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Pat Robertson, through rigorous training, leg-pressed 2,000 pounds! How did he do it?

Where does Pat find the time and energy to host a daily, national TV show, head a world-wide ministry, develop visionary scholars, while traveling the globe as a statesman?

One of Pat's secrets to keeping his energy high and his vitality soaring is his age-defying protein shake. Pat developed a delicious, refreshing shake, filled with energy-producing nutrients.

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Originally posted by HalfMooner

I dunno. Never did a leg press as an adult, but when I was a skinny, unathletic 10-year-old, I leg regularly pressed 400 lbs., a figure which still impresses me. In a leg press machine, with your back braced against the floor, an enormous amount of weight can be lifted using the legs alone. I'm willing to bet that leg-pressing a ton is nothing at all unusual for a healthy adult man or woman. But with liar like Robertson, I'd want proof.

Anyone have adult leg press experience?

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Pat Robertson Is The Strongest Man Alive

CBS Sportsline's SPIN columnist Clay Travis points out the following dubious claim, as professed on noted televangelist Pat Robertson on his Web site:

Did you know that Pat Robertson can leg-press 2000 pounds! How does he do it?

Where does Pat find the time and energy to host a daily, national TV show, head a world-wide ministry, develop visionary scholars, while traveling the globe as a statesman?

One of Pat's secrets to keeping his energy high and his vitality soaring is his age-defying protein shake. Pat developed a delicious, refreshing shake, filled with energy-producing nutrients.

We're guessing that one of those “energy-producing nutrients” is black-tar heroin, because that's the only way ole Pat could leg press 2,000 pounds without noticing that every bone in the lower half of his body had shattered. (As Travis points out, the Florida State record for the leg press is 665 pounds.) Oral Roberts, though? That dude was a beast in the weight room; man could lift 675 pounds with his nipples. Something to see.

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Originally posted by HalfMooner

Great stuff, dglas!

I haven't yet found any "official" leg press records, and it appears leg pressing isn't a normal weight lifting event. Also, some leg press machines are vertical, like the one I used at the Vic Tanny Gym as a kid, but most now in use have their weights going up and own on an inclined plane. Thus, on the latter, it would presumably be possible to "lift" a lot more weight.

The "unofficial" records I've seen have been well under a ton, and no information was given as to the angle of the press. I guess that at ten years old, 400 lbs. (I'm certain of that figure) was a pretty impressive amount to leg press, though. Of course, I had to run both up and down a steep hill each day to attend school, so maybe that's why my legs were so strong.

Maybe Robertson's leg press had an angle of 1 degree?

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Madeleine Albright and the Leg Press: Controversy Settled, Once and For All
Wonkette

POSTED: 05.05.06 @01:10
We've received a ridiculous number of emails and reader comments about former Secretary of State Madeleine's Albright's claim that she can leg press 400 pounds. We've heard persuasive contentions and evidence on both sides. The argument has been more vigorous, spirited, and detailed than the congressional debate over the Iraq war resolution.

But now the Albright-and-leg-press dispute has been definitively resolved. From the Washington Whispers column of U.S. News:

Did you laugh when you read former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's claim in the New York Times to leg-pressing 400 pounds? Well, she knew you would. So the day after the interview, Albright rushed to her Definitions gym in Georgetown and tagged her trainer, Margo Carper, loaded up the weight on the leg press, and completed 10 reps.

“I got a little nervous after I had said that,” she confessed. “So I got off the red-eye … Thursday, and I went to my place and I said, ‘OK, Margo, we have to do this to prove again that I could do it.' And so I did.” She adds, “Yes, I do leg-press 400 pounds. To what end I don't know. I could make a vulgar comment.”

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Originally posted by HalfMooner

I'll be darned. Here's what one article says:

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Pat Robertson Is The Strongest Man Alive

CBS Sportsline's SPIN columnist Clay Travis points out the following dubious claim, as professed on noted televangelist Pat Robertson on his Web site:

Did you know that Pat Robertson can leg-press 2000 pounds! How does he do it?

Where does Pat find the time and energy to host a daily, national TV show, head a world-wide ministry, develop visionary scholars, while traveling the globe as a statesman?

One of Pat's secrets to keeping his energy high and his vitality soaring is his age-defying protein shake. Pat developed a delicious, refreshing shake, filled with energy-producing nutrients.

We're guessing that one of those “energy-producing nutrients” is black-tar heroin, because that's the only way ole Pat could leg press 2,000 pounds without noticing that every bone in the lower half of his body had shattered. (As Travis points out, the Florida State record for the leg press is 665 pounds.) Oral Roberts, though? That dude was a beast in the weight room; man could lift 675 pounds with his nipples. Something to see.

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I'm still resarching this.

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2. There is no way on earth Robertson leg presses 2,000 pounds. That would mean a 76-year-old man broke the all-time Florida State University leg press record by 665 pounds over Dan Kendra. 665 pounds. Further, when he set the record, they had to modify the leg press machine to fit 1,335 pounds of weight. Plus, Kendra's capillaries in his eyes burst. Burst. Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold 2,000 pounds at one time? And how does he still have vision?

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Halfmooner I'm afraid that quote is a bit inaccurate, the record is 1,335 pounds according to the original article by Clay Travis at CBSsportsline.com.

quote:2. There is no way on earth Robertson leg presses 2,000 pounds. That would mean a 76-year-old man broke the all-time Florida State University leg press record by 665 pounds over Dan Kendra. 665 pounds. Further, when he set the record, they had to modify the leg press machine to fit 1,335 pounds of weight. Plus, Kendra's capillaries in his eyes burst. Burst. Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold 2,000 pounds at one time? And how does he still have vision?

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Originally posted by Cuneiformist

One of Pat's secrets to keeping his energy high and his vitality soaring is his age-defying protein shake. Pat developed a delicious, refreshing shake, filled with energy-producing nutrients.

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GNC drops Pat Robertson's muscle drink
NEW YORK, June 5

(UPI) -- U.S. nutritional supplement firm GNC Corp. will no longer sell a protein drink associated with the Rev. Pat Robertson, a noted televangelist.

The corporation, which did not elaborate on the reason for its move, comes despite high praise from the drink's creator, the head of the Christian Broadcasting Network, The New York Times reported Monday.

Robertson, 76, credits his "protein shake" with the ability to leg press 2,000 pounds -- 665 pounds more than the current world record.

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