Feats of Canadian strongman Louis Cyr (1863-1912), "the strongest man who ever lived":
In 1881 he lifted a horse weighing at least 1500 pounds.
In 1886 he lifted a 218-pound barbell with one hand and raised 2,371 pounds on his back.
In 1895 he raised a platform that held 18 men.
In 1889 he shouldered a 433-pound barrel of cement with one arm and lifted 552.5 pounds clear of the floor with a single finger.
In 1891 he resisted the pull of four draft horses even as grooms drove them apart with whips.
Where did he get these gifts? "The mother of Louis Cyr … could easily shoulder a barrel of flour and carry it up two or three flights of stairs." (Josephine Beiderhase, American Gymnasia and Athletic Record, 1906)
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