Posted on 05/26/2006 4:38:15 PM PDT by Qwertrew
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he has leg-pressed 2,000 pounds, but some say he'd be in a pretty tough spot if he tried.
The 700 Club host's feat of strength is recounted on the Web site of his Christian Broadcasting Network, in a posting headlined "How Pat Robertson Leg Pressed 2,000 Pounds."
According to the CBN Web site, Robertson worked his way up to lifting a ton with the help of his physician, who is not named. The posting does not say when the lift occurred, but a CBN spokeswoman released photos to The Associated Press that she said showed Robertson lifting 2,000 pounds in 2003, when Robertson was 73. He is now 76.
The Web posting said two men loaded the leg-press machine with 2,000 pounds "and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep and let it go back down again." The Web site said several people witnessed the event, and shows video of Robertson leg-pressing what appears to be 1,000 pounds.
(snip) Clay Travis of CBS SportsLine.com called the 2,000-pound assertion impossible in a column this week, writing that the leg-press record for football players at Florida State University is 665 pounds less.
"Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold 2,000 pounds at one time?" Travis asked.
(snip)
One of the photos Vasko released had a digital date stamp of 1994, although she said Robertson performed the leg press in 2003. Vasko said that perhaps the date was not set properly on the camera.
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Slow news evening.....
ping..........
He didn't listen to God again who was telling him to just shut up.
He's got the mad cow I'm telling ya!
Well he might have pressed it, but it did not move.
He's just trying to out-man Madeline Albright!!
Maybe he actually lifted 2000 British pound notes, which were tied to the leg press.
Pat is smeared constantly in the media. The left despises anyone who professes to be a real Christian.
He's five times the man Maddy is!
So many people are so gullible and lacking in knowledge of simple physics.
Anyone can leg press a heck of a lot of weight a couple of inches or so with legs already nearly fully extended.
i know they are totally different people but this reminds me of the claims of kim jung-il to have memorized every phone number in DPRK, shoot holes in one continuously in golf, etc.
LET'S HAVE A LEG WRESTLING BOUT BETWEEN ALBRIGHT AND ROBERTSON.
Hmmmm......she's pretty BUTCH!
I can leg-press my own weight. Do it every day.
By that same logic, if Pat has done 20 reps of 100 pounds has he not leg pressed 2,000 pounds?
Jack Bauer can. With one foot!!
There was a time that I made claims like Pat's to impress chicks, also...
True, the media target professing Christians, but more than that, they hate people who constantly talk stupid.
Cybex has a leg press that works on a pivot. I can leg press close to 2000 pounds. But on other leg press machines that push the aparatus up a ram I can do much less.
Regardless, I doubt Robertson can leg press 2000 pounds.
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