Manfred Hoeberl

Manfred Hoeberl (; born 12 May 1964) is an Austrian former strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder. He was famous for having the largest muscular arms in the world during early to mid 1990s.

Having competed in 18 International strongman competitions and winning 6 of them, Hoeberl is among the 50 most decorated strongmen of all time. He also participated in numerous Highland games. He was born in the same town as bodybuilding legend and former Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hoeberl won Austria's Strongest Man 7 times, from 1989-1994 & 1996.

In the early 1990s Hoeberl claimed to have the largest arms in the world. At the 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic, bodybuilding journalist Joe Roark measured Hoeberl's upper arm to be cold. Right after Hoeberl curled a 150 lb. dumbbell for several reps and was re-measured at pumped. After the measurement Roark claimed Hoeberl was the first man in history to have an upper arm girth three times the size of his wrist circumference.

Shortly after this, Hoeberl co-wrote his first book 10 Minutes to Massive Arms.

Hoeberl was officially certified on the No. 3 Captains of Crush gripper in 1997 and was famous for his world class grip strength.

Personal records In competitions: Silver Dollar Deadlift – raw (1994 World's Strongest Man) Log press (with vintage irregular V.2 log) – (1992 World Mighty Man) (Former World Record) Leviathan Press (incline log press) – x 19 reps (1993 World's Strongest Man) Leviathan Press (incline log press) – x 25 reps (1993 World Muscle Power Classic) (World Record) Rock press – (1994 Strongest Man on Earth) Weight over bar – over (1994 World Strongman Challenge) (Former World Record) Stone block throw (Trojan wall) – over (1993 World's Strongest Man) (World Record) Truck pull – + (4 x 55 drum barrels) for 20 metres in 24.60 seconds (1993 World's Strongest Man)

During training: Barbell curl – Close to for a max according to Manfred himself. → During training he often performed for sets of 12 reps at the end of biceps training, after 8 rep sets with seated cable curls and seated dumbbell curls Captains of Crush – No. 3 gripper (/ RGC 149 of pressure)) → Hoeberl is the 9th man and the first non-American to get certified on this gripper Bench press – raw Squat – raw Hoeberl was involved in a head-on collision with a truck while riding a motorcycle at 80 miles per hour (130 km/h). Due to his injuries Hoeberl is no longer weight training, he is quoted as saying, “I am kinda lucky to be alive.”