomfield, NJ), there he was! Lou Albano! He was there to help raise money for a local girl that had a rare form of leukemia and wasn't doing well, a girl my sister was friends with! It was the only time I ever saw him out of character, talking like a normal person. He explained how he would glue earrings with rubber bands attached to his cheeks before his interviews and other trade secrets. I had so much respect for the man after seeing this interview, raising money for an unknown girl on a low budget channel hardly anyone watched with no publicity or fanfare! The girl unfortunately didn't make it.
@dragon81heart
4 күн бұрын
Seeing Ted and Bill compete against one another in strongman would have been a dream come true Unfortunately that never happened
@Coach_BigMac
3 күн бұрын
@@dragon81heart i don't think it would have been as competitive as many may think. Teddy was strong but was more of a specialist. Bill was an all-around strength athlete.
@dragon81heart
3 күн бұрын
@@Coach_BigMac I agree, but it would have been fun to see nonetheless
@Mazzter88
3 күн бұрын
A lot of guys went into powerlifting because of Arcidi
@damiensmith9240
3 күн бұрын
725 is just crazy, especially for back then. I'm not a powerlifter, but I'm pretty strong and my best is 375.
@franklee1205
3 күн бұрын
😅 Glad to hear and made it through those years and lived to tell about it. There were, apparently: unsubstantiated roomours that he passed on shortly after his wrestling venture with the WWF... great back story and update 👍👍👍. 🙏💖✌️😌
@mikesbbody
Күн бұрын
I heard a interesting story about Ted and his B.P record from 84 by my old powerlifting coach who was there at the time and witnessed the lift I also heard Ted was looked down on by his Father for not becoming a dentist like his father at least that's the story I heard but what a awesome B.Presser he was!
@millerjohn619
21 сағат бұрын
200lb strict curl for 9 reps is crazy strong.
@andrewbecker3700
3 күн бұрын
This is right around the time the reverse grip came into favor. Ted had conventional grip bench numbers that were unheard of then. When he broke 700lbs. I believe it was with an Inzer blast suit. After that shoulder injury, he never lifted anywhere near those weights without a suit, or at least a bench shirt on.
@mason7119
3 күн бұрын
Arcidi had a killer thick physique.
@PinnaclePete
4 күн бұрын
This is probably a good time to ask this question. There was a bench press specialist around the time of Ted Arcidi that was exceeding his world bench record, albeit with some sketchy form. He had a spotter put one hand on the bar from behind as he pressed it, claiming that because the weight was so heavy, he needed an assistant to help him balance the weight. 😀 While the spotter was obviously assisting him and the lifter was a charlatan of sorts, he still had to be pretty strong to be handling over 700 pounds! I can't for the life of me remember this guy's name. He was occasionally talked about in the magazines and I saved (somewhere) a newspaper article on him. I remember his nickname was the "Titanium Tank," and at the time, he was lifting out of World Gym in Bloomfield, New Jersey U.S.A. which is no longer there. Anyone remember this guy? I wondered if he did any legitimate powerlifting contests under strict rules.
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Was it Eric Klein?
@PinnaclePete
3 күн бұрын
@StrengthUniverse That name doesn't sound familiar, but I can't rule it out since I don't remember his name.
@st.fiacre6685
2 күн бұрын
There was another guy in the mid 80s that did a touch and go bench press with 700 pounds, on television with Vince McMahon. His name was Big John Stud, or something like like that.
@StrengthUniverse
2 күн бұрын
@@st.fiacre6685 That wasn't real it was Kay-fab
@powermonger1
2 күн бұрын
It was Jimmy the iron bull pellechia
@scottw3039
3 күн бұрын
Great video
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Thanks Scott
@amplify3735
3 күн бұрын
very very good vid good tribute to Arcidi
@emp100k
Күн бұрын
To this day he still holds the full meet records for raw bench press in the -125 kg (275 lb) class and the -140 kg (308 lb) class with presses of 295 kg (650 lb) and 302.5 kg (666 lb) respectively. These records have stood since 1984.
@StrengthUniverse
Күн бұрын
On paper but the squat and deadlift were only really token lifts
@WJHandyDad
2 күн бұрын
if memory is correct he was the first 700+lb bench press, and watching him do it, there appear to be no gyrations or contortions, looks like a very clean lift. If you get a chance would love to see a video on Alan Ritchson, the actor that plays Reacher in the Amazon series
@StrengthUniverse
2 күн бұрын
Thanks, I've made a note of your suggestion but not to get your hopes up, I researched Alan last year and he will not disclose his best lifts, he doesn't see the numbers as important.
@WJHandyDad
Күн бұрын
so we need to start hashtag Alan is scared to be on Strength Universe
@StrengthUniverse
Күн бұрын
@@WJHandyDad 😂
@krzysztofmarciniak102
3 күн бұрын
Hello, a somewhat forgotten master of the bench press, thank you for reminding me of him, nice material as usual, and I would like to ask for background music from 4:03 to the end of the video. Regards, Krzysiek
@rojoloco3911
3 күн бұрын
I remember as a kid seeing Ted bench 705 pounds at the Meadow Glen Mall in Medford, Massachusetts. I think he was pushing a supplement he had or something like that. It was crazy, especially to me--I think a 75 pound kid at the time.
@nbaldwin45
4 күн бұрын
He definitely had the highest bench of any wrestler but I always heard his bench was disproportionately high. To be fair though I think 90% of Ted’s training was focussed on bench so who’s to say what his squat or DL might have been if he really trained for them? He was a monster nonetheless
@abhinavkumar547
3 күн бұрын
Despite that he deadlifted 730 lbs and squatted 750 lbs for good depth and 800 lbs for slightly above good depth.
