Robertson says he leg-pressed 2,000 pounds

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - 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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060526/ap_on_re_us/robertson2000_3

through my mind?

Redstone

I bet the uncensored soundtrack to a video recording of this blessed event would include a mighty, Joshua-at-Jericho-class flatulent event.... :o

...for the funny comments.

thanks!

20 reps of 100 lbs. per rep.

Sounds about right...

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The record for FSU football players is 1445 pounds. They've had some big kids over the years.

The power here is the power of prayer.

Robertson is a very powerful guy. God does pretty much what Robertson tells him to do. Pat says, "Oh Lord, lift this half a ton of steel, God obeys, and the weight gets lifted."

Didn't anyone here ever hear of sexually transmitted diseases? Those were created by God at Pat's request.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

and see how he does!!!!

My boss is a liberal in the same age group as Bush and Robertson -- he does hundred-mile bike races and runs marathons, but I've never heard him claiming divine influence or spinning it to make it seem like he's a superior human being.

(Major inferiority complex. All those right-wing assholes are afflicted with it.)

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Those of you who remember your physics know that the force needed to push something up an inclined plane should be multiplied by the sine of the angle with the horizontal (compared to straight up). Looks like maybe 40 degrees to me, so whatever he's actually pushing in the picture, multiply by about 0.65 .

And I'm the virginal Queen of England.

He'd snap something major if he even attempted it. Then there'd be gross pics of the major injury all over the internet and on rotten.com for years to come.

:crazy: & creepy

Herpetologists rush to the scene.