Pat Robertson's Age-Defying Shake

Pat Robertson claims he can leg press 1 full ton. When I was in college, I was a regular in the weight room. The leg press was the one excercise where I could keep up with the body builders and the football players. It's been a while so I can't tell you exactly how much I could do, but I'm sure it was under 800 pounds. 720 seems right, which would have been 8 45 pound plates to a side. And that's up with the football players. (OK, we had a lousy team so maybe that says something.) Regardless of what the actual weight was, the point is I was 21 and pretty strong, and was doing much less than half of what 76 year old Robertson claims. So forgive me for raising an eyebrow and this patently absurd claim.

CCJ Blog (and quite a few other bloggers I have found) says the Florida State record is a mere 665 pounds for the leg press. That does not appear to be accurate. It appears, according to the Carpet Bagger report, that the record is 1335 pounds, which means Robertson beats it by 665. (That seems more reasonable. I am sure I was nowhere near a record, and I know I was doing more than 4-500 pounds.) And the blood vessels in the guy's eyes burst under the strain of pushing all that weight.

Like I said, Robertson is back to kooky.

Update Or like Sullivan says, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to say that a leading light of the Republican Party [not to mention a Christian evangelist] is lying to sell protein shakes."

What's even funnier is that CBN claims Robertson's doctor can press 2700 pounds. Chuckle. At least they have a disclaimer directing readers to consult their doctors before starting this excercise regimen. Probably a good idea.

They do have a video of Robertson pressing 1000 pounds. (I haven't watched it, but that's how it's described.) Of course, one thousand is quite a bit different than two thousand.