Pat Robertson says he leg-pressed 2,000 pounds!!!

[ificandream]

http://www.examiner.com/a-120223~Robertson_Says_He_Leg_Pressed_2_000_Pounds.html

What a clown. Here's part of the AP story:

Robertson Says He Leg-Pressed 2,000 Pounds

The Associated Press
May 26, 2006 6:35 PM
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.

Clay Travis of CBS SportsLine.com called the 2,000-pound assertion impossible in a column this week, writing that the leg-press record for football players at Florida State University is 665 pounds less.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Let's make him prove it.

I'll spot for him.

:evilgrin:

[mike_c]

3. I wanna ride that sled down on his ass....

Smoosh!

[beam me up scottie]

8. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:

[salvorhardin]

12. Maybe he's practicing

for Festivus?

[beam me up scottie]

13. Festivus for the rest of us!

:spray:

:rofl:

[LiberalPartisan]

2. Gee...and for an encore

He'll claim God will 'call him home' a la Oral Roberts some years back unless 'X' amount of dollars is donated by such and such a date - again a la Oral Roberts.

Dear pat - Please don't shut up. You hurt your cause more than anyone else could.

[Erika]

4. It's lying hype to sell his new "Christian" energy drinks.

He's a Bible carrying snake oil saesman. Yeah, just like the W.

[Wilms]

5. Maybe he's training to roll a stone

[ugarte]

6. Jesus couldn't hold Robertson's jockstrap

No way Jesus could press that much.

:rofl:

[Gregorian]

7. Yeah, but can he walk on water?

And this is newsworthy when there are children starving and running from gunships?

[TlalocW]

9. Pat is gonna Indian Leg Rassle You For Jaaaay-Sus!

You're going down, too!

TlalocW

[Erika]

10. I'm glad he's a W Republican n/t

[Trajan]

11. Ah .... I love the smell of Beatification in the morning ....

The hagiographic legend writing begins ....

But he isnt dead yet .. is he ?

[phaseolus]

14. link to Slate article on this

"The Leg Press: the world's lamest exercise"
http://www.slate.com/id/2142567/

I'll second the article's recommendation that squats are where it's at -- leg presses with heavy weights caused knee pain, while squats with 25% of the weight work most of my body and really make me feel better.

[sam sarrha]

15. squats with knee problems.. maybe got bad knees do'n 1 Ton leg presses//

are delusions precursors to Alzheimer's.??

[Random_Australian]

16. No. In this case the delusions are of grandeur. At the risk of armchair dx

I would guess that there is some cognitive dissonance because of how far his self-image is from reality. Thus granduer would be a defense mechanism to alleviate feelings of worthlessness stemming from inablility to live up to the image created first for him and now by him, which would be a vicous circle.

Disclaimer: This was PURE SPECULATION, engaging in armchair dx is one sure-fire way to annoy many of the inhabitants here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=276

(For newbies and those unused to that bit of specialised language, armchair dx = armchair diagnosis = coming to any sort of conclusion without bieng the person in questions actual clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. )

[TallahasseeGrannie]

17. It was just the load in his Depends.

[Meshuga]

18. He's the new David Blaine

He should televise it so we can add it to the records. What a clown!