best lifts :
All bests and competition lifts were performed with IPF approved equipment. Only one bench shirt. Only one squat suit.
Competition:
Squat: 1003 pounds
Bench: 573 pounds
Deadlift: 901 pounds
Current all-time world record Total: 2463 pounds @ 239 pounds bodyweight
Gym:
Special note should be given that he has never really maxed out in a gym
Squat: 975 pounds
Bench: 585 pounds
Deadlift: 900 pounds a double
World Records:
- Current Men's Junior IPF World Deadlift Record Holder in the 82.5 kg class with a 347.5 kg pull in Dallas in 11/24/84
- Current Men's Junior IPF World Total Record Holder in the 82.5 kg class with a 875 kg total in Dallas in 11/24/84
- Current Men's Open IPF World Squat Record Holder in the 100 kg class with a 423 kg squat in Johannesburg in 11/18/94
- Current Men's Open IPF World Deadlift Record Holder in the 100 kg class with a 390 kg pull in Jonkoping in 12/4/93
- Current Men's Open IPF World Total Record Holder in the 100 kg class with a 1035 kg total in Johannesburg in 11/18/94
- Current Men's Open USPF Squat Record Holder in the 90 kg class with a 390 kg squat in 1985
- Current Men's Open USPF Squat Record Holder in the 100 kg class with a 436 kg squat in 1991
- Current Men's Open USPF Deadlift Record Holder in the 82.5 kg class with a 360 kg pull in 1984
- Current Men's Open USPF Deadlift Record Holder in the 90 kg class with a 390 kg pull in 1985
- Current Men's Open USPF Deadlift Record Holder in the 100 kg class with a 409 kg pull in 1991
- Current Men's Open USPF Total Record Holder in the 90 kg class with a 1000 kg total in 1985
- Current Men's Open USPF Total Record Holder in the 100 kg class with a 1090 kg total in 1991
- Ed Coan deadlifting 350 kg at the 1995 IPF Men's World Championships
comprtitions:
- 1984 IPF World Champion in the 82.5 kg class at Dallas, TX with 327.5 kg squat, 200 kg bench, 347.5 kg deadlift and a 875 kg total
- 1988 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 410 kg world record breaking squat, a 227.5 kg bench, a 362.5 kg deadlift and a 1000 kg world record breaking total in Las Vegas, NV
- 1988 IPF World Champion in the 100 kg class at Perth, Australia with 377.5 kg squat, 225 kg bench, 370 kg deadlift and a 972.5 kg total
- 1989 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 422.5 kg world record breaking squat, a 232.5 kg bench, a 378 kg world record breaking deadlift and a 1032.5 kg world record breaking total in Las Vegas, NV
- 1990 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 422.5 kg squat, a 232.5 kg bench, a 395 kg deadlift and a 1050 kg total in Hollywood, FL (Special note: the world record breaking squat, deadlift and totals were not IPF records because he was suspended after the 1989 worlds)
- 1991 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 435 kg squat, a 247.5 kg bench, a 407.5 kg deadlift and a 1090 kg total in Dallas, TX (Special note: the world record breaking squat, deadlift and totals were not IPF records because he was suspended after the 1989 worlds)
- 1993 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 422.5 kg world record breaking squat, a 252.5 kg bench, a 390 kg world record breaking deadlift and a 1065 kg world record breaking total in Greensboro
- 1993 IPF World Champion in the 100 kg class at Jonkoping, Sweden with 390 kg squat, 237.5 kg bench, 390 kg deadlift and a 1017.5 kg total
- 1994 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 410 kg squat, a 252.5 kg bench, a 340 kg deadlift and a 1002.5 kg total in Austin
- 1995 USPF Men's US Champion at the 100 kg class with a 425 kg world record breaking squat, a 250 kg bench, a 370 kg deadlift and a 1045 kg world record breaking total in Baton Rouge, LA
- 1995 IPF World Champion in the 100 kg class at Pori, Finland with 410 kg squat, 240 kg bench, 350 kg deadlift and a 1000 kg total
- 1996 IPF World Champion in the 100 kg class at Salzburg, Austria with 410 kg squat, 242.5 kg bench, 380 kg deadlift and a 1032.5 kg world record breaking total (He was disqualified very controversially, see the interview for details, he beat his other competitors by over 70 kg in the total)
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