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> my once-firm muscles melted away by cancer A less-known side of Sacks: he held the California state record for a 600 lb squat in his younger years.

• bashinator 11y ago
  He also had a collection of every atomic element. That's no small accomplishment.
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  • girvo 11y ago
    Oh wow, that's genuinely impressive. I'm guessing it wouldn't have the synthetic elements, but still -- amazing.
  • octatoan 11y ago
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GIDDaF26zE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GIDDaF26zE
• dredmorbius 11y ago
  A number of photos are floating around Reddit: 600# squat, while interning in San Francisco: http://i.imgur.com/BhetDWl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/BhetDWl.jpg On the beach: http://i.imgur.com/RSjcMzm.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RSjcMzm.jpg In Greenwich Village, 1961: https://i.imgur.com/6VIaPX1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/6VIaPX1.jpg More recently, swimming: https://jennifernew.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/imgres.jpg https://jennifernew.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/imgres.jpg
• dylanjermiah 11y ago
  Wow, I had no idea. That's truly impressive, especially for the time.