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Subsequently the December 1958-January 1959 issue commented on a reported backlift of 6,200 lb (c. 2800 kg), by far the greatest weight ever lifted in this movement. [ 22 ] In the spring of 1958 another Soviet-American weightlifting contest was organized, this time without Anderson competing.
His last lift was a 190.0 kg clean and jerk that was 3.15 times his body weight, [12] which is the highest ratio clean and jerk to body weight of all time. Using the Sinclair coefficient , his performance at the 1988 Seoul Olympics was the most dominating weightlifting performance of all time. [ 13 ]
Heaviest human to be able to walk. 1926–1958 (32) Rosalie Bradford United States: F 477 kg 1,052 lb 75 st 2 lb 1.68 m 5 ft 6 in 169 Holds the Guinness World Record for most weight lost by a woman, 349 kg (769 lb; 54 st 13 lb). [citation needed] 1943–2006 (63) Mills Darden United States: M 476 kg 1,049 lb 74 st 13 lb 2.29 m 7 ft 6 in
Dec. 2—St. Joseph's "The Incredible Faulk" is now a world record-holder. Jason Faulkner, a 300-pound, 42-year-old 1999 graduate of Central High School, has always had an interest in weight training.
Deadlift ladder – 300–400 kg (661–882 lb) x 6 reps (incremental weight loading) in 27.04 seconds (2015 Giants Live Iceland (Viking Challenge)) (world record) [16] Human deadlift – 20 humans placed on the platform x 10 reps (2016 Arnold Brazil) (world record) [17]
lifting a 534-pound (242 kg) weight with one finger; pushing a freight car up an incline; At 19 years old, he lifted a rock from ground up to his shoulder, officially weighted at 514 pounds [5] He beat Eugen Sandow's bent press record (and therefore the heaviest weight lifted with one hand) by 2 pounds (0.91 kg) to a total of 273 pounds (124 kg ...
When the previous records and weight classes were discarded, the IWF defined "world standards" as the minimum lifts needed to qualify as world records in the new weight classes. Wherever World Standard appears in the list below, no qualified weightlifter has yet lifted these weights in a sanctioned competition.
Berger was the first featherweight in history to lift more than 800 pounds (360 kg), and the first to press double his body weight. [7] He twice won the world championships and the Pan American Games. [6] In 1955, at nineteen, he won the Senior United States Weightlifting Title, which he won again in 1956 and 1957. [4]