@SeptemberChild1835
21 сағат бұрын
Imagine Ted in CrossFit!! 😳😳
@nbaldwin45
9 сағат бұрын
@@abhinavkumar547 which is really impressive but nowhere near as impressive as his bench.
@deeboy5588
2 күн бұрын
Got to wonder what gear was available back then?
@Alex-u1r2i
2 күн бұрын
"babe wake up strength universe just uploaded"
@StrengthUniverse
2 күн бұрын
😂😂
@countrydawn418
4 күн бұрын
I still have his figure.
@haroldozaeta3614
4 күн бұрын
👊🏼💪🏼❤️☮️💯
@dylanschnetzler1031
4 күн бұрын
You should do a vid on Joe Ladnier
@AndrewTait-tu5mr
4 күн бұрын
Mass monster
@jeremiahposey4722
Күн бұрын
How about doing a video on Braun Strowman or Odyssey Jones?
@StrengthUniverse
23 сағат бұрын
Here you go: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rI-c4K54gWp8YIY
@Aroundhere185
2 күн бұрын
I live in NH. Ted ows a few apartment buildings in Manchester that he bought by paralyzing the money he got off Vince McMahon. Smart guy. I bought some gym equipment off him years ago. He will sell you garbage equipment though.
@mikerov5618
4 күн бұрын
Very informative video. He was very strong but looking so huge, almost not normal. I prefer athletes to be lean and strong, and not looking like beasts...
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Thanks, I think his build definitely affected his ability to be athletic
@howardsonscementproductsin883
4 күн бұрын
Doug Young
@MikeSerota
4 күн бұрын
Is all this credit invalid so to speak if he ever used anabolic steroids?
@BuJammy
3 күн бұрын
No, it doesn't invalidate it. In fact, it heightens the achievement, because he did it all with really small balls.
@MikeSerota
3 күн бұрын
@@BuJammy is that a serious point?
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
😂
@TheBatugan77
3 күн бұрын
@@BuJammy 😮
@olderthanyoucali8512
3 күн бұрын
700 lb. Equipped bench. Not raw! It matters!
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
As was clearly talked about in the video
@mc365mc
21 сағат бұрын
He was legit strong, but Ken Patera.
@StrengthUniverse
21 сағат бұрын
Ken was a real athlete
@MikeSerota
4 күн бұрын
0:51 that did not look like a picture of Ted Arcidi himself.
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
There are no pics of a young Ted so I did my best to improvise
@MikeSerota
3 күн бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse oh ok
@chr970
4 күн бұрын
Massive strength, but I’m not believing those skull crusher claims, not a chance.
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Technically it was a french press and certainly believable as that exercise recruits the shoulders and chest as well
@chr970
3 күн бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse then, it was not a skull crusher.
@SeptemberChild1835
20 сағат бұрын
@@chr970 Or, WAS it? 🧐 Skullies have variations. Like deadlifts and Wellingtons.
@chr970
18 сағат бұрын
@@SeptemberChild1835 okay I’ll buy that as it must be the case. A proper one with just triceps extending?Not a chance he does that set. Basically it’s the same weight as his reported behind the neck press,….but for twice as many reps? Funny. End of story.
@PitfallHarry72
4 күн бұрын
2:10 "...claimed to squat 340kg to good debt and 363 a little high?" Um... what?
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Depth
@tobyspearen7180
4 күн бұрын
Mark Henery bill Kaz
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Absolutely, however in that one area e.g the bench, Ted was king
@BiGGROBB-
3 күн бұрын
joel Laurinatis Dead lifted 925
@BiGGROBB-
3 күн бұрын
just in case you don't know that person Animal from the road warriors
@davidwagner9644
2 күн бұрын
@@BiGGROBB-Sadly he passed on 20 September 2020 at age 60.
@BiGGROBB-
Күн бұрын
@@davidwagner9644 i thought it was September 2021
@davidwagner9644
Күн бұрын
@@BiGGROBB- says 2020 in his obituary. He was only 60 for a few days and he died. On a side note, his older brother Joe and my uncle played basketball in college together. Joe was a 6ft 4 in small forward at a D3 school in Minnesota.
@richardbrown9138
2 күн бұрын
Why doe's he / she have collars bones like a woman? Very Strange! God bless!
@bjorneriksson6480
4 күн бұрын
more a strength athlete who also fake wrestled for money, he was no wrestler like Im not a musician because I occasionally noodle on a guitar
@SeptemberChild1835
20 сағат бұрын
Who cares? All wrestling is fake, anyway.
@JimSib1
4 күн бұрын
Ken Patera had better functional strength than Ted Arcidi which is why he excelled at pro wrestling. Ted Arcidi forearm blows couldn't have crushed a grape.
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
No Doubt Ken was the better athlete
@JimSib1
3 күн бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse Agreed.
@SeptemberChild1835
20 сағат бұрын
@@StrengthUniverse No.
@peterreed8349
3 күн бұрын
Oh ffs... you do not need to add "REALLY" at the end of all your video titles!
@SeptemberChild1835
20 сағат бұрын
Why?
@glennday7802
3 күн бұрын
There's no such thing as a valid world record unless the lifter has been drug tested by a certified agency, such as WADA. Drug-enhanced lifts are trash.
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
As he never competed for an drug tested / drug free federation, it's irrelevant
@BuJammy
3 күн бұрын
That makes no sense.
@levonschaftin3676
3 күн бұрын
drug-enhanced lifts are the majority bud. you don't have to like it but that is reality.
@realitywithmj4334
3 күн бұрын
AI videos like this are the turds of you tube
@MrABN86
4 күн бұрын
It’d be really interesting to know how strong Karelin was.
@StrengthUniverse
3 күн бұрын
Here you go: kzitem.info/news/bejne/kmlnl2udp4qhiXo
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