Sunday, August 21, 2011

On This Day In Strength History


John Robert “Bob” Peoples was born on August 21, 1910 in Northeast Tennessee, near Johnson City.
In the 1940s he deadlifted 728 lbs. weighing 178, minus drugs and body suits. He wore no shoes (only socks) and was the forerunner of ballet-type deadlift shoes.












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