After Charles Rigoulot’s competitive weightlifting career came to an end, he still found ways to use his great strength to his advantage. Rigoulot worked as a circus strongman, wrestled, and raced cars but he ended up having the most success in the theatre where his act was to lift his charming wife Renee as a “human barbell.” This type of training is probably even harder than anything else Rigo did — unlike the platform, you can’t miss any lifts this time around!