Sylvester Stallone Training with Franco Columbu 💪🥊 | Rocky Balboa

Franco Columbu benching 210kg x 5 raw at just 84kg. Pound for pound one of the strongest bodybuilders from the Golden Era | PTC Headquarters

@historyofstrengthsports It is safe to assume that Franco Columbu may have been the strongest bodybuilder of his era. The so called 'Sardinian Strongman’ was a two-time Mr. Olympia who excelled in powerlifting and Olympic weightlifting before finding his greatest fame on the bodybuilding stage. At only 5’5″ and 185lbs, his numbers are very impressive and he was also known for bending half-inch steel bars, blowing up hot-water bottles until they exploded, and deadlifting cars at exhibitions. In 1