I’ve heard that you should never meet your heroes. Probably true unless your hero is Magnus Samuelson. I’ve heard that he’s one of the nicest dudes on the planet. I remember watching him win WSM in 1998 when I was about 17 years old. Imagine a unipolar hypomanic grizzly bear. Super kind, bubbly personality, wrapped in a mountain of muscle.

@@reasorlloyd1 oh yeah, he is VERY beloved by the strength community here in sweden, and even the people who do not follow the sports would imidietly think about Magnus if you were to mention strong people. hes in a class for himself. actually got into strongman training myself due to him among other more modern day athletes, like Brian shaw & Eddie hall :)

I remember just growing up here in California in the United States. My father is 6'7" (200 cm, or 2m) and about 260 lbs (118kg) and I'll never be as big as him, but I always wanted to be. I watched WSM nonstop after I learned about it, and got my dad into watching it too. Such great memories I have, of watching older episodes of the competitions, and, my father being of Swedish ancestry, I always had a special place in my heart for the Swedish competitors, like Magnus Samuelson. This guy just has a wonderful personality! I wish I could have met him. Maybe some day I will...

@@c4call i hope you do man, hes still very much alive and he still lifts heavy!

Mmmm

Never won it

@@user-my2se7sn3s Still one of the strongest

@@user-my2se7sn3s he won 1998 dude.

@@user-my2se7sn3s Wrong

@@user-my2se7sn3s Wow, you must be a top strongman fan with this knowledge, what a wetwipe!

Magnus Samuelsson's strongman diet (his former diet) 8000 calories Meal 1 - one litre of milk, with 5 dl (2 cups) oats and 2 dl (0.84 cups) sugar. Meal 2 - Potato and meat (lots of it), vegetables. Meal 3 - One litre of milk and protein powder. Meal 4 - Pasta and chicken with vegetables. Meal 5 - One litre of yogurt. Meal 6 - Tuna fish, bread. Meal 7 - One litre of milk, with 5 dc (2 cups) oats. no eggs? no rice? damn Magnus Samuelsson's viking diet (his current diet) 4500 calories Meal 1 - Six eggs, cottage cheese and coffee. Meal 2 - Protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 3 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 4 - Cottage cheese and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 5 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 6 - protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 7 - Banana, handful of hazelnuts, cottage cheese. no potato? no rice? no pasta? damn

Lillbrorsan Torbjörn var också bra stark

And so weak at deadlift and leg's, Yes he had a good grip I give him that. But here in Sweden he stage every Sweden strongman so events like deadlift and leg never show up

@@pellelov5081 😂 sur?

fake weights though, red painted blue 20kg's same with the bench press

Fk u talking about? Those are legit

@@malawigw Hahaha! 🤡

He has balls of stone

And his own weight was around 330lbs... insane!!

I get pain in my forearms just reading this sentence.

top 5 strongest biceps and top 1 or 2 in terms of grip stength ;)

Nervous system and muscle control

Well he wasn't really the strongest any other day, he was lucky people got injured. That said, he was a beast!

@@markuschampos5750 He was very consistent, one of the most consistent ,and was also second an third.in WSM so luck is not really true. It was his time. To stay injury free like he did over time is tricky and shows he built a strong foundation and not just juiced his brains out and tear a muscle when it matters.

@@martinekstrom6303 Håller med dig till fullo.

@@markuschampos5750 And he was injured during other events. Wsm was not his only title

Definitivt 🇸🇪

Eye opener for what? Vad såg du som du inte redan förstod?

That is actually his testicle, it turned into 140kg because naturally high testosterone production

and glenn ross.

Dude, you forgot Svend Karlson!!!

@@TheOmniscientAtheist I've met Svend Karlsen a couple of times👍. He was ahead of his time and did enormous for the sport before WSM was at it is as today. There are good documentaries about and with him here on YT if anyone are intrested in an intrested man, and he like to talk history.

@@markuschampos5750 I've seen all the YT videos that featured him, literally all of them lol. He's in my top 5 all time. So cool that you got to meet him. VIKING POWER!

Here in Sweden it's pretty hard to go for it without the police knocking on the door. He is famous in Sweden and if he should get cought for not so good substances it would not be nice. Of course he is on it now but he is in the dark at home, if he would do a comeback as a master he would have to go back in the spotlight. He won the swedish version of Let's Dance.

@Nickes Garage I can believe what ever I want, but go on, police will get right on it, promise👍. Magnus will love to take a drugtest, don't you think?

I don't care if he or everybody on the WSM is on it, I love the sport anyway. For me, it makes the competitions perfectly fair. But if you want to make a case on my belief that peoples on WSM-circus is on gear then you will get millions of fans all around the world laughing at you. If so, you are the last one that didn't knew.

@@markuschampos5750 I've worked with the man himself. I'd be highly surprised if he used any substances since he's really tired of the muscle building game. He even said that he doesn't want to have huge muscles anymore because it's too high of a risk creating that amount of red blood cells at his age.

At his age is therapy, not steroid abuse.

that's surprisingly very less

​@@86seahawk Magnus Samuelsson's strongman diet (his former diet) 8000 calories Meal 1 - one litre of milk, with 5 dl (2 cups) oats and 2 dl (0.84 cups) sugar. Meal 2 - Potato and meat (lots of it), vegetables. Meal 3 - One litre of milk and protein powder. Meal 4 - Pasta and chicken with vegetables. Meal 5 - One litre of yogurt. Meal 6 - Tuna fish, bread. Meal 7 - One litre of milk, with 5 dc (2 cups) oats. no eggs? no rice? damn Magnus Samuelsson's viking diet (his current diet) 4500 calories Meal 1 - Six eggs, cottage cheese and coffee. Meal 2 - Protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 3 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 4 - Cottage cheese and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 5 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 6 - protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 7 - Banana, handful of hazelnuts, cottage cheese. no potato? no rice? no pasta? damn

Magnus Samuelsson's strongman diet (his former diet) 8000 calories Meal 1 - one litre of milk, with 5 dl (2 cups) oats and 2 dl (0.84 cups) sugar. Meal 2 - Potato and meat (lots of it), vegetables. Meal 3 - One litre of milk and protein powder. Meal 4 - Pasta and chicken with vegetables. Meal 5 - One litre of yogurt. Meal 6 - Tuna fish, bread. Meal 7 - One litre of milk, with 5 dc (2 cups) oats. no eggs? no rice? damn Magnus Samuelsson's viking diet (his current diet) 4500 calories Meal 1 - Six eggs, cottage cheese and coffee. Meal 2 - Protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 3 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 4 - Cottage cheese and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 5 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 6 - protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 7 - Banana, handful of hazelnuts, cottage cheese. no potato? no rice? no pasta? damn

Yup, nothing more than your breakfast cornflakes.

​@@peterericson8170 Magnus Samuelsson's strongman diet (his former diet) 8000 calories Meal 1 - one litre of milk, with 5 dl (2 cups) oats and 2 dl (0.84 cups) sugar. Meal 2 - Potato and meat (lots of it), vegetables. Meal 3 - One litre of milk and protein powder. Meal 4 - Pasta and chicken with vegetables. Meal 5 - One litre of yogurt. Meal 6 - Tuna fish, bread. Meal 7 - One litre of milk, with 5 dc (2 cups) oats. no eggs? no rice? damn Magnus Samuelsson's viking diet (his current diet) 4500 calories Meal 1 - Six eggs, cottage cheese and coffee. Meal 2 - Protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 3 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 4 - Cottage cheese and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 5 - 500g (18 oz) of chicken or beef, 400g (14 oz) kidney beans and vegetables, mostly broccoli, and salad. Meal 6 - protein shake (40g (1.4 oz) of protein), 4-5 slices of barbecue bacon and a full hand of hazelnuts. Meal 7 - Banana, handful of hazelnuts, cottage cheese. no potato? no rice? no pasta? damn

Breakfast cornflakes ? Today it is illegal and forbidden in (i e) IPF league.

Might argue he would do better due to the more refined techniques in recovery and dieting.

26 i think

@@b_rabbit435 what about now I guess I could do the math lol

He is 51 turning 52 in Dec

@@LittleSweed I knew he was up there he looks amazing Thanks by the way 👍

Magnus could see what was going to happen, he was a seasoned arm wrestler and Nathan was a novice. The problem is that Nathan did that to himself, the way he twisted his body it was going to happen. The only thing Magnus could have done is give up to stop the break. I'm pretty sure this match is what stopped them from doing arm wrestling in WSM.

I think 140 Kilogramm

N3WPORT - power Todd Helder - never stop unknown brain - superhero V O E - giants

Not really, your back hurts because you stopped training so it's now made of foam and cardboard....

bro 30 is still so young, get back into training again. There are studies done that show that your at your strongest at around 30-35 so you are no where near being old.

If they where it would never have happened....

Songs are: N3WPORT - Power (feat. braev), Todd Helder - Never Stop, Unknown Brain - Superhero (feat. Chris Linton) and V O E - Giants

@@WorldofSTRENGTH thanks!

Why weak pop music, doesn't suite the power of this guy.

@@ashleygreen1627 exactly, needs ac/dc or iron maiden which Magnus like h imself

Ok? Did you also win WSM?

@@markuschampos5750 Hey Markus, thanks for the reply. No one named Adam Sanchez has ever won WSM. The only Adam that would even come close right now would be Adam Bishop and he has some tough competition. God bless you

he said in an interview recently that he mostly listens to Sabaton during his workouts :)

Yeah it does, its still a test of grip, aka grip test

@@chrizgoo That is true but the video is insinuating that is the name of the exercise not what he is doing at the time

@@mikehenry7479 Nah every clip here starts with his name, but rolling thunder is the correct name

@@chrizgoo ah well , as long as I've educated the people on the name of the exercise I've done my part buddy 💪 , Well don't tho buddy whatever makes you feel better lol

@@mikehenry7479 You do know the entire video is about Magnus Samuelsson? Do you think the truckpull or the stones also have his name?

Swedish. Farmer boy.

Thanks for getting back. Just by his name, he could've been either one. Greetings from Jacksonville Florida USA.

@@williamgunnarsson Correct. In Iceland men always get the first name of their father and then “son” which means “son of”. Daughers get ”daughter of” This is the old Nordic way. In Sweden you inherit the name through generations so Magnus fathers name is not Samuel but somewhere along the line their is a Samuel in his family line. We also have other last names, like mine that often is from nature. My name means “Oak creek” .

Thank you for getting back. My middle name is " Mountain Ash "which is a type of tree.

@@williamgunnarsson 👍👍

Agreed and when you take in count that Magnus was one of the best armwrestlers in the world at that point it makes everything ridiculous, but if I'm not wrong this was not during a real strongman competition but more of a show of thing.