Travis lifting his Dumbbell
by Al Myers
Warren Lincoln Travis and his dumbbell.
The saga of the Warren Lincoln Travis Dumbbell wouldn’t be complete without a picture of Travis with it. Travis lifted his huge dumbbell for many years, as this picture shows him posing with it in his older days. Travis continued to lift big poundages in the hip, harness, and back lift into his 50’s and 60’s. Several times Travis announced his retirement from strongman performances, but he could never stay away long and made numerous “comebacks”. He was 52 years old when he did his historic 5.5 million pound “total poundage” lift in 1927. Travis is best known as a Heavy Lifter – but when he was younger did some very impressive All-Round Weight Lifting. He excelled in Finger Lifting, as well as other grip feats.
This famous dumbbell of Warren Lincoln Travis was “one of many props” used by him in his acts.