Weight Lifting World Records

Clint P. bench pressed a 375-pound wooden log nine times.

Clint P. completed 26 reps bench pressing a 235-pound barbell. His body weight was 232 pounds during the attempt.

Clint Poore performed a Hackenschmidt floor press with a 450-pound weight.

Thommy Ohlund performed a forward hold using a 50-pound Olympic barbell for 38.94 seconds.

Clint Poore completed four reps two-board bench pressing a 445-pound barbell.

Clint Poore completed four reps two-board bench pressing a 455-pound barbell.

Clint P. completed nine reps bench pressing a 350-pound barbell. His body weight was 232 pounds during the attempt.

Clint P. completed six reps pressing a 111-pound dumbbell with his left arm while wearing a kilt.

Clint Poore bench pressed a 355-pound barbell nine times. Clint's body weight at the time of the attempt was 233 pounds.

Clint P. performed 25 bench press reps using a 250-pound barbell.

Clint Poore deadlifted a Toyota Corolla 12 times. NOTE: This record can be dangerous and should only be attempted by trained professionals.

William Neal Quackenbush pressed 1,502 pounds for five repetitions on a 45-degree plate-loaded leg press in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on the day he turned 62. The sled is stacked with plates out to the ends of both pegs, and the set runs in one continuous take, from unracking the sled through the fifth rep and racking it again. A gym staff member totaled the load at 1,502 pounds on camera in a separate clip. Not a bad way to spend a birthday.

Randy Richey of Omega Force Strength Team squatted 25 people in a single lift. He set the record during the Kentucky Foothills Camp Meeting in Albany, Kentucky.

Clint Poore bench pressed a person 57 times in 30 seconds.

Randy Richey of the Omega Force Strength Team performed a 1000-pound giant wooden log squat. He set the record during the Jacksonville Festival in Scottsville, Kentucky.

Clint Poore performed nine dumbbell presses in one minute using a 111-pound dumbbell. He set the record during the 2012 Kentucky Muscle Expo in Louisville, Kentucky.