Thursday, September 24, 2009

  • Young Louis Cyr


  • A look at a young Louis Cyr taking a huge Globe Dumbbell for a ride. This rare engraving is from a Quebec newspaper from the late 1800s.

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    Wednesday, April 15, 2009

  • Eugene Caouette


  • Eugene Caouette is another name in the great Quebec Strongman Tradition. The giant French Canadian stood well over six feet and tipped the scales at 460 pounds! His best lifts were a Crucifix with a pair of 76-pound dumbbells, a Kennedy Lift with 1354 pounds, one-arm snatch 173-3/4 pounds (with either hand) and a one-arm clean and jerk of 213 pounds.

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    Wednesday, April 15, 2009

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    Thursday, April 02, 2009

  • Claude "Samson" Champagne


  • Another Samson (There are many 'Samsons' in this game) This time Claude "Samson" Champagne of Quebec certainly earned his nickname with superhuman feats like this one: letting a five ton truck run over his chest.

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    Thursday, April 02, 2009

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    Monday, February 16, 2009

  • Gaston Heon


  • There has been a long tradition of Canadian Strongmen, one that you probably haven't heard of is Gaston Heon of Quebec. Heon performed standard feats such as phone book tearing, the human link and having a large rock broken on his chest with a sledge hammer... but he also performed several unusual -- and somewhat dangerous -- feats, such as allowing himself to be run over by a car traveling 40 miles per hour(!) and this backlift/support of a 3000 pound automobile.

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    Monday, February 16, 2009

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    Tuesday, June 17, 2008

  • Now That's a Squat: Benoit Cote Shows How It's Done

  • Benoit Cote SquatBenoit Cote

    Benoit Cote the great Canadian strongman and the man who beat Doug Hepburn in a head-to-head contest shows what a real squat looks like.

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    Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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    Friday, April 18, 2008

  • Paul Baillargeon

  • Paul BaillargeonPaul Baillargeon

    I have said many times that Arthur Saxon's records would never be broken... and they won't be... but the man who has come the closest was Paul Baillargeon of the famed Baillargeon Brothers of Quebec.

    These six brothers (who I will feature in another post), were all incredible wrestlers and strength athletes who toured their native Canada and the US taking on all comers.

    Paul, who was quite possibly the strongest of the brothers, often lifted a horse as the finale of their strength performances.

    Anyhow, this picture shows him oficially bent-pressing a barbell loaded to 321pounds, a feat which he achieved on May 11, 1951, in front of Harry B. Paschall and other reliable witnesses at the Apollo Health Studio in Columbus, Ohio.

    Paul Baillargeon actually did succeed in bent-pressing 375 pounds in practice a few times.

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    Friday, April 18, 2008

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    Sunday, April 06, 2008

  • The Kennedy Lift in Action

  • The Kennedy Lift in ActionThe Kennedy Lift in Action

    A look at the Kennedy Lift in action - performed by Quebec Strongman Claude "Samson" Champagne. The Kennedy lift can be a useful alternative to the traditional deadlift and many oldtimers swore by it. Nice lift - that's over 600 pounds!

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    Sunday, April 06, 2008

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    Friday, February 01, 2008

  • Hector Decarie

  • Hector DecarieHector DecarieHector Decarie was another great Canadian strongman.

    He met Louis Cyr in a challenge match on February, 26th, 1906 at Sohmer Park, in Montreal.

    Cyr was 44 years old and in poor health, but at the end of the contest the results saw both men tied a 4 wins apeice (out of the 8 events.)

    Despite his showing, Cyr conceeded the title of "Strongest Man in the World" to Decarie right then and there.
    Decarie was a worthy successor, he could nearly equal many of Cyr's feats and, as reported by George Jowett, could backlift 3640 lbs.

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    Friday, February 01, 2008

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    Thursday, January 31, 2008

  • Benoit Cote

  • Benoit CoteBenoit Cote

    Benoit Cote was another great Canadian strongman from Quebec and the rival of fellow countryman Doug Hepburn.

    The two met head to head at a four-lift (Press, Bench Press, Squat, Deadlift) contest in 1961. While Hepburn bested Cote in the bench press and overhead press, Cote beat Hepburn in the squat and deadlifted 752-1/2 pounds (shown above) to win.

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    Thursday, January 31, 2008

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