![]() Especially his chest and neck seemed to be powerful. And after that performance he was going to be collapsed.ĭoug Young had a impressive appearance. There must be a lot of pain during this deadlift. After bench press he managed to deadlift 710lb. ![]() After benching 535lbs they had to give him amoniak or smelling salts because he was much in pain and amoniak helps to ignore or overcome these pain.ĭespite being injured and feeling pain he did not stop to compete. It is like a sharp pain.Īt first you can see he could not get out from under the bar after squatting. Accordingly that 2 guys had to help him lay down on the bench. If you be injured by broken rips you will have trouble to breathe because of incredible pain. Doug broke (or injured) his ribs at the bottom of his 700lb squat (timelaps 01:00). Doug Young won this competition with 3 broken ribs. I found a nice footage from the 1977 world championship. Many stories and legends tell about Doug Young. Played football at University of Texas (1960) but he wanted to be closer to his home and moved in 1961 to Howard Payne University. After pro career, Bob coached in the USFL (1982-1986) as offensive line coach for the Houston Gamblers 1977 World Powerlifting Championships He Lived his childhood in Brownwood,Texas. Now you can see his Brohter Robert Young on the right side. She played golf, tennis, basketball, and softball and received numerous awards over the years She followed her sons to many places to watch them compete in powerlifting. In addition to her business acumen, Laverne was also an exceptional athlete. Laverne was a trailblazer in industry working in a law office in Brownwood before turning her interest to banking. She was born in the year 1925 and died Mar. Born in 1922 Karnack Harrison County Texas, USA and died 1998. Doug young was the first man under 300lb/136kg to bench press more than 600 lbs/272kg! He was world champion in power-lifting from 1975 to 1977, and strength coach. He played football during high school and college but he had to stop playing football. Doug Young was born in the year 1944 in Texas,USA.
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