That included pressing a 275-pound ambulance axle overhead nine times, deadlifting 915 pounds, and lifting and placing five fire hydrants—200, 225, 250, 275, and 300 pounds—in 26 seconds.

Robin set the new state bench press record of 300 pounds on her fourth bench attempt. She finished with lifts totaling 925 pounds, including a 330-pound squat, 285-pound bench press and 310-pound ...

IN ONE CORNER of the convention center, a 63-year-old man grinds out a 340-pound bench press. Just a two-minute walk away, a group of hulking firemen raise 250-pound fire hydrants onto a four-foot ...