The worlds strongest Astronomer !

[DavidU]

I came across this....
http://www.chesmontastro.org/?q=node/4407
Our very own Mike Sidonio.

[jjjnettie]

:) Nice find David.

[strongmanmike]

:lol:...ah yes, those were the days.... :P

They even thought it crazy enough to put to print in US Astronomy magazine (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/117344248/original) :lol:

So, I'm officially weird :nerd:

About all I can lift these days are peoples spirits :P :thumbsup:

[Barrykgerdes]

I was going to refute that claim till I looked at it and saw it is our very own "Strongmanmike". Of course it is the worlds strongest astronomer (2002). I still have a large poster he gave me a few years ago.

Barry

[strongmanmike]

Where is it hanging though Barry...? :lol:

[bobson]

Michael,

How much weight was there doing dead lift? And did you lift it from the floor on that pic or from the pins?

cheers

bob

[strongmanmike]

That's not me in that picture but rather a guy on that forum showing what he used to do :thumbsup: he is doing a lockout deadlift (lifting the bar a few inches off elevated support bars) with what he is suggesting is 1008lbs or 458kg which IS impressive.

As part of my maximal hip strength and grip training I used to do similar movements as part of my strongman training but with significantly more weight...but we wont tell him that :thumbsup: ;)

Mike

[multiweb]

Beats the lawnmower rolling this baby around I bet. :D

[strongmanmike]

Yeh, mowed the lawn only last weekend and had to roll the suckers out of the way to mow under them...maaaan, I seriously can't believe I used to hurl them around...I am getting old...very old :sadeyes: