Pat Robertson crazier than you thought: leg presses 2000 lbs

[strathmeyer]

...wow, I almost provided a serious answer to this question...

 

[BPSCG]

In high school I weighed about 130 pounds and I would leg press 10 reps of 700 lbs., which is as high as our machine went. At the time, I rode my bicycle to school every day at a high rate of speed and my legs were very strong! I have to ask, are there even any leg press machines that go up to 2,000 pounds?

Anyone have a picture of the kind of leg press machines y'all are talking about? The machine I use at my gym (there are others, but I like this one) only goes up to 500 pounds, and I currently do drop sets on it starting at 255, which I guarantee you is a lot less than 2.5 times my weight.

 

[Beerina]

I can also leg press 2000lbs. Easy Peasy. You know, in 200lb increments. 10 reps and I'm done.

Well, hell, it works on home shopping channels with "1/4 carat total weight" rings of impregnated diamond dust.

 

[bjb]

I tried to find more info on leg press machines. One bodybuilding site made fun of the kind of universal machine I was using in high school. Apparently, they are now obsolete. Our machine had a chair to sit in and a lever attached to some weights. The bodybuilder said that once the lever was pushed halfway or so, the amount of weight pressing on your legs dropped by half. So I was really only leg pressing 350lbs, just slightly more than 2.5 times my body weight at the time.

The body builders use squatting as a more realistic version of the leg press machine. Also, there are machines where you lift weight vertically with your legs:

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/net2fitness_1899_3384195

I'd love to see Pat Robertson on one of these machines with 2,000 pounds of weight!

 

[HarryKeogh]

here's one with a 1000 lb. capacity. I can't even find one with anything close to a 2000 lb. capacity.

Body Solid Leg Press / Hack Squat

Could it be this man is fibbing?!

 

[bjb]

Obviously, Pat Robertson uses two of those machines and lifts 1000 lbs. with each foot!

 

[strathmeyer]

Maybe he just uses it in a centerfuge that simulates "double gravity".

 

[Regnad Kcin]

Well, hell, it works on home shopping channels with "1/4 carat total weight" rings of impregnated diamond dust.

Clever of you to work diamonds into the discussion.

 

[BPSCG]

here's one with a 1000 lb. capacity. I can't even find one with anything close to a 2000 lb. capacity.

That's what made me go, "Huh?" The machine I use looks something like this (though I'm not nearly as pretty). I was thinking a Smith Machine, but no way he could squat anything remotely near 2000 pounds.

Could it be this man is fibbing?!

I'm just wondering if maybe someone accidentally stuck an extra zero on his press weight.

 

[hgc]

...I'm just wondering if maybe someone accidentally stuck an extra zero on his press weight.

That was my first reaction. How impressive is a 200 lb leg press?

 

[HarryKeogh]

I'm just wondering if maybe someone accidentally stuck an extra zero on his press weight.

Could be. If I was going to puff up my abilities I'd say I could bench press 250 lbs, not 1200.

I think it's either what you suggest or maybe some copywriter just had to fill in a blank and didn't realize how ridiculous 2000 lbs. is

 

[Kerberos]

I guess it's his belief in god that makes him capable of such impresive feats of strenght. Incidentially this little cuttie pie tore a calf muscle trying to bench press 1600 pounds.

 

[HarryKeogh]

That was my first reaction. How impressive is a 200 lb leg press?

Not very. For a man his age it's certainly not bad but it doesn't seem to require special mention.

Now if he could bench press 200 lbs I'd be like "wow, that old dude is benching 200 lbs...that's pretty damn good"

Wait I just checked...he also claims to be able to bench press 6,000 lbs. with just his left arm. Man, this guy is good!

 

[BobK]

sportsline

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?

God must be on his side.

 

[AWPrime]

The truth:

He is sucking fetuses.

 

[Luke T.]

Anyone have a picture of the kind of leg press machines y'all are talking about?

I tole ya above. There's a picture of Pat doing leg presses in the recipe brochure.

 

[bjb]

If anyone thinks that 2,000 is a misprint, read this:

http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/legpress_explanation.asp

Working with his physician, who was an amazing strength trainer, he worked up to 800 pounds, then 1,000 pounds. Then one day he was able to leg press 1,500 pounds one time. Then over the succeeding months, he trained with multiple reps of 1,200 pounds, 1,300 pounds, and 1,400 pounds.
One Saturday morning, his physician said, “I’ll get you bragging rights. Let’s go to 2,000 pounds.” Then he worked up multiple reps of 1,400 pounds, 1,500 pounds, 1,600 pounds, 1,700, pounds, 1,800 pounds and 1,900 pounds. When 2,000 pounds was put on the machine two men got on either side and helped push the load up, and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep and let it go back down again.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

Maybe he pressed 2,000 pounds, as in British currency.

 

[Luke T.]

If anyone thinks that 2,000 is a misprint, read this:

http://www.cbn.com/communitypublic/legpress_explanation.asp

His doctor, by the way, has leg pressed 2,700 pounds. It is not nearly as hard as the authors of these reports make it out to be. We have multiple witnesses to the 2,000 pound leg press, plus video of the 10 reps of 1,000 pounds.

All I can say to that is...roll video!

 

[bjb]

I can't get the video to work. I'm getting an error message saying the video is not in the correct location. If I were Pat, I'd take it down to prevent legal problems.