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just watched them, those were some great lifts! congrats on that big anderson squat.

Thanks, Al, I enjoyed watching those. Eric’s 350 Anderson Press blew me away somewhat. I guess I should not be surprised, though, because I see that he has a 320 log press to his credit. That’s pretty stout when one considers that Kazmaier did 360 at the 1981 WSM contest and that was the highest log press of the day. Of course Zydrunas has moved the log lift record into another world!

Tom, I have the privilege of working out with Eric many times. He is a very strong presser. Eric really muscles stuff up. He was a wrestler in college and he obviously has the upper body strength of a wrestler.

I wish I had a video of Brian Kerby pressing 320 in the strictest fashion you can ever imagine. I do have a photo. He would regularly put a 300lb log overhead in our strongman shows. You have to understand, in our shows you get no warm ups, when it’s time to lift you have to go. Brian would whip that log up so easy it was almost anticlimactic…then one day he did it so easy nobody clapped so Brian then stood on one leg while holding it overhead, then the other leg, then he did a 360 turn and each time the crowd clapped louder and louder. Finally, he stood there for another 60 seconds preaching to the crowd! Most amazing feat of overhead lifting I’ve ever seen! My favorite story on Brian’s pressing power was he showed up at what he thought was a raw power meet only to find bench shirts were allowed….he benched 550 in a tshirt and WON!

Thanks Tom. It felt pretty good. I actually had the NAS record in log press at one time at 325, and hit a 330 in training. It is crazy how much the bar has been raised since then. I am pretty sure the Amateur record is over 400# now.
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