Take off the straps and he'd drop the weight by 50-100lbs.
Still insanely strong. Not many pro BB's in history could pull that.
Truth. It's just the truth.
But as you also said, pulling this kind of weight is AMAZING.
Anyone who's ever seriously trained the deadlift, and achieved strength required to hoist 500-plus pounds, knows
damn well how freakish this feat truly is.
Having said this, a
very large amount of this pull strength is drug-derived, so even
more than a natural would be, he's risking quite serious injury. Those in-the-know know what I'm talking about.
(Ronnie's current health woes can largely be attributed to his performing for years
WAY beyond his natural limitations/natural progressions.)