Video of Pat Robertson leg pressing 1000lbs..

[Doctrine1st]

...well, make that a video of Pat doing 'self assisted slight knee bends' with a 1000lbs....

Not something your average 76 year old would do, but diffenately not leg presses.

http://www.cbn.com/video/asx.asp?streamsource=mms://sm1.cbn.org//cbncom/current/PatRobertson_LegPress.wmv&begin=&duration=

 

[Letalis]

Wow...

 

[419gam]

WHo would have guessed Pat Robertson would lie to sell sell a health shake. Shocking!!

 

[CuriousamI]

I'm not even going to watch that video... That's just too weird.

Curious

 

[BeautyForAshes]

That's an excerpt from his weight-loss DVD. He doesn't sell a shake, but it gives you a recipe for a health shake as well as a workout portion. I got sent mine free, but I am a member of the 700 Club though.

Love him or hate him, I know I CAN NOT do 1,000 lbs!

 

[DhaliClone]

Love him or hate him, I know I CAN NOT do 1,000 lbs!

That's fine, because neither can he.

 

[Harpuia]

That's fine, because neither can he.

Still, for a 76-year old man, he's got it goin'.

So if he can do that with 1000 lbs., I think he could probably do full legpresses of around 250, 300, even 350. That's a pretty tall task.

 

[Mom to 5]

That's fine, because neither can he.

do you think the video is doctored. . .or did I miss something?

 

[trunks2k]

do you think the video is doctored. . .or did I miss something?

The video isn't doctored, he's just not doing a real leg press. For example, he doesn't bend his knees enough and he uses his hands, which I don't think to are supposed to do (as it acts like a lever, making the "leg press" easier). If you did a leg press the way he does, you'd probably be able to do it too. If he was doing them the right way, he probably wouldn't be able to do it. Not to mention he's made claims of being able to leg press 2000 pounds, which is over the world record.

Not saying that Pat Robertson isn't in good shape, but he's exagerating what he can do. And if that's an excerpt from a workout video, he's teaching bad form.

 

[Petunia]

Robertson said his doctor encouraged him to leg-press weights to strengthen his bad knees.

Maybe I should start doing this! I had to use a heating pad on one of my knees all weekend!

"We weren't trying to compete with 25-year-old bodybuilders," Robertson said. "We were merely trying to show seniors that they didn't have to spend time in a wheelchair or in a rocking chair in a nursing home, that they could live an active life."

And that's the first thing he says in that video.

"When I hit 570 pounds, it was a big deal," he recalled. "I called everybody in the gym to come look at what I'd done. Then one Saturday we went up to 800 pounds. Then later my doctor who was working with me got me up to 1,500. I went up 1,400, 1,500, 1,600, 1,700 ... in one day. The last time, it was one lift, I went 2,000 pounds."

"But I didn't do it with the same form that these professional bodybuilders do, which is a full squat, and it's very difficult," Robertson said. "But I did do it. I regularly can do 1,000 pounds and 1,200 pounds."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/07/health/main1692375.shtml

Way to go, Pat!

 

[DhaliClone]

But I didn't do it with the same form that these professional bodybuilders do, which is a full squat, and it's very difficult. But I did do it. I regularly can do 1,000 pounds and 1,200 pounds.

"I made 500 three-point shots in a row. I didn't shoot from the 3-point line like professional basketball players do, which is really far, and it's very difficult. But I did do it."

 

[Quantos]

The video isn't doctored, he's just not doing a real leg press. For example, he doesn't bend his knees enough and he uses his hands, which I don't think to are supposed to do (as it acts like a lever, making the "leg press" easier). If you did a leg press the way he does, you'd probably be able to do it too. If he was doing them the right way, he probably wouldn't be able to do it. Not to mention he's made claims of being able to leg press 2000 pounds, which is over the world record.

Not saying that Pat Robertson isn't in good shape, but he's exagerating what he can do. And if that's an excerpt from a workout video, he's teaching bad form.

Exagerating or lying about what he can do ?

 

[jlujan69]

Once in high school I did 800 or 900 pounds, though I don't remember what my form was. I do know that I didn't use my hands to push my legs because I always hold onto the handles. I'm guessing that I didn't go half way down, but only partially. Nevertheless, I couldn't even do that now. It's good to see that Pat works out anyway.

 

[Heiroglyph]

Ofn

 

[Moros]

He claimed to leg press 2,000. Does anyone still believe that after watching him struggle with 1,000?

 

[Douger]

The man's a manly old man. Still showing off for the ladies

 

[draper]

So...Pat Robertson loves Jesus and working out?

I don't particularly care, but I'm amused by how obvious it is that he is lying/concocting/exagerrating.

 

[pittguy579]

Pat Robertson was working out with Barry Bonds

 

[419gam]

Robertson also assisted himself with the brake. Its amazing, hook, line and sinker they fall for it. P.T. Barnum was right.

 

[JPPT1974]

Pat Robertson you never know what he may be up to next you know?