Arthur Saxon

This is the Great Arthur Saxon bent pressing over 300 pounds. One of the strongest men of all time. His bent pressing records have not been broken in over 100 years. Arthur Saxon is The Iron Master.

Arthur Saxon

This is Arthur Saxon preparing to jerk two huge dumbbells. I estimate these dumbbells to be at least 150 pounds each. These dumbbells were lifted to the shoulder continental style.

Bill Kazmaier

Here is Bill Kazmaier lifting a dumbbell set up to be similar to the famous Thomas Inch dumbbell, but actually a little heavier at 176 pounds. I took this picture on June 18th at the York Barbell Strength Spectacular . The handle on this dumbbell is approximately 2.5 inches, which makes it extremely difficult to lift. They set up the dumbbell about an hour before Kaz lifted it and quite a few people gave it a try but only fellow Hall of Fame inductee Mark Chaillet succeeded in even budging the dumbbell off the ground about an inch.

Bill Kazmaier- 2nd attempt

I had no idea what Kaz would do with this dumbbell on his first attempt, after all, he is famous for lifting an Inch dumbbell replica over his head in 1990. Both of these pictures basically show the maximum height he achieved on the lifts. Kaz was apologetic that he did not lift the dumbbell higher and mentioned that he was a little over trained on the lift. I was impressed anyway because the height he lifted it is about the same as done by some strong men in the June 99 issue of Milo.

Bill Kazmaier's Dumbbell

This is a close up of the dumbbell that Kaz lifted at York. To really appreciate the difficulty of lifting this dumbbell look at the size of the handle compared to the diameter of the standard olympic sized shaft.

20-Penny Nail bitten in half by the Mighty Atom

It's my understanding that this was the last nail that the Mighty Atom bit in half. He was 82 at the time!