Author Paul Ohl told IronMind, “The year 2013 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Canadian legendary strongman Louis Cyr [and] it kicks off with the publication of a special edition of Louis Cyr’s biography, a joint venture between Les Éditions Libre Expression, the publisher of the original book, and Christal Films, the producer of the movie to be released on this coming July.”


Here is the dust jacket for the new, special edition of Paul Ohl’s biography of the legendary Canadian strongman Louis Cyr.   IronMind® | Image courtesy of Libre Expression/ Christal Films.


“The cover of the book features Antoine Bertrand [who plays Cyr in the film] striking the traditional Louis Cyr’s strongman pose.  The book adds three new chapters, all about modern strongman, plus a final chapter titled ‘the strongest man of the 20th century.’

“May has been ‘Cyr’s lucky month’ throughout a more than 20 years’ strongman career:
-It was in May 20, 1883 ( 130 years ago today) that Louis Cyr, not quite 20 years old, lifted from ground to shoulder height the famous 517-lb natural stone. It happened on that Sunday noon, at the Suffolk Mill Dumb yard, before a crowd of more than 4000.
-On May 27, 1895, at the Austin and Stone’s Museum in Boston, Mass, Louis Cyr performed what is still considered as one of the greatest strongman feat : the 4337-lb. backlift.
-On May 8, 1896, at the St. Louis Hall in Chicago,Ill, Louis Cyr performed a one-arm clean and press of a 162-lb. dumbbell for 36 reps, a 1897-lb. partial deadlift , a 987-lb. one-arm partial deadlift, plus a 7.5-ton total poundage for 7 strength tests in less than 2 hours.

“A substantial number of Louis Cyr’s great lifts and performances, such as the the holding of pairs of horses will be featured in the movie,” said Ohl.

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