Monday, February 22, 2010

  • The Zimmerman Brothers

    • The Zimmerman BrothersThe Zimmerman BrothersJoe and Dick Zimmerman were a couple of tough farm boys who liked lifting weights who also just so happened to be in the right place at the right time: Bob Hoffman was their neighbor in York, Pa.

    Needless to say, Bob took a liking to them, partially because they were always doing crazy feats of strength like this one. That's Joe is on the bottom, supporting a barbell loaded to 485 pounds. Dick, bodyweight of 130 pounds, is on top while also holding a 50-pound dumbbell in each hand.

    As a finale to this particular act, Dick jumped down onto Joe's stomach, still holding the bells!

    The Zimmerman Brothers also performed more traditional feats like teeth lifting, bar bending, hand balancing, and chain breaking.

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    Posted by John Wood @ Monday, February 22, 2010

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    Monday, December 21, 2009

  • Joe Zimmerman


    • Joe Zimmerman and his brother Dick were Bob Hoffman's neighbors in York, Pennsylvania and they hung around the York Barbell Company office doing crazy feats of strength. Here's Joe performing a hand stand on some boxes -- which is tough enough by itself -- but he is also lifting the 202-pound Louis Cyr Dumbbell in his teeth at the same time!

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    Posted by John Wood @ Monday, December 21, 2009

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