2000 lbs.
Weight 76-year-old Pat Robertson claims he can leg press thanks to his “age defying protein shake.”
Clay Travis at CBS Sportsline notes “That would mean a 76-year-old man broke the all-time Florida State University leg press record by 665 pounds over Dan Kendra. 665 pounds. Further, when he set the record, they had to modify the leg press machine to fit 1,335 pounds of weight. Plus, Kendra’s capillaries in his eyes burst. Burst.”
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Commandment VIII: Thy shalt not bear false witness.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:12 pmNot only age defying, but truth and logic-defying as well! The best snake oil you can buy, because it’s blessed by God.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:12 pmPat Robertson’s Age Defying Shake - made of 100% pure bullshit.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:13 pmWow I guess they don’t get real athletes at Florida State. Their best can’t even out leg press a 76 year old preacher.
I know who I’m not voting on this year
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:19 pmWell, to give him the benefit of the doubt, it says “false witness against thy neighbor” and NOT “about the benefits of thy product.”
So advertising copyrighters aren’t necessarily going to Hell, but those who swift-boat certainly are.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:21 pmWhat’s even more tragic is that he is referred to as a “statesman” on his own website. What in the hell? When did he become a statesman? I mean like aren’t people like Thomas Jefferson statesmen? Maybe I am wrong, but jeez what an EGO!
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:21 pmIt’s the super-strong power of Jesus! Hallelujah! Muscle fortifying Jesus-juice!
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:23 pmOur energy problems are solved. We can have everyone that buys this stuff hooked up to leg press electric generators.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:24 pmMust be that Samsonesque hair of his. He should quickly change his program to the 2000 club, where once again he will be the only member, God willing.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:24 pmWhat is frightening is that some people believe in this idiot.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:25 pmPat Robertson is promoting hallucinogens?
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:25 pmIf he were to say he could mouth-press a ton of bullshit I would believe him.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:26 pmThe current Mr. Olympia, Ronnie Coleman, also leg presses 2000 regularly…
Here’s a picture: http://i.b5z.net/ i/ u/ 230085/ i/ Ronnie_Coleman.jpg
I guess Pat Robertson is hiding some massive legs in those pants of his.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:27 pmThis is the funniest thing I have heard since Colbert’s White House Press speech.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:30 pmmaybe like 20 pounds 100 times over a period of several months…?
lying liars lie alike….
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:31 pmHow about an Albright v. Robertson Pay-Per-View leg press competition. Say goodbye national debt!!
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:32 pmWell, why don’t the Democrats put out an Advert telling Pat to prove it? Get a few TV Camera’s in, load up the machine, it’ll probably be one of the funniest TV specials, ever.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:32 pmJesus was infuriated at the use of religion for political gain and took a whip to the people selling animals for ritual sacrifice. Pat Robertson better enjoy his wealth, power, and fame while in mortal coil…
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:34 pmSenile dementia.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:37 pmIs it Michael Jackson’s “Jesus Juice”?
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 pmI guess Barry Bonds should be drinking that instead of shooting steriods.
Crazy is as crazy does.
Jay Leno has been having a field day with Robertson. Robertson is claiming, if he heard God right the coast may get hit with storms. Jay laughs and says, you’d think if God was speaking to you, you’d listen. And wouldn’t God be a lot more certain. Isn’t Robertson the one that said 9/11 was the result of gays and some nosense.
Robertson entire show is like some MAD, Onion, SNL TV skit. I can’t believe people are so gullible that they are taken in by this nut case. But then again I can’t believe Jerry Springer guests either.
Who ever anointed Robertson to speak for all Christians anyway. He does not.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:45 pmCool, that million smackeroonies from the James Randi Educational Foundation is as good as his! Just as soon as he provides evidence of this amazing drink! Don’t hold your breath, ’cause Randi shore isn’t.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:48 pmWhy isn’t this wire-fraud?
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:49 pmPat Robertson, fully unintentionally, is the spokesman for Atheism.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:49 pmDoesn’t god get pissed at those who lie?
Jamie
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:50 pmhttp://www.intoxination.net
Pat Robertson =a ton of shit!
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:53 pmWhy isn’t this wire-fraud?
Good question. Maybe a lawyer can answer. I’d like to know.
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:53 pmI CAN’T STOP MY LEGS…
I CAN’T STOP MY LEGS…
Thank You Robert Klein!
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:59 pmWWJP?
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:06 pmNote the disclaimer….just like they use for these “weight loss” products - ie results not typical.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:07 pmMaybe Pat got confused and was thinking about the (election year) 2000 when he was on his back with his legs in the air…………….
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:08 pmWhy isn’t this wire-fraud?
yep… good question…
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:09 pmwhenever i see kevin trudeau (sp?) on teevee peddling that scam of a book, i wonder the same thing - and on sunday, i noticed tammy faye baker was with him… now that’s a pair!
But can he hammer a six-inch spike through a board with his penis?
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:12 pmPraiase Jesus and his leg pressing ways!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:16 pmIs it Michael Jackson’s “Jesus Juice�
Comment by SemanticAntics —
More likely he’s chuggin the Purple Jesus.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:20 pmGood chance Dr. Pat is going to end up in the afterlife at the Misguided Mansions along with at least 19 others who had equally wacked ideas about what paradise ( and getting to it) is all about…………..
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:20 pmHe’s just strengthening his leg….the better to kick a gay person with.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:27 pm2,000 pounds of manure are equivelent to 700 cubic feet. Ok now the story makes sense.
700 Club; Please leave your brain at the door, God will do the thinkin for ya.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:31 pmForgive this lefty admirer of Jesus and his teachings for a lack of familiarity with Iron Age Mosiac law, but isn’t there something in the old books of the Hebrews about “Thou shalt not bear false witness”? I don’t think that Jesus overturned that commandment, so how can Robertson sleep at night knowing that he’s breaking one of the 10 Commandments as well as misleading potential customers for his shake product by implying that he can do something that is physically impossible?
Let me say this: PAT ROBERTSON NEEDS HELP!! SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE HIM TO A PLACE WHERE HE CAN GET TREATMENT FOR HIS MENTAL PROBLEMS. Any self-respecting follower of this evil man should have the sense to put him away before he brings down the whole “700 Club” with his insanity. Of course, I’d love nothing more than to see Robertson’s entire organization collapse of its own weight, but I’d be satisfied if they’d just shut the old boy up and put us all out of his misery.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:34 pmYou people obviosuly don’t know or understand the Evangelical Weights & Measures System. Since the age of the Earth is “6000″ years, using that formula, Robertson can leg press 2 ounces.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:40 pmHe probably does 20 lbs 100 times and thinks it is the same thing.
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:43 pmBut can he hammer a six-inch spike through a board with his penis?
Comment by DrSinker — May 23, 2006 @ 2:12 pm
You’re assuming he has one, and I’m not sure that’s a verifiable fact..Maybe if his head wasn’t up his ass he could check for us and report back the findings….
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:48 pmEvangelical Weights & Measures System
that’s a good one, badmoonman! thanks for that!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:48 pmwoot!
Pat Robertson is a con-man and huckster and a vile racist bigot! He should have been put in jail years ago when he ran a diamond smuggling operation out of the Congo/Zaire! He would ship guns on his missionary planes to Mobutu in exchange for diamonds and then sell them on the black market for cash!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:48 pmSee my tongue-in-cheek visual depiction that explains how Pat Robertson is able to leg press 2,000 pounds…here:
http://www.thoughttheater.com
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:51 pmHey ya, lookie, lookie, lookie I’ve got it here and I’m gonna show it to ya free. Step right up Ladies and Gentlemen and see the wonders of Professor Pat’s Blood Of The Lamb Brand Snake oil!
May 23rd, 2006 at 2:54 pmAt this point I think it’s clear we’re listening to a person with an organic brain disease. No joke.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:14 pmBut can he hammer a six-inch spike through a board with his penis?
Comment by DrSinker — May 23, 2006 @ 2:12 pm
Good to see a Real Genius fan.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:15 pmHe really didn’t bench press a ton, but Jesus told him he could.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:26 pmA girl’s got to have her standards…
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:27 pmBut can he hammer a six-inch spike through a board with his penis?
A girl’s got to have her standards…
I guess you’ll hammer later then.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:41 pmI guess you’ll hammer later then.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:42 pmWhy would Pat Robertson go against Gods plans for when he will die? Robertson is trying to get around God’s date for death by drinking a shake that alters his natural life span.
Yet, to leave Terri Shiavo alone from external machines, to die NATURALLY, is somehow interfering with Gods plan. These people have no sense at all.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:43 pmexcellent entertainment - thanks all
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:58 pmROFLMAO
Since its a new record Pat should be able to reproduce the results on TV with the Guinness people there to verify the results…right Pat???….
If Mr Robertson refuses to prove these claims as true…the disclaimer should be removed or else the FTC needs to get involved….
Making false claims (especially as a Man of G-od) about the nature of a product you are selling is something that definately should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law….
Lets just hope Bush et al dont make the 2000 LB claims CLASSIFIED…..
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:29 pmjust another right-wing letch bragging about the medicinal value of his protien shake. I tried that one too.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:32 pmSounds like Pat Robertson could go to Venezuela and single-handedly break into the capitol building and strangle Hugo Chavez with his massive thighs.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:51 pm“For superior ‘heathen’stomping results!”
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:10 pmAnagrams for Pat Robertson: A BORN SPOTTER
Or, off-topic but funny:
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:11 pmPROBATE SNORT
BARE TOTS PORN
PORN TO BREAST
ABET PORN SORT
BRA OR TENSPOT
TO ROB PARENTS
TREPAN ROBOTS
Definition of wire fraud:
http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/w017.htm
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:33 pmNow that’s the power of prayer!
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:40 pmHe didn’t say he did it all in ONE REP. He was probably saying he could press 100 lbs, 20 times. In a day. Maybe a week. When he gets the OK from his doctor.
OK, OK, he was lying. Not only was he lying, he obviosly has no idea what a “leg press” is or how much weight an average adult male can do.
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:50 pmIf Pat said it, he must have found it in the Bible, in the Old Testament. Ya know, in the Book of Numbers.
May 23rd, 2006 at 5:53 pmPass the Christ Shakes, as well as the crackers and wine!
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:40 pmYeah, yeah. Sure sure. If anyone believes Pat Robertson’s claim, then I just saw Frank Sinatra and Jimi Hendrix singing in the shower.
Unbelievable can easily kick his ass whether he drinks that sorry ass shake or not.
I could easily kick his ass by bitch-slapping him. So could you.
I guess the cocaine and PCP that he’s been ingesting has gotten to his system.
May 23rd, 2006 at 9:11 pmThose protein shakes sound great, but that leg presswing business must be hell on his hemerrhoids. This latter item , for Robertsons physiology, would be called a brian aneurysm.
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:02 pmThe capillaries in Pat Robertson’s brain burst a long time before he tried doing leg presses.
May 24th, 2006 at 7:26 amMaybe Robertson meant pounds sterling, as in the Briish currency? I wouldn’t put it past him. After all, it would technically be the truth — no doubt he would simply claim afterwards that other people took his words out of context, conveniently ignoring the fact that most people would naturally think of pounds in terms of “16 ounces’ when one is speaking of leg-pressing and that their misinterpretation is therefore his fault.
May 24th, 2006 at 8:03 am“Equal parts cocaine,meth and heroine,mix with four ounces red bull,one ounce bull sperm and a splash of jolt cola.shake with ice and strain into rocks glass garnish with a sprig of mint”
May 24th, 2006 at 10:52 am“Why isn’t this wire-fraud?
yep… good question…
whenever i see kevin trudeau (sp?) on teevee peddling that scam of a book, i wonder the same thing - and on sunday, i noticed tammy faye baker was with him… now that’s a pair!
Comment by katy — May 23, 2006 @ 2:09 pm”
I’m not sure what you mean by “scam”, since over 200,000 people have been treated successfully by the methods detailed in his book in the past 15 years alone; if we consider the past 80 years, that number rises to at least 670,000 (Sam Biser and Bernard Jensen, John Christopher, and Richard Schulze, respectively). But that aside, if you truly think KT’s advice is bad, and that we actually should be ingesting more poisons instead of less, then go right ahead and see where that gets you.
SR
May 24th, 2006 at 6:57 pmsend him your money and your kids inheritance it will make him feel so good. go on. what an ass.
May 24th, 2006 at 7:51 pmto his credit, there is a video on his website of him doing 3 reps of 1000 lbs that looks to be legit (although he is cheating by pushing his legs)
May 25th, 2006 at 11:15 pmafter consulting with various friends who actually work out, they’ve all pointed out to me that the machine in this picture in the “locked” position. they say that the handles would be turned outward; turned inward means the machine is locked and won’t move no matter what.
May 26th, 2006 at 7:09 pmFrom the video I saw, the secret to Pat Robertson’s leg press (which did look like a legit 1000 pounds unless the weights are rigged) *is* the fact that he’s cheating. The weightlifting newsgroups seem to be full of stories of 1000lb leg pressers that do the same tiny-motion “sissy” lifts he’s doing. Especially given the fact that he’s also pushing his legs with his hands. I bet he would get killed if he attempted a full free-weight squat. :)
May 26th, 2006 at 11:48 pmTHIS GUY IS A SHILL AND A LIAR.I WENT ON THE CBN WEB SITE AND IT SAID HIS DR DID 2,700 LBS AND IT’S NOT THAT HARD TO DO.OK…WHOSE HIS DR?KING KONG?
May 27th, 2006 at 11:08 pmIT’S A JOKE AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEIR FAITH IN A LIAR LIKE HIM.
I’M A CERTIFIED FITNESS TRAINER AND HAVE DONE 1,000 LBS ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS.HEY DR ROBERTSON,HOW ABOUT A LITTLE LEG PRESS CONTEST?YOU AND ME.OH BY THE WAY MY PRESS WAS DRUG FREE AND I’M 56 YEARS OLD.AS THEY SAY DOC….NO GUTS NO GLORY.
THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS DR ROBERTSON.
Just a note on the Robertson weight lifting….
I’m an electrical engineer, so You know what that means (frustrated mehanical engineer).
If the picture is for real, and this machine is loaded with 2000 lbs, he’s only lifting maybe 1000 lbs, since the weight is not lifted verticly. Hey, the rack is at about a 45 degree angle, that means half of the weight is supported by the machine and the other half by him.
Please, Check my the math.
mitch
May 30th, 2006 at 7:42 amthere is no way that 1350 is the record. i am 23 years old, 6′3″, 300 pounds, and i did 9 reps at 1200 pounds on leg press the other day, and i went down to my legs touching my chest. i have never played any sport past high school.
my point is that i am not the biggest guy in the world, and it seems that 1350 is awfully low. i think the record has to be much higher. i have seen men squat 1000 pounds on t.v. 1350 leg press should be no problem for them.
i am saying this as a liberal. i dont want the right making fun of us for not having our facts straight.
May 30th, 2006 at 12:16 pmWeight alone means nothing unless you also know several other factors, including the distance it was lifted and the degree of hip and knee flexion at the start and end of the movement.
There is a huge difference in the resistance X pounds of weight provides depending on machine design.
There is a huge difference in the effort required to move against a particular level of resistance at different degrees of hip and knee flexion, due to lever advantages.
There is a huge difference in the amount of work performed per repetition depending on the users leg length or range of motion and the machine design.
Power production (which affects the level of demand of the exercise) varies with movement speed and the amount of work performed per repetition.
When comparing exercise performance, weight alone means very little unless other factors of performance and equipment used are taken into consideration.
I have several older female clients who use over 300 lbs on the leg press. However, this is a Nautilus Nitro leg press with a smaller cam than the old Nautilus leg presses, and most of them are not starting with a significant degree of hip flexion, to avoid irritating various hip and lower back problems. I doubt most of them could move half that weight on the more common plate-loaded 45 degree leg press, which is what many people think of when they hear “leg press”.
I do not doubt Albright can leg press 400 lbs., but she’s probably doing so on a selectorized leg press machine with a smaller cam that provides very little resistance per pound selected, and she’s probably using a very short range of motion, which means little work per repetition.
Robertson’s claim, however, is most likely complete BS, unless he’s starting between halfway and a quarter of the way from the end of the movement, where leverage allows one to move against a much higher level of resistance.
November 28th, 2006 at 1:33 pmI am a soon-to-be-39 year old single mom, whose soon-to-be-ex-husband was really into lifting. I would go occassionally to the gym with him. I started w/ 450 leg press, gradually 720, then upto 960 per leg. I’m sure I could have done more but there wasn’t anymore room really and I was too tired to put more plates on. I would tell him and he just blew me off. I really had no idea that it was so impressive because, APPARENTLY, he thought I was lying or doing something wrong, or maybel jealous. Does anyone know if there are leg press competitions? Maybe this soon-to-be-single mom can make some much needed money.
January 24th, 2007 at 11:16 pmby the way,I’m #79, above. I was using the same machines that the men used and couldn’t lift half of what I lifted. It is not expensive equipment. It looked almost like the equipment I used in high school and lifted 395. Before I was placed on bed rest due to pregnancy, I had been lifting about a month and was lifting 475, all at different gyms. I’m sure none of you guys think it’s true or I’m using something wimpy like #78 was saying, but I still would like to make some money.
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