Peoples also had those long arms (like he could scratch his ankle while standing normally), and his delts would slump low, almost out of socket.
(If it were a socket joint).
Total freak of nature...
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Today lifters complain not only about deadlifting on a stiff bar or the gym not having calibrated weights. They can't lift without listening to their music on their ear buds or if they forgot their pre-workout or smelling salts.
THEN THERE WAS BOB PEOPLES!Bob Peoples deadlifted 725lbs at 181lbs bodyweight and at the age of forty. Peoples did not use any equipment other than a belt and chalk, and made the lift with a mismatched, odd collection of plates on a standard bar.
"Mr. Peoples is a very successful farmer in Tennessee and has his training interrupted often by seasonal work. He has never had the ideal training quarters and fine equipment that most of us enjoy. Most of his equipment was made on the farm. Most of his training has been done out of doors in his farm yard or wherever his weights happened to be at the time. In bad weather he trains in one of the outbuildings or in a cellar. Under such training conditions and without the incentive of training partners his accomplishments are nothing short of unbelievable" - Perry Rader IRONMAN April/May1952